Elon Musk

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Elon Musk's daughter wants to change her name: 'I no longer wish to ... (Times of India)

Elon Musk's daughter: One of Elon Musk's kids has filed a petition to change her name as per her gender identity. In her petition, the former Xavier A.

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Elon Musk's Transgender Daughter Cuts All Ties With Father ... (India Times)

The petition for both a name change and a new birth certificate reflecting her new gender identity was filed with the Los Angeles County Superior Court in ...

The SpaceX founder's transgender daughter has filed a petition to change her name to cut ties with her father. According to Reuters, the lawyer who represents Musk or Tesla has not responded to any emails regarding this matter. Musk's kid asked the court to change her gender recognition from male to female along with the name.

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Elon Musk's child files documents to change name; no longer 'wish ... (Republic World)

Elon Musk's child Xavier Alexander Musk has filed documents to change his name to Vivian Jenna Wilson in a bid to be identified as a woman, stated media ...

Only recently it has emerged that Grimes and Elon also had a daughter named, Exa Dark Sideræl Musk. She reportedly celebrated her birthday in April and wanted to be identified as a woman. While the Tesla CEO has not spoken about his seven known children, the media outlet stated that Vivian wishes to stay away from any attention and the limelight.

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Five Takeaways From What Elon Musk Said at Qatar Economic ... (BNN)

(Bloomberg) -- Here are the five key takeaways from Tesla CEO Elon Musk's interview with Bloomberg News Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait at the Qatar ...

- A recession in the US “is inevitable at some point,” he said. - More detail on Tesla job cuts: “Tesla is reducing its salaried workforce roughly 10% over the next three months or so. “As to whether there is a recession in the near-term, that is more likely than not”

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Elon Musk's trans daughter doesn't want to 'be related' to him ... (India TV)

Reports claim that Elon Musk's daughter wants to be recognised as female, but the name change is not just about her transitioning, there is clearly a rift ...

Reports claim that Musk's daughter wants to be recognised as female, but the name change is not just about her transitioning, there is clearly a rift with her dad. One of the Twitter users opined, "I get that Elon Musk's daughter is trans but I really don't think using her story as some dunk for trans rights is the move. Another one said, "Do not share her deadname and address. Here's what netizens are saying to Musk and his daughter: According to reports, one of Musk's children wants nothing to do with him and has filed legal documents to drop his famous last name. The tech billionaire's transgender daughter has reportedly filed a request to change her name to reflect her gender identification and avoid any ties to her biological father.

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Elon Musk warns of supply constraints; Doha gas deals at Qatar Forum (Business Standard)

Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk told the Qatar Economic Forum that supply constraints are the biggest brake on the electric-car maker's growth.

Musk said there are still a few “unresolved matters” about Twitter, and is still waiting for a resolution on the matter of how many bots are on the social media platform. More subscription to our online content can only help us achieve the goals of offering you even better and more relevant content. As we battle the economic impact of the pandemic, we need your support even more, so that we can continue to offer you more quality content. Business Standard has always strived hard to provide up-to-date information and commentary on developments that are of interest to you and have wider political and economic implications for the country and the world. Even during these difficult times arising out of Covid-19, we continue to remain committed to keeping you informed and updated with credible news, authoritative views and incisive commentary on topical issues of relevance. TotalEnergies SE of France and Italy’s Eni SpA have also bought stakes, while Shell Plc and Exxon Mobil Corp. are among the others making bids. “At peak, these two discoveries could bring $5.6 billion to a very small economy, doubling the GDP by 2040,” Comalie said, without giving details on when fields could start production or how much oil will be pumped. “We’re getting very close,” as measures of consumer confidence, retail sales, manufacturing activity and housing are all slowing down sharply while inflation is high, he said on Bloomberg TV. Exxon Mobil Corp. said global oil markets may remain tight for another three to five years largely because of a lack of investment since the pandemic began. Jobs cuts at the electric-car maker will lead to a 3.5% reduction in headcount, he said. State-run QatarEnergy is scheduled to announce another deal on Tuesday, and Al-Kaabi said Exxon Mobil will get a stake. The Gulf state, among the world’s biggest LNG exporters, is one of few nations that can substantially replace Russian gas supplies to Europe.

