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Yahoo! Holder Building a Dissident Nation

Stock quotes in this article: YHOO , GOOG , HD , GE , JPM , KFT , AXP  

One Yahoo!(YHOO Quote) shareholder is mad and doesn't want to take it anymore.

Frustrated with the Internet giant's loss of more than one-third of its value in 2006, Eric Jackson wants to use the tactics of activist hedge funds -- like the recent high-profile ousting of Home Depot (HD Quote) CEO Robert Nardelli by Relational Investors -- to spark a change at Yahoo!

But while Relational shelled out $1 billion for a 1.2% stake in Home Depot, Jackson doesn't exactly have the same financial muscle: He owns fewer than a thousand shares. ...

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