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Elon Musk has indicated he sees Twitter as a foundation for creating a 'super app'

Twitter will form content moderation council - Musk

New Twitter owner Elon Musk has said people who have been banned from the social media site will not be reinstated until a review by a "content moderation council".

World • 28 Oct 22

Elon Musk brought a sink into Twitter's San Francisco headquarters yesterday

Elon Musk buying Twitter to 'help humanity'

Elon Musk has said he is buying Twitter to "help humanity" and create a "common digital town square" in a message ahead of the expected completion of his takeover of the site tomorrow.

World • 27 Oct 22

Elon Musk faces a court-ordered October 28 deadline to close his $44 billion deal for Twitter

Twitter shares to be suspended as Musk nears takeover

Twitter shares will be suspended from trading tomorrow, the New York Stock Exchange's website showed today.

Business • 27 Oct 22

Twitter shares had dropped as low as $32.50 in July

Twitter shares drift towards Musk's offer price

Twitter's stock inched closer to Elon Musk's $54.20 per share buyout offer for the micro-blogging site today, signaling that investors finally expect the deal to go through ahead of a court deadline at the end of this week.

Business • 26 Oct 22

The Washington Post said that Elon Musk is considering layoffs at Twitter

Twitter tells employees there are no plans for layoffs

Twitter has clarified to staff that there are no plans for company-wide layoffs since it signed a deal to be acquired by billionaire Elon Musk.

Business • 21 Oct 22

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company was seeing 'excellent' demand in the fourth quarter

Tesla sees 2022 delivery miss, Q3 revenue below targets

Tesla said today it expected to miss its vehicle delivery target this year, but downplayed concerns about softening demand after its revenue missed Wall Street estimates.

Business • 20 Oct 22

Elon Musk said he was terminating the deal to buy Twitter in July

Twitter claims Elon Musk is under federal investigation

Elon Musk is under a federal investigation related to his $44bn (€45bn) takeover deal for Twitter, the social media company said in a court filing made public yesterday.

World • 14 Oct 22

Elon Musk said earlier this week he would buy Twitter for $54.20 per share

How will Musk pay for Twitter?

Elon Musk bought himself some time this week after a judge accepted the billionaire's request to halt a Twitter lawsuit to allow him to close his proposed $44 billion buyout of the social media company by October 28.

Business • 07 Oct 22

The deposition had been expected to be a key part of the litigation (file image)

Twitter and Elon Musk to postpone deposition - sources

Elon Musk and Twitter Inc agreed to postpone the billionaire's deposition scheduled for today as they try to reach an agreement to end their litigation and close Mr Musk's €44.3bn purchase of the social media company, a source familiar with the litigation said.

US • 06 Oct 22

Musk is scheduled to be deposed on Thursday in Austin, Texas.

Musk, Twitter not yet reached deal to end court battle

Elon Musk and Twitter have not yet reached an agreement to end the litigation and clear the way for the world's richest person to close his $44 billion deal for the social media platform, two sources familiar with the litigation told Reuters.

Business • 05 Oct 22

Musk agreed in April to buy Twitter for $44bn, but within weeks said the number of bot accounts was much higher than Twitter's estimate of less than 5% of users

Twitter confirms Musk to go ahead with $44bn deal

Elon Musk has offered to push through with his buyout of Twitter at the original agreed price of $44 billion (€44.1bn), just weeks before the scheduled start of a bitter court case over his efforts to withdraw from the deal.

Business • 05 Oct 22

Tesla delivered a total of 343,830 vehicles, compared to market expectation of 359,162 in the third quarter of 2022

Tesla logistic issues widen deliveries & production gap

Tesla shares fell about 5% today after the world's most valuable automaker sold fewer-than-expected vehicles in the third quarter as deliveries lagged way behind production due to logistic hurdles.

Business • 03 Oct 22

Elon Musk said there is still work to be done to refine the robot

Musk previews Tesla's humanoid robot

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk has showed off a prototype of humanoid robot 'Optimus', predicting the electric vehicle maker would be able to produce millions of them and sell them for under $20,000 each.

