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Is Jerry Yang ready to step away? Or will he be dragged kicking and screaming away from the shaky edifice that is Yahoo?

Many seem to think that the onetime chairman should step down as CEO and return to the job he arguably did very, very well - and to do so before the shareholders take the decision out of his hands on August first.

Yang has been a dynamo these past few weeks - the deal with Google, negotiations with NewsCorp and MySpace, and a finalized partnership with Time Warner to handle search based sports advertising. Does he hope he can sway the vote, and keep his position as CEO?

Most think that a move for a ‘half and half’ board is likely to be made, barring a full out takeover by Carl Icahn’s group, but either way, Yang is not expected by most to survive the meeting with his position intact.

Wouldn’t it be a trip if he managed to pull it off, and keep his job!

Meanwhile Microsoft is still ticked off, and looking into other avenues to blow off pent up takeover frustrations.