Naturally, Sina and Alibaba reckon that they can wring much more from their combined efforts.
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Credit Suisse also expects more competition from domestic rivals like Tencent, Sohu, Taobao and Alibaba.
This also raised concerns that Alibaba might shift other assets to insiders for inadequate consideration.
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Alibaba was also granted options to buy up to 30% of Weibo in the future.
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That success has been steadily increasing Alibaba's estimated market value during the past year.
If Microsoft became a minority partner in Alibaba Group as well as the new Yahoo!
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Privately-held Alibaba is widely expected to have a share sale as early as this year.
Alibaba and Microsoft confirmed that Etao is in public, or beta, testing, but declined further comment.
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In January Alibaba said it would invest up to 30 billion yuan in new warehouses.
It offers various services, including Alibaba.com which connects businesses across the globe to Chinese manufacturers.
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The first step is the repurchase by Alibaba of up to one-half of Yahoo!'
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Alibaba will be required to close the repurchase with respect to at least one-quarter of Yahoo!'
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Would you be able to compete with the more established Alibaba.com in that realm?
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The latest move also puts an end to rumors regarding possible partnership between Alibaba and Sina.
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If you thought the Facebook (FB) pre-IPO media buzz was big last year, wait for Alibaba.
Japan and Alibaba, a Chinese internet firm in which it has a 43% stake.
Alibaba says the small to mid-sized e-tailers they interviewed are looking on the bright side.
"The arrest of the suspects hits online scammers hard, " said Alibaba.com boss Jonathan Lu.
Alibaba was a local Chinese company that helped small- and medium-sized enterprises conducting business online.
At present, Taobao.com, a subsidiary of the internet giant Alibaba, dominates China?s online marketplace .
In the mid-2000s, Mr. Yang fostered a friendship with Jack Ma, CEO of Alibaba Group.
Profitable Alibaba Group, however, does not have to go to the U.S. to sell shares.
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Ma, a former English teacher, founded Alibaba in 1999 to link Chinese suppliers with retailers abroad.
Aside from job creation in China, Alibaba has carried out similar programs in China.
Under the terms of the agreement with Alibaba, the second phase allows for Yahoo!
Now I can bring Alibaba public anytime, and I suddenly realized that, no too early.
Mr. Ma, you've mentioned that Alibaba when it first started was this business to business idea.
My guest today is the founder and CEO of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba.com -- Jack Ma.
In 2005, Alibaba.com added to its international profile by acquiring and operating Yahoo China.
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