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The CEO of the Chinese internet company Alibaba Group says he would be "very interested" in buying Yahoo.TVBNOW 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。$ F: o+ K; ^2 Y! T; }
0 c! t, S: S* m$ ^8 A g$ T* jJack 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.
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/ q: ?# q" i" R0 l6 d1 t7 N公仔箱論壇Ma also told the audience prospective buyers had approached Alibaba to discuss a possible purchase for Yahoo, Spelich said late on Saturday. The spokesman did not identify the prospective buyers.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: V3 P* b; Q7 n, _" Y! v
9 d7 g- W0 x9 f! ?2 O; v0 A公仔箱論壇Yahoo is trying to decide whether to sell part or all of itself following the firing last month of Carol Bartz as CEO.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: G/ ?6 C+ z7 U' z4 B2 w' Y
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Employees were told in an email in late September that the process could take several months.
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5 A2 R' G5 H n) n) r- K4 T5.39.217.76In 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.公仔箱論壇1 j; J' \- C; Y1 P
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Bartz was fired because she was unable to boost Yahoo's advertising revenue and make the company more competitive with Google and Facebook.
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" ?" r2 n }7 b) `. P5.39.217.76Yahoo'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.TVBNOW 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。- }9 w9 {1 P% C! T% A
5 g& m8 H! w2 Ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe company is searching for a new CEO while also considering whether to sell itself.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 W2 v& Y- d) B g
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Chief Financial Officer Tim Morse is serving as interim CEO while the search for a successor to Bartz continues. |