Alibaba 'very interested' in buying Yahootvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% R+ t5 P, Z' \' c0 @% B# ]- ^
0 D9 h/ U( ]% `+ x9 _' `, FTVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。The CEO of the Chinese internet company Alibaba Group says he would be "very interested" in buying Yahoo.公仔箱論壇; ^0 h( t" v l. Q5 g9 _. E
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Jack Ma made the statement in response to a question during a speaking engagement at Stanford University on Friday, said John Spelich, a spokesman for Alibaba.8 z% U8 M* l9 t
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8 Y |4 l' j* k8 o; r$ H; \Yahoo is trying to decide whether to sell part or all of itself following the firing last month of Carol Bartz as CEO.
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7 h3 j: m: W, I$ _' E公仔箱論壇Employees were told in an email in late September that the process could take several months.5.39.217.76! z) [+ ^$ K7 S0 O. s2 @3 G& ~
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In the meantime, there will be much speculation about who might be interested in the company.
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Yahoo owns about 40 per cent of Alibaba.
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$ b$ r- {2 w6 Y5 ~: [4 l p h0 xTVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。Bartz was fired because she was unable to boost Yahoo's advertising revenue and make the company more competitive with Google and Facebook.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- `0 i/ J: f# n9 s$ X1 A# ^
. [3 W: ^- K# T8 WYahoo's net revenue - the amount the company keeps after paying advertising commissions - fell five per cent in the second quarter. Google's revenue soared 36 per cent.
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Chief Financial Officer Tim Morse is serving as interim CEO while the search for a successor to Bartz continues. |