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The CEO of the Chinese internet company Alibaba Group says he would be "very interested" in buying Yahoo.公仔箱論壇: W2 |" [7 Q5 B2 P' i
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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: q- Y, o" S# S9 M- ^
2 T# |7 \: D: ~' V- r4 ]. p8 N- y( ~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。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.4 f! v' I- n3 J: u
& @9 t: H8 H3 r6 ?% u5 A( W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.3 E( e3 v4 B2 U [: t+ N9 }
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3 [( B" t/ @5 _8 H! L& Q& m" Dos.tvboxnow.comIn the meantime, there will be much speculation about who might be interested in the company.
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7 M( ?. ^5 w; m- R6 v* _. gos.tvboxnow.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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8 C; u9 |# j: W% h/ l: d公仔箱論壇The company is searching for a new CEO while also considering whether to sell itself.
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2 r; D4 l6 L" R( G1 wTVBNOW 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。Chief Financial Officer Tim Morse is serving as interim CEO while the search for a successor to Bartz continues. |