Alibaba 'very interested' in buying YahooTVBNOW 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。- Y/ s2 Q6 ] \
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The CEO of the Chinese internet company Alibaba Group says he would be "very interested" in buying Yahoo.公仔箱論壇) r: w# j6 N2 }/ ?/ y7 {/ Y {# g X
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) p: e% I+ N% Y/ s* ^7 n! q. F7 r
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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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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,bttvb5 D; U" {, P' F3 q& u. Y3 }( S
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Employees were told in an email in late September that the process could take several months.
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5 r' c0 Z: q* P0 @: |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.
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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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# O) ?3 b) X, N0 w4 a; B- z2 hYahoo'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., o/ R; n6 G- V/ w6 F0 @
' R$ ?5 l+ K& ~+ Q公仔箱論壇The company is searching for a new CEO while also considering whether to sell itself.' W/ p) p. X& |# c3 x- q! n/ g
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Chief Financial Officer Tim Morse is serving as interim CEO while the search for a successor to Bartz continues. |