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A1 running mate, picking his for- An appeals court threw SHUTTERS mer Democratic primaryoppo- out an antitrust judgment A/ nent to be the firstBlack against Qualcomm, ruling /EP woman and the firstwoman of the government didn’t prove CHAK Asian descent nominated for the chip maker engaged in YER vicepresident by amajor party. illegal monopolization. A1 Mr.Biden, the presumptive UHEN Democraticpresidential nomi- SoftBank recorded a YA IN FORCE: Belarus policeonTuesdaypassed the siteinMinsk whereaprotesterdied. The opposition leader leftthe country nee,described Ms.Harris as quarterly profit of nearly afterSunday’sdisputed election, but backersvowedtocontinue to oppose President Alexander Lukashenko. A8 “one of the country’sfinest $12 billion, helped by pro- public servants” in atweet an- ceeds from the sale of nouncing his decision Tuesday. Sprint and improved perfor- “Back when Kamala wasAt- manceatits Vision Fund. B1 torney General, she worked McDonald’sboard is closely with Beau,” the former coming under scrutinyfrom TikTok Tracked Users’ Data vicepresident wrote, referring some investorsand corpo- to his lateson, Beau Biden, who rate-governancegroups over wasDelaware’s attorney general itsinitial investigation of when Ms.Harris held that role former CEO Easterbrook. B1 With a Tactic Google Banned in California. “I watched as they took on the big banks,liftedup TheS&P 500 snapped a working people,and protected seven-session winning streak, women and kids from abuse.I falling 0.8%, while the Nas- BY KEVIN POULSEN concealed through an unusual to help the Chinese government detailed dossiers on individu- wasproud then, and I’m proud daq and Dow were off 1.7% AND ROBERT MCMIllAN added layerofencryption, ap- track U.S. government employ- als forblackmail or espionage. nowtohaveher as my partner and 0.4%, respectively. B11 pearstohaveviolated Google ees or contractors.TikTok has TikTok,which said this year in this campaign.” A venture backed by TikTok skirted aprivacy policies limiting howapps track said it doesn’t sharedatawith that itsapp collectslessper- Mr.Biden’scampaign said Authentic Brands and Si- safeguardinGoogle’s Android people and wasn’t disclosed to the Chinese government and sonal datathan U.S. companies the pair would appear together mon Property has agreed to operating system to collect TikTok users. TikTok ended the wouldn’t do so if asked. such as Facebook Inc.and Al- WednesdayinWilmington, buy clothier Brooks Broth- unique identifiersfrommil- practiceinNovember,the Jour- Theidentifierscollected by phabet Inc.’sGoogle,didn’t re- Del.,todeliver remarks “oN ers for $325 million. B1 lionsofmobile devices,data nal’stesting showed. TikTok,called MACaddresses, spond to detailed questions.A working together to restore allowing the app to track users Thefindingscome as Tik- aremost commonly used for spokesperson said the com- the soul of the nation and fight Tesla said it would im- online without allowing them Tok’sBeijing-based parent advertising purposes.The panyis“committedtoprotect- forworking families to move plement a 5-for-1 stock to opt out, aWall Street Jour- company, ByteDanceLtd., is un- WhiteHouse has said it is ing the privacyand safety of PleaseturntopageA4 split after a share-price nal analysis has found. der pressurefromthe White worried that users’ datacould the TikTok community. Like surge over recent months. 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A1, A4 postpone fall would mark asurprising re- the expected timeline, in part sports because of bound forthe home-sharing because of the uncertain tim- Russia registered the PETERSEN/ world’s first Covid-19 vac- the coronavirus giant and IPO market. ing of the SEC’sreview pro- pandemic. A14 TIAN Thecompanyplans to file cess and sincethereisnotell- cine, Putin said, amid IPO paperwork with the Secu- ing whether stocks will be in safety concerns in the West CHRIS such favorwith investorsby over the country’s acceler- the time the companyman- ated clinical evaluations. A8 By Corrie Driebusch, Maureen Farrell ages to stage an offering. Modernasaid it agreed and Cara Lombardo A listing could take differ- to provide the U.S. govern- Qualcomm AntitrustCase Tossed ent forms.The companycould ment with 100 million doses rities and Exchange Commis- pursue atraditional IPO, of its experimental corona- sion later this month, laying launch adirect listing—in virus vaccine in exchange BY BRENT KENDALL core businesspractices related to whether the FTC has met its the groundwork forapotential which no money is raised—or for over $1.5 billion. A7 AND ASA FITCH itscellphone chips and patents burden…to showthat Qual- listing beforethe end of the take advantageofthe latest were anything morethan lawful comm’spractices have crossed year,according to people fa- trend of merging with ablank- The Big TeN and Pac-12 Afederal appeals court attemptsatprofitmaximization. the line to conduct which un- miliar with the matter. 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