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Two Big ByteDance Investors Reportedly Back Oracle’s Bid For TikTok

Two Big ByteDance Investors Reportedly Back Oracle’s Bid For TikTok
Two Big ByteDance Investors Reportedly Back Oracle’s Bid For TikTok
August 24, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Investment firms Sequoia Capital and General Atlantic, which are major investors in TikTok‘s parent ByteDance, are pushing the firm to sell TikTok’s U.S. arm to...

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Trimble Enhances Fleet FinTech Offering With Card Processing
Trimble Enhances Fleet FinTech Offering With Card Processing
August 24, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Trimble has announced new upgrades for its TMT Service Center and TMT Fleet Maintenance solutions, including faster payment options and more visibility, according to a...

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Small Landlords Face Cash Crunch As A Third Of US Renters Don’t Pay
Small Landlords Face Cash Crunch As A Third Of US Renters Don’t Pay
August 24, 2020  |  Economy

Almost a third of renters in single-family or small multifamily properties couldn’t make their August rent, according to CNBC, citing a survey by Avail, a...

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TikTok Has 100M US Active Monthly Users
TikTok Has 100M US Active Monthly Users
August 24, 2020  |  Mobile Applications

TikTok, in its lawsuit challenging a ban by the President Donald Trump administration, revealed its monthly users have grown almost 800 percent since January 2018,...

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Google Invests $100M Into Telehealth Provider Amwell
Google Invests $100M Into Telehealth Provider Amwell
August 24, 2020  |  Investments

Google‘s cloud division is investing $100 million in Amwell, a telehealth operator preparing to go public, according to CNBC. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Bitcoin Daily: Huawei Creates Blockchain System For Beijing; CryptoTrader.Tax Suffers Hack
Bitcoin Daily: Huawei Creates Blockchain System For Beijing; CryptoTrader.Tax Suffers Hack
August 24, 2020  |  Bitcoin

Huawei has created a technology based on the blockchain to help the Beijing government more effectively monitor and supervise citizen information, CoinDesk reported. Get the...

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Chinese Tech Stocks Jump As Their Listing Market Eases Rules
Chinese Tech Stocks Jump As Their Listing Market Eases Rules
August 24, 2020  |  International

Following the adoption of new rules intended to make it easier for companies to hold initial public offerings (IPOs), some Chinese technology companies newly listed...

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Open Payments Raises $3.5M In Seed Round
Open Payments Raises $3.5M In Seed Round
August 24, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Open Payments, the Stockholm-based FinTech, has raised €3 million ($3.5 million) in a seed-funding round, according to a report from the magazine EU-Startups. The round...

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Big Tech Compliance Tracker: Facebook Backs Data Portability Law, Amazon Considers Registering Services As Separate Entities In India
Big Tech Compliance Tracker: Facebook Backs Data Portability Law, Amazon Considers Registering Services As Separate...
August 24, 2020  |  Regulation

Here’s the latest news from Facebook, Amazon and others, which are coming under increasing scrutiny from regulators, trade groups and politicians the world over. Get...

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