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Elon Musk's Transgender Child Petitions Court For Name Change ... (HuffPost UK)

The 18-year-old no longer wishes to be "related to my biological father in any way, shape or form," according to a Los Angeles court filing.

The Tesla billionaire has not commented publicly on the court filing. A hearing on the request will take place on Friday. The teen also asked for a new birth certificate with her new name.

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Elon Musk's child seeks name change to sever all ties with him (Gulf Today)

Formerly known as Xavier Alexander Musk, she is the daughter of the business tycoon and his first wife Justine Wilson. The couple separated in 2008.

Her new name was redacted in the online document, the agency pointed out. “I no longer live with or wish to be related to my biological father in any way, shape or form,” said the petition, according to news agency Reuters. Elon Musk’s daughter from his first marriage has filed a petition to change her name, saying she does not “wish to be related to my biological father in any way, shape or form” and to reflect her new gender identity on the documents.

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Musk, Roubini and Goldman Warn of Rising US Recession Risk (Bloomberg)

Elon Musk, Nouriel Roubini and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. have warned of a growing likelihood that the US economy will fall into recession.

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Elon Musk's Transgender Daughter Is Changing Her Name As She ... (LADbible)

The Tesla CEO's daughter has filed a petition to the Los Angeles County Superior Court in order to change her name to Vivian Jenna Wilson, the surname being ...

It's a small thing and if it helps trans people I feel good about it." As said by one Twitter user: "Fellas, what's more an aesthetic nightmare? Alongside a throwback photo of a balding Musk alongside a more recent one of him with a thick head of hair, one person wrote: "Cis people get more gender-affirming surgery than trans people do.”

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Elon Musk's child seeks name change to sever ties with father (DAWN.com)

Elon Musk's transgender daughter has filed a request to change her name in accordance with her new gender identity and because "I no longer live with or ...

The petition for both a name change and a new birth certificate reflecting her new gender identity was filed with the Los Angeles County Superior Court in Santa Monica in April. It came to light recently in some online media reports. The former Xavier Alexander Musk, who recently turned 18, the age of consent in California, has asked the court to change her gender recognition from male to female and to register her new name, according to court documents available online through PlainSite.org. Elon Musk's transgender daughter has filed a request to change her name in accordance with her new gender identity and because "I no longer live with or wish to be related to my biological father in any way, shape or form".

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Elon Musk's 'Pronouns Suck' Tweet Resurfaces after Trans Daughter ... (News18)

Tesla chief Elon Musk's transgender daughter, named Xavier Alexander Musk at birth, has filed documents to drop her name and has decided to declare her ...

In another tweet, Musk had written, “I absolutely support trans, but all these pronouns are an esthetic nightmare." “We’ve seen this kind of homophobia and transphobia before, there is nothing salvageable about what he said," the person wrote. Musk’s ex-wife had commented on the same: “I cannot support hate."

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Elon Musk says US 'recession is inevitable' (Proactive Investors USA & Canada)

Musk is the latest in a growing chorus of commentators warning the US economy is set for a recession. Goldman Sachs -. Tesla chief executive Elon Musk said ...

“As to whether there is a recession in the near term, that is more likely than not,” he said. Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) economists earlier this year said they see a 30% probability of entering a recession within the next year, up from previous estimates of 15%. Tesla chief executive Elon Musk said a recession in the US 'is inevitable at some point” and' is more likely than not" in the near term.

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Elon Musk's daughter applies to legally change name to sever ties ... (Metro)

The 18-year-old, formerly known as Xavier Alexander Musk, has asked to change her gender recognition from male to female and change her name. In the court ...

Before welcoming Exa, Musk and Grimes had split but then rekindled their romance. Touching on why she decided to keep Exa’s arrival under wraps, she continued: ‘I don’t know. In December, Musk welcomed his second child with girlfriend Grimes, with the pair keeping the birth on the downlow for a few months. In the court documents, filed at the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, Musk’s daughter cited the reason for the name change as being: ‘Gender Identity and the fact that I no longer live with or wish to be related to my biological father in any way, shape or form.’ The 18-year-old, formerly known as Xavier Alexander Musk, has asked to change her gender recognition from male to female and change her name. Elon Musk’s daughter has applied to legally change her name, partly because she she wants to sever ties with her father.

