Alibaba 'very interested' in buying Yahoo
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2 w4 j6 ~2 t& {& n/ S4 Ctvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe CEO of the Chinese internet company Alibaba Group says he would be "very interested" in buying Yahoo.5.39.217.76' H+ e7 I1 _. \# ^0 X
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6 f! `. C {( ~& S- k$ stvb now,tvbnow,bttvbMa 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.- ~5 n' M! @2 X0 I2 L' [/ T1 M; a
; h9 @" g* ~+ C+ m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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Employees were told in an email in late September that the process could take several months.
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9 k/ A2 ]4 ?. G& k& Stvb now,tvbnow,bttvbYahoo owns about 40 per cent of Alibaba.
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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.公仔箱論壇% z; Z+ A& M' g z, u
@/ ]( L2 K Z! ?& [5.39.217.76Yahoo'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.' X' @" {3 |; J0 [( t0 E. U
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The company is searching for a new CEO while also considering whether to sell itself.
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. X" d. d7 X; w* QChief Financial Officer Tim Morse is serving as interim CEO while the search for a successor to Bartz continues. |