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JAHRESRUECKBLICK 2005 - WIRTSCHAFT - CHINA YAHOO INVESTIERT IN ALIBABA.COM: Chief Executive officer and founder of Ali Baba, Ma Yun, center, laughs along with Yahoo Chief Executive Officer Daniel Rosensweig, right, during a press conference at the China World hotel in Beijing Thursday, August 11, 2005. Yahoo Inc. announced Thursday it would pay US$1 billion (euro 810 million) in cash to acquire a 40 percent stake in the Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba.com. The agreement makes Yahoo the largest strategic investor in Alibaba, and is the biggest deal yet in a flurry of investments in China by foreign Internet companies eager for a share of a market with more than 100 million people online. Sitting at left is unidentified. (KEYSTONE/AP PHOTO/Elizabeth Dalziel)