SHANGHAI Feb 17 (Reuters) - Alibaba Group does not see foreign mergers and acquisitions as its main focus in coming years, Chief Strategy Officer Zeng Ming told a gathering of foreign correspondents in Shanghai. Talks between Yahoo Inc and Alibaba Group

(Business Law Currents) Trouble in Yahoo’s boardroom continues to gnaw at the company’s prospects for recovery from a highly-publicized and costly dispute with its business partner, the Alibaba Group last year. Last week, Yahoo announced several changes

“There are many innovative technology start-ups that have done well in China and gone public successfully. But India, being more IT services driven, has lacked heroes that can champion the cause of Internet-based start-ups with the exception of makemytri

The complexity of crafting a $17 billion asset swap with its Asian partners proved too much for Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO), as negotiations with China’s Alibaba Group and Japan’s Softbank broke down on Tuesday, two months after the parties agreed to a basic out

Yahoo!'s drive to revive its business hit major roadblocks on Tuesday, as the company's talks to sell back most of its stakes in its Asian partners collapsed and a big investor unveiled plans to mount a board fight. The developments raised questions abou

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NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO Feb 15 (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc's efforts to craft a complex $17 billion asset swap with its Asian partners stumbled over how to value Taobao, the fast-growing online retail business owned by China's Alibaba Group, according to source

Alibaba officials declined to comment. The offer would represent a 46% premium over the last closing price of the Hong Kong-listed unit, the paper said. Alibaba Group owns 73% of the listed unit. Alibaba plans to take its Hong Kong-listed unit private, t

But the talks to put together a tax-free transaction ended late Monday after several days of negotiations in Hong Kong, according to people briefed on the matter, who were not authorised to speak publicly. Hours after reports about the end of the talks e

Yahoo, whose revenue slid by more than a fifth last year, brought in former PayPal President Scott Thompson as chief executive in January, five months after Carol Bartz was fired. Two people briefed on the situation described the deal as effectively dead

The Wall Street Journal reported that Einhorn complained to investors in a letter last year that tension between Yahoo and China-based partner Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. , in which Yahoo owns a roughly 40% stake, had caused him to liquidate a position in

The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are her own. Talks on Alibaba buying back Yahoo’s stake in the Chinese e-commerce giant seem to have faltered. Valuation, structure and financing appear to be the key roadblocks. Wit

Talks between Yahoo Inc and China's Alibaba Group over the U.S. Internet giant's Asian assets have hit an impasse, throwing their plans for a $17 billion tax-free asset swap into question, according to sources briefed on the situation. The snag in negoti

Yahoo!, we have a problem. The Internet company and its freshly minted chief executive, Scott Thompson, face a shareholder mutiny after talks to sell the company’s stake in two Asian partners faltered yesterday. Yahoo!’s negotiating team, surprised by th

14 February 2012 Last updated at 23:15 ET Alibaba's founder Jack Ma has been trying to buy back its stake from Yahoo for some time Shares of Yahoo Japan fell 5% on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on reports that talks regarding the swap of Yahoo's Asian assets

San Francisco: Talks between Yahoo Inc and China's Alibaba over the US Internet giant's Asian assets have hit an impasse, throwing their plans for a $17 billion tax-free asset swap into question, according to sources briefed on the situation. The snag in

Yahoo’s drive to revive its business hit major roadblocks on Tuesday, as the company’s talks to sell back most of its stakes in its Asian partners collapsed and a big investor unveiled plans to mount a board fight. The developments raised questions about

Yahoo (YHOO) operates some of the most popular websites on the Internet, particularly with regard to finance (Yahoo Finance), sports and news. But, it has struggled in recent years to remain relevant when placed against rivals like Google (GOOG) and Face

Shares of Yahoo, the No. 2 search engine, fell as much as 7 percent after reports of problems in divesting Asian assets by new CEO Scott Thompson. In late trading, Yahoo shares were at $15.17, down 95 cents, or nearly 6 percent, giving the Sunnyvale, Cal