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Re:All the Western companies you’d have to combine to get so... by xux on Friday May 09, 2014 @03:43AM (#7719813)
Funny you brought the 40% up. The Chinese government doesn't like foreign investors controlling financial companies in China. So Alibaba spun off its Alipay service into a separate company, without the approval of investors.

Yahoo wasn't pleased and sole about 15% of their shares.

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