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Tesla Cybertruck explosion at Trump hotel in Las Vegas kills one and injures at least seven

Tesla CEO Elon Musk suggests fireworks or a bomb placed in the pickup truck’s bed caused the blast

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Tesla Stock Rises. Elon Musk Will Lead New Government Department for Trump.

Tesla boss and Trump backer Elon Musk picked for role in administration

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The case against Elon Musk’s $46bn pay deal

Tesla’s board is asking shareholders to approve a substantial dilution of their stakes for no good reason

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Elon Musk and Jamie Dimon Are Making Peace

After years of feuding, the business titans spoke at an exclusive JPMorgan summit, opening the door to their working together again

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The Tesla boss has won over some investors, but not a key judge yet

Why Musk’s $56bn pay was A-OK

Catch up with the week's biggest ESG stories

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Elon Musk completes Twitter deal and immediately fires executives

Parag Agrawal and Ned Segal are out as takeover begins

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Whistleblower complaint complicates Elon Musk-Twitter legal fight

Allegations by the platform’s former head of security may open new legal pathways in Musk’s effort to abandon a takeover

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Musk’s legal team hits former Twitter boss Dorsey with subpoena as legal fight over $44bn deal continues

Subpoena is first sign that the social media firm’s co-founder will be an official part of the legal fight over Tesla CEO’s $44bn takeover deal

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Musk’s financial backers drawn into legal fight as Twitter issues subpoenas for information

At least a dozen banks sent subpoenas seeking information on equity and debt financing and communications around the takeover

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Elon Musk sets up strange legal drama by spurning Twitter deal

In trying to terminate his $44bn takeover deal, Tesla boss sets stage for what could become one of the oddest courtroom battles in corporate-takeover history

Elon Musk has kept Twitter employees and Wall Street on edge as to whether he will follow through with the $44bn transaction

Elon Musk didn’t rule out layoffs in all-hands meeting with Twitter staff

Musk told Twitter staff: 'Right now, costs exceed revenue. That’s not a great situation.'

Elon Musk set to confirm he wants to own Twitter at staff meeting

Billionaire also likely to clarify remarks on remote work and strategy at virtual meeting with social media platform’s employees

Elon Musk prepares to meet with Twitter staff for the first time since $44bn bid

Twitter chief executive Parag Agrawal announced the meeting in an email to staffers on 13 June

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Elon Musk says Twitter is refusing to keep to the terms of his deal to purchase

Musk said Twitter has refused to provide the data necessary to facilitate his own evaluation of the number of spam and fake accounts on the social media platform

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Why Elon Musk’s battle with bots on Twitter is actually personal

Musk’s sudden escalation of the bot issue raised suspicions that he is using it as a negotiating tactic to lower the offer price for Twitter amid the swooning market, or exit the takeover deal

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Elon Musk draws concern from Tesla fans as Twitter bid wavers

Electric-car maker’s stock has tumbled around 30% since billionaire disclosed his stake in social-media company

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Musk throws another spanner in the works as he challenges Twitter to prove how few spam accounts are on the platform

Elon Musk says $44bn Twitter deal ‘cannot move forward’ without more detail on bot accounts

In a 17 May Tweet, the Tesla chief executive said that Twitter’s CEO ‘publicly refused to show proof of <5%’

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How Elon Musk’s pause on Twitter deal puts a focus on bot accounts

Twitter hasn’t disclosed details about the impact of spam and fake accounts on its platform

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