Alibaba: No Plan to List Taobao or Alipay
TechWeb, 5/08/09
Jack Ma, founder of Chinese Internet firm Alibaba Group, says the Alibaba Group currently has no plans to either merge or list its B2C and C2C e-commerce site Taobao or its third-party payment platform Alipay.
An earlier rumor had said that Taobao was making preparations to list, with an IPO predicted for next year. A spokesperson for Taobao declined to comment on the rumor.
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