Alibaba 'very interested' in buying Yahooos.tvboxnow.com" ]. b% ?1 \& P2 z8 h
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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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9 _5 v0 o- y+ U. R- GTVBNOW 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。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.
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: \3 G9 Q+ E _6 u" RTVBNOW 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。Yahoo is trying to decide whether to sell part or all of itself following the firing last month of Carol Bartz as CEO.; R" H2 Y( n3 H4 C9 _
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Employees were told in an email in late September that the process could take several months.1 C3 B5 [5 ~9 ?/ }, P) D( _
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In the meantime, there will be much speculation about who might be interested in the company.
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5 o- g# X6 O$ o2 c, ]1 R1 XYahoo 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.os.tvboxnow.com. B1 m# P& X; F2 i5 X. o3 j0 w3 k
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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.公仔箱論壇 m: o) e$ O( s7 u
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The company is searching for a new CEO while also considering whether to sell itself.公仔箱論壇 d* f; T4 B3 G& c/ d- ?
0 Q {* p: e1 m公仔箱論壇Chief Financial Officer Tim Morse is serving as interim CEO while the search for a successor to Bartz continues. |