On Friday, President Donald Trump called for Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) to dismiss Lisa Monaco, an executive who previously held the position of deputy attorney general under the Biden administration and is now Microsoft’s global affairs president.Check out the current price of MSFT stock here. Trump’s PostThe demand was made on Trump’s Truth Social account. “She is a menace to U.S. National Security, especially given the major contracts that Microsoft has with the United States Government,” Trump wrote in th ...

U.S. Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco speaks as Attorney General Merrick Garland looks on after announcing an antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation Entertainment during a press conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, U.S., May 23, 2024.President Donald Trump on Friday demanded that Microsoft fire Lisa Monaco, an executive who served as deputy attorney general during the Biden administration.The request appeared on Trump's Truth Social account, which has 10 million followers. It comes on ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday afternoon signed an executive order clearing the way for a deal to put TikTok in U.S. hands, with some of his closest billionaire allies poised to take the reins.“This is going to be American-operated all the way,” Trump said during the signing, adding that the agreement had been greenlit by Chinese President Xi Jinping. “I have great respect for President Xi, and I very much appreciate that he approved the deal, because to get it done properly, we really needed the suppor ...

交易进展 - 美国总统特朗普预计于周四签署行政命令 最终确定美国与TikTok中国领导层之间的协议[1] - 白宫表示预计将在未来几天与中国签署协议 多位特朗普支持亿万富翁可能参与包括Larry Ellison、Marc Andreessen和Lachlan Murdoch[1] - 美国财政部长Scott Bessent表示美中贸易谈判代表已就交易框架达成一致 将使TikTok转变为美国控制的 ownership[4] 交易结构 - 根据2024年4月国会批准的禁令 字节跳动必须剥离TikTok否则面临美国禁令 特朗普已多次延长截止日期[2] - TikTok美国实体的七席董事会中美国人将占据六席[5] - 甲骨文将主导TikTok数据与隐私管理 在美国设施存储数据以阻止中国访问[5] - 预计甲骨文、Silver Lake和阿布扎比投资公司MGX将成为三大主要股东 合计持股约45%[5] - 字节跳动现有美国投资者包括Susquehanna International、KKR和General Atlantic预计将持有股权 字节跳动保留约20%股份[5] - 特朗普暗示媒体大亨鲁珀特·默多克的继承人Lachlan Murdoch可能参与交易 并提及戴尔科技CEO Michael Dell也可能加入[5] 算法安排 - 字节跳动将复制TikTok推荐算法并租赁给美国实体[6] - 该算法将在甲骨文和美国政府监督下为美国用户复制[6] 公司估值与市场地位 - Wedbush证券分析师Dan Ives年初估计TikTok估值在400亿至500亿美元之间 但不包含字节跳动推荐算法[2] - 字节跳动在8月份自我估值超过3300亿美元[2] - TikTok是美国第三大受欢迎社交媒体应用 8月约有1.247亿用户 低于Facebook的1.373亿和YouTube的1.625亿[3] 中美政府立场 - 特朗普感谢中国国家主席习近平对TikTok交易的批准 表示在最近通话中在许多重要问题上取得进展[7] - 中国外交部在后续声明中未明确表示习近平是否批准交易 但指出中国政府尊重企业决策 欢迎遵循市场规则的商业谈判[7] - 习近平在通话中要求特朗普避免对中国实施单边贸易限制[7] - 白宫发言人表示特朗普政府对中国最终批准持有100%信心[7] 禁令背景 - 美国总统拜登去年签署TikTok禁令法律 基于两党对数据隐私和与中国政府关联的担忧[8] - 据报道TikTok曾监视记者 在应用上推广中国宣传 不当处理用户社会安全号码等个人信息 并追踪敏感词汇[8] - TikTok否认任何不当行为 声称与中国政府没有关联 并在诉讼中称禁令侵犯其第一修正案权利[8] - 最高法院于1月维持禁令 裁定该法律未侵犯应用的第一修正案权利 并支持联邦政府的国家安全关切[8]

Lithium Americas stock surged on Wednesday following a report that the Trump administration is pursuing a 10% stake in the mining firm as the White House looks to intervene in industries deemed critical to national security. A source familiar with the negotiations told FOX Business that Lithium Americas has agreed to allow the Trump administration to take a small stake of less than 10% in the company as it renegotiates a $2.26 billion Department of Energy (DOE) loan that dates back to the Biden administra ...

(Reuters) -U.S.-listed shares of Lithium Americas surged more than 70% in premarket trading on Wednesday after a report said the Trump administration was seeking an equity stake of up to 10% in the miner, the latest sign of involvement in industries the government sees as critical to national security. Reuters reported late on Tuesday, citing two people familiar with the discussions, that the administration was discussing taking the stake in the company as part of talks to renegotiate a $2.26 billion gove ...

The TikTok application is seen on an iPhone 11 Pro max in this photo illustration in Warsaw, Poland on September 30, 2020.NurPhoto via Getty ImagesThe latest developments in the TikTok saga mark another seismic shift in the app’s ownership and governance.Under a new proposed agreement, U.S. investors including Oracle, Silver Lake Partners and media moguls Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch would collectively own 80% of TikTok’s U.S. operations, with ByteDance retaining a minority stake of 20% or less. The Murdochs, ...

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It's a pleasure to have the senior senator from Texas with us. Senator John Cornyn is joining us now live from Capitol Hill. Senator, welcome back to Bloomberg TV and Radio.I'd like to start with the economy and the news on the semiconductor space that is getting a lot of talk and moving markets around here. Before we get to some of the other issues that we'd love to ask you about. In Virginia, investing $5 billion in Intel following the president's announcement of a federal stake in the chip maker as well. ...

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