Elon musk

2022 - 10 - 4

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Column: An open letter to Elon Musk (The Daily Tar Heel)

"In the world we live in, electric cars are a net positive. If you are going to buy a car, get an electric one if you can afford it.

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Zelenskiy hits back as Elon Musk sets up Twitter poll on annexed ... (The Guardian)

Outrage and condemnation over billionaire's suggestions including formally making Crimea part of Russia.

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Twitter tug of war between Elon Musk and Zelenskyy over suggested ... (Minute Mirror)

The idea to end Russia's war in Ukraine, proposed by billionaire Elon Musk on Monday, was immediately denounced by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, ...

The CEO of Tesla Inc. [October 3, 2022] In response, the Ukrainian president responded with his own survey, asking which Elon Musk people liked more, the one who supported Russia or the one who supported Ukraine.

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Elon Musk's peace plan for Ukraine draws condemnation from ... (NPR)

The Tesla CEO tweeted a plan that includes allowing Russia to keep Crimea, which it seized in 2014. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy responded that ...

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Twitter shares halted on report that Musk plans to go through with ... (CNBC)

Data is a real-time snapshot *Data is delayed at least 15 minutes. Global Business and Financial News, Stock Quotes, and Market Data and Analysis. Market Data ...

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Twitter shares halted amid reports Elon Musk to go ahead with $44 ... (The Guardian)

Tesla CEO had been set for court showdown after attempting to scrap deal.

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Elon Musk U-turns with fresh Twitter takeover offer at original price (Evening Standard)

Twitter has been suing billionaire Elon Musk over his abandoned $44 billion takeover of the company.

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Elon Musk Suggests Buying Twitter at His Original Price (The New York Times)

The billionaire's surprise move came months after he tried to back out of a $44 billion deal to acquire the company.

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Elon Musk renews bid to buy Twitter – report (TrustedReviews)

Elon Musk's protracted, proposed Twitter takeover may be back on, according to a report from Bloomberg News on Tuesday. According to a source of the ...

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Musk reverses again, now ready to buy Twitter at original price ... (Reuters)

Billionaire Elon Musk is proposing to go ahead with his original offer of $44 billion to take Twitter Inc private, two sources familiar with the matter said ...

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Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for original price, weeks before trial (The Washington Post)

Elon Musk has offered to proceed with the deal for the original price of $54.20.

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Elon Musk proposes buying Twitter for originally agreed $44bn (Financial Times)

Tesla chief and social media company were set to take their dispute to trial later this month.

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Twitter shares halted after report Elon Musk deal to go ahead (BBC News)

Trading in Twitter shares is suspended after a report stated the billionaire will now buy the business.

But the value remained lower than the takeover price, in a sign of lingering investor doubts the deal will go through. But he added, that Mr Musk's ownership of the platform, a top venue for politicians and journalists to spread news and opinion, would still likely cause a "firestorm of worries and questions" in Washington and beyond. When Mr Musk first revealed plans to buy Twitter in a $44bn deal, he said he wanted to clean up spam accounts on the platform and preserve it as a venue for free speech. A spokesperson for Twitter acknowledged the firm had received the proposal, adding "the intention of the company is to close the transaction at $54.20 per share" - the price that Mr Musk promised in April. In the letter, attorneys for Mr Musk said he intended to move ahead to complete the transaction, pending receipt of the financing and an end of the legal fight. In a letter to the firm, Mr Musk agreed to pay the price he offered months ago before trying to quit the deal.

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Why Elon Musk is right - Responsible Statecraft (Responsible Statecraft)

Don't kill the messenger, but listen: America's approach to this tragic war in Ukraine requires an urgent if not creative adjustment.

No one in Washington realized that he and his regime regarded the conquest of Asia not as an accomplishment of an ambition but as the survival of the regime. To a significant degree, Putin’s bellicosity reflects the rise of Russian nationalists, whose influence has been growing not only in the military and security services but also in grassroots society. Aggrieved and combative, they are pressing the Kremlin to regather traditional Russian lands, including Belarus and parts of Ukraine. It requires a delicate balance between pushing back against Russian belligerence – as we have been doing quite effectively in Ukraine – and engaging diplomatically to prevent a descent toward a direct conflict – which we have largely neglected. But paradoxically, these aspirations are also rooted in a sense of vulnerability and weakness. A different leader might well have handled matters differently, even if he – like much of Russia’s political elite – shared Putin’s views of Ukraine and mistrust of the West. In opting to mobilize Russia’s military reservists, ramp up Russia’s defense industry, annex more Ukrainian territory, and threaten a nuclear response if Russia is attacked, he is intensifying rather than defusing the war. The awkward pre-invasion spectacle in which Putin dressed down key Russian government officials on national television while they cowered before him suggests that he has grown disdainful of aides and unreceptive to alternative policy views. That script involves a calculation of costs and benefits that will lead him to back away from a confrontation with the United States and NATO that he cannot win. When we make those costs plain, we reason, he will realize that they far outweigh any potential benefits of aggression for him and for Russia. and European economic sanctions and military countermoves if Russia were to invade Ukraine, he followed through on his threats rather than backing off. And he is right that America’s approach to this mounting problem requires an urgent adjustment.

