The rollercoaster years that led to the US-TikTok deal
It is a challenge for TikTok’s parent company ByteDance as well as global ambitions for other Chinese tech companies.
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Does TikTok’s US deal threaten the company’s global ambitions?
TikTok has finalised a deal to allow its American business to continue, by creating a new US entity separate from…
Sharp fall in government borrowing in December, figures show
More money than expected was collected through tax and higher National Insurance Contributions, although public sector spending also increased.
Two charged after funeral firm collapse hit 46,000
About 46,000 customers lost thousands of pounds when Safe Hands Plans Ltd collapsed in 2022.
Trump credit card plan would be a ‘disaster’, JP Morgan boss warns
Jamie Dimon said Donald Trump’s interest rate cap proposal would restrict Americans’ access to credit.
Trump says ‘framework of a future deal’ discussed on Greenland as he backs off tariffs threat
At Davos, the US president said he would not use force to take the island and later floated a possible…
Bezos’ Blue Origin announces satellite rival to Musk’s Starlink
Blue Origin will be focused on businesses and governments, while Starlink also offers services to individual customers.
How Slovakia became the world’s number one carmaker
The European country is the biggest autos manufacturer relative to the size of its population.
Snap settles social media addiction lawsuit ahead of trial
TikTok, YouTube and Meta remain defendants in the case, which is due to kick off next week.
Air India crash plane had record of safety defects, campaigners claim
Campaigners say they have evidence the plane had previously suffered a series of technical failures, including a fire.