FT News Briefing

Oracle considers TikTok, Putin and Belarus, and the rise of “blank-cheque companies”

Oracle has entered the race to acquire TikTok, EU leaders lined up to urge the Vladimir Putin to help steer Belarus out of its political crisis, and the US postmaster-general has reversed course on a series of controversial cost-cutting measures after Democrats claimed that they would hinder postal voting in the presidential election. Plus, a look at why special purpose acquisition companies are on the increase.  Oracle enters race to buy TikTok’s US operations<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/272cfc69-b268-45ac-88d6-d55821f27e78" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/272cfc69-b268-45ac-88d6-d55821f27e78</a> Putin warns western leaders over ‘meddling’ in Belarus<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/f96fdf91-6826-4af2-923d-ff14947fcd15" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/f96fdf91-6826-4af2-923d-ff14947fcd15</a> US postal service delays cutbacks over election fears<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/2fb59ebf-4e84-4ce6-ab8d-6f1a7dc1a058" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/2fb59ebf-4e84-4ce6-ab8d-6f1a7dc1a058</a> Can Spacs shake off their bad reputation?<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/6eb655a2-21f5-4313-b287-964a63dd88b3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/6eb655a2-21f5-4313-b287-964a63dd88b3</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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