Elon Musk completes  billion deal to own Twitter. Finally

Elon Musk completes $44 billion deal to own Twitter. Finally

After months of waffling, lawsuits, verbal mudslinging and the near miss of a full-blown trial, Elon Musk now owns Twitter. On Thursday night, Musk closed his $44 billion deal to buy the social media service, said three people with knowledge of the situation. He had arrived at Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters Wednesday and met with […]

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Twitter reassures staff on Musk deal, sees vote by August

Twitter reassures staff on Musk deal, sees vote by August

Twitter Inc.’s top lawyer reassured staff Wednesday that the deal to sell the company to billionaire Elon Musk is still progressing, and that a shareholder vote will occur in late July or early August, according to people familiar with the matter.The company is just waiting for the Securities and Exchange Commission to approve its proxy, […]

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Twitter gears up for most ambitious quarter of user growth

Twitter gears up for most ambitious quarter of user growth

Twitter is gearing up for its most ambitious quarter of user growth, leaders of the social media company’s consumer products division told staff on Tuesday. Twitter is aiming to grow its monetizable daily active users, or users who see advertising, by 13 million this quarter, according to an internal meeting that was heard by Reuters. […]

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Inside Twitter, shuffled jobs and Elon Musk tweets dampen morale

Inside Twitter, shuffled jobs and Elon Musk tweets dampen morale

Twitter Inc employees are enduring the whiplash of public commentary from the social network’s future owner, a changeover in leadership and a hiring freeze. On top of all that, some will be assigned new jobs as the company shifts away from its riskier projects. Executives told workers of plans to pull back resources for some […]

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