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The CEO of the Chinese internet company Alibaba Group says he would be "very interested" in buying Yahoo.* o; u- _$ Y j* l5 s5 N: f3 z
: O9 y/ \# t8 S6 t2 o6 `6 iJack 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.; Z& @" @0 f5 L/ i. I
/ `0 C# x1 a& j: R" IMa 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, }2 b+ E0 M" M5 H |& d: I
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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.os.tvboxnow.com' F3 K+ Q) Z$ E( e4 D% o
- N( w% p; e1 B5 ?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbEmployees were told in an email in late September that the process could take several months.
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In the meantime, there will be much speculation about who might be interested in the company.
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# i4 Q: e) I9 [2 S6 O9 i" Qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbYahoo owns about 40 per cent of Alibaba.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" x6 E1 j: v' M1 p6 O9 p9 h4 t% M
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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.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。: _4 L- O: F& D: b! {
9 u. ]- |* @5 ]+ n1 g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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; W- }4 `! v5 `+ Y% ]4 s ^
% X2 J4 a# F ~ G$ `5 q! S9 c) [The 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. |