Alibaba 'very interested' in buying YahooTVBNOW 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。' A6 h. g+ m9 U' q! m
6 x- V2 i3 ]) f6 W; p) W* Iwww.tvboxnow.comThe CEO of the Chinese internet company Alibaba Group says he would be "very interested" in buying Yahoo.
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$ L7 h% R5 \5 [8 Q+ R+ B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.5 O/ @1 `/ ^0 a3 x& {0 {; B
' G% U" l" s1 I( r$ k3 J公仔箱論壇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.# H$ q9 @# i; H/ c" Y5 ]3 ]# b
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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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$ j: K! S* C- {( d2 wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbEmployees were told in an email in late September that the process could take several months.www.tvboxnow.com X. C9 }" a: e5 J2 z5 @
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In the meantime, there will be much speculation about who might be interested in the company.- \" ~9 Q0 F3 L3 d! [: y; [: K
5 E# Z" x( _7 X; DYahoo owns about 40 per cent of Alibaba.
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6 i0 T/ t! _ T9 EBartz 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.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。8 U! S' h1 f) i$ R! u& e$ l
( a, a% q7 g0 J: ^tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe company is searching for a new CEO while also considering whether to sell itself. X( p( P( G- V1 V) B/ \1 a
+ p, I' v" U/ T. J0 Gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbChief Financial Officer Tim Morse is serving as interim CEO while the search for a successor to Bartz continues. |