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		Alibaba Is Said to Be Close to Raising $8 Billion (nytimes.com)
		6 points by spathak on July 31, 2012 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

s_henry_paulson on July 31, 2012 [–]

I always wondered how Yahoo has managed to stay around for so long, but when I read about them owning things like 40% of Alibaba, it starts to make sense.

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