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Time is ticking away for a deal on TikTok's survival in the US

Mint New Delhi

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April 09, 2025

The US complicated matters by turning it into a bargaining chip

- CATHERINE THORBECKE

The White House's TikTok deal has devolved into quite a spectacle. As the 5 April deadline (now extended by another 75 days) approached for the app to divest from its Chinese parent company or face a US ban, we still didn't have an answer on how it might do this. A flurry of last-minute interest emerged, with players from Amazon to Andreessen Horowitz and Blackstone reportedly tossing their hats in the increasingly crowded ring of potential buyers.

Some of the latest reports suggest that investors could arrange a deal that keeps ownership of the app's powerful recommendation algorithm in the hands of Beijing-based ByteDance. If that's the case, it's not clear how that would assuage one of the central concerns that spurred the ban law in the first place: That the recommendation engine could be exploited to influence the content served to TikTok's 170 million American users. This arrangement may appeal to Beijing, which tweaked its export rules to include algorithms when talks of a ban first arose. But it won't quell the fears of China hawks in President Donald Trump's own cabinet.

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2 mins

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Oil giant IOC eyes green shift

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2 mins

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April-August fiscal gap rises to ₹5.98 tn

India's fiscal deficit rose in the first five months of 2025-26, as compared with the same period last year, due to higher government capital expenditure while net tax revenue declined.

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2 mins

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TaMo aims to drive down Iveco costs, open new roads

Analysts questioned the rationale of buying the Italian firm that was facing growth hurdles

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2 mins

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Nestlé India inks MoU with govt to push food sector investment

FMCG major Nestlé India on Tuesday said it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government to expedite investments in the food industry.

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1 min

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Reits revolution: own a slice of malls, offices with just ₹500

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2 mins

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How Indians get a passport to global markets via GIFT

Global access GIFT City outbound funds offer international exposure

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2 mins

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Poonawalla eyes RCB at $1-1.2 bn valuation

Adar Poonawalla, owner of the vaccine maker Serum Institute, is evaluating a deal to buy the Indian Premier League team Royal Challengers Bengaluru at a valuation of up to $1-1.2 billion, a person directly aware of the development said.

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1 mins

October 01, 2025

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Demand for offices stays strong: C&W

Net leasing of office spaces increased 35% across eight major cities during the JulySeptember period to 16.25 million sq. ft on better demand from domestic and overseas companies, according to Cushman & Wakefield (C&W).

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1 min

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