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Botany

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Sun Sep 13, 2020, 09:22 PM Sep 2020

Oracle Is Said to Win Deal for TikTok's U.S. Operations

Source: Bloomberg

Oracle Corp. is the winning bidder for a deal with TikTok’s U.S. operations, people familiar with the talks said, after main rival Microsoft Corp. said its offer for the video app was rejected.

ByteDance Ltd., TikTok’s parent, turned down Microsoft’s previous bid to buy TikTok’s U.S. assets. A deal with Oracle is narrower, appearing more like a corporate restructuring than an outright sale, one of the people said.

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One person familiar with the deliberations in the White House said it’s unclear whether a deal with Oracle will pass muster with the Trump administration, where various factions have been pushing for a complete shutdown or an outright sale of TikTok to an American company.

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Oracle, a company with a closer relationship to the U.S. president, emerged as a bidder with the backing of Sequoia Capital, a key ByteDance shareholder.

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-13/oracle-is-said-to-gain-advantage-in-deal-for-tiktok-in-u-s



Not to worry because Sarah Cooper is getting a Netflix special.

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Oracle Is Said to Win Deal for TikTok's U.S. Operations (Original Post) Botany Sep 2020 OP
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Larry Ellison in charge of a social media platform? blogslut Sep 2020 #3
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