甲骨文競購TikTok業務

Oracle competing to buy TikTok
甲骨文競購TikTok業務

US tech firm Oracle has joined the competition to buy TikTok, a popular short-video sharing app owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.
據《金融時報》8月18日報道，美國科技公司甲骨文公司已加入競購TikTok的行列。TikTok是中國公司字節跳動旗下一款很火的短視頻分享應用。

Oracle has held preliminary talks with Bytedance, and said it was seriously considering acquiring the app's business in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, a source familiar with the situation was quoted as saying by the Financial Times.
《金融時報》援引知情人士的話說，甲骨文已與字節跳動進行了初步談判，並表示該公司正認真考慮收購該應用在美國、加拿大、澳大利亞和新西蘭的業務。

Moreover, the US tech firm was working with ByteDance's US investors including General Atlantic and Sequoia Capital, said the source.
該消息人士表示，甲骨文正與一些持有字節跳動股份的美國投資者合作，其中包括泛大西洋投資集團和紅杉資本。

Before, Microsoft and Twitter had announced they would bid on the Chinese company-owned app.
此前，微軟和推特曾宣佈將競購這款中國公司旗下的應用程序。

US President Donald Trump threatened to ban TikTok from operating in the country beginning Sept 15, citing national security concerns, unless it is sold to a US company.
美國總統特朗普以國家安全爲由，威脅除非將TikTok出售給美國公司，否則自9月15日起將在美國禁用該應用。