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Byte Dance gets $30 billion loan, Bloomberg News reports

Bloomberg - Technology and Channel News Asia describe the same event in different terms.

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What happened Byte Dance gets $30 billion loan, Bloomberg News reports.
The headline split Channel NewsAsia frames it as "Byte Dance gets $30 billion loan, Bloomberg News reports". Bloomberg - Technology frames it as "Byte Dance Gets $30 Billion Loan, Asia’s Second-Largest This Year".
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Bloomberg - TechnologyNews report · Sep 3, 2:26 AM

Byte Dance Gets $30 Billion Loan, Asia’s Second-Largest This Year

Byte Dance Ltd., the developer of Tik Tok, has secured a $29.6 billion loan, according to people familiar with the matter, in Asia’s second-largest dollar-denominated borrowing this year.

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Sep 3, 2:58 AM: Channel NewsAsia joined the source map.

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