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Twitter shares halted after report Elon Musk deal to go ahead (BBC News)

Trading in Twitter shares is halted after a report stated the billionaire will now buy the business.

Mr Musk, a prolific Twitter user with more than 100 million followers, first offered to buy the firm for $54.20 per share in April. Could this be a legal strategy to delay a court case? Twitter is reportedly looking at Mr Musk's offer closely. But he added, that Mr Musk's ownership of the platform, a top venue for politicians and journalists to spread news and opinion, would still likely cause a "firestorm of worries and questions" in Washington and beyond. In the letter, attorneys for Mr Musk said he intended to move ahead to complete the transaction, pending receipt of the financing, and asked to end the legal fight. In a letter to the firm, Mr Musk agreed to pay the price he offered months ago before trying to quit the deal.

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Twitter shares trading halted on reports Elon Musk proposes going ... (ITV News)

For a second time, Musk offered to buy the San Francisco company at $54.20. Shares jumped nearly 13% to $47.95 before trading stopped | ITV National News.

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Elon Musk is acting like Putin's useful idiot (Telegraph.co.uk)

But beyond the useful idiots are more seductive siren voices. Isn't the Ukraine war unwinnable by either side? Can Europe go on bearing the enormous cost of its ...

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Closing Deals Over Text Isn't Just An Elon Musk Thing, VCs And ... (Forbes)

All five of Rippling's funding rounds were “primarily” conducted via text, CEO Parker Conrad tells Forbes.

The latter case, he says, likely requires “a Musk-level founder.” Typically, Bartlett affirms, texting comes into play at the “last one-yard line,” particularly now that the market downturn has allowed VCs to regain some negotiating leverage and spend more time doing due diligence. “By 2020, the top 25% to top 50% of venture-funded companies were getting this outside-in work done and taking the actual close process to text message,” he says. “It would feel weird and anachronistic to negotiate a fundraising round in some oak-paneled boardroom.” “Through March or April, it was very much an entrepreneurs’ market—investors were doing everything they could to get into the top decile of companies,” he told Forbes. Each of the five funding rounds software startup Rippling closed on its way to an $11 billion valuation was conducted primarily through texting, says cofounder and CEO Parker Conrad. But even for VC-backed startups that are still private, some founders and investors say the brevity and informality of the negotiation is more common than the public may realize.

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With deposition and trial looming, Elon Musk has offered $44B for ... (austonia)

Elon Musk has reportedly proposed once again to buy Twitter for $54.20 a share. The news that Musk is offering to carry on with the $44 billion buyout was ...

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Why Elon Musk Wouldn't Face Twitter in Court (WIRED)

Legal experts say that Musk faced an "uphill battle" to prove his claims of fraud over bots on the platform, and risked damaging revelations during trial.

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Elon Musk's Twitter climbdown: 'a big pill to swallow' (Financial Times)

Tesla boss puts original offer back on the table just days before trial — but the company's lawyers are wary.

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Elon Musk Twitter deal - live: Tesla CEO promises 'everything app ... (The Independent)

Elon Musk Twitter deal - live: Tesla CEO promises 'everything app' as $44bn do-over buyout accepted · Tesla billionaire offered to buy Twitter at original price, ...

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Musk Revives $44 Billion Twitter Bid, Aiming to Avoid Trial (Bloomberg)

Elon Musk revived his bid for Twitter Inc. at the original offer price of $54.20 a share, potentially avoiding a courtroom fight over one of the most ...

Shares of Twitter climbed as much as 23% when they resumed trading following a halt on the news. San Francisco-based Twitter said it received the letter and intends to close the deal at the original price, without commenting specifically on how it will respond to Musk. [letter](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418091/000110465922105787/tm2227435d1_ex99-s.htm) to Twitter on Monday, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that confirmed a Bloomberg report.

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Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for second time (Evening Standard)

The total value of the deal would be $44bn (£38.3bn).

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Elon Musk's Twitter Will Be a Wild Ride (The New York Times)

His deal to buy the company is back on. Here are six predictions about Twitter under Musk's control, if it happens.

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Elon Musk, Twitter and the mysterious X app (BBC News)

The story of Musk buying Twitter, and how it began with "X, the everything app".

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Elon Musk is buying Twitter, again, and employees aren't happy (Verdict)

Elon Musk has changed his mind, again, and confirmed will be buying Twitter for he original price he offered before quitting the deal.

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Elon Musk promises to turn Twitter into 'everything app' called X (Telegraph.co.uk)

Billionaire agrees to complete takeover just days before court battle over deal begins.

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An 'everything app' and free speech issues: How would Elon Musk's ... (Evening Standard)

The Tesla boss has confirmed his intention to go ahead with the purchase after months of sparring with Twitter.

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Elon Musk, Twitter have yet to reach deal to end court battle -sources (Reuters)

Elon Musk and Twitter Inc have not yet reached an agreement to end the litigation and clear the way for the world's richest person to close his for the ...

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