Oracle enters race to buy TikTok’s U.S. operations: Report

Oracle enters race to buy TikTok’s U.S. operations: Report

Oracle Corp has held preliminary talks with TikTok‘s Chinese owner, ByteDance, and was seriously considering buying the app’s operations in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, the Financial Times newspaper reported on Monday, citing people briefed about the matter. Reuters reported earlier this month that Twitter Inc had approached ByteDance to express interest … Read more

United States wishes ‘good’ friend India on 74th Independence Day

United States wishes ‘good’ friend India on 74th Independence Day

WASHINGTON: Wishing India on its 74th Independence Day, the US has said the two countries share “close bonds of friendship and democratic traditions,” which over the time has flourished into a comprehensive global strategic partnership. “On behalf of the government of the United States of America and the American people, I extend greetings and best … Read more

Russian gamers race to prevent nuclear ‘war’ | CNN

Russian gamers race to prevent nuclear ‘war’ | CNN

Story highlights Latest craze in Moscow is war game in which players race to find nuclear codes Russian officials are playing on fears, staging a mass nuclear drill CNN  —  “Attention! Attention!” blares the Russian voice from a loudspeaker. “The nuclear bombs will be launched in one hour.” Inside a room styled as a Soviet-era … Read more

Inflation reflects growth dynamics in India: Christopher Wood

Inflation reflects growth dynamics in India: Christopher Wood

Key note address delivered by Christopher Wood, equity strategist, CLSA, in his first public appearance in India, at the ET Now Market Summit-2010. Excerpts: Hello everybody and thank you for asking me. I will be running through some charts which were still first with the situation in the West. Then I will move on to … Read more