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Tesla shares sink as Twitter users back Musk’s 10% stock sale

Elon Musk owns 23% stake in Tesla. Photo: Patrick Pleul/AFP via Getty Images Tesla (TSLA) boss Elon Musk is set to sell 10% of his stock in the company, worth $21bn (£15.6bn) following a Twitter poll he ran at the weekend. “Much is made lately of unrealized gains being a means of tax avoidance, so I propose selling 10% of my Tesla stock,” he tweeted. “Do you support this?” 3.5 million twitter accounts voted 57.9% in favour of the move. Musk, who is the world’s richest man, launched the poll in… Source link

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China Evergrande to raise $5 billion from property unit sale

By Tom Westbrook and Donny Kwok HONG KONG (Reuters) -Distressed developer China Evergrande will sell a half-stake in its property management unit to Hopson Development for more than $5 billion, Chinese media said on Monday, after both Evergrande and Hopson requested trading halts ahead of a major transaction. Once China’s top-selling developer, Evergrande is facing what could be one of the country’s largest-ever restructurings as a crackdown on debt leaves it unable to refinance $305 billion… Source link

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Virgin Galactic files for $500 million stock sale, shares tumble

(Reuters) -Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc on Monday filed to sell up to $500 million in common stock, a day after the company completed its first fully crewed test flight into space with billionaire founder Richard Branson on board.    Shares in Virgin Galactic reversed premarket gains of 8% to trade down nearly 12%, wiping off more than $1 billion from the company’s market capitalization following the share sale announcement.    The sale would account for up to 4% of Virgin Galactic’s… Source link

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There’s a ‘Clearance Sale’ on Bitcoin, but Institutions Aren’t Rushing In

At the beginning of the year, the dominant narrative permeating cryptocurrency markets was that institutions were going to add large swaths of bitcoin to their assets. Big, established investors from hedge funds to Wall Street mainstays and blue-chip companies would be quick to jump on the bandwagon.  Now, as bitcoin (BTC) trades close to half of the all-time high of almost $65,000 reached in April, things are starting to look slightly different: Despite what looks like a clearance sale on… Source link

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Yahoo Sale Spurs New Patent Holder Bid For $749M Reserve

Law360 (May 12, 2021, 8:30 PM EDT) — A patent holder that lost a bid this month to force former Yahoo owner Altaba to establish a $749 million infringement reserve asked the Delaware Chancery Court on Tuesday to reconsider in light of Verizon’s recently revealed plans to sell Yahoo to Apollo Global Management. Earlier this month, the Chancery judge overseeing disputes over Altaba’s wind-down rejected patent holder Droplets Inc.’s push to create the reserve, since the former Altaba… Source link

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Verizon reported to be discussing sale of AOL and Yahoo

US operator Verizon opened talks with private equity company Apollo Global Management regarding the possible sale of its media assets, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported. The operator is reportedly discussing the sale of Yahoo and AOL for $4 billion to $5 billion. It acquired AOL for $4.4 billion in 2015 and spent $4.8… Source link

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Verizon Mulls Sale Of AOL, Yahoo

(Photo Illustration by Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Less than a decade after it entered the media business through its acquisitions of AOL and Yahoo, Verizon VZ Communications reportedly may be preparing to exit the sector, According to The Wall Street Journal, Verizon is “exploring” whether to unload its media properties, which could fetch a price of $4 billion to $5 billion. According to the… Source link

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Verizon explores sale of media assets, including Yahoo and AOL – WSJ | The Mighty 790 KFGO

(Reuters) – Verizon Communications Inc is exploring a sale of its media assets, including Yahoo and AOL, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The sales process, which includes private equity firm Apollo Global Management Inc, could yield a price of $4 billion to $5 billion, report said. Yahoo and AOL are the two large brands within Verizon Media, which also owns news publication HuffPost, technology news sites… Source link

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