Alibaba 'very interested' in buying Yahoo
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6 x2 M) Z) p. @; w$ P" n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.公仔箱論壇1 D( o8 [) ]0 }& Y3 y6 y
) n2 [* }3 r/ Q9 X8 y8 x# |% ~, Z$ MTVBNOW 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。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.tvboxnow.com1 K1 e9 Y w4 K# m& \
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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.5 y( J/ b7 U6 R: @6 v
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Employees were told in an email in late September that the process could take several months.公仔箱論壇7 G' l E# O) d O
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In the meantime, there will be much speculation about who might be interested in the company.3 f! M" c; q' C. r8 X
, z) E2 R1 f7 r& t* }tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbYahoo owns about 40 per cent of Alibaba.
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" K2 p7 I+ K! K2 {3 q: ^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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8 p. e. P$ x. x) h- d! stvboxnow.comChief Financial Officer Tim Morse is serving as interim CEO while the search for a successor to Bartz continues. |