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5 hrs ago | Reuters

Alibaba's Taobao Mall in agreement with 9 courier firms

China's Taobao Mall, a unit of Alibaba Group, said on Monday it has signed an agreement with nine domestic logistics firms to significantly expand its delivery network and raise its competitiveness in the e-commerce sector.

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Related Topix: Logistics, Science / Technology, Internet

Sat May 26, 2012

Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Alibaba.com $2.5B privatization bid approved

Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba Group's $2.5 billion bid to take its Hong Kong-listed unit private was cleared Friday by minority shareholders, easing the way for CEO Jack Ma to gain more control over his company's destiny.

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Related Topix: Internet, Science / Technology

Fri May 25, 2012

The Globe and Mail

Morning meeting: Wheat prices expected to spike

Wheat prices expected to spike What do Kansas, Ukraine and Russia have in common? All are major wheat producers suffering droughts severe enough to spark the biggest reduction in global supply estimates since 2003.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Search Engines

Customer Interaction Solutions

Alibaba.com Shareholders Approve Privatization Proposal

Alibaba Group Holding Limited and Alibaba.com Limited jointly announced that the proposal for the privatization of Alibaba.com by way of a scheme of arrangement has been approved by a sufficient majority of the independent shareholders of Alibaba.com at the Court Meeting today.

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Related Topix: Cayman Islands, World News, Central America, Travel, China Travel, Internet, Science / Technology, Cloud Computing

Thu May 24, 2012

Wall Street Journal

Alibaba Privatization Moves Forward

From time to time, we will send you e-mail announcements on new features and special offers from The Wall Street Journal Online.

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Related Topix: Media, IT Services, Wall Street Journal Online

Reuters

China's CIC eyes up to $2 billion stake in Alibaba Group: sources

Sovereign wealth fund China Investment Corp CIC.UL is in advanced talks to buy an up to $2 billion stake in Alibaba Group ALIAB.UL, sources told Reuters, as the Chinese e-commerce powerhouse looks to secure the last of the funding it needs to buy back part of its stake from Yahoo Inc We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant ... (more)

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Wed May 23, 2012

CMSWire

Alibaba Buys Back $7.1B Stake from Yahoo!, Opens Up IPO Opportunities & Yahoo! Comeback

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group has been trying to buy back a big stake in the company from Yahoo! for two years now, in a bid to expand its business and eventually issue an initial public offering.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Internet, Emerging Technology, Search Engines

Tue May 22, 2012

Bradenton.com

Business briefs: Virtual youth job fair extended

WorkNet Pinellas workforce board organized the event with other partners including Suncoast Workforce and Tampa Bay area public school districts and colleges.

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Related Topix: Manatee County, FL, Startups, Yahoo!, Bradenton, FL, Internet, Science / Technology

Journalgazette.net

Yahoo gets billions on China deal

After years of mortifying missteps, Yahoo Inc. finally has something to boast about: a multibillion-dollar windfall from a savvy investment in China.

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Related Topix: Startups, Yahoo!

CBS News

Business Highlights

Facebook's stock closed at $34.03, down 11 percent from Friday's closing price of $38.23. The company lost nearly $10 billion of its market value, and is now worth around $93 billion, about $2 billion below Amazon.com Inc.

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Related Topix: New York, Startups, Facebook, Social Software, Yahoo!, Internet, Science / Technology

AmericanBankingNews.com

Piper Jaffray Reaffirms "Overweight" Rating on Yahoo

's stock had its "overweight" rating restated by equities researchers at Piper Jaffray in a report issued on Monday.

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Related Topix: Startups, Yahoo!, Financial Services, Nomura Holding, Investment Services

AmericanBankingNews.com

Alibaba buys partial stake back from Yahoo

China e-commerce company, Alibaba, is buying back half the stake it sold to Yahoo in 2005, in a deal worth over $7 billion "Alibaba buys partial stake back from Yahoo" is categorized as "business". This video was licensed from Grab Networks.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Internet

Mon May 21, 2012

Deadline

WME-Connected Raine Group Played Unsung Role In Yahoo Deal With Alibaba

A Hollywood-connected name was missing from yesterday's press release announcing Yahoo's $7.1B agreement to sell half of its stake in Alibaba Group - equal to 20% of the Chinese e-commerce operation - back to the company.

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Wall Street Journal

Yahoo's Alibaba Deal: Analysts React to Finally Getting it Done

Yahoo finally reached a deal to A sell its Alibaba some of its stake back to the Chinese company for some $7.1 billion , ending months and months of negotiations.

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Related Topix: Startups, Yahoo!, Yahoo! Japan

KNDU

News Summary: Yahoo selling half of Alibaba stake

By The Associated Press THE TERM: The term "pink slime" was coined by a meat inspector at the U.S. Department of Agriculture a decade ago.

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Related Topix: Startups, Yahoo!, Agriculture, Science, Food, Kraft Foods International, Internet, Science / Technology, Yakima, WA

ABS-CBN News

China's Alibaba to buy back shares from Yahoo! for $7.1B

Azkals - - CJ Corona impeachment - - Gloria Arroyo - - Jessica Sanchez - - Pacquiao Punch - - Ask PNoy - - Divorce Bill - - Reproductive Health bill - - Jose Rizal@150 - - PNoy: Ang Unang Taon - - Ex-Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez - - Maguindanao Massacre - NEW YORK - Alibaba, China's top e-commerce player, will re-purchase a 20-percent state in ... (more)

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WBTV

Chinese activist visits NY's Central Park

Fresh clashes between al-Qaida fighters and government forces in Yemen left 17 dead on Sunday, military officials said, as the army pushed on with an offensive to regain a key town in the county's south that fell to the... A suicide bomber blew himself up at a military parade drill in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Monday, killing at least 20 soldiers ... (more)

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Related Topix: World News, Yemen, Middle East, Startups, Yahoo!

Forbes.com

Yahoo, AMC Ride Chinese Corporate Investment Wave

It's a busy morning in Beijing for blockbuster Sino-American M&A. And self-made Chinese billionaires are in the thick of the action.

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Related Topix: Citizen Sports, World News, China, Asia, Business News

Sun May 20, 2012

KMPH-TV Fresno

Yahoo to sell half of its Alibaba stake for $7.1B

A prison guard has died and several other employees have been injured during what is being called an "an inmate disturbance" at a southwest Mississippi prison.

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Related Topix: Startups, Yahoo!, Prison, Federal Prisons, Internet, Science / Technology

WOI

Yahoo to sell half of its Alibaba stake for $7.1B

Yahoo Inc. may finally be nearing a deal to sell a part of its prized stake in the major Chinese e-commerce provider Alibaba.

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Related Topix: Startups, Yahoo!, Internet, Science / Technology, Prison, Federal Prisons

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