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Apr 15

Twitter board of directors adopt ‘poison pill’ defense against Musk takeover bid

By Matt O'Brien, Associated Press

The move would allow existing Twitter shareholders — except for Musk — to buy additional shares at a discount, thereby diluting Musk's stake in the company.

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Apr 14

Tesla CEO Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter, making it a private company, for $43 billion

By Michelle Chapman, Matt O'Brien, Associated Press

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is offering to buy Twitter. He says the social media platform he has criticized for not living up to free speech principles needs to be transformed as a private company.

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Apr 13

Lawsuit accuses Elon Musk of breaking law while nearly doubling Twitter stock

By Michael Liedtke, Associated Press

Elon Musk's huge Twitter investment took a new twist Tuesday with the filing of a lawsuit alleging that the colorful billionaire illegally delayed disclosing his big stake in the social media company so he could buy more shares at lower…

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Apr 11

Elon Musk reverses course, won’t join Twitter’s board

By Associated Press

Billionaire Musk has been one of Twitter’s loudest critics and is now its largest investor.

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Apr 08

SpaceX launches 3 visitors to space station for $55M each

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

SpaceX launched three rich businessmen and their astronaut escort to the International Space Station on Friday for more than a week’s stay, as NASA joins Russia in hosting guests at the world’s most expensive tourist destination.

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Apr 05

Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board, a day after becoming its biggest stakeholder

By Michelle Chapman, Associated Press

Elon Musk is joining Twitter's board of directors, one day after it was disclosed that the Tesla CEO took a 9% stake in the social media platform.

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Apr 04

Elon Musk buys 73.5 million shares of Twitter’s stock, becoming biggest stakeholder

By Michelle Chapman, Tom Krisher, Associated Press

The ultimate aim of Musk's purchase worth $3 billion is not clear, yet in late March Musk, who has 80 million Twitter followers, questioned free speech on Twitter and whether the platform is undermining democracy.

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Mar 22

SEC claims authority to subpoena Elon Musk over tweets

By Tom Krisher, Associated Press

The SEC disclosed publicly in documents filed Tuesday that it is investigating Musk's Nov. 6, 2021 tweets that asked followers whether he should sell 10 percent of his Tesla stake.

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Feb 10

California sues Tesla for alleged discrimination, racial slurs at plant

By Michael Liedtke, Associated Press

California regulators allege the company has been discriminating against Black employees who have been likened to monkeys and slaves at the San Francisco Bay Area factory where most of its vehicles are made.

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Dec 29

China says SpaceX satellites nearly collided with its three-member crew space station

By Associated Press

China is urging the United States to protect a Chinese space station and its three-member crew after Beijing complained that satellites launched by Elon Musk's SpaceX nearly struck the station.

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