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IT firms lead IIM-A's one-year executive MBA final placement with 42 offers
Concluded in July, IIM-A releases audited placement report
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ByteDance's TikTok may announce sale of US operations tomorrow: Report
Some speculations surrounding the sale of TikTok's US operations may soon come to an end as the short video-sharing platform owned by Chinese unicorn ByteDance has reportedly reached a deal.
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Wall Street mixed as S&P 500 on track for best August in 36 years
New entrants to the blue-chip index, Salesforce.com Inc , Honeywell International Inc and Amgen Inc , slipped between 0.3% and 1.2%
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China's new tech export controls could give Beijing a say in TikTok sale
It can take up to 30 days to obtain preliminary approval to export the technology
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BS Reads: The maturing of the video call
Video conferencing has brought about a cultural shift in how we conduct business. The platforms' sophisticated features have removed most glitches, but people still yearn for human contact
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TikTok says it has not received a bid from Centricus and Triller Inc
The TikTok spokesman said Centricus and Triller had not contacted the company about an offer. Centricus and Triller could not be immediately reached for comment
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Walmart teams up with Microsoft on potential bid for video app TikTok
The discussions are ongoing and other suitors for TikTok are involved, said two people close to the deal talks, who were not authorized to speak publicly
Walmart joins Microsoft bid for TikTok's US assets as video app's CEO quits
Chief Executive Kevin Mayer is leaving just three months after joining, in the middle of negotiations to sell the Chinese-owned video app's US operations to Microsoft Corp or Oracle Corp
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TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer quits amid Trump's threat to ban app: Report
Mayer told employees at TikTok and ByteDance, which controls the app, of his decision to leave on Thursday, people briefed about the matter said
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How TikTok's talks with Microsoft morphed into a messy political soap opera
A deal price is unclear, though numbers have ranged from $20 billion to $50 billion depending on what parts of TikTok will be sold
Microsoft brings real time audio transcription feature to Word: Know more
Microsoft 365 users can record conversations directly in Word for the web and the online-only client will transcribe the conversation automatically
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TikTok needs free speech arguments to overcome Trump's broad powers to ban
TikTok says that just because its parent, ByteDance Ltd., is based in Beijing, that doesn't exclude the app from being fully protected by the Constitution just like any American company
Microsoft adds English (India), Hindi to speech service Neural TTS
Microsoft India on Tuesday announced the addition of English (India) and Hindi to its Neural Text to Speech (Neural TTS) service language set
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Meet the data scientist who is helping Flipkart take e-commerce to Bharat
The e-commerce major's chief data scientist Mayur Datar and is team are building robust data mining engines to help the firm target the next 200 million users
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Galaxy Note20 users get premium access to Microsoft apps in India
Samsung on Monday extended its partnership with Microsoft for flagship Galaxy Note20 Ultra 5G and Galaxy Note20 smartphones in India
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Microsoft says Apple's move against 'Fornite' creator would hurt its games
Apple removed Epic's titles from its App Store after the game maker violated the iPhone maker's in-app payment rules
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Microsoft's Internet Explorer bows out, but browser wars aren't over yet
Chrome has steadily gained market share, but its dominance is unlikely to last forever
Big Oil meets Big Tech: Microsoft deepens ties with Brazil's Petrobras
Move puts the firms at the forefront of cloud computing for oil exploration
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Unusual for firm acquiring TikTok to give funds to US Treasury: White House
Trump ordered ByteDance last week to divest TikTok's US operations within 90 days
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Birlasoft leaps 18%, hits 52-week high as it inks pact with Microsoft
The Strategic Cloud Alliance with Microsoft will further strengthen Biralsoft's digital offerings and will allow them to complement their industry expertise, the company said in a statement
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