24 January 2025

TikTok is considering alternative solutions to selling its US business, as owner ByteDance continues the fight to keep its 170 million American users after a reprieve from the Trump administration, a board member of ByteDance was quoted by Chinese magazine Caixin as saying. ByteDance board member William Ford said he was optimistic the company could […]

US semiconductor giant Texas Instruments gave a disappointing earnings forecast for the current period, hurt by still-sluggish chip demand and higher manufacturing costs. Profit will be 94 cents to US$1.16 a share in the first quarter, the company said in a statement on Thursday. The midpoint of that range, US$1.05 a share, was well below

Shanghai is exploring the possibility of allowing businesses in certain areas to bypass the country’s Great Firewall and access internet sites overseas, as Beijing ramps up efforts to attract more foreign investment in 2025. Although China’s rigid internet regulations have kept many foreign platforms, from Google to Facebook, out of reach without using a virtual