Rumor: Yahoo to Reacquire China Yahoo from Alibaba
Tencent Tech, 7/19/13
According to industry insiders, US internet company Yahoo is planning to reacquire the "China Yahoo" brand and intellectual assets from Chinese e-commerce conglomerate Alibaba Group. Yahoo will restructure its global R&D center in Beijing, with its mobile internet business as the main focus, and re-enter the Chinese market.
Editor's Note: For more information on this topic, please see "Yahoo Acquires Beijing-based Big Data Analysis Firm," MD7/18/13 and "Alibaba Denies Rumor of Returning China Yahoo to Yahoo in May," MD 3/18/13 issues.
Keywords: online search Internet China Yahoo Yahoo mobile Internet Alibaba Group