Alibaba 'very interested' in buying Yahoo
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7 g' m3 G: N. e0 }4 Etvboxnow.comThe 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 d( f: C u2 g4 t! H
: \: d3 K8 l9 W+ e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.& L3 {+ w S0 r# [( @! B2 ^# L
' d! \6 m- p1 a公仔箱論壇Yahoo is trying to decide whether to sell part or all of itself following the firing last month of Carol Bartz as CEO.tvboxnow.com- V2 }+ s! n, ?
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Employees were told in an email in late September that the process could take several months.
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0 @7 t, r' j3 s( G7 b, nTVBNOW 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。In the meantime, there will be much speculation about who might be interested in the company.公仔箱論壇7 F6 w, O! C. u6 V H$ Q
9 m, o \* K N; F/ ?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbYahoo owns about 40 per cent of Alibaba.tvboxnow.com2 l4 }: y3 [6 K( y j
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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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# }1 n/ p/ e6 u. j5 \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。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.公仔箱論壇6 `) {3 f, Z6 ^! `0 b& s
5 {9 A& B) Q' z' x) ttvboxnow.comThe company is searching for a new CEO while also considering whether to sell itself.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- p( @8 d( X5 C; j% A1 a% f9 l7 K
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Chief Financial Officer Tim Morse is serving as interim CEO while the search for a successor to Bartz continues. |