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Trump Suggests Murdochs Will Have Role in New TikTok Deal

President Donald Trump suggested that Fox Corp. Chairman Lachlan Murdoch and his father Rupert Murdoch are involved in the US takeover of the video app TikTok from its Chinese owners.

By Wendy Benjaminson

Warburg Pincus Aims for $3B Valuation With Sale of TRC, FT Says

Warburg Pincus has put business services firm TRC Companies up for sale and is aiming for a valuation of more than $3 billion, the Financial Times reported Sunday.

India’s Goyal to Visit US in Bid for ‘Mutually Beneficial’ Deal

India’s Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal will visit the US on Monday with the view of getting a “mutually beneficial” trade deal, in a sign of easing tensions over tariffs and New Delhi’s purchases of Russian oil.

TikTok Deal Gives Americans 6 of 7 Board Seats, Leavitt Says

The US operations of TikTok will be majority-owned and controlled by Americans under a deal reached this week to spin off the platform from its Chinese ownership, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said.

Troubled Auto-Parts Firm First Brands Goes Quiet as Loans Plunge

Creditors to First Brands Group are tallying paper losses in the billions of dollars and trying to assess the widening damage from unanswered questions swirling around the auto-parts supplier.

Trump to Meet Xi at APEC, Says China ‘Approved’ TikTok Deal

US President Donald Trump said he would meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit and hailed progress toward finalizing a deal over TikTok, after a highly anticipated call on Friday.

Genuine Parts Is Said to Weigh a Breakup of the Company

Genuine Parts Co., an industrials company that recently settled with activist investor Elliott Investment Management, is considering a breakup, people familiar with the matter said.

FCC’s Carr Holds Sway Over Local TV Stations Eager to Merge

A storm over late-night TV comedy has given local station owners a chance to curry favor with the Republican-controlled Federal Communications Commission, which must ultimately bless any of their merger plans and approve regulatory reforms they’re seeking.

Japanese Airlines Ride Tariff-Fueled Business Travel Rebound

As tariffs change trade patterns and roil global supply chains, corporate Japan is dealing with it the best way it knows how: by getting executives in the air.

TikTok Deal Has China’s Blessing, Trump Says After Xi Call

President Donald Trump said that his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping had given approval to a sale of TikTok’s US operations to American investors, though he acknowledged that some final steps still need to be worked out.