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Yahoo to Keep Alibaba Stake but Spin Off Core Businesses
NY Times ^ | December 9, 2015 | Vindu Goel

Posted on 12/09/2015 7:57:50 AM PST by C19fan

Yahoo said on Wednesday that it had dropped a plan to spin off its $31 billion stake in Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce company. Instead, the company will spin off all of its other assets, including its stake in Yahoo Japan, into a new company.

The decision not to sell the Alibaba stake, which was reported on Tuesday, was driven by “the market’s perception of tax risk” associated with the Alibaba plan, Yahoo said in a statement on Wednesday morning.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: alibaba; internet; yahoo
Yahoo's current market cap is $33 billion so core businesses are only worth $2 billion.
1 posted on 12/09/2015 7:57:50 AM PST by C19fan
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To: C19fan

Alibaba is a shell company. they have millions of ghost orders that were created to drive up the value of the stock.
Once the stock dives then Yahoo will be finished.


2 posted on 12/09/2015 11:38:29 AM PST by minnesota_bound
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