Apr 21 Musk claims he has $46.5 billion in financing lined up to buy Twitter By Tom Krishner, Matt O'Brien, Associated Press Elon Musk says he has lined up $46.5 billion in financing to buy Twitter, and he's trying to negotiate an agreement with the company. Continue reading
Apr 15 Watch 6:06 News Wrap: BA.2 variant drives new wave of COVID cases in the U.S. By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Friday, new COVID-19 numbers provided the latest evidence of another wave fueled by the BA.2 variant, crews in South Africa spent another day searching for survivors after floods killed nearly 400 people, Palestinian youths battled Israeli… Continue watching
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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… Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading