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The CEO of the Chinese internet company Alibaba Group says he would be "very interested" in buying Yahoo.$ M3 e; ^4 B' Y p$ k5 ]: F
" ?7 J( ?7 J8 x% D6 VJack 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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' S: x4 x4 p% Q7 F2 b0 z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.
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6 u& } l7 z, {! W; uYahoo 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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Employees were told in an email in late September that the process could take several months.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。% C$ K8 z$ R+ e9 l' K# K% v8 |( P8 B k1 H
; s- H) L, b: s/ p- G- T4 O公仔箱論壇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.公仔箱論壇2 ]/ p' h4 S+ K; Z( H3 Y; w
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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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% p9 a) B* Y7 q5 l% L* n" EYahoo'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.3 {' Q% v9 R5 \1 ]% [$ X
, M- ~+ n- X: t) J5.39.217.76Chief Financial Officer Tim Morse is serving as interim CEO while the search for a successor to Bartz continues. |