Comments on: Yahoo's China Syndrome: Alibaba IPO Lifts YHOO

By: John

John — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:24:36 +0000

I wish to warn as many people as possible of the risk of dealing with companies listed on Alibaba.com.
Alibaba cannot be trusted, they list bogus companies who offer goods at very low prices, accept payment via TT and do not send the goods. Alibaba is no better than these companies as it makes money from their dishonest activities and lists many of them as Gold Suppliers implying that they are honest traders.
Alibaba will not help people who have been robbed in the recovery of their money and will not take any responsibility for the loss.
Please avoid Alibaba and the companies they list. I am speaking from experience; I lost a large sum of money dealing with a Gold Supplier who proved to be a fraud.

By: jpmist

jpmist — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:19:45 +0000

Good to see someone put the numbers out. One more would help and that's Yahoo's market cap of $45 billion. If Yahoo's $1 billion investment doubles or triples I don't see how that's worth more than a few bucks a share.

Shark fins? Music piracy? Get a grip guys. . .

By: Wolfgang Leander

Wolfgang Leander — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:01:52 +0000

Do you know that Alibaba (and Yahoo!, by extension) have an ugly blemish? Alibaba is the world`s largest online shark fin trader. Click this link, and read carefully:

http://www.celsias.com/2007/10/28/alibaba-com-and-yahoo-back-shark-fin-traders/#comments

By: Free Market Research Tool

Free Market Research Tool — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:33:17 +0000

bingo this would make google thinking - bidau and Alibaba are the two stocks to watch in the near future.

By: maths

maths — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:50:16 +0000

China Syndrome indeed!
For perspective from the ground level in China, before we all get carried away with just the mere numbers, it is important to note that at the same time Yahoo makes part of its revenues in China via music piracy. And they couldn’t even do that properly as they’ve been found guilty as hell by a Chinese court.
If credit is to be accorded to Jerry Yang for brokering the China deal – and as Yahoo is obviously benefiting from it financially – he is also complicit in benefiting from music piracy on the side also.
Sadly, this seems to be how the business model works: US investment money funds a lot of the piracy in China, US investors make a killing, and then the US government goes after China in the WTO kangaroo court.
And since Yahoo Music’s Ian Rogers has already laid out his expected moral standards in his famous blog piece, it is time for him examine his own house a little more and clear some of the existing duplicity
[Before anyone cleverly points out that the Alibaba IPO does not include the Yahoo China part, it was still the same deal that brought Yahoo in in the first place]