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Musk to Judge in Go-Private Tweet Fight: Don’t Muzzle Me

Musk to Judge in Go-Private Tweet Fight: Don’t Muzzle Me

(Bloomberg) — Tesla Inc. chief executive officer Elon Musk told a judge he shouldn’t be prohibited from talking about his fight with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, as shareholders suing him have requested. Most Read from Bloomberg It’s the latest volley in a lawsuit by shareholders alleging that Musk’s 2018 tweet about taking the company private manipulated its stock price and defrauded them. Last week, the investors won a key ruling in the run-up to a San Francisco fraud… Source link

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Rhetoric from the truckers’ convoy is ‘a few extreme voices’ who don’t speak for the industry

After three weeks of holding up traffic on the D.C. Beltway, the so-called “truckers’ convoy” is moving on from Washington D.C., for now. One person who will clearly not miss them is Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who oversees the trucking industry and is currently in the middle of an effort to recruit more drivers to the field. He says the rhetoric from right-wing protest group, which originally formed to protest coronavirus mandates, is not representative of truckers overall. Asked… Source link

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Strategist on GameStop: 'I don’t see why this is a $90 stock' – Yahoo Finance

GameStop’s ugly fourth quarter and light-on-the-details earnings call are two of the latest examples why shares of video game retailer turned NFT marketplace probably doesn’t deserve to trade at the levels they do, argues one veteran strategist. “This is not a normal investing situation. There is nothing normal about this. So the stock is going to do what it’s going to do. My gut — based on my history of watching stocks like this — is they usually resolve themselves to where they should… Source link

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Professors and politicians just don’t understand

A new podcast episode has caught the attention of Danny Sullivan, Google’s search liaison. Via Twitter, Sullivan called out the host (a politician who made an unsuccessful run for president in 2020) and his guest (a professor) for badly misunderstanding how personalization works in Google search. Ramesh Srinivasan, a UCLA professor and author of books on the impact of technology on our lives, joined the “Forward with Andrew Yang” podcast for an hour of conversation… Source link

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Russia-Ukraine the end of dollar dominance? Don’t bet on it: Morning Brief

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Thursday, March 3, 2022 Waiting for the dollar’s Godot Is the U.S. dollar over as a reserve currency? That is one of several takeaways from the increasingly anfractuous conflict between Russia and Ukraine. A flurry of heavy-handed sanctions has isolated Moscow, and may yet ricochet across the global economy in unexpected ways (not the least of… Source link

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Crypto exchanges ‘should be shut down’ if they don’t suspend Russian accounts: Bill Browder

Asset manager Bill Browder, who for years specialized as an investor in major Russian firms, told Yahoo Finance on Tuesday that cryptocurrency exchanges should be closed if they do not suspend accounts owned by Russians. The remarks come days after Ukraine’s vice prime minister called on a slew of major cryptocurrency exchanges — including Coinbase (COIN) and Binance — to stop servicing Russian accounts that may help the country blunt or circumvent sanctions. Coinbase and Binance rejected… Source link

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Pro Gamer Fired After Saying Men Under 5 ft 7 in ‘Don’t Have Human Rights’ [Update]

Pictured is Tanukana in an arcade. Tanukana showing off her gaming skills for the press. Professional Tekken player Tanukana has been booted from Osaka-based esports team Cyclops Athlete Gaming for remarks she made about men’s heights during a livestream, following a recent spate of far more incendiary remarks. Cyclops Athlete Gaming competes in first-person shooters like PUBG, Call of Duty, and Rainbow Six Siege as well as fighting games like Tekken. She has been featured in the mainstream… Source link

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Another View: Google shouldn’t know where you are if you don’t want it to

Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google. For most of us, not a day goes by without interacting with one of their products or services. In 2022, whether we want to or not, Big Tech is a part of our lives. With that dominance growing, it is up to the government to remain vigilant against these corporations abusing their power. A good example of that watchdog role are the recent lawsuits by four state attorneys general, including Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson, against Google for Source link

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Google’s making a free Workspace tier for businesses that don’t need its email

Google has announced a new, free tier of its Workspace suite, Workspace Essentials Starter. Basically, it lets workers use tools like Google Docs, Sheets, Chat, etc. with their co-workers without requiring them to switch over to Gmail if they’re already using something like Exchange or Zoho. While employees have long been able to replicate this use case with personal Google accounts, having an official product for it could help with security and make it easier to manage a team of people… Source link

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Rams don’t want 49ers fans at SoFi Stadium

When the Green Bay Packers lost on Saturday, the Los Angeles Rams’ sales department was ready.  Saturday’s result ensured that the winner of Sunday’s NFC divisional round playoff game between the Rams and Tampa Bay Buccaneers would host the NFC championship game. In a show of optimism, the Rams were promoting ticket sales on Sunday morning. With one caveat.  No 49ers fans allowed. At least the ones who live in San Francisco — or anywhere else outside of Los Angeles. Facing the prospect of… Source link

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