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Elon Musk at the 2022 Met Gala.Andrew Kelly/Reuters Elon Musk said Covid-19 lockdowns “tricked people into thinking that you don’t actually need to work hard.” Working from home didn’t make workers less productive, three economists told Insider. The only constraint on productivity was when workers had children at home they needed to look after. Elon Musk is not a fan of remote work. In the early hours of Wednesday, Musk commented on a tweet which appeared to show an email from himself to Tesla… Source link

Elon Musk.HANNIBAL HANSCHKE /Getty Images Elon Musk polled his Twitter followers on whether they distrusted billionaires or politicians more. He then asked Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to do the same, writing, “I dare you” to do so. Musk and Ocasio-Cortez have clashed on other topics such as unionization and free speech. On Thursday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk dared Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to poll her Twitter followers on whether they distrusted billionaires or politicians more. “Who do you trust… Source link

Maja Hitij/Getty Images A Twitter investor is suing Elon Musk for market manipulation for his tweets about the buy being “on hold.” The complaint was filed in California on Wednesday. “Just because your name is Business Insider Trading doesn’t mean you should project that on others!” Musk told Insider in an email. A Twitter shareholder is suing Elon Musk and Twitter over Musk’s tweets following his agreement to buy the company last month. The proposed class-action suit, filed in a federal… Source link

Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey stabbed his company’s board in the back by serving up the social media platform on a platter to Elon Musk, according to a former company veteran and ex-director. As the company prepares to host shareholders for a virtual annual general meeting from 1 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Jason Goldman found clear words for his former colleague during an interview with Bloomberg. The former vice president of Product and member of Twitter’s founding team referenced events that… Source link

Elon Musk and Gwynne Shotwell.Angela Weiss, Amanda Edwards via Getty Images SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell defended Elon Musk following sexual misconduct claims. The top female executive said she didn’t believe the allegations against Musk, which Insider first reported. In a companywide email obtained by CNBC, Shotwell said she would “never” comment on legal matters. SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell defended founder Elon Musk in an employee email last week following Insider’s… Source link

Elon Musk joked about letting Chad Hurley (right) touch his “wiener.”Gotham/Alberto E. Rodriguez via Getty Images Elon Musk joked about buying a horse for Chad Hurley if he touched Musk’s “wiener”. The Youtube cofounder told Musk to stop “horsing around” and close the Twitter deal. Musk has offered to buy the social media platform for $44 billion. Elon Musk has used sexual misconduct claims to joke about letting YouTube cofounder Chad Hurley touch his “wiener.” On Friday, Hurley mentioned Musk in… Source link

SpaceX paid $250,000 to settle a sexual misconduct claim against Elon Musk after a flight attendant on the company’s corporate jet accused the CEO of exposing himself to her mid-flight, Insider reports. According to Insider, the incident happened in 2016 and the company settled with the unnamed flight attendant in 2018, according to a friend of the flight attendant who was told contemporaneously about the incident but is not bound by any non-disclosure agreements with the company. Musk… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Twitter Inc. executives told employees on Thursday that the $44 billion deal to sell the company to billionaire Elon Musk is moving forward as planned, and that they won’t renegotiate the agreed-upon price of $54.20 per share. Most Read from Bloomberg Vijaya Gadde, Twitter’s top lawyer and head of policy, also told workers at an all-hands meeting that there is “no such thing as a deal being on hold,” according to people who attended the meeting. She was pushing back on… Source link

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, May 18, 2022 Getting rid of bots isn’t as easy as it sounds Elon Musk’s $44 billion deal to buy Twitter (TWTR) is in purgatory. The brash Tesla (TSLA) CEO put the purchase on hold May 13, saying, on Twitter, of course, he couldn’t move forward with the acquisition until he can… Source link

Elon Musk.Andrew Kelly/Reuters Twitter said on Tuesday it plans to complete its $44 billion merger agreement with Elon Musk. This is despite Musk’s apparent hesitation in recent days to go ahead with negotiations. Both parties had agreed to rules that ensure the deal closes, including a clause that forces a completion. Twitter said it plans to complete its $44 billion merger agreement with Elon Musk, even as the Tesla CEO appears to dither on the deal. “Twitter is committed to completing the… Source link