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Yahoo talks with Alibaba end abruptly; shares drop nearly 6%

Posted February 14, 2012 - 4:25 pm

Internet pioneer Yahoo and its Asian partners have ended talks over a deal that would allow Yahoo to sell part of its stake in Alibaba Group and Yahoo Japan while saving $4 billion in U.S. taxes.
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Yahoo shares rise on Alibaba CEO interest in potential acquisition

Posted October 3, 2011 - 2:17 pm

Jack Ma, chief executive of Alibaba, says he would be "very interested" in acquiring slumping Internet pioneer Yahoo, which is looking for a buyer.
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Alibaba, Yahoo end dispute over Alipay

Posted July 29, 2011 - 10:10 am

It looks like the war between Alibaba and Yahoo is over -- for now.
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China wholesaler preps mobile OS with a twist: apps run in cloud, not on gadget

Posted July 5, 2011 - 12:20 pm

Chinese IT wholesaler Alibaba said it is working on a mobile OS that will do natively what mobile virtualization does expensively: run the hard logic on servers to lighten the load on the phone.
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Alibaba.com opts out of parent company's search deal

Posted August 10, 2010 - 2:23 pm

Alibaba.com is opting out of a deal with its parent Alibaba Group to buy a stake in Sohu.com Inc.'s search engine unit, the chief executive of the e-commerce company said on Tuesday.
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Alibaba site with own search engine may outshine Yahoo China

Posted November 20, 2009 - 3:55 pm

The launch of a new search engine for a booming online retail site run by Alibaba Group, the owner of Yahoo China, is just one more sign that Taobao.com is taking over roles formerly filled at the group by Yahoo.
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Yahoo to open research center in Beijing

Posted May 20, 2009 - 11:12 am

Yahoo has built a global research and development base in Beijing that will develop products for Yahoo globally and be independent from Alibaba.
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Yahoo, Alibaba relationship frays under Bartz

Posted May 19, 2009 - 1:09 pm

Relations between Yahoo and Alibaba Group, which controls Yahoo's China operations, have soured since Carol Bartz took the helm of the online search giant, a source close to the relationship between the companies said Tuesday.
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Ballmer meeting with Alibaba CEO stirs Yahoo speculation

Posted May 18, 2009 - 11:36 am

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer met last week with Jack Ma, the CEO of top Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba Group, which controls Yahoo's operations in China. The meeting drove speculation in China that they may have discussed a potential Microsoft acquisition of Yahoo.
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