TikTok owner ByteDance sets valuation at over $330 billion as revenue grows, sources sayThe company plans to offer current employees $200.41 per share in the repurchase programme, the people said, up 5.5% from $189.90 each it o...
27 Aug, 2025, 08.05 PM IST
Big setback for TikTok US deal, Blackstone drops out of consortium bid orchestrated by Donald Trump, claims report. What will happen now?Blackstone’s reported exit highlights the complexities and uncertainties involved in the TikTok US deal.
19 Jul, 2025, 04.42 AM IST
Perplexity AI proposes to merge with Tiktok, with US government getting halfUnder the proposal, ByteDance would sell TikTok US to the investors, which would give TikTok's existing investors equity in the company. Th...
27 Jan, 2025, 06.58 AM IST
Judge says former ByteDance executive lied in suit against companyYintao Yu, head of engineering for ByteDance's U.S. operations from August 2017 to November 2018, filed a wrongful-dismissal suit against t...
14 Dec, 2024, 08.39 AM IST
TikTok, Justice Department face off in court over potential US banA three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia will hold oral arguments on a legal challenge filed by TikTok...
16 Sep, 2024, 04.05 PM IST
TikTok preparing a US copy of the app's core algorithmTikTok is developing a clone of its recommendation algorithm for its U.S. users to operate independently from its Chinese parent, ByteDance...
31 May, 2024, 07.06 AM IST
ByteDance prefers TikTok shutdown in US if legal options fail: reportByteDance considers shutting down TikTok over U.S. ban legislation, unlikely to sell due to crucial algorithms. China opposes forced sale. ...
26 Apr, 2024, 09.46 AM IST
Tik Tok ban in US: When will the video sharing app stop working for you?The TikTok ban bill has been proposed amid concerns that ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, could potentially grant the Chinese gover...
26 Apr, 2024, 12.30 AM IST
China's ByteDance gets Trump nod to avoid TikTok shutdown in the United StatesHe told reporters at the White House he backs the deal with TikTok owner ByteDance, Oracle and Walmart to create a new company that will as...
20 Sep, 2020, 09.14 AM IST
ByteDance says proposal for TikTok partnership will need both Chinese and U.S. approvalThe proposal, submitted to the Trump administration over the weekend, envisages Oracle becoming a "trusted" technology partner and making T...
17 Sep, 2020, 02.36 PM IST
Trump says Oracle close to TikTok deal as ByteDance aims for majority ownershipPresident Donald Trump said on Tuesday he had heard Oracle Corp was very close to a deal over ByteDance's TikTok, even as sources said the ...
16 Sep, 2020, 09.49 AM IST
How ByteDance's CEO Yiming Zhang balked at selling TikTok's U.S. businessChina's opposition to a forced sale of TikTok, as well as concerns by major ByteDance backers such as Sequoia and General Atlantic over the...
15 Sep, 2020, 11.20 AM IST
ByteDance drops TikTok's US sale, to partner with Oracle: ReportByteDance had been in talks to divest TikTok's U.S. business to either Oracle or a consortium led by Microsoft Corp after U.S. President Do...
14 Sep, 2020, 09.10 PM IST
China would rather see TikTok US close than a forced sale: SourcesByteDance has been in talks to sell TikTok's U.S. business to potential buyers including Microsoft and Oracle since U.S. President Donald T...
11 Sep, 2020, 10.54 PM IST
Aspiring TikTok buyers pursue four options in effort to revive talksOther options being considered include asking for Chinese approval to pass TikTok's algorithm on to the acquirer of the short video app's U...
02 Sep, 2020, 10.03 PM IST
ByteDance investors seek to use stakes to finance TikTok bid - SourcesByteDance has been in talks to divest TikTok's North America, Australia and New Zealand operations to potential acquirers, including Micros...
24 Aug, 2020, 02.42 PM IST
Trump to give TikTok's Chinese owner 45 days to reach a deal to sell to Microsoft: SourcesFollowing a discussion between Trump and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, the Redwood, Washington-based company said in a statement that it wou...
03 Aug, 2020, 08.33 AM IST