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How many children does Elon Musk have?... (The Irish Sun)

Musk's first child, Nevada Alexander Musk, was born in 2002, two years after he married Canadian author Justine Wilson in 2000. Sadly, he died at just 10 weeks ...

Mom & baby all good," Musk wrote in a short Twitter post on Monday, May 4 2020. Grimes announced she was pregnant in January of 2020, and Musk had previously said the baby was expected to arrive Monday, May 4." Musk and Grimes had to change it to X AE A-XII to remove the Æ and 12 so that his birth certificate would comply with California law. On May 5, 2020, Elon Musk and his former partner Grimes announced the arrival of their little boy. The former couple's triplets Kai, Saxon and Damian Musk were born in 2006. The former Xavier Alexander Musk filed the paperwork in California on April 18 to change her name.

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Elon Musk Says U.S. Recession Is 'Inevitable,' More Likely In The ... (Forbes)

Tesla CEO and billionaire Elon Musk said the U.S. economy will likely face a recession in the near term in an interview with Bloomberg on Tuesday, ...

Besides Musk, several other top business leaders in the U.S. have flagged concerns about an upcoming recession in the U.S. Speaking two days before the Fed’s rate hike, Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman placed the odds of a recession at “50-50” up from an earlier prediction of 30%. Gorman, however, said that a “deep or long recession” was unlikely. The billionaire, however, remained non-committal about supporting Donald Trump’s candidacy, stating he was “undecided at this point.” The survey in question was conducted in May, several weeks before the Federal Reserve’s steep hike in interest rates, which heightened concerns about a downturn. Dimon said his bank is preparing for “bad outcomes.” Similarly, Wells Fargo CEO Charles Scharf in May said it will be “hard to avoid some kind of recession” but he did not expect it to be a deep recession. The measure was undertaken after data from the Labor Department showed that consumer prices in the U.S. were at a 40-year high with annual inflation surging to 8.6% in May. Previously, in an internal email to Tesla executives, Musk said he had a “super bad feeling” about the economy as he called for layoffs in the company.

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Elon Musk: 'I have never said people should invest in crypto' (Finbold)

While the crypto industry recovers, billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk spoke at the Qatar Economic Forum, touching on the topic of crypto.

When investing, your capital is at risk. Investing is speculative. “I have never said that people should invest in crypto.

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Elon Musk's daughter seeks name change to sever all ties with him (Sunday World)

Elon Musk's daughter from his first marriage has filed a petition to change her name, saying she does not “wish to be related to my biological father in any ...

Her new name was redacted in the online document, the agency pointed out. “I no longer live with or wish to be related to my biological father in any way, shape or form,” said the petition, according to news agency Reuters. “I no longer live with or wish to be related to my biological father in any way, shape or form”

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I want nothing to do with my father, says Elon Musk's daughter (The Times)

Elon Musk's transgender daughter has filed a request to change her name in accordance with her new gender identity, stating: “I no longer live with or wish ...

She filed paperwork in Santa Monica on April 18 seeking to be known as Vivian Jenna Wilson. She was previously called Xavier Alexander Musk. They were married in 2000 and are parents to five children. Elon Musk’s transgender daughter has filed a request to change her name in accordance with her new gender identity, stating: “I no longer live with or wish to be related to my biological father in any way, shape or form.”

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Anticipating U.S. downturn, Elon Musk details Tesla staff cuts (Reuters)

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla , said a 10% cut in salaried staff at the electric car maker will happen over three months, as the world's richest man predicted a ...

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Elon Musk says 3 issues need to be resolved before his Twitter ... (CNBC)

Musk is seeking to buy Twitter for $44 billion, a mega acquisition with huge implications for the social media world. The fate of the deal has become more ...

