Alibaba 'very interested' in buying Yahoo
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( A' {* a% `$ s6 T, vThe 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。( o2 b( ^9 G" v$ d5 e2 ^/ C
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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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1 M: e' k9 u y' E& L) {0 ]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./ f5 U! h6 ]) E
+ }: c& y( ?" F. W/ vYahoo is trying to decide whether to sell part or all of itself following the firing last month of Carol Bartz as CEO.公仔箱論壇2 G' m H6 W+ C; H
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Employees were told in an email in late September that the process could take several months.
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; n# c2 w7 E1 X4 ]In the meantime, there will be much speculation about who might be interested in the company.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 n, k+ z4 O" r. E* T
; ^& P; L* T3 e$ C; y/ q5.39.217.76Yahoo owns about 40 per cent of Alibaba.
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2 c5 w. H8 U% d2 }$ y5 ctvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBartz 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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5 R9 i+ \) y4 d) t5 g* }2 E+ l+ otvb now,tvbnow,bttvbYahoo'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.
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Chief Financial Officer Tim Morse is serving as interim CEO while the search for a successor to Bartz continues. |