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Passive Investing

Elon Musk and Cathie Wood Say Passive Investing Has Gone Too Far

(Bloomberg) — Elon Musk and Cathie Wood criticized passive investing in a Twitter thread, weighing in on a controversial and unresolved debate. Their discussion was sparked by venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, who said firms like BlackRock Inc. have outsized voices in many corporations because of the voting power of their stable of passive index trackers. […]

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Twitter

Musk’s $8.5 Billion Tesla Stock Sales Make Math Behind Twitter Deal More Tricky

(Bloomberg) — Elon Musk’s sale of more than $8.5 billion of Tesla Inc. shares has made the math behind his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter Inc. a bit more tricky. To acquire the social-media company, Musk has lined up $13 billion in bank financing, $12.5 billion in margin loans backed by Tesla shares and […]

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Tesla
Twitter

Elon Musk Offloads $4 Billion of Tesla Shares, Pledges No More Sales

(Bloomberg) — Elon Musk sold about $4 billion worth of Tesla Inc. shares after announcing a blockbuster $44 billion deal to buy Twitter Inc. Tesla’s chief executive officer offloaded about 4.4 million shares on April 26 and April 27, filings showed late Thursday. Wall Street analysts and investors in the electric carmaker suspected that Musk […]

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Twitter

Twitter, Musk Deal Includes $1 Billion Termination Agreement

(Bloomberg) — Twitter Inc. will be required to pay a termination fee of $1 billion under certain circumstances if it ends an agreement to be acquired by Elon Musk for $44 billion, according to a filing on Tuesday. Musk will also be subjected to the same fee if he ends the deal. The fee would […]

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Twitter

Musk to Judge in Go-Private Tweet Fraud Fight: Don’t Muzzle Me

(Bloomberg) — Tesla Inc. chief executive officer Elon Musk told a judge he shouldn’t be prohibited from talking about his fight with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, as shareholders suing him have requested. It’s the latest volley in a lawsuit in which shareholders claim Musk’s 2018 tweet about taking the company private manipulated its […]

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Twitter

Musk Go-Private Tweet Ruled False by Judge, Tesla Investors Say

(Bloomberg) — Tesla Inc. shareholders suing over Elon Musk’s 2018 tweet about taking the company private say they won a key ruling in the run-up to a fraud trial with billions of dollars in damages at stake. The investors said a federal judge agreed with them that “no reasonable jury could find Musk’s tweets on […]

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Twitter

Twitter Is Weighing a Poison Pill Defense to Thwart Elon Musk’s Takeover Bid

(Bloomberg) — Twitter Inc.’s board is considering adopting a measure that would protect the company from hostile acquisition bids, according to people with knowledge of the matter, following billionaire Elon Musk’s unwelcome offer to take the company private. One of the options under consideration is adopting a poison pill, known as a shareholder rights plan, […]

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Twitter

Elon Musk Needs ‘Massive Loan’ or Big Tesla Stock Sale to Buy Twitter

(Bloomberg) — Even for the world’s richest person, $43 billion is a steep price. Elon Musk’s proposed all-cash offer to buy Twitter Inc. represents about one-sixth of his $259.3 billion fortune. Yet the vast majority of that wealth is tied to his stake in Tesla Inc., the electric carmaker he co-founded that has surged in […]

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Twitter

Elon Musk Launches $43 Billion Hostile Takeover of Twitter

(Bloomberg) — Elon Musk has made a “best and final” offer to buy Twitter Inc., saying the company has extraordinary potential and he will unlock it. The world’s richest man will offer $54.20 per share in cash, representing a 54% premium over the Jan. 28 closing price and a value of about $43 billion. The […]

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Twitter

Twitter Shares Fall After Musk Ditches Potential Board Role

(Bloomberg) — Shares in Twitter Inc. fell after Elon Musk decided not to join the board, after speculation the world’s richest person could mount a takeover of the social media platform. After discussions with management, Musk decided against joining Twitter’s board over the weekend, a dramatic reversal that also ends a previous agreement to keep […]

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Social Media
Twitter

Elon Musk Takes 9.2% Stake in Twitter After Hinting at Shake-Up

(Bloomberg) — Elon Musk has taken a 9.2% stake in Twitter Inc. to become the platform’s biggest shareholder, a week after hinting he might shake up the social media industry. Twitter shares surged about 26% in premarket trading after the regulatory filing released Monday detailing Musk buying the holding. The stake is worth about $2.89 […]

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Jeff Bezos

The $200 Billion Club Loses Last Member as Elon Musk’s Wealth Tumbles

(Bloomberg) — No person on the planet has a fortune of more than $200 billion — at least for now. Elon Musk, the only billionaire who still exceeded that threshold heading into this week, saw his wealth tumble by $13.3 billion on Wednesday to $198.6 billion. Tesla Inc. shares fell for the fourth-straight day to […]

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Tesla

Elon Musk Donated $5.7 Billion of Tesla Shares to Charity

(Bloomberg) — Elon Musk gifted almost $6 billion worth of Tesla Inc. stock to charity late last year in one of the largest philanthropic donations in history. The world’s richest man donated more than 5 million shares in the electric-car maker from Nov. 19 to Nov. 29, according to a filing with the Securities and […]

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Tesla

Musk Says His Tweet About Taking Tesla Private Was ‘Entirely Truthful’

(Bloomberg) — Elon Musk says his 2018 tweet about plans to take Tesla Inc. private was “entirely truthful” and that investors who claim the missive was a fraud are wrong. Lawyers for the billionaire chief executive officer of the electric-car maker said in a court filing Tuesday that Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund had indeed […]

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Elon Musk’s Tunnel System Works, but the Real Test Is Still to Come

(Bloomberg) — The CES technology show in Las Vegas last week was an important milestone for Elon Musk’s Boring Co., which operates a network of underground tunnels to ferry passengers around the massive convention center in Tesla Inc. cars. The Vegas Loop performed mostly well, despite hitting some snags that were caught on video and […]

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