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Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is considering reducing the size of a loan for a potential Yahoo! Inc. acquisition to around $3 billion from the original target of $4 billion in order to use its cash instead, a person familiar with the matter said.

The Chinese company is considering a number of acquisition options for the Web pioneer, including the possibility of a total purchase.

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., the Chinese e-commerce business partly owned by Yahoo! Inc., hired Washington lobbying firm Duberstein Group Inc. for help in possibly buying out Yahoo’s stake in the company.

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Alibaba Group has reduced the size of its debut loan to $3 billion, the funds which the Chinese e-commerce giant plans to use to buy back part of the 40 percent stake held by Yahoo Inc, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday. Alibaba had initially planned to raise as much as $4 billion, but according to one of the sources, the company could instead ...

* Alibaba may use cash to buy back Yahoo stake - source * Alibaba has more than $3 bln in cash - source * Alibaba looking for 6-7 banks by early Feb - source (Adds background) HONG KONG, Jan 11 (Reuters) ...

Amid talks with Yahoo, the fast-growing Chinese Internet company has hired the Duberstein Group, led by Kenneth M. Duberstein, who was President Reagan's White House chief of staff.

The company is currently considering a number of acquisition options, including the possibility of a total purchase.

(Reuters) - Alibaba Group has hired a Washington lobbying firm in a sign that the Chinese e-commerce company would be willing to make a bid for all of Yahoo Inc in the event that talks to unwind their Asian partnership fail. Japan's Softbank Corp, which owns a 30 percent stake in Alibaba and is a partner in Yahoo Japan, is also listed as an Alibaba affiliate in the disclosure by the lobbying ...

HONG KONG, CHINA: Alibaba Group has reduced the size of its debut loan to $3 billion, the funds which the Chinese e-commerce giant plans to use to buy back part of the 40 per cent stake held by Yahoo Inc, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday.

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (ALIBABZ) . is considering reducing the size of a loan for a potential Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) acquisition to around $3 billion from the original target of $4 billion in order to use its cash instead, a person familiar with the matter said.