Article: ALIBABA GROUP SAID TO REPURCHASE ITS SHARES FROM YAHOO


AsiaInfo Services
07-22-2008
Alibaba Group Said to Repurchase its Shares from Yahoo

HANGZHOU, Jul 22, 2008 (SinoCast via COMTEX) -- Alibaba Group, parent company of China's e-commerce bellwether Alibaba.com Ltd., (SEHK: 1688) is likely to buy back its shares held by Yahoo! Inc., together with some institutional investors, revealed sources recently.

Yahoo, which presently takes a 39% stake in Alibaba, informed its shareholders on July 17, 2008 in a letter that it would possibly spin off its Asia assets.

The Chinese e-commerce company has been seeking to reduce Yahoo's holdings in Alibaba since March 2008 to make its operation more flexible. On the other hand, ...

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