Yahoo's quarrel with its Chinese associate Alibaba over the latter's give of a leading internet item to its arch senior manager has deepened.
Shares in Yahoo fell is to third day running after headlines that Alibaba had spun its online remuneration business Alipay out of the attain of the internet giant.
Yahoo mentioned the switch had been done in Aug 2010, but it usually found out about it in Mar this year.
But Alibaba mentioned the Alipay contract was discussed at a 2009 house meeting.
In a matter released on Friday, the Chinese firm mentioned Yahoo would have been wakeful of the treat as it had a chair on the Alibaba board.
Yahoo shares finished down 3.6% on Friday.
Alibaba Group is a of the world's greatest internet conglomerates.
Yahoo had tranquil Alipay in a roundabout way by its 43% interest in privately-owned Alibaba, that was founded by investor Jack Ma.
Investors think the pierce by Mr Ma might spell difficulty for Yahoo in the future.
The Alipay contract raises fears amid Yahoo's investors that Mr Ma could turn off other profitable asset, Taobao, putting it effectively out of Yahoo's reach.
Taobao is China's greatest online selling site.
Yahoo invested $1bn (0.6bn) in Alibaba in 2005.
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