Alibaba 'very interested' in buying Yahoo
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The CEO of the Chinese internet company Alibaba Group says he would be "very interested" in buying Yahoo.tvboxnow.com, C0 b4 p% O% `
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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.- A* k* _! `% y' l
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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.公仔箱論壇1 n' w# b! [9 Q; e
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 U, @ M* ^% k& g. E4 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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4 R3 m$ S3 b! L% h% u公仔箱論壇Yahoo owns about 40 per cent of Alibaba.公仔箱論壇" t1 w. W7 w# `" E) J
. `" R( K+ Q& r4 P8 xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBartz 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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+ P( E# a1 J( S" W& W4 Btvb now,tvbnow,bttvbYahoo'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.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。) R3 I2 O. B1 J/ i5 v
5 R. \, k+ V. Z/ gThe company is searching for a new CEO while also considering whether to sell itself.* Z. O8 z/ N: h3 p- J# h N/ W" o8 [: C
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Chief Financial Officer Tim Morse is serving as interim CEO while the search for a successor to Bartz continues. |