While Alibaba did not share more details on Aliyun search except that it is a product developed and maintained by its cloud computing business unit under the group, it is worth noting that the division also specializes in data management from...
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. Fellow analyst Rob Enderle of the Enderle Group agreed...
In May 2012, Alibaba Group and Yahoo announced their plan to reduce Yahoo’s stake over a period of time in stages, as they worked on restructuring their ongoing relationship. The remaining $800 million went to Yahoo by way of preference shares in...
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...
Alibaba CEO Jack Ma said "we are very interested in Yahoo because our Alibaba Group is so important to Yahoo, and Yahoo is also very important to us," Bloomberg noted, though selling a U.S.company to a Chinese firm would draw immense CFIUS...
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...
Sources: Yahoo Spurned New Offer By Jack Ma For Part of Alibaba Stake - ForbesYahoo sought deal with Chinese e-commerce giant, then decided $3.5 billion wasn't enough for 15 percent of its stake in Alibaba.
She emphasized that the search algorithm on Etao does not give preference to Taobao Mall products (Part of Alibaba Group's B2C platform launched in 2008) and its organic search ranking will be based on timing of product listings, brand, price, and...
Google Trails Alibaba in China Market, Analysys Says - Bloomberg A clandestine group that supports Wikileaks is taking responsibility for the DDOS (distributed denial of services) problems Mastercard has been experiencing today
Earlier this week, Reuters reported that Alibaba's Jack Ma had been approached by a group of private equity investors to gauge his interest in joining a bid to buy Yahoo. Media Group will report to recently hire Ross Levinsohn.
Yahoo to take time finding 2nd Alibaba board member - Reuters Canada's Yellow Pages Group Buys Trio Of Digital Ad Firms - paidContent Here's a roundup of this week's columns and news stories for the week of Oct.to 29, as reported by Search Engine...
Bartz conceded that their 40 percent stake in Alibaba "tower[s] over the value of Yahoo," downplayed the recent loss of several execs, blamed Facebook for lost Yahoo Mail usage, said there was "nobody to buy" to increase revenues, said "our real...
Japan, the leader in its market, and Alibaba, which is strongly positioned in China, a market with enormous growth potential. s owned sites with that from a growing group of premium partners including eBay, Comcast, AT&T, a consortium of over 600...
CEO Jack Ma of Alibaba Group - owners of Yahoo! owns 40 percent of Alibaba Group). The International Herald Tribune announced Yahoo! China will develop into a search engine for the business vertical. China (though Yahoo!
Yahoo China to be profitable in one year - Alibaba's Ma, Forbes.com Yahoo Messenger Offers Free Group Conference Calls (eWeek), Reuters From The SEW Blog. Google Interesting Items Module: Recommend Searches, Pages some of them were actually quite...
Hongyi has a 40 percent stake in Alibaba.com, which was bought by Yahoo for $1 billion last year. Rights Group It was ironic that companies whose existence depends on freedom of information and expression have taken on the role of censor, even...
Hongyi has a 40 percent stake in Alibaba.com, which was bought by Yahoo for $1 billion last year. Rights Group It was ironic that companies whose existence depends on freedom of information and expression have taken on the role of censor, even...
Yahoo's sort of sidestepped the issue now by selling Yahoo China to Alibaba. Alibaba) but throw your hands up about censorship and say, "It's not us doing it. Maybe Alibaba now runs things, but Yahoo with a major stake should be pushing for at...
Search Engine Forums Spotlight - - Links to the week's topics from search engine forums across the web: Search Engine Strategies San Jose 05 Session Coverage - Yahoo Invests $1bn in Alibaba.com - Is Yahoo Hand Coding More Results?
