Alibaba 'very interested' in buying Yahoo公仔箱論壇" Z4 [6 u; v# E' `) w( x& B7 D* Q
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The CEO of the Chinese internet company Alibaba Group says he would be "very interested" in buying Yahoo.5 N9 A9 D+ \% `8 Y4 _# I$ N
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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.5.39.217.76, N* Y7 _) H. [% ~
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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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0 H$ p. J% C( T4 }* ]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。Yahoo is trying to decide whether to sell part or all of itself following the firing last month of Carol Bartz as CEO.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' }! ^/ g) }+ k& Q( o% i: K( H
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In the meantime, there will be much speculation about who might be interested in the company.5.39.217.769 K( y" {. D; l" k" v4 t. u; r, v
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Yahoo 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.
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; _/ t2 m' h- h3 c5 ^tvb 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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