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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.os.tvboxnow.com- @( h( h& ?" p, T
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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.0 o" A: Z. n& V& J
" U& N2 z: g0 n, ^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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. V2 u; w0 z6 O% b) w. }In the meantime, there will be much speculation about who might be interested in the company.* S" i+ z9 _! n) [0 H
7 J1 u9 {4 m; ^; MYahoo 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.7 b" H d+ n7 @- i$ b
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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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Chief Financial Officer Tim Morse is serving as interim CEO while the search for a successor to Bartz continues. |