Alibaba 'very interested' in buying Yahoowww3.tvboxnow.com( \- ~: E( I: J& b( l5 S
|& Z) R! f, S8 t4 M( p& `8 Bwww3.tvboxnow.comThe CEO of the Chinese internet company Alibaba Group says he would be "very interested" in buying Yahoo.www3.tvboxnow.com8 V! N C0 m3 I1 n7 f0 x
2 I! H0 q# r9 J* h- T/ P: x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.( U( U5 y5 ^& d" S3 a- d
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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.www3.tvboxnow.com: S R. A k; h) u3 l; y, \
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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.4 ~1 a% V1 B$ S3 L0 e! U0 f9 m
" L$ P5 s8 j( a5 ~6 X1 zwww3.tvboxnow.comEmployees were told in an email in late September that the process could take several months.
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In the meantime, there will be much speculation about who might be interested in the company.
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Yahoo 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.
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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.www3.tvboxnow.com3 s P9 M2 Q9 v
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Chief Financial Officer Tim Morse is serving as interim CEO while the search for a successor to Bartz continues. |