"Will the debt portion of the round come together? And then will the shareholders vote in favor?" Whether or not Musk will get enough shareholder support for the buyout remains unclear. He has sold and pledged billions in Tesla shares as collateral for the loans. Public disclosures from Twitter place the number of false or spam accounts at less than 5% of its "monetizable" daily active users. The billionaire could face a $1 billion breakup fee and possibly even lawsuits if he were to abandon the deal.

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Elon Musk clarifies Tesla will lay off 3.5% of total workforce as ex ... (CNBC)

Musk said Tesla will reduce its salaried workforce by 10% in the next three months, while also growing the number of hourly employees.

A recession in the near term is "more likely than not," he said. The company has also faced allegations of racism against Black workers. "Anything that relates to Tesla gets big headlines, whether it is a bicycle accident or something much more serious." Salaried workers account for about two-thirds of Tesla employees, he added. A report earlier this month from Reuters said Musk wanted to cut 10% of jobs, citing an internal email penned by the Tesla CEO. In the memo, Musk reportedly said he has a "super bad feeling" about the economy. Speaking at an event hosted by Bloomberg on Tuesday, Musk said Tesla would reduce its salaried workforce by 10% in the next three months, while at the same time growing the number of hourly employees.

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Elon Musk Says Tesla Job Cuts Will Reduce Workforce by 3.5% (Bloomberg)

Elon Musk confirmed the salaried workforce at Tesla Inc. would be cut by about 10% over the next three months, but said the overall reduction in the ...

Elon Musk confirmed the salaried workforce at Tesla Inc. would be cut by about 10% over the next three months, but said the overall reduction in the electric-car maker’s headcount would only be some 3.5% as hourly staff numbers are still expected to grow.

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Elon Musk's child seeks name change to reflect gender identity and ... (NBC News)

Elon Musk's transgender daughter has filed a request to change her name in accordance with her new gender identity and to sever ties with her father.

The petition for both a name change and a new birth certificate reflecting her new gender identity was filed with the Los Angeles County Superior Court in Santa Monica in April. It came to light recently in some online media reports. The former Xavier Alexander Musk, who recently turned 18, the age of consent in California, has asked the court to change her gender recognition from male to female and to register her new name, according to court documents available online through PlainSite.org. Elon Musk’s transgender daughter has filed a request to change her name in accordance with her new gender identity and because “I no longer live with or wish to be related to my biological father in any way, shape or form.”

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Musk Says 'A Few Unresolved Matters' on Twitter Deal (Bloomberg)

Elon Musk says there are still a few “unresolved matters” about Twitter Inc., and is still waiting for a resolution on the matter of how many bots are on ...

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Still Unresolved Issues With Twitter: Elon Musk On Buyout Delay (NDTV)

Elon Musk said there are still a few unresolved matters with his Twitter offer including the number of spam users on the system and the coming together of ...

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Musk Says He Supports Dogecoin as People Encouraged Him To (Bloomberg)

Musk, the chief executive officer of Tesla Inc. and SpaceX, reiterated his support of Dogecoin, a cryptocurrency created as a joke in 2013, on Tuesday. He noted ...

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Elon Musk: Tesla is laying off 3.5% of total workforce (Business Insider)

CEO Elon Musk said that means it's cutting around 3% to 3.5% of its total workforce. Musk's messaging around the cuts has been confusing at times. Get the ...

The pair say this violated the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act. Musk called the suit "pre-emptive," "trivial," and said it had "no standing." "We grew very fast on the salaried side and we grew a little too fast in some areas, and so it requires a reduction," he said.

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Elon Musk's proposed £35.8bn Twitter deal gets board endorsement (BreakingNews.ie)

Mr Musk reiterated his desire to move forward with the acquisition last week during a virtual meeting with Twitter employees.

The company’s stock last reached that level on April 5 when it offered Mr Musk a seat on the board before he had offered to buy all of Twitter. Shares rose about 3% to 38.98 dollars before the opening bell on Tuesday, far short of the 54.20 dollars per share that Mr Musk has offered for each share. Mr Musk reiterated his desire to move forward with the acquisition last week during a virtual meeting with Twitter employees, though shares of Twitter remain far below his offering price, signalling considerable doubt that it will happen.

