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By Danielle Broadway

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Everything changed for Paul Tran and his wife Lynda when the skincare brand they co-founded went viral on TikTok.  

The Atlanta couple created @loveandpebble, and when they shared their Beauty Pops ice face masks on TikTok in 2021, it took their small business to another level.  

“We sold out all of our inventory,” Paul Tran said, noting that after going viral, the brand... (continue reading...)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of TikTok creators said Tuesday they filed suit in U.S. federal court seeking to block a law signed by President Joe Biden that would force the divestiture of the short video app used by 170 million Americans or ban it.

"Although they come from different places, professions, walks of life, and political persuasions, they are united in their view that TikTok provides them a unique and irreplaceable means to express... (continue reading...)

By David Shepardson

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said on Tuesday it has resolved two investigations into the America Movil Submarine Cable System that connects the United States to Colombia and Costa Rica.

The commission said the undersea cable connections were made without the approval of the commission or a U.S. government committee known as "Team Telecom," which had prevented a required national... (continue reading...)

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Tuesday support for U.S. central bank independence remains "very strong" in Congress, pushing back on concerns surfaced in recent news coverage that the hands-off status the Fed largely enjoys may be jeopardized by a second presidency of Donald Trump.

"I'm less worried about that than the sort of things that had been in the press lately might suggest," Powell said in response to a... (continue reading...)

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Chinese electric auto maker BYD expects to have chosen a site to build a plant in Mexico, where it will put out up to 150,000 cars a year, by the end of 2024, the firm's Americas head said on Tuesday.

The plant will be built in central Mexico, Americas head Stella Li told Reuters in an interview. It should take two to three years to open, she added.

(Reporting by Cassandra Garrison; Editing by Sarah Morland)