Ticock's fortunes have changed again. Has Oracle seen its future?

You're listening to Money Talks on Economist Radio, a weekly podcast on the markets, the economy and the world of business.

I'm Ratch Nachanbogue, the Economist Finance Editor, and coming up, a diamond in the rough why the biggest

luxury goods deal in history has been put on ice. You know LVMH is an acquisition

machine it needs to be seen as a good home for companies. It wants to snap up and there are lots more out there beyond Tiffany.

And COVID puts capitalism to the test. We find out which market models come out on top. That sort of radical

innovation which is well rewarded by the system is exactly what these

sort of economies tend to be good at. President Donald Trump had threatened to ban TikTok from operating in America

if it wasn't sold by mid-September.

We're looking at Tik-Tok.

We may be banning Tik-Tok.

We may be doing some other things.

There are a couple of options.

He argued that the popular Chinese-owned social video app was a threat to national security, which

Tiktok's parent company, Bight Dance, denied.

But on September 13th, Bight Dance rejected the leading takeover bid from Microsoft.

Now Stephen Munuchin, America's Treasury Secretary, has confirmed that a new deal is on the table.

We did get a proposal over the weekend that includes Oracle as the trusted technology partner with

Oracle making many representations for national security issues.

A partnership with Oracle, a big software company, could allow TikTok to continue operating without a sale.

So the Oracle deal, the most important thing about it, it does not fit that demand of a full sale of

tech talk. Tamsen Booth is the Economist technology and business editor. The

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