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By The Information Staff

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Recent Editions

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New Report to Australian Government Alleges ByteDance Poses Disinformation Threat

Mar 21, 2023 · 3:35am PDT

The report submitted to the Australian federal parliament's select committee on foreign interference said TikTok shows users more pro-China content than other apps.

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FTX Sues Liquidators of Bahamas Unit

Mar 20, 2023 · 12:56pm PDT

The company also delayed its auction for LedgerX, the U.S. derivatives exchange it bought in 2021.

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Flagstar Acquires Most of Signature Bank, Excluding Crypto Business

Mar 20, 2023 · 9:13am PDT

The bank had a significant crypto business with clients that included Coinbase and Gemini.

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Amazon Laying Off 9,000 More Employees, Including in AWS, Ads, Twitch

Mar 20, 2023 · 8:16am PDT

The layoffs will take place in the coming weeks, CEO Andy Jassy said, adding to the 18,000 employees Amazon had already cut starting in November.

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FDIC Sets Deadline for SVB Bids

Mar 20, 2023 · 6:58am PDT

The FDIC said it has gotten substantial interest for the bank, though it noted it could still be parceled out.

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China Investigates Former Head of Top Chipmaking Firm for Graft

Mar 20, 2023 · 3:52am PDT

Tsinghua Unigroup Chairman Zhao Weiguo’s case has been handed over to prosecutors, the latest example of high-profile corruption allegations in China’s $100 billion chip effort.

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Rippling Raises $500 million to Ease SVB-Linked Payroll Crunch

Mar 17, 2023 · 3:32pm PDT

The round shows how the sudden failure of Silicon Valley Bank snarled the network of relationships between tech startups and the financial institution.

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Coinbase Exploring Overseas Derivatives Trading Platform

Mar 17, 2023 · 10:35am PDT

The move would help Coinbase more closely with Binance, which has a dominant share in derivatives trading.

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Silicon Valley Bank Parent, SVB Financial, Files for Bankruptcy

Mar 17, 2023 · 5:33am PDT

SVB's securities and capital arms aren't included in the filing.

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U.S. to Investigate ByteDance Surveillance of Journalists

Mar 17, 2023 · 4:45am PDT

The U.S. Department of Justice is looking into how TikTok was used to track journalists from the Financial Times and Buzzfeed who broke stories about the popular app.

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