Alibaba 'very interested' in buying Yahoo
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& m1 `6 f- j/ ]7 \The CEO of the Chinese internet company Alibaba Group says he would be "very interested" in buying Yahoo.3 e8 d" ~6 T. ~' h, c/ o
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( k H: X6 a3 u# KMa 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.公仔箱論壇* {% B2 B: V* {
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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.0 Y2 }9 H5 y0 Q" v; n8 b% d
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Employees were told in an email in late September that the process could take several months.* j6 x% ]: N9 Q$ O4 B
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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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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.
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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. |
發表於 2011-10-2 07:45 PM
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