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Why Tiktok is worth buying regardless of its pitfalls, unresolved questions

TikTok could try to lower the risk for an acquirer by striking multiyear exclusive deals with its most popular American creators, the way that platforms like YouTube and Twitch have done

Donald Trump's bid to force TikTok sale follows well-trod legal path

Trump's demand has set off a geopolitical tug-of-war, but it has ample precedent

Microsoft may buy TikTok's India business if ban revoked: Experts

For a deal to work, they say, US firm will have to accept data localisation and keep servers in India

Donald Trump's real goal is to kill off TikTok, says ByteDance CEO

He said a government probe into the company's 2017 purchase of Musical.ly, - TikTok's progenitor - was intended to spur a complete shutout

US wants to ban TikTok rather than force a sale: Internal ByteDance letter

The letter was sent only to ByteDance's Chinese employees after news that ByteDance was in talks to sell parts of TikTok to Microsoft Corp

Donald Trump seeks TikTok payment to US, despite no clear authority

It would be unprecedented, based on recent history, for the US government to collect a cut of a transaction involving companies in which it doesn't hold a stake

Microsoft's takeover would be a win for TikTok and tech giants - not users

If successful, Microsoft will take over the app's operations in the US and potentially also in Canada, Australia and New Zealand

With TikTok, 'uncool' Microsoft aims for love of tweens, perception change

Microsoft made the announcement after its chief executive, Satya Nadella, talked with President Trump, who had threatened to ban the hugely popular social media company, which is owned by ByteDance

TikTok, Donald Trump and an impulse to act as CEO to Corporate America

The president's interventions in company dealings based on his own instincts are a departure from the arm's-length approach of predecessors of either party

Chinese unicorn ByteDance to shift HQ from Beijing to London: Report

A formal announcement from ByteDance's founders on setting up shop in London is expected soon, said the report

Tiktok's ByteDance initiates talks with tech firm for US operations: Report

President Donald Trump only agreed to allow Microsoft Corp to negotiate the acquisition of popular short-video app TikTok if it could secure a deal in 45 days

Rising call to ban TikTok in US brings chaos to its user community

TikTok has had a fraught relationship with the United States government for some time

Trump gives Tiktok's ByteDance 45 days to agree to Microsoft sale: Report

One idea under consideration is to give Microsoft and ByteDance a transition period to develop technology for TikTok that will be completely separate from ByteDance

TikTok owner ByteDance accuses Facebook of 'plagiarism and smears'

The Chinese firm also said it faced 'complex and unimaginable difficulties' as it worked to grow into global company

Republican senators back ByteDance's offer to divest Tiktok's US operations

Senator John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, said on Twitter that a divestment "and purchase by U.S. company is win-win."

Microsoft tries to salvage deal to buy TikTok, Nadella speaks to Trump

Talks to buy the music video app will move quickly "in a matter of weeks" and are expected to be completed no later than Sept. 15, Microsoft said in a statement

TikTok's owner offers to forego stake to clinch US deal, says report

ByteDance's concession will test whether Trump's threat to ban the app is a negotiating tactic

Microsoft in advanced talks to buy TikTok's US business as Trump mulls ban

Donald Trump said he could use emergency economic powers or an executive order to enforce the action

Microsoft weighs TikTok purchase as ad business flattens out: Report

Microsoft is in exploratory deal talks as the US government prepares to force China-based ByteDance to divest its video app TikTok over data security concerns, says report

Microsoft may be in talks to buy TikTok; Trump mulls banning Chinese app

Trump's comments came after published reports suggested his administration was planning to order China's ByteDance to sell TikTok