Elon Musk, who runs four other companies, will now be Twitter CEO

Elon Musk, who runs four other companies, will now be Twitter CEO

Tesla Inc boss Elon Musk said on Monday he will serve as chief executive of Twitter, the social media company he just bought for $44 billion, a move that Wall Street analysts have said could stretch the billionaire thin. Musk, who also runs rocket company SpaceX, brain-chip startup Neuralink and tunnelling firm the Boring Company, […]

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Musk says excited by Twitter deal despite overpaying

Musk says excited by Twitter deal despite overpaying

Elon Musk on Wednesday said he was excited about his pending acquisition of Twitter Inc, although he and other investors were overpaying for the social media company. Musk, the chief executive of Tesla, was answering a question during a call after the electric vehicle maker’s quarterly report. The world’s richest person is pursuing the Twitter […]

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Elon Musk is under federal investigation, Twitter says in court filing

Elon Musk is under federal investigation, Twitter says in court filing

Elon Musk is being investigated by federal authorities over his conduct in his $44 billion takeover deal for Twitter Inc, the social media company said in a court filing released on Thursday. While the filing said he was under investigations, it did not say what the exact focus of the probes were and which federal […]

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Musk plans to skip deposition in Twitter-buyout lawsuit

Musk plans to skip deposition in Twitter-buyout lawsuit

Elon Musk won’t be showing up Thursday for a long-awaited deposition in Twitter Inc.’s lawsuit aimed at forcing him to go through with a $44 billion buyout of the company, according to people familiar with the matter. The billionaire reversed course earlier this week and committed himself to consummating the $54.20-per-share offer for the popular social-media platform […]

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Musk reverses course, again: he’s ready to buy Twitter, build ‘X’ app

Musk reverses course, again: he’s ready to buy Twitter, build ‘X’ app

Billionaire Elon Musk is proposing to proceed with his original $44 billion bid to take Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) private, security filings showed on Tuesday, calling for an end to a lawsuit by the social media company that could have forced him to pay up, whether he wanted to or not. An agreement would put the world’s richest […]

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Stanford pulled into dropout Musk’s legal fight with Twitter

Stanford pulled into dropout Musk’s legal fight with Twitter

Stanford University was subpoenaed by famous dropout Elon Musk as part of his legal fight with Twitter Inc over his plan to walk away from a $44 billion takeover offer. Lawyers for Musk want all records of all “conversations, conferences, discussions, interviews, meetings, negotiations and agreements” between Twitter and Stanford as well as anyone related […]

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Elon Musk subpoenas Twitter whistleblower, seeking details on spam, security

Elon Musk subpoenas Twitter whistleblower, seeking details on spam, security

Elon Musk has subpoenaed a Twitter Inc whistleblower, seeking documents and communications on the company’s spam and alleged security vulnerabilities as the billionaire battles to end his agreement to buy Twitter for $44 billion, according to a court filing on Monday. Musk sought information from whistleblower Peiter Zatko mostly about the way Twitter measures spam […]

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Twitter Has to Give Musk Only One Bot Checker’s Data: Its Ex-Product Head

Twitter Has to Give Musk Only One Bot Checker’s Data: Its Ex-Product Head

Twitter Inc. was ordered to hand over files from its former consumer product head to Elon Musk on spam and bot accounts the billionaire has cited in seeking to abandon his $44 billion purchase of the social media company. But Twitter was spared from producing documents for most of the employees Musk says are key […]

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Elon Musk countersuit accuses Twitter of fraud over ‘bot’ count

Elon Musk countersuit accuses Twitter of fraud over ‘bot’ count

Elon Musk offered to buy Twitter earlier this year, then tried to back out of the deal Elon Musk offered to buy Twitter earlier this year, then tried to back out of the deal Elon Musk accused Twitter of fraud in a countersuit over his aborted $44 billion deal for the social media company, which […]

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Elon Musk sued by Twitter investor over busted  billion deal

Elon Musk sued by Twitter investor over busted $44 billion deal

A Twitter Inc shareholder hit Elon Musk with a proposed class action, effectively joining the tech giant’s bid to block the world’s richest man from backing out of his pledge to pay $44 billion to acquire the influential social networking platform. The lawsuit was filed in Delaware Chancery Court—the same forum that’s set to hold […]

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