Yahoo makes billion dollar China move
News Yahoo is paying $1bn (£600m) for 40 percent of Chinese Web auctioneer Alibaba.com, taking on eBay and search firm Baidu.com as it extends its reach in the world's second-biggest Internet market. Alibaba.com and Yahoo announced the deal in Beijing...
[August 11, 2005, 16:30]
Yahoo 'helped jail Chinese journalist'
News Just last month, Yahoo paid $1bn for a 40 percent stake in Alibaba.com, which many consider to be the largest e-commerce company in China. A media watchdog group claimed on Tuesday Yahoo provided information that helped Chinese officials convict a...
[September 7, 2005, 9:10]
Reporters without Borders lean on Yahoo over China
News Also, the company is an investor in and does not have day-to-day control of Yahoo China, which is run by Alibaba.com, he said. They were just trying to handle some PR crisis," Pain told CNET News.com afterward.
[April 13, 2006, 9:35]
Yahoo's founder responds to China criticism
News Alibaba.com. Yahoo executives feel "horrible" about political arrests of Internet users in China but believe it's better to operate in that market and cooperate with authorities than not be there at all, Yahoo co-founder
[March 9, 2006, 15:35]
Cisco keen to be seen as green in China
News Cisco's programme will include an increase in local procurement, a memorandum of understanding with China Development Bank to "explore a joint investment programme that would provide capital and expertise for innovative Chinese businesses", and a...
[November 2, 2007, 9:33]
