Alibaba Reboots Its Cloud-based Mobile OS Strategy – AlizilaCompany outlines new plans seven months after Google blocked a smartphone featuring Alibaba's OS software in China. Facebook tests Graph Search ads and debuts CPA bidding.
Alibaba quietly unveiled Aliyun Search, a product developed by the Chinese ecommerce giant’s cloud unit recently, a move that could have huge implications for Baidu and e-commerce in the country. If Alibaba takes Yahoo’s search algorithm and...
Google appears to be competing with sites like Alibaba.com to spur the online global trade market in the U.S. A new Google Shopping program, Google Shopping for Suppliers, was recently launched in beta to help "users searching for B2B products to...
From reviews of all hires and selling key properties such as Alibaba to putting their own search technology back on the forefront; Yahoo has maintained its position as one of the top three search engines, despite not producing their own organic...
The firm's Q3 earnings for 2012 saw the firm report an income of $3.16 billion, although a $2.8 billion chunk of that came from the company's recent sale of its stake in Chinese firm Alibaba. Recently appointed Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has promised...
Little was said of plans for the billions in proceeds from the recently completed sale of Alibaba assets (back to the company) remaining after promised investor payouts. Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer laid out her vision for the future of Yahoo for...
Alibaba, China’s e-commerce giant, has announced the successful buyback of half of Yahoo’s assets in their company, in a deal worth approximately $7.6 billion. Also, because we still own 23 percent of Alibaba's common stock, we have the opportunity...
The Alibaba group in 2003 took the site to the public in a very successful strategy to compete against eBay who was entering the market at the time. One question I get almost every week is, “why am I struggling so much with selling directly to...
Yahoo has agreed to sell its half of its stake in Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba back to the company in a deal worth $7.1 billion. Yahoo currently holds a 40 percent stake in Alibaba, but will be able to reduce this by half.
Alibaba, which Yahoo owns a 40 percent interest in, have indicated a desire to buy the entire company and are waiting to see how the partial stake offers are received. Alibaba is waiting to see whether Yahoo's board will deem the partial-stake bids...
Other interesting bidders include Alibaba - Yahoo has a 40 percent stake in the company so it would be a way to reclaim that and a perfect way to enter the market outside of Asia - and Thomas H. The Silver Lake consortium is one of a number of...
Microsoft and Alibaba are already on the list of would-be bidders, with both companies pursuing said bid in part to secure their own interests within Yahoo. Google is working with potential partners to put together a bid for Yahoo.
While Microsoft, Alibaba, and several purchasing groups ready their figures and hunt for partners, Yahoo's Jerry Yang assures us that a buyout is only option being examined. At that time, Microsoft and Alibaba seemed to be amongst the potential...
The street had marked Yahoo as takeover meat, with Alibaba CEO Jack Ma bragging to news media that he has the cash to do it. This story originally appeared on ClickZ: Susan Kuchinskas wrote Yahoo Exceeds Expectations, Fails to Thrill
Private equity firm Silver Lake was reportedly looking at buying Yahoo to spin off its Alibaba stake and just recently announced plans to take a stake directly in Alibaba. Alibaba has also shown interest in buying Yahoo - a true success story if it...
Names such as AOL, News Corp.and Microsoft have been mentioned, as has Hong Kong-based Alibaba, as Yahoo owns a nearly 40 percent stake in Alibaba Group. Carol Bartz, who was fired by Yahoo over the phone last week, resigned from Yahoo’s board of...
However, Chinese companies are starting to enter the scene, with the Alibaba Group – a Chinese internet company – showcasing the AliYun OS in late July of this year. Baidu, China's largest search engine, has released a mobile operating system built...
search deal, the low stock value for the company, and – most recently – the controversy with Alibaba. Alibaba, in which Yahoo holds a 43 percent share, recently spun off their payment system (Alipay) to a Chinese company.
Yahoo CEO Bartz Says Alibaba Compensation Talks Progressing - BloombergWants compensation for last summer's spinoff of Alipay. Sources: Yahoo Spurned New Offer By Jack Ma For Part of Alibaba Stake - ForbesYahoo sought deal with Chinese e-commerce...
Alibaba and Yahoo Try to Make Up - The New York Times Here's a roundup of today's other search news and headlines from around the web. Industry Google launches first corporate bond deal, taking advantage of low rates - Los Angeles Times
