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Oracle Looks Victorious As Clock Tick-Tocks Down On Deadline For A TikTok Sale

Oracle Looks Victorious As Clock Tick-Tocks Down On Deadline For A TikTok Sale
Oracle Looks Victorious As Clock Tick-Tocks Down On Deadline For A TikTok Sale
September 14, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Oracle appeared to win the TikTok “sale or no sale” negotiations Sunday night, as several sources reported it had been chosen over Microsoft for U.S....

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US Consumer Sentiment Looks Uncertain As Holiday-Shopping Season Approaches
US Consumer Sentiment Looks Uncertain As Holiday-Shopping Season Approaches
September 13, 2020  |  Economy

Many people prepared during the pandemic’s early days for what they forecast as a relatively short disruption to their daily lives — a few weeks...

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Standard Chartered Reports Blockchain Letter Of Credit Transfer Between Thailand, Vietnam
Standard Chartered Reports Blockchain Letter Of Credit Transfer Between Thailand, Vietnam
September 13, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Standard Chartered has announced the completion of the first cross-bank Letter of Credit (LC) transaction over blockchain, between Vietnam and Thailand, according to a report...

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Deloitte Becomes First Of Big Four To Break Up Business
Deloitte Becomes First Of Big Four To Break Up Business
September 13, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Deloitte will be the first of the “Big Four” auditors to break up its business after selecting a new auditing board to undertake the task,...

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Report: Oracle Winning Bidder Of TikTok, Microsoft Out
Report: Oracle Winning Bidder Of TikTok, Microsoft Out
September 13, 2020  |  International

Oracle Corp. beat Microsoft Corp. in a bid to take over TikTok’s video-sharing app’s U.S. operations Sunday (Sept. 13) days before President Donald Trump threatened to shut...

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Bitcoin Daily: IRS Offers $625K For Help Cracking Cryptocurrency Secrecy; Kuala Lumpur’s IBF Net Eyes Blockchain For Recurring Payments
Bitcoin Daily: IRS Offers $625K For Help Cracking Cryptocurrency Secrecy; Kuala Lumpur’s IBF Net Eyes...
September 13, 2020  |  Bitcoin

The United States may have some of the world’s best cryptographers working for the National Security Agency and other spy shops, but the Internal Revenue...

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SoftBank Considers Going Private After Asset Sales, Report Says
SoftBank Considers Going Private After Asset Sales, Report Says
September 13, 2020  |  Investments

Talks have been revived for SoftBank to take itself private amid a series of disappointments to the company’s equity valuation compared to the value of...

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New Chinese Rule Means Ant Group Must Set Aside At Least $731M And Register As Financial Holding Company
New Chinese Rule Means Ant Group Must Set Aside At Least $731M And Register As...
September 13, 2020  |  Regulation

New Chinese finance rules will force the Jack Ma-backed Ant Group to comply with regulations to back up any payments, lending or other finances with...

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ByteDance To US: TikTok’s Code Isn’t For Sale
ByteDance To US: TikTok’s Code Isn’t For Sale
September 13, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

China-based ByteDance has said in boardroom discussions that it won’t be selling its essential algorithm for the video-sharing app TikTok in any manner, according to...

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