Trump's TikTok attack shows the surprisingly vast power of CFIUS, a decades-old government group that can kill or unwind deals even if none of the companies are American

The president has broad powers to review deals involving foreign investment, including those that don't involve any US companies or are years old.

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Trump's TikTok attack shows the surprisingly vast power of CFIUS, a decades-old government group that can kill or unwind deals even if none of the companies are American The president has broad powers to review deals involving foreign investment, including those that don't involve any US companies or are years old. Read More »

Heartbreaking photos show how frontline nurses treating COVID-19 patients live in the divide between home and the nightmare of the pandemic at work "If I were to die, don't come," Michele Younkin, a frontline nurse in California told her husband emphatically. "Don't risk yourselves." Read More »

Trump's TikTok attack shows the surprisingly vast power of CFIUS, a decades-old government group that can kill or unwind deals even if none of the companies are American The president has broad powers to review deals involving foreign investment, including those that don't involve any US companies or are years old. Read More »

10 things in tech you need to know today Oracle enters the race to buy TikTok. Read More »

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Charles Schwab's stock-picking chief told us why a COVID-19 vaccine would trigger a mass exit from tech stocks — and pinpoints 3 companies that would benefit instead "I think we would see people rotate out of the big stable technology companies that have been beneficiaries of the lockdowns," says Bill McMahon. Read More »

Europe's hot challenger banks Monzo, Starling Bank, and Revolut all posted ballooning losses for 2019, raising questions about their long-term viability "It remains to be seen if huge customer numbers can translate into revenues and profits at scale." Read More »

A car-size asteroid flew within 1,830 miles of Earth over the weekend — the closest pass ever — and we didn't see it coming The asteroid, known as 2020 GQ or ZTF0DxQ, flew so close to Earth that it's now the closest known encounter that didn't hit our planet. Read More »

How Kamala Harris compares with Joe Biden on Medicare for All, gun control, marijuana legalization, and 7 other key issues Joe Biden's selection of Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate has led to more scrutiny and comparisons of their political records. Read More »

Warren Buffett bet on a gold miner and slashed his bank stakes because he's picking winners, a veteran Berkshire Hathaway shareholder says "Gold should have the wind at its back for some time," Darren Pollock, portfolio manager at Cheviot Value Management, told Business Insider. Read More »

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