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Dogecoin Soars As Elon Musk's Twitter Buyout Looks Set To Close: Here's What May Happen Next
Thursday, October 27, 2022 - 1:15pm | 621Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) surged almost 12% higher at one point during Thursday’s 24-hour trading session but was smacked down about 5% off the high-of-day, which caused the crypto to fall under the 200-day simple moving average (SMA). In The News: Sentiment in Dogecoin is turning bullish...
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Elon Musk Has Lost More In The Last Week Than The Value of eBay, Coinbase and These Other Companies
Thursday, April 28, 2022 - 2:12pm | 333Let’s face it: Elon Musk has been in the news a lot recently. But, while everyone is talking about his bid for Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR), Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) stock has dropped nearly 20% in the last week alone. Last Friday, the stock opened above $1,000 a share. Mid-morning Thursday,...
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11 Largest Leveraged Buyouts Of All Time
Wednesday, April 27, 2022 - 6:09pm | 462A leveraged buyout is simply defined as the purchase of a controlling share in a company by its management using outside capital. Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk took billions in leveraged loans to take control of Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) with funding from banks such as Barclays...
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Musk's First Problem To Face As New Twitter Boss? The Digital Services Act
Wednesday, April 27, 2022 - 10:44am | 543The European Union passed landmark legislation on Saturday that will force Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) and other companies to combat hate speech and misinformation. What happened: The Digital Services Act (DSA) would compel tech companies to bear responsibility for the information that appears on...
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Elon Musk Tries To Explain His Approach To Twitter Moderation
Tuesday, April 26, 2022 - 5:43pm | 446The world's richest person and Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk sent a tweet suggesting that those who criticize his acquisition of social media giant Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) are afraid of free speech ideals being realized on the platform. What Happened: On Tuesday...
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'Soap Opera Ends': Analysts React To Musk's Twitter Buyout
Tuesday, April 26, 2022 - 1:11pm | 632Controversial Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk has Wall Street buzzing after social media platform Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) accepted Musk's hostile takeover bid to take Twitter private for $44 billion. Twitter's board of directors accepted Musk's bid on Monday after initially...
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Decentralized Twitter Spinoff Company Distances Itself From Musk
Tuesday, April 26, 2022 - 11:20am | 333Bluesky, the project developing a decentralized Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) alternative announced in 2019, distanced itself from its parent company after it was acquired by tech tycoon and the world's richest man Elon Musk. What Happened: In a Monday Twitter thread,...
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Funding Secured For Possible Elon Musk Twitter Takeover
Thursday, April 21, 2022 - 12:56pm | 415No, this time it's for real. On the evening of April 19, Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk sent a mysterious tweet: "___ is the Night." Filling in the blank would be "Tender" since Musk intends to make a tender offer to purchase 100% of Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR),...
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Twitter Could Be A Takeover Target, Says WSJ
Thursday, January 21, 2016 - 12:16pm | 280According to the Wall Street Journal’s Miriam Gottfried, Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) may now have fallen to a valuation that makes it an attractive buyout target for a large tech or media company. After giving up more than half of its market cap in the past year, Twitter’s stock now...