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The CEO of the Chinese internet company Alibaba Group says he would be "very interested" in buying Yahoo.4 X1 [! m! N3 q; N& L6 O1 d5 p; _
$ V6 H3 i$ a! G% f" P; b6 C4 L9 NTVBNOW 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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Y+ ^4 |& U; UMa 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.
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& F4 q) J8 l1 F3 RYahoo is trying to decide whether to sell part or all of itself following the firing last month of Carol Bartz as CEO.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。' m# s1 G) r; |0 m! l6 ^5 F" [
! C2 F4 [5 k! x4 ~Employees were told in an email in late September that the process could take several months.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。1 v" r: ~, F8 I6 a1 O: d
, d9 v1 B, U" K% hIn the meantime, there will be much speculation about who might be interested in the company.公仔箱論壇* A- k4 v2 ?$ Z* m
$ q. r) H. e: j& z1 i! Gwww.tvboxnow.comYahoo owns about 40 per cent of Alibaba.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; M% @; ]% J5 H3 A% V! B+ X0 A
O! |4 ~- i* z3 U6 N$ A6 q公仔箱論壇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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The company is searching for a new CEO while also considering whether to sell itself.
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6 n0 f: ]; o6 y. t+ E; A+ oChief Financial Officer Tim Morse is serving as interim CEO while the search for a successor to Bartz continues. |