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Amazon's Last-Minute Bid for TikTok Comes

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The clock is ticking down on the TikTok video app's potential ban in the United States, last minute investors such as Amazon and AppLovin are submitting bids.
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The Trump administration's work to find an American buyer for the short-video social media site TikTok is on track ahead of the April 5 deadline to reach a deal for non-Chinese ownership, Vice Presid...
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AppLovin's indication of interest is preliminary and there can be no assurance that a transaction involving the company will proceed, it said in a regulatory filing.
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