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Elon Musk Reiterates Support for Dogecoin at Qatar Economic Forum (Decrypt)

Elon Musk reiterated that he "personally supports Dogecoin," while arguing that he has “never said that people should invest in crypto.”

Musk confirmed at the Qatar Economic Forum that there are still “ unresolved matters” on the deal. In April, Twitter accepted Musk’s $44 billion takeover bid, but the CEO appears to have gotten cold feet for the time being. Earlier this year, he announced that both Tesla and SpaceX will accept Dogecoin payments for some merchandise.

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Elon Musk's Daughter Has Filed Court Documents To Change Her ... (BuzzFeed News)

She was given the name Xavier Musk at birth, but now wants her name to be Vivian Jenna Wilson. The last name was her mom Justine Musk's maiden name.

Elon was married to Vivian’s mom Justine between 2000 and 2008. The organization's president, Alphonso David, added in a separate statement: “Elon Musk’s tweet mocking pronouns is exactly the opposite of what inclusive leadership looks like today. It’s also decidedly out of step with the best practices we advise companies. “I cannot support hate. But five months later, in December 2020, the billionaire shared a cartoon of a soldier smearing blood on his face while wearing a hat with the slogan: “I love to oppress.” The cartoon had the caption: “When you put he/ him in ur bio.” In July of that year, Elon posted: “Pronouns suck” to his social media page, but deleted it after his on-again off-again girlfriend Grimes confronted him.

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Elon Musk's $44 billion Twitter deal gets board endorsement (ABC News)

Twitter's board is recommending that shareholders approve the proposed $44 billion sale of the company to billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

Shares of Twitter Inc. were essentially flat just before the opening bell Tuesday and far short of the $54.20 per-share that Musk has offered to pay for each. If the deal were to close now, investors in the company would pocket a profit of $15.22 for each share they own. In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission detailing on Tuesday detailing a litter to investors, Twitter's board of directors said that it “unanimously recommends that you vote (for) the adoption of the merger agreement."

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Elon Musk's proposed £35.8bn Twitter deal gets board approval (Leitrim Observer)

Twitter's board has recommended unanimously that shareholders approve the proposed 44 billion dollar (£35.8 billion) sale of the company to billiona...

Twitter’s board has recommended unanimously that shareholders approve the proposed 44 billion dollar (£35.8 billion) sale of the company to billionaire and Tesla chief executive Elon Musk, according to a regulatory filing. In a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday detailing a letter to investors, Twitter’s board of directors said that it “unanimously recommends that you vote (for) the adoption of the merger agreement”. Twitter’s board has recommended unanimously that shareholders approve the proposed 44 billion dollar (£35.8 billion) sale of the company to billionaire and Tesla chief executive Elon Musk.

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Snap CEO endorses Elon Musk's "super app" strategy (Axios)

"I think he's seeing a lot of what we saw in Asia," Spiegel told Axios.

Those products exist in different tabs within Snapchat's main user-face. Driving the news: "I'm here to continue our discussions ... about the actions the United States is taking to assist the Ukrainian authorities in holding accountable those responsible for the atrocities for the war crimes that the entire world has seen," Garland said Tuesday, per a video from a Department of Justice official. The big picture: Spiegel described for the first time publicly the company's long-term plan to build a Snapchat "super app," a strategy championed by Tencent in its creation of the widely successful super app WeChat. (Tencent took a 12% stake in Snap Inc. in 2017.) - "I think he's seeing a lot of what we saw in Asia, for example, and a lot of what we've tried to build." - "Twitter is clearly something that's close to his heart, something he really enjoys using, and he's got a ton of ideas about how to evolve the product." Driving the news: In an interview with Axios at the annual Cannes Lions advertising festival in France, Spiegel noted that while he's learned "not to predict" Elon Musk strategy, "when he talks about Twitter as a super app, I think that's an idea that's really compelling."

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Elon Musk's child tells court she no longer wants 'to be related' to her ... (CNN)

One of Elon Musk's children has petitioned a California court to recognize her new name and gender, saying she no longer wishes to be related to her famous ...

