Alibaba CEO 'Interested' in Buying Yahoo
Jack Ma, chief executive of Chinese Internet company Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, told an audience at an event at Stanford University that he was "interested" in buying Yahoo Inc.
View ArticleYahoo to weigh deals for Asian assets: sources
Yahoo Inc is discussing a plan to slash its stakes in China's Alibaba Group and its Japanese affiliate as part of a complicated share transaction valued at roughly $17 billion, sources familiar with...
View ArticleAlibaba hires U.S. lobbying firm as it eyes Yahoo
China's Alibaba Group has hired Washington lobbying firm Duberstein Group Inc as it eyes a possible deal with Internet giant Yahoo Inc.read more
View ArticleYahoo, Alibaba tax-free deal talks crumble: source
Yahoo Inc and its Asian partners, China's Alibaba and Japan's Softbank Corp, have called off talks over a tax-free sale of the U.S. company's Asian assets, a source familiar with the situation told...
View ArticleYahoo in talks to sell 15-25 percent of Alibaba: source
Yahoo Inc could be weeks away from selling 15 to 25 percent of Alibaba Group's stock back to China's largest e-commerce company, in a deal designed to eliminate complexities that had scuttled the...
View ArticleAlibaba Says Former Manager Suspected Of Bribery
A former manager at China’s largest e-commerce company, Alibaba Group, has been arrested by Chinese police under suspicion of accepting bribes from businesses owners, the company said Thursday.read more
View ArticleAcer Postpones Launch of Alibaba-Powered Phone
Taiwanese PC maker Acer postponed the launch of its first smartphone using a mobile operating system developed by a Chinese company after its current software partner Google expressed concerns about...
View ArticleGoogle Objects to Acer-Alibaba Phone
Google objected to Taiwanese PC maker Acer's development of a smartphone that is powered by a rival mobile operating system, the launch of which was delayed this week.
View ArticleChina's Alibaba buys back half of Yahoo's stake
China's Alibaba Group said it bought back half the stake Yahoo Inc owned in the company for about $7.6 billion, moving closer to an initial public offering.read more
View ArticleAlibaba steps up battle with Android
Alibaba seeks to weaken Google's dominance of the Chinese smartphone market with subsidies and other support for its rival Amos operating system. The firm has set up a one billion yuan ($162m; £105m)...
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