http://blogs.moneycentral.msn.com/topstocks/archive/2008/08/12/yahoo-s-36-million-advice-tab.aspxYahoo says in a regulatory filing that it paid $36 million in the first half of the year for advice on dealing with Microsoft 's acquisition proposals, Carl Icahn, the potential proxy contest and "other strategic alternatives." The amount doesn't includeenCommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 20917.1142)