India vs. China: TikTok founder Zhang Yiming is China's richest person but is only half as wealthy as India's Mukesh AmbaniByteDance founder Zhang Yiming is now China’s richest person with net worth of $49.3 billion. India's richest man Mukesh Ambani has a signi...
30 Oct, 2024, 11.38 AM IST
China's ecommerce giant Alibaba misses first-quarter revenue estimatesAlibaba's first-quarter revenue fell short of market expectations, impacted by cautious consumer spending in a struggling Chinese economy. ...
15 Aug, 2024, 04.17 PM IST
ByteDance testing content paywall on TikTok's sister app DouyinThe Chinese internet giant has recently started to allow some content creators with more than 100,000 followers to put part of their videos...
16 Nov, 2023, 05.08 PM IST
China's ecommerce platforms not doing enough on climate: GreenpeaceIn a report ranking the environmental record of six of China's ecommerce giants, Greenpeace said the discount online shopping platform Pind...
09 Nov, 2023, 05.24 PM IST
Alibaba banks on aggressive Singles Day pricing to recoup sales mojoWhile Alibaba has announced that it will offer 80 million products at their lowest prices this year during Singles Day, which began in late...
31 Oct, 2023, 04.44 PM IST
Alibaba, ByteDance share algorithm details with Chinese regulatorAlgorithms used by tech companies like Alibaba and Bytedance are closely guarded globally, but in March, China rolled out regulations oblig...
16 Aug, 2022, 03.18 PM IST
China regulator says Alibaba, Tencent have submitted app algorithm detailsThe rules are part of a broad regulatory crackdown by Beijing against its once free-wheeling technology sector.
15 Aug, 2022, 02.42 PM IST
ByteDance to reorganize, CFO steps down to focus on TikTokThe move comes after ByteDance shelved its plan to go public in April and said it had no imminent plans for an initial public offering. It ...
02 Nov, 2021, 10.23 AM IST
Chinese social media platforms to ‘rectify’ financial self-media accountsThis follows an announcement by Cyberspace Administration of China that it would look into accounts that have repeatedly released financial...
28 Aug, 2021, 04.34 PM IST
TikTok owner ByteDance launches share buyback after shelving IPO plansIn an email sent to current and former employees this week, ByteDance said eligible shareholders can apply to sell their holdings by June 2...
27 May, 2021, 10.56 AM IST
ByteDance says it has no immediate plans for public listingByteDance last month hired former Xiaomi executive Shou Zi Chew to a newly-created role as chief finance officer, suggesting the tech compa...
23 Apr, 2021, 09.38 PM IST
ByteDance considers listing Douyin in New York or Hong Kong: ReportThe company had also been considering listing some of its Chinese businesses including news aggregator Toutiao in Hong Kong or on Shanghai'...
31 Mar, 2021, 05.46 PM IST
TikTok owner's sales doubled to $35 billion despite US banThe Chinese company managed to grow operating profit to roughly $7 billion in 2020 from less than $4 billion the prior year.
27 Jan, 2021, 12.17 PM IST
TikTok owner ByteDance in fundraising talks that will value it at $180 bln -sourcesThe company is discussing the round with existing investors including Sequoia Capital and General Atlantic to raise around $2 billion for t...
05 Nov, 2020, 09.09 PM IST
Beijing unlikely to approve ByteDance's TikTok deal with Oracle, according to Global TimesByteDance has said it will create a U.S. subsidiary partly owned by U.S. majors Oracle and Walmart and managed mainly by Americans, to paci...
22 Sep, 2020, 10.18 AM IST
Report claims ByteDance links with China’s ‘Party-state’ establishmentThe findings of this report come close on the heels of TikTok suspending an American teen, Feroza Aziz, from its platform for posting a vid...
03 Dec, 2019, 11.26 AM IST
TikTok is aiming at a bigger audience than U.S. SenatorsFor TikTok to be a true success, it needs to appeal to the likes of Nike, Coca-Cola and McDonald’s. Its advertising business is ready to ta...
20 Nov, 2019, 09.23 AM IST