Jack Ma, CEO of Chinese Internet giant Alibaba Group, said firms have approached him about a Yahoo deal. Yahoo owns a large stake in Alibaba.

Holding Aabaco, Yahoo’s proposed Alibaba-share spinoff, is a bet that the e-commerce giant chooses to snap up its shadow sooner rather than later.

Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) are companies which add substance to superstitions, because they make them work.

Starboard Value is putting new pressure on Yahoo, calling on the company to halt the spinoff of its stake in Alibaba and instead sell its beleaguered Internet business.

By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) - Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's (BABA.N) shares do not begin trading until Friday, so investors hungry for a bite of the Chinese e-commerce giant have turned ...

CUPERTINO, Calif. — Yahoo Inc. made investors happy by announcing a spinoff of its nearly $40-billion stake in Alibaba Group Holding, but the move won't add money to Yahoo's coffers — or mask ...