Alibaba 'very interested' in buying Yahoo公仔箱論壇4 M' s; G8 S- ^1 \; z3 s
/ Y) k, m# C) s- z, m( Otvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe 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.
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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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* E) W" F! H+ d% Y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.
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/ S4 V! z( M/ I+ U' R3 ?Employees were told in an email in late September that the process could take several months.
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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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Yahoo'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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The company is searching for a new CEO while also considering whether to sell itself.1 h1 w' o8 f, u) J4 Q+ @7 W
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Chief Financial Officer Tim Morse is serving as interim CEO while the search for a successor to Bartz continues. |