Alibaba Prepare Power to Buy Yahoo

Alibaba is a partner of Yahoo in China. As many as 40 percent of its shares still owned by Yahoo. But this time, the company reportedly is preparing to buy Yahoo stock. Not just that in China, but also throughout the world.

The news was announced by Bloomberg citing an unnamed source. Alibaba is said took Blackstone Group, Bain Capital and Softbank.

On the other hand, several groups have proposed the purchase of some shares of Yahoo. These include the Silver Lake and TPG Capital.

What raised Alibaba is not the same as Silver Lake or TPG Capital is only targeting a minority share. Alibaba says Yahoo is preparing to acquire a whole.

The scenario, once purchased, et al Alibaba will divide the purchase of it. Alibaba will get back all its shares, Softbank will take over the shares in Yahoo Japan, sedankan Blackstone and Bain will take over Yahoo's United States.

Jack Ma, Alibaba CEO since October 2011 has expressed his desire to buy Yahoo. He also has long wanted to buy back Yahoo's stake in Alibaba.

If this news is true, the next question is: how large the proposed price? And, more importantly, whether Yahoo will be acquired?