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Yahoo may rethink use of cash from Alibaba deal

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Yahoo Inc startled investors by announcing that new Chief Executive Marissa Mayer may reconsider what it does with the cash it gets from a multi-billion dollar sale of half…

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Alibaba buys back 20 percent stake held by Yahoo for $7.1 billion

(Reuters) – Yahoo Inc said it is to sell up to half of its stake in Internet entrepreneur Jack Ma’s Alibaba Group back to the Chinese company for $ 7.1 billion, and hand most of the sale proceeds to…

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Yahoo in talks to sell 15-25 percent of Alibaba: source

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – 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 parties’ previous negotiations, … Continue reading

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Yahoo shows signs of life, Alibaba in the cards again

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Yahoo Inc reported an uptick in revenue that marked its first quarterly sales growth in three years, as new Chief Executive Scott Thompson outlined his plan to revamp the…

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Exclusive: Alibaba plans to take Hong Kong unit private

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group plans to take its Hong Kong-listed unit private, two sources familiar with the matter said, and is working with Yahoo on an asset-swap deal that may result in Yahoo owning a … Continue reading

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Alibaba hires U.S. lobbying firm as it eyes Yahoo

(Reuters) – Alibaba Group has hired a Washington lobbying firm in a sign that the Chinese e-commerce company would be willing to make a bid for all of Yahoo Inc in the event that talks to unwind their Asian partnership … Continue reading

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Alibaba hires U.S. lobbying firm as it eyes Yahoo

(Reuters) – Alibaba Group has hired a Washington lobbying firm, in a sign that the Chinese e-commerce company would be willing to make a bid for all of Yahoo Inc in the event that talks to unwind their Asian partnership … Continue reading

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