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; a! x) o8 o7 M6 C5.39.217.76The 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.
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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.
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Employees were told in an email in late September that the process could take several months.5.39.217.76$ |5 p2 M& N( q% }/ h
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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.5.39.217.76* e% q! E( f4 n3 a6 h5 n; e
* [$ u4 H1 r; t8 {7 N6 LTVBNOW 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。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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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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; E0 \3 ?0 C; I/ s4 Etvb now,tvbnow,bttvbChief Financial Officer Tim Morse is serving as interim CEO while the search for a successor to Bartz continues. |
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