Elon Musk wanted to entrust charitable distribution of his fortune to a 30-something former pro gambler with no experience in philanthropy, according to a winding narrative published Saturday by The Wall Street Journal. Late last year, Musk increasingly relied on advice from 34-year-old Igor Kurganov, a self-described college dropout who had a multimillion-dollar career in professional gambling years before he met Musk. The Journal reported that Kurganov is currently not with Musk’s… Source link
Read More »Elon Musk doesn’t have ‘a leg to stand on’: veteran tech analyst
Elon Musk “doesn’t have a leg to stand on” in what could become a long courtroom battle with Twitter (TWRT), says one veteran stock analyst. “After a careful reading of Twitter’s lawsuit against Elon Musk, we flipped our view. We were formally skeptical about Twitter, now we’re skeptical about Elon’s position,” Barton Crockett of Rosenblatt Securities told Yahoo Finance Live. Twitter filed a suit in Delaware against Musk earlier this week after the CEO of Tesla (TSLA) Source link
Read More »Twitter just made the case for why it’s better off without Elon Musk
This article was first featured in Yahoo Finance Tech, a weekly newsletter highlighting our original content on the industry. Get it sent directly to your inbox every Wednesday by 4 p.m. ET. Subscribe Wednesday, July 13, 2022 Twitter should ditch Musk Twitter (TWTR) has asked a Delaware court to force Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk to stick to his agreement to buy the social network for $44 billion. But the company’s own lawsuit illustrates exactly why the Tesla chief is possibly one of the least… Source link
Read More »Elon Musk Responds to Twitter’s Threat to Sue Him Over Reneging on Deal — With a Meme
Elon Musk, meme aficionado and the world’s richest person, issued his first public response to Twitter’s vow that it will haul him into court to enforce the terms of his $44 billion buyout offer for the company. Musk, just after midnight ET Sunday, tweeted a meme showing the celebrity CEO laughing at the latest turn of events. It focuses on the mega-billionaire’s central claim for bailing on the Twitter deal: that, according to Musk, the company has stonewalled on providing evidence to… Source link
Read More »Elon Musk has turned Twitter into dead money: 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 Monday, July 11, 2022 Today’s newsletter is by Brian Sozzi, an editor-at-large and anchor at Yahoo Finance. Follow Sozzi on Twitter @BrianSozzi and on LinkedIn. As my career has soldiered on, I have come to terms with one thing: rich, powerful people are going to do whatever they damn well please. The reason for that is pretty simple — they have… Source link
Read More »Elon Musk’s decision to pull a $44 billion deal for Twitter could see Wall Street’s top banks lose hundreds of millions of dollars, scuppering one of 2022’s biggest pay days.
Britta Pedersen/Getty Images; Twitter; Rachel Mendelson/Insider Elon Musk’s decision to kill the $44 billion Twitter deal means banks could lose a “nine-figure” payday. Musk’s and Twitter’s financial advisors could pocket up to $192 million if the deal closes. The billionaire faces an uphill battle to call off the deal as he has to prove there’s been a material adverse effect on the transaction. Elon Musk’s ‘will-he-won’t-he’ dance to buy Twitter took a turn on Friday after the billionaire said… Source link
Read More »Elon Musk faces paying billions of dollars after backing out of Twitter deal, expert says
Elon Musk could face paying billions after walking away from the Twitter deal.Angela Weiss/Getty Images Elon Musk may be on the hook for billions after abandoning his Twitter deal, an NYU professor said. Musk walked away from the deal Friday, blaming its failure to disclose the number of fake accounts. Experts told Reuters that Twitter may try to negotiate a lower price with the Tesla CEO. Elon Musk could face paying out billions of dollars after walking away from a deal to buy Twitter, an… Source link
Read More »Elon Musk now thinks there’s a greater than 50-50 chance that the economy will decline. Here are 3 simple ways to protect your money
‘Recession is inevitable’: Elon Musk now thinks there’s a greater than 50-50 chance that the economy will decline. Here are 3 simple ways to protect your money The U.S. economy made a strong recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. But according to Tesla CEO and billionaire Elon Musk, the good times might be over pretty soon. “I think a recession is inevitable at some point,” he said at the Qatar Economic Forum earlier this month. “As to whether there is a recession in the near term,… Source link
Read More »Elon Musk says Tesla’s new factories are ‘gigantic money furnaces’ that are losing billions of dollars from EV-battery shortages and supply-chain snags
Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Musk said Tesla was losing billions of dollars at its new factories because of supply-chain snags. The CEO has complained about supply-chain shortages in the past. Musk is one of many auto executives who have said shortages may further hurt the industry. Elon Musk said during a recent interview that electric-car-battery shortages and supply-chain snags were costing Tesla billions of dollars. “Both Berlin and Austin factories are gigantic money furnaces… Source link
Read More »Elon Musk told employees at the Twitter all-hands meeting that workers who are ‘exceptional’ can sometimes work remotely
Elon Musk attends the 2022 Costume Institute Benefit celebrating In America: An Anthology of Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 02, 2022 in New York City.Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images Elon Musk has taken a strong stance on office work, requiring it from his Tesla employees. Musk might soon own Twitter and had a town hall with employees Thursday. Pushing back on the company’s current hybrid structure, he said people should be in the office. Elon Musk prefers employees in… Source link
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