Alibaba 'very interested' in buying Yahoo1 A* U+ _% \9 o2 p8 ~' [' |& J/ ~
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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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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.公仔箱論壇+ I: m' P3 h0 n* v
8 g+ v! z8 Y9 L, h# I: Y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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' _+ n, T7 ?) 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.
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5 M0 k" e- U7 v% ^% Itvboxnow.comEmployees were told in an email in late September that the process could take several months.
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# ^- {0 U6 y3 Q! ~, J公仔箱論壇In the meantime, there will be much speculation about who might be interested in the company.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。2 h6 u% z2 i& r9 D6 i: m% r! b
6 _4 J- v+ u% u8 Q1 Stvboxnow.comYahoo owns about 40 per cent of Alibaba.
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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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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.4 X4 i7 W y9 n6 d' F
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The company is searching for a new CEO while also considering whether to sell itself.
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* i0 ?% V; t7 S' Q: B4 `$ ~Chief Financial Officer Tim Morse is serving as interim CEO while the search for a successor to Bartz continues. |