Alibaba 'very interested' in buying Yahoo
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/ \" [1 ]: f+ |, _. m7 E公仔箱論壇The 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.5.39.217.760 n3 g! P& M4 R" k8 W# @) p
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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.; j6 q+ ^( Q( W0 u, r! L1 z% t
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Employees were told in an email in late September that the process could take several months.
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1 D- x+ q2 A( q, N( H' L* T1 otvb now,tvbnow,bttvbIn the meantime, there will be much speculation about who might be interested in the company.公仔箱論壇+ q+ H2 r) p( r5 M
0 M7 \1 a) f# G公仔箱論壇Yahoo owns about 40 per cent of Alibaba.公仔箱論壇8 X; i% f/ F- k
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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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C0 o4 t# U+ K% z: L1 l公仔箱論壇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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0 j" x$ d# n' X; Z' P2 stvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe 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. |