If Microsoft became a minority partner in Alibaba Group as well as the new Yahoo!
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In the mid-2000s, Mr. Yang fostered a friendship with Jack Ma, CEO of Alibaba Group.
Profitable Alibaba Group, however, does not have to go to the U.S. to sell shares.
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That only leaves their private investment in Alibaba Group (primarily consisting of Taobao and Alipay).
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Yahoo (YHOO) currently owns 24% of Alibaba Group, even after reducing its stake earlier this year.
The three companies will have their own management, and operate as wholly owned units of Alibaba Group.
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Alibaba Group, which is based in Hangzhou, China, has agreed to purchase a stake in Sohu.com Inc.
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Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) announced today that it has closed the initial sale of shares in Alibaba Group Holding Limited.
Ma says he would like to get back some of the shares of Alibaba Group from Yahoo and Softbank.
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In theory, the same problem could afflict the rest of the Alibaba Group.
There was no one who mentioned the Alibaba Group stake back in 2008 when the Microsoft offer was playing out.
Overnight, Jack Ma announced to the world that he would step down as CEO of Alibaba Group in Ma.
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It seems likely to me that there are more discussions going on at the moment between Alibaba Group and Yahoo!
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If it happened, Microsoft would become the bridge loan to Alibaba Group and Softbank to finance their buying back their stakes.
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Taobao, a unit of Alibaba Group, announced on Tuesday that it was beta testing a shopping search engine called Etao.
Alibaba does not how much Taobao contributes to the top line, but Taobao is the main retail brand of Alibaba Group.
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And, most recently, they appear to have been caught completely flat-footed by the developments with their major investment in Alibaba Group.
Besides Alibaba Group, other Chinese companies, such as Tencent Holdings Ltd.
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Japan and 43% interest in privately held Chinese Internet conglomerate Alibaba Group.
Jack Ma, chairman of China's largest e-commerce empire, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
Bidders reportedly showing an interest in the Sunnyvale, California-based company include Silver Lake, Peter Chernin, Providence Equity Partners, DST Global and Alibaba Group.
Alibaba Group management has taken actions to comply with Chinese law governing payment companies in order to secure a license to continue operating Alipay.
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Why did she sign off on the PR war with Alibaba Group once she got embarrassed by the buried disclosure in her last 10-Q?
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Let Softbank have 20% of Alibaba Group and 25% of Yahoo!
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The dominant player in this market is Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) and Alibaba Group Holding Limited today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for a staged and comprehensive value realization plan for Yahoo!'
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In May it set up a unit to run its nascent e-commerce operations, preparing to take on established players like Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and 360buy.com.
Alibaba Group is the dominant e-commerce player in China today and the entire e-commerce sector there is going to go up 5x in the next 4 years.
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Masa Son will also likely be able to get in on the action due to his 30% stake in Alibaba Group and his 40% stake in Yahoo!
On Oct. 23, 2011, I wrote in this space that either Microsoft or Alibaba Group Holding, a Chinese major Internet company, will end up winning Yahoo.
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