Alibaba 'very interested' in buying Yahoo
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6 y& x* G+ ^) e2 @2 v1 g5.39.217.76The CEO of the Chinese internet company Alibaba Group says he would be "very interested" in buying Yahoo.
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, W$ z: y0 K, ^
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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.
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+ L! H9 i( w) y1 ], X$ H! Z4 zTVBNOW 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。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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, o, s) b% @( K5 m8 e0 P5.39.217.76Employees were told in an email in late September that the process could take several months.
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Yahoo owns about 40 per cent of Alibaba.
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8 b) q9 l3 q% n+ M2 N公仔箱論壇Bartz was fired because she was unable to boost Yahoo's advertising revenue and make the company more competitive with Google and Facebook.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。0 N2 w( y/ `" a- r D* p9 k+ r o. ~
8 [$ j/ m: Z4 G: s: N. SYahoo'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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. U1 }) M' q3 a; _4 O6 _9 JThe company is searching for a new CEO while also considering whether to sell itself.
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Chief Financial Officer Tim Morse is serving as interim CEO while the search for a successor to Bartz continues. |