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.$ r* U0 g: J8 _1 S0 [ h$ ^7 s
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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.( u; X: S4 O, c, S3 k/ l" \
( O- F' P8 h/ Q% E' }: z) u# {8 S6 fos.tvboxnow.comMa 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., x. m& m n' c
3 v9 A" r. ?* V. i3 \# C) {7 Z2 z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.
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: j2 \+ H; Q1 Y; x: o1 u& ^, zEmployees 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.公仔箱論壇5 W$ V0 p k V, W }' s
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Yahoo 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.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。* u/ y C) [# K; W; D- ]) I7 ?* C
% _7 P) \( N' T+ \% s8 O; ~公仔箱論壇The company is searching for a new CEO while also considering whether to sell itself.6 l8 L$ a8 D4 g- B3 j" _- {
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Chief Financial Officer Tim Morse is serving as interim CEO while the search for a successor to Bartz continues. |