Alibaba 'very interested' in buying Yahoo公仔箱論壇$ s. Y" g" _2 G" H
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The CEO of the Chinese internet company Alibaba Group says he would be "very interested" in buying Yahoo.
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8 m5 l T# Y T6 B0 p+ DJack 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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' L: y7 O1 B" F" u" z0 q! X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.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。+ Z+ [( {$ @& s2 O
* a9 Q% `% K9 {8 Q0 Q( h+ MTVBNOW 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.9 z6 D& x) [! \) t% M( \ A
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Employees were told in an email in late September that the process could take several months.
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In the meantime, there will be much speculation about who might be interested in the company.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; _4 S3 g( e) [. B; I
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/ B4 @& _% O# ^7 w2 rBartz was fired because she was unable to boost Yahoo's advertising revenue and make the company more competitive with Google and Facebook.5.39.217.761 D4 Y( L4 S) y) r3 [# E
s# Y* s# `1 p4 a: ~1 g5.39.217.76Yahoo'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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8 E: a3 ?5 V, y2 _) }$ b3 d1 k- b; btvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe company is searching for a new CEO while also considering whether to sell itself.5.39.217.765 g$ n! F8 P. {# ^1 \. `
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Chief Financial Officer Tim Morse is serving as interim CEO while the search for a successor to Bartz continues. |