US government confirms receiving Oracle bid for TikTok
Ahead of a deadline set by President Donald Trump over video sharing app TikTok, Washington officials will evaluate a bid ...
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US eyes tougher Wall Street rules for Chinese companies
New York—US officials on Thursday proposed toughening rules for Chinese companies listed on American stock exchanges as recent scandals have ...
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Microsoft to keep exploring TikTok deal after talks with Trump
Microsoft announced Sunday it would continue talks to acquire the US operations of popular video-sharing app TikTok, after meeting with ...
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New COVID-19 spike crushing travel demand, says Delta CEO
New York"•After a brief uptick in flying interest this spring, the jump in US coronavirus cases has crushed travel demand ...
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Asian equities rally stalls on lingering economic uncertainty
Asian markets were mixed Wednesday as a rally over the previous two days ran out of steam on profit-taking, with ...
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$1.7-T US rescue package nixed
Washington—A trillion-dollar Senate proposal to rescue the reeling US economy crashed to defeat Sunday after receiving zero support from Democrats, ...
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US blacklists Chinese entities over ‘brutal’ Xingjiang abuses
Washington"•The US is to blacklist 28 Chinese entities that it says are implicated in rights violations and abuses targeting Uighurs ...
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‘Hurry up!’ G20 told: Speed up digital tax
Fukuoka, Japan—Top G20 finance officials agreed Saturday there was an urgent need to find a global system to tax internet ...
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US Treasury defies Trump tax subpoena
Washington—US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin rejected Friday a congressional subpoena for President Donald Trump’s tax records, setting up a new ...
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Beijing vows to hit back at higher tariffs from US
Washington"•The United States pulled the trigger Friday on a steep increase in tariffs on Chinese products and Beijing immediately vowed ...
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Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.