TikTok’s U.S. survival plan is locked in
Wall Street Breakfast
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🗓️ 19 December 2025
⏱️ 6 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Seeking Alpha's Wall Street Breakfast, where we cover the top news for investors every morning. |
| 0:07.6 | Thanks so much for joining us on this Friday, December 19th. I'm Julie Morgan. |
| 0:13.4 | TikTok locks in a U.S. deal. Instacart agrees to a $60 million settlement, |
| 0:18.7 | and Nike beats expectations but still faces pressure. |
| 0:24.3 | The CEO of TikTok has announced that parent company Bight Dance has signed binding agreements |
| 0:29.7 | to create a U.S. joint venture that will be majority owned by American investors. |
| 0:35.5 | In an internal memo to employees, he said he was pleased to share some |
| 0:39.9 | great news, confirming that agreements with Oracle, Silver Lake, and MGX have been finalized. |
| 0:46.7 | According to the memo, the new U.S. joint venture will be built on the foundation of TikTok's existing |
| 0:52.3 | U.S. data security organization. |
| 0:55.2 | Once the deal closes, it will operate as an independent entity with authority over U.S. data |
| 1:00.8 | protection, algorithm security, software assurance, and content moderation. |
| 1:06.7 | TikTok's global U.S. entities will continue to manage global product interoperability and certain commercial activities, including e-commerce, advertising, and marketing. |
| 1:17.8 | We're diving deeper into this story in the Wall Street Breakfast newsletter. A link to sign up is in the show notes section. |
| 1:25.5 | Instacart has reached a $60 million settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, |
| 1:31.0 | resolving claims related to deceptive consumer practices. |
| 1:34.5 | The FTC lawsuit claims the grocery delivery business misled consumers by advertising |
| 1:40.9 | free delivery services and then charging for those services, as well as failing to disclose that consumers who signed up for a free trial would automatically be enrolled in his subscription program. |
| 1:53.2 | In addition, consumers who sought a refund for poor service were not offered full refunds despite a 100% satisfaction guarantee by the company. |
| 2:02.9 | Under the terms of the agreement with the FTC, Instacard is prohibited for making misrepresentation |
| 2:09.2 | surrounding the cost of delivery and satisfaction guarantees and must clearly and conspicuously |
| 2:15.7 | disclose the terms and obtain express informed consent for transactions involving subscription enrollment. |
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