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Shares of Yahoo have been on a white-knuckled roller-coaster ride since the company hired an investment banker to explore shareholder-juicing possibilities, including an outright sale. Reuters has claimed that Microsoft is considering another run at its search partner, but Bloomberg dissents. Who else might buy the dot-com giant?

Yahoo, which holds roughly 40% of Alibaba's Chinese parent, Alibaba Group Holding, had been pining for an IPO of the e-commerce giant's sister company, Taobao. Now, though, with a fraud probe underway, Yahoo's chances of cashing in on an IPO just got slimmer.

Alibaba.com (ALBCF) is unwilling to take part in its parent Alibaba Group's bid to buy a stake in Sohu.com Inc's search engine unit. Alibaba Group and a fund founded by its chairman, Jack Ma, plan to buy a 16% stake in Sohu.com's search engine unit, Sogou, IDG News reported. The deal, which has...

Alibaba.com plans to snap up fellow e-commerce company Vendio Services, marking the Chinese online giant's first U.S. acquisition as it seeks to expand its presence in America.

Trading in Hong Kong Tuesday was hampered by a severe tropical storm that delayed the opening of the stock market until 2:30 p.m. By the end of the shortened session, which lasted only an hour and a half, the Hang Seng had slipped 66 points to close at 20,866 -- a loss of .3 percent. Active stocks...