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Oracle competing to buy TikTok
甲骨文竞购TikTok业务
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.
据《金融时报》8月18日报道，美国科技公司甲骨文公司已加入竞购TikTok的行列。TikTok是中国公司字节跳动旗下一款很火的短视频分享应用。
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.
《金融时报》援引知情人士的话说，甲骨文已与字节跳动进行了初步谈判，并表示该公司正认真考虑收购该应用在美国、加拿大、澳大利亚和新西兰的业务。
Moreover, the US tech firm was working with ByteDance's US investors including General Atlantic and Sequoia Capital, said the source.
该消息人士表示，甲骨文正与一些持有字节跳动股份的美国投资者合作，其中包括泛大西洋投资集团和红杉资本。
Before, Microsoft and Twitter had announced they would bid on the Chinese company-owned app.
此前，微软和推特曾宣布将竞购这款中国公司旗下的应用程序。
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.
美国总统特朗普以国家安全为由，威胁除非将TikTok出售给美国公司，否则自9月15日起将在美国禁用该应用。
