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AI investors nervous ahead of Microsoft, Meta and Alphabet earnings

Analysts say the picture isn't necessarily rosy for big tech giants

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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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Banks return to finance plans for Elon Musk’s $44bn Twitter takeover

Twitter told employees in an internal message that they would hear directly from Musk on 28 October

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Twitter has been adamant that Musk was obligated to close the deal on its original terms, and legal experts from the beginning expected the company would prevail at trial

Elon Musk proposes to close $44bn offer to buy Twitter

Twitter shares, halted for much of 4 October, closed up 22% at $52, bringing them closer to the deal price of $54.20 that Musk agreed to pay in April

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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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Twitter said it’s prepared to hold a stockholder vote on the deal as early as mid-August and that Musk must close the transaction within the following two days

Twitter files lawsuit against Elon Musk to force him to honour $44bn deal

Twitter said it has 'bent over backwards' to provide Musk with the information he has requested and is suing Musk to enforce consummation of the merger

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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