“We need to provide regulatory certainty to the thousands of American farms that rely on chlorpyrifos, while still protecting human health and the environment. By reversing the previous Administration’s steps to ban one of the most widely used pesticides in the world, we are returning to using sound science in decision-making—rather than predetermined results.” … [Read more...] about Pruitt chooses not to ban pesticide after scientists find neurotoxicity
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Twitter expressed interest in buying TikTok’s US operations: Report
Twitter Inc has approached TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance to express interest in acquiring the US operations of the video-sharing app, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters, as experts raised doubts over Twitter's ability to put together financing for a potential deal. It is far from certain that Twitter would be able to outbid Microsoft Corp and complete such a transformative deal in the 45 days that US President Donald Trump has given ByteDance to agree to a sale, the sources said on Saturday. The news of Twitter and TikTok being in preliminary talks and Microsoft still being seen as the front-runner in bidding for the app's US operations was reported earlier by the Wall Street Journal. Twitter has a market capitalisation of close to $30 billion, almost as much as the valuation of TikTok's assets to be divested, and would need to raise additional capital to fund the deal, according to the sources. "Twitter will have a hard time putting together enough financing … [Read more...] about Twitter expressed interest in buying TikTok’s US operations: Report
Microsoft’s TikTok bid spotlights Windows maker’s history with China
SHANGHAI: Microsoft Corp has emerged as the most likely buyer of the U.S. operations of TikTok, the popular Chinese short-video app that U.S. President Donald Trump is preparing to effectively ban on national security grounds. A deal would be in line with Microsoft's stance toward China where the firm has a sizeable presence - unlike fellow U.S. tech heavyweights such as Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google which appear to have given up on China's consumer-facing market with its miscellany of government strictures. The country accounts for over $2 billion in annual revenue, Microsoft President Brad Smith said earlier this year. What does Microsoft do in China? Microsoft employs roughly 6,000 people in the country, with offices in Shanghai, Beijing and Suzhou. Its flagship Windows operating system is widely used, though revenue has long been crimped by piracy. In recent years the firm has pushed its Azure cloud computing product, launched in 2013 via a partnership with local data … [Read more...] about Microsoft’s TikTok bid spotlights Windows maker’s history with China
