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TikTok appointed Shouzi Chew, a Singaporean national, as the new Chief Executive Officer of the hot video-sharing platform, the company said on Friday. Chew, who is based in Singapore and was named CFO of TikTok parent company ByteDance in March this year, will continue in that role. TikToks interim head Vanessa Pappas, based in Los Angeles, will be the new Chief Operating Officer. Chew had served as Xiaomis chief financial officer from 2015 to 2020, and ran its international business for a ...

Exclusive: Forbes pursues SPAC talks amid new takeover interest - sources By Joshua Franklin, Krystal Hu and Echo Wang Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) - Business news and information publisher Forbes Media LLC is in talks to go public through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) as it attracts new acquisition interest, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday. Forbes owner is also fielding offers worth up to $700 million from bidders including a consortium led b...

Publishing date: Apr 29, 2021  •  April 29, 2021  •  1 minute read  •  Article content Endeavor Group Holdings Inc’s, the U.S. entertainment and events company led by Hollywood power broker Ari Emanuel, saw its shares edge higher on their New York Stock Exchange debut on Thursday, valuing the company at $10.5 billion. The debut was Endeavor’s second attempt to go public after it abandoned plans to float its shares just a day before its planned initial public offering in 2019 d...

UIPATH-IPO/ (UPDATE 1):UPDATE 1-UiPath raises $1.34 billion in IPO

2 Min Read (Reuters) - U.S. mobile app and gaming company AppLovin Corp sold shares in its initial public offering (IPO) at the mid-point of its target range to raise $2 billion, a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: Trading information for KKR & Co is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., August 23, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo AppLovin, which is backed by private equity giant KKR & Co Inc, priced 25 ...

Coinbase valued at $86-billion in choppy Nasdaq debut Coinbase Global was valued at US$86-billion at the end of its Nasdaq debut on Wednesday, in a choppy day of trading when its valuation went as high as $112-billion. Coinbase’s stock market debut, done through a direct listing where no shares are sold ahead of the opening, marks another milestone in the development of bitcoin and other digital assets. It comes amid a surge in the value of cryptocurrencies which has lured a clutch of mainstr...

2 Min Read NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nasdaq on Tuesday set a reference price of $250 per share for Coinbase Global Inc, projecting a value for the largest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange at $49.19 billion ahead of its landmark stock market debut on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: Representations of virtual currency Bitcoin and U.S. dollar banknotes are seen in this picture illustration taken January 27, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo/File Photo The reference price is not an offering price for ...

(Reuters) - Shares of SoftBank Group Corp-backed Compass Inc jumped 18% in their stock market debut on Thursday after being priced at the lower end of the reduced initial public offering (IPO) price range. Stock opened at $21.25, above the IPO price of $18 per share, giving the real estate brokerage firm a market value of $8.22 billion, and a fully diluted valuation of over $10 billion, which includes options and restricted stock. The company, which downsized its IPO and reduced its price ta...

2 Min Read (Reuters) -Compass Inc, the U.S. real estate technology firm backed by SoftBank Group, said on Wednesday it sold shares in its initial public offering at $18 each, at the lower end of its downsized target range to raise $450 million. Compass had previously set a price range of $18-$19 per share, downsized from its prior target at $23 to $26. At $18, a fully diluted valuation, which includes securities such as options and restricted stock, would be $9 billion, compared to $6.4 billion...

3 Min Read SINGAPORE/BEIJING (Reuters) - Video-sharing platform TikTok may launch a group messaging feature this year, people with knowledge of the discussions told Reuters, putting the Chinese-owned app in more direct competition with social media rivals such as Facebook. FILE PHOTO: The TikTok logo is pictured outside the companys U.S. head office in Culver City, California, U.S., September 15, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake Group messaging is part of owner ByteDance’s plan to develop TikTok i...