Category: Elon Musk

Twitter’s Top Executives Are Set to Exit With $100 Million Payout as Musk Takes Over

After Elon Musk fired Twitter’s top three executives immediately after his takeover, they were granted multimillion-dollar payouts on their way out. The former executives are set to collect more than $100 million in severance and payouts of previously granted equity awards. CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Ned Segal, and Vijaya Gadde, Twitter’s top legal and policy executive,…


Musk Now Owns Twitter–What Does This Mean for Free Speech?

News Analysis “The bird is freed,” Elon Musk posted on Twitter on Thursday evening after finalizing his purchase of the company. After a monthslong battle with the social media giant, billionaire Elon Musk’s bid to acquire Twitter is now complete. But what does it mean for his crusade to keep free speech alive in the Twitterverse? Bloomberg…


Musk’s ‘Bird Is Freed,’ Twitter Pledge Gets Cool Reception In EU, Where ‘The Bird Will Fly By Our Rules’

The European Commission has warned Tesla CEO Elon Musk that he must comply with EU rules after the billionaire acquired the social media platform, Twitter. “In Europe, the bird will fly by our rules,” Thierry Breton, the EU Commissioner for the Internal Market, wrote on Twitter on Friday morning, just hours after Musk posted that the…


Elon Musk Finally Buys Twitter, Fires Top Executives

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is now in charge of social media platform Twitter, according to CNBC. The official announcement of the takeover deal is expected to come on Friday before the opening of the stock market. Twitter will now be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange beginning on Oct. 28, according to a recent…


Elon Musk Buys Twitter, Fires Top Executives

Tesla CEO and world’s wealthiest person, Elon Musk, is now in charge of the social media platform Twitter. The official announcement of the takeover deal’s completion is expected on Friday. Twitter will be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange beginning on Oct. 28, according to a recent delisting notice, as the firm will be taken private….


Twitter Shares to Be Suspended on NYSE as Musk Nears Takeover

Twitter Inc. shares will be suspended from trading on Friday, the New York Stock Exchange’s website showed, as billionaire Elon Musk faces a court-ordered Oct. 28 deadline to close his $44 billion deal to buy the social media company. Musk, the world’s richest person, visited Twitter’s headquarters in San Francisco on Wednesday and hinted he…


PREMIERING 3 PM ET: Ep. 74: Thank Goodness We Never Have to Watch John Fetterman and Joe Biden Debate Each Other! | The Larry Elder Show

The Larry​​ Elder Show is sponsored by Birch Gold Group. Protect your IRA or 401(k) with precious metals today: http://larryforgold.com/ More than five months after experiencing a stroke, Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman struggled at times to explain his positions during a highly anticipated debate Tuesday night in the ABC27 studios against Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz…


Ep. 74: Thank Goodness We Never Have to Watch John Fetterman and Joe Biden Debate Each Other! | The Larry Elder Show

The Larry​​ Elder Show is sponsored by Birch Gold Group. Protect your IRA or 401(k) with precious metals today: http://larryforgold.com/ More than five months after experiencing a stroke, Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman struggled at times to explain his positions during a highly anticipated debate Tuesday night in the ABC27 studios against Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz…


Elon Musk Says Twitter Won’t ‘Become a Free-for-All Hellscape’

Elon Musk wrote in a note to advertisers on Thursday that Twitter cannot be a “free-for-all hellscape” ahead of a Friday deadline to complete the purchase of the social media firm. “Twitter obviously cannot become a free-for-all hellscape, where anything can be said with no consequences,” Musk wrote on Twitter in a message, titled, “Dear…


Elon Musk Visits Twitter HQ With a Bathroom Sink as $44 Billion Deal Nears End

Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday posted a video of himself entering Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters with a bathroom sink amid reports he’s looking to complete the $44 billion acquisition of the social media firm by the end of this week. “Entering Twitter HQ — let that sink in!” he wrote. Musk also changed his…