Alibaba 'very interested' in buying Yahoo
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! x3 G! v6 m0 e: w: ~* t) [% fwww.tvboxnow.comThe CEO of the Chinese internet company Alibaba Group says he would be "very interested" in buying Yahoo.! g, ?$ M+ N. R& y0 _
6 p4 K' F- \+ U( t9 w公仔箱論壇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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e+ e8 o ]- KYahoo 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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& ^; ^0 B) R$ o1 S8 @Employees were told in an email in late September that the process could take several months.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* L3 ] q- B& T8 N ?
0 b( t: a/ t+ b+ {, O9 Bwww.tvboxnow.comIn the meantime, there will be much speculation about who might be interested in the company.
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8 a% ]) m7 _8 W" iYahoo owns about 40 per cent of Alibaba.www.tvboxnow.com$ m1 S; P2 E0 i" [* P
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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.
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4 I- @- I/ T4 O2 T0 s$ M( j6 L# iThe company is searching for a new CEO while also considering whether to sell itself.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb E# F: o' `! S5 e* i4 U3 A& Y* R* ?
# c" C+ d( W- P, S% @8 m, JTVBNOW 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. |