The petition was filed by Xavier Alexander Musk, who turned 18 earlier this year and made the filing with a county court in Los Angeles soon thereafter. He has been criticized for some of his statements on Twitter regarding gender identity issues. : "I absolutely support trans, but all these pronouns are an esthetic nightmare."

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Elon Musk: Billionaire's daughter cuts ties with her father (BBC News)

The 18-year-old has asked to be recognised as female and have the name Vivian Jenna Wilson. She was known as Xavier Alexander Musk. The ...

This controversial piece of legislation restricts schools from teaching students about sexual orientation and gender issues, with teachers opening themselves up to lawsuits should they fail to comply. He then said: "I absolutely support trans, but all these pronouns are an aesthetic nightmare." Last year he complained about people using their own pronouns.

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Twitter asks shareholders to approve the $44 billion Elon Musk ... (TechCrunch)

Twitter's board wants the $44 billion Elon Musk takeover completed, which is why it's asking its shareholders to approve the deal, according to a new ...

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Elon Musk Sounds Off on Recession Risk, Twitter Deal and Trump (Bloomberg)

World's richest man says layoffs are underway at Tesla amid supply constraints and explains why he likes Dogecoin, in Bloomberg interview.

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Elon Musk says 'inevitable' US recession will probably come soon (The Guardian)

Musk's comments, echoing other CEOs, are accompanied by plan to lay off 10% of Tesla's salaried staff.

“Tesla is reducing its salaried workforce by roughly 10% over the next probably three months or so,” Musk said at the event hosted by Bloomberg. “We expect to grow our hourly workforce. And then will the shareholders vote in favour?” “A recession is inevitable at some point.

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Twitter board approves proposed $44B sale of platform to Elon Musk (CBS News)

If the deal, which shareholders need to vote on, were to close now, investors would pocket a profit of $15.22 per share.

Musk reiterated his concerns at the forum in Qatar, specifically in comments regarding the possibility of an impending recession. If the deal were to close now, investors in the company would pocket a profit of $15.22 for each share they own. Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal at the time did not explain Musk's decision to reverse course, saying only that it was "for the best."

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Elon Musk on Twitter, Tesla and Trump (Bloomberg)

Elon Musk struck a sober tone Tuesday as he forecast a probable recession in the US and left doubts about his commitment to a $44 billion takeover of ...

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Twitter Board Again Urges Shareholders To OK Elon Musk Takeover ... (Deadline)

Twitter's board of directors urged shareholders to approve Elon Musk's $44 billion takeover. But Musk says "unresolved" issues remain.

In addition to the financial aspects of the Twitter deal, Musk fielded questions about what stance he would take on the nature of content that would be allowed on the platform. “There’s this big difference between freedom of speech and freedom of reach, in that one can in the United States go to the middle of Times Square and yell pretty much anything you want. “That is an appealing system to use.” Eventually, he said, the goal would be to get “80% of North America and half the world” onto Twitter, which would be a steep increase from the current level of 229 million daily active users. In an SEC filing this morning, Twitter warned shareholders that if the deal does not go through, “the price of our common stock may decline significantly.” The balance of the funding will come via a yet-to-be-finalized set of bank loans. “That’s probably not most users’ experience,” he said at the Qatar event, in which he took part virtually.

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Elon Musk: Tesla is cutting salaried staff now, but will hire more soon ... (CNN)

Tesla is moving ahead with plans to layoff about 10% of its salaried staff, CEO Elon Musk said Tuesday. But he also expects the company's overall workforce ...

on those comments, stating in tweets that "total headcount will increase, but salaried should be fairly flat." "A year from now I think our headcount will be higher in both salaried and obviously in hourly," he said. We grew very fast on the salaried side and we grew a little too fast in some areas, and so it requires a reduction in salaried work force."

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Why Elon Musk Still Isn't Ready to Wrap Up Twitter Deal (Vanity Fair)

As Twitter's board endorses his $44 billion bid, the billionaire Tesla chief says there are “a few unresolved matters” holding up the works.

Rounding out the three issues that “need to be resolved” before the Twitter buyout can be completed is the question of whether the debt financing for the deal will “come together,” Musk said at the forum. “I think I am undecided at this point on that election,” Musk said. Earