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Report: ByteDance Seeks TikTok Investment From India’s Reliance
Report: ByteDance Seeks TikTok Investment From India’s Reliance
August 12, 2020  |  Investments

ByteDance, the parent of assailed video-sharing app TikTok, is working with India’s Reliance Industries in order to save the company’s Indian business via a financial...

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Report: TikTok Plans Lawsuit Over US Ban
Report: TikTok Plans Lawsuit Over US Ban
August 09, 2020  |  Legal

Despite President Donald Trump’s executive order to ban TikTok effective Sept. 15, the Chinese app is not going down without a fight. The popular video-sharing...

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TikTok ‘Shocked’ By Trump’s Executive Order
TikTok ‘Shocked’ By Trump’s Executive Order
August 07, 2020  |  International

In its first public statements about President Donald Trump’s executive order to ban TikTok, the Chinese company said it is “shocked” the edict was issued...

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Tencent Stock Drops After Trump Bans WeChat
Tencent Stock Drops After Trump Bans WeChat
August 07, 2020  |  International

It didn’t take long for China’s market to react to President Donald Trump’s executive order banning WeChat. Shares of Tencent Holdings Ltd., its parent company,...

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Trump Bans ByteDance’s TikTok, Tencent’s WeChat
Trump Bans ByteDance’s TikTok, Tencent’s WeChat
August 07, 2020  |  International

Citing data security issues, President Donald Trump issued two executive orders Thursday night (Aug. 6) banning TikTok and WeChat from the U.S. The ban will...

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Microsoft Seeks To Wrap Up TikTok Talks Before Deadline
Microsoft Seeks To Wrap Up TikTok Talks Before Deadline
August 05, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Microsoft plans to finish its acquisition talks with TikTok within the next three weeks, ahead of a Sept. 15 deadline, CNBC reported. Estimates on how...

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TikTok’s Time Is Running Out
TikTok’s Time Is Running Out
August 04, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

As the pandemic raged and millions lived under lockdown, one seemingly harmless diversion was TikTok, the amusing short-form mobile video app from Chinese tech firm...

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As Clock Ticks On TikTok Saga, Ripple Effects For US Tech?
As Clock Ticks On TikTok Saga, Ripple Effects For US Tech?
August 04, 2020  |  International

The saber-rattling between China and the U.S. is heating up — with boardroom as battleground, and with some of the biggest U.S. companies as potential...

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Trump Urges Microsoft To Buy TikTok In Its Entirety
Trump Urges Microsoft To Buy TikTok In Its Entirety
August 03, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

President Donald Trump gave Microsoft Corp. some advice on its bid to buy the U.S. arm of TikTok, the controversial Chinese video-sharing app. On Monday (Aug. 3), Trump said it...

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