Alibaba 'very interested' in buying Yahoo
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" d: F+ j1 o% i; i4 k! m5.39.217.76The 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.8 A7 @& |, _! l
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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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, {) N6 G2 t: Y+ u- }! N5.39.217.76Yahoo is trying to decide whether to sell part or all of itself following the firing last month of Carol Bartz as CEO.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。$ }% {" d4 u) C" x; X( P7 N9 Q; z
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Employees were told in an email in late September that the process could take several months.
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Yahoo owns about 40 per cent of Alibaba.$ U I: u1 Z8 T, ?# e2 |/ _
# D- p, t' e" k) j2 N5 LBartz 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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0 e) h7 W0 o% G- l( Q6 `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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( p4 s7 V2 {) U2 q2 y0 L" Q/ ^
; |0 c6 k6 P% q' s+ v3 ?- n公仔箱論壇The company is searching for a new CEO while also considering whether to sell itself.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: j3 A$ ]0 A9 |1 Q2 S; H3 e
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Chief Financial Officer Tim Morse is serving as interim CEO while the search for a successor to Bartz continues. |
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