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Alibaba CEO Says He Wants To Buy Yahoo

from National Public Radio
October 3, 2011

Several days ago at Stanford University, a Chinese executive said he was "very interested in Yahoo." Jack Ma runs a giant e-commerce website in China called Alibaba. Six years ago, Yahoo bought a 40 percent stake in Alibaba, and is the biggest investor in the Chinese site. But Yahoo fortunes have waned, making it takeover target.

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  • Morning Edition, October 3, 2011
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