World • 01 Oct 22

Tesla's production forecast, if achieved, would put the EV maker on track to meet Elon Musk's goal for production in the coming quarter

Tesla output forecast shows jump in Q4 - sources

Tesla plans to push global production of its top-selling Model Y and Model 3 electric vehicles sharply higher in the fourth quarter and build on that growth in 2023 as newer factories in Austin and Berlin ramp production, internal plans reviewed by Reuters show.

Business • 30 Sep 22

Lawyers for Twitter said that there was a 'pattern of delay' in data to support the allegation made by Elon Musk (file image)

Twitter says allegation by Elon Musk is not backed up

Elon Musk's review of Twitter accounts by his advisers did not back up the billionaire's allegation that the number of fake users was "wildly higher" than 5% as he claimed, a Twitter lawyer has told a US judge.

US • 28 Sep 22

Peiter Zatko testified that he brought evidence of problems to Twitter's executive team

'Twitter ignored security concerns' - whistleblower

Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko has told the US Congress that the platform ignored his security concerns, in testimony that came as company shareholders greenlit Elon Musk's $44 billion takeover deal.

US • 14 Sep 22

Whistleblower payment didn't breach deal terms: Twitter

Twitter said today that payments made to a whistleblower did not breach any terms of its $44 billion buyout by Elon Musk, after the world's richest man cited the move as another reason to scrap the deal.

Business • 12 Sep 22

Elon Musk secured a deal to buy Twitter in April of this year before announcing it was 'on hold' in May

Musk cites whistleblower payment as reason for deal end

Billionaire Elon Musk has added a severance payment made by Twitter to a whistleblower to the list of reasons he feels entitled to walk away from his €43.33 billion deal to buy the social media platform.

US • 10 Sep 22

Elon Musk walked away from a $44-billion offer for Twitter in July

Musk sends new letter to scrap Twitter deal

Elon Musk has sent an additional letter of deal termination to Twitter after the world's richest person subpoenaed a whistleblower seeking documents on how the social media company measures spam accounts.

Business • 30 Aug 22

Elon Musk addresses guests at the Offshore Northern Seas 2022 (ONS) meeting in Stavanger, Norway today

Musk focused on getting self-driving Teslas by year end

Tesla chief Elon Musk said today he aimed to get the electric automaker's self-driving technology ready by the end of the year and hopes it could be in wide release in the US and possibly in Europe, depending on regulatory approval.

Business • 29 Aug 22

Shares of the electric-car maker, led by Elon Musk, opened at $302 and dipped to $293 in early trading.

Tesla shares slip as 3-1 stock split kicks in

Tesla's shares slipped today as a three-for-one stock split announced by the world's most valuable automaker to woo retail investors took effect.

Business • 25 Aug 22

Elon Musk said he would buy Twitter in April

Musk seeks documents from Jack Dorsey over Twitter deal

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is seeking documents from Twitter Inc co-founder Jack Dorsey as the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX pursues his legal fight to walk away from his $44bn deal for the social media company, according to a court filing.

Business • 23 Aug 22

Musk has a history of moving stocks and cryptocurrencies with his tweets

Musk's 'joke' ManU tweet unlikely to land him red card

While the US securities regulator is likely to examine Elon Musk's tweet in which he joked about buying New York-listed soccer club Manchester United, legal experts say that on its face the crack is unlikely to land him in hot water.

Business • 18 Aug 22

Musk has a history of being unconventional and posting irreverent tweets, making it difficult sometimes to tell when he is joking.

Elon Musk was 'joking' about buying Manchester United

Elon Musk, the world's richest person, has said he was joking when he tweeted that he was going to buy currently struggling English football club Manchester United.

Business • 17 Aug 22

The filing on Monday, showed that Elliott no longer owned any common stock in Twitter on June 30.

Elliott exited Twitter amid takeover frenzy

Elliott Management, the hedge fund that pushed for big changes at Twitter two years ago, exited the stock during the second quarter, soon after Elon Musk announced plans to buy the social media company, a regulatory filing shows.

Business • 16 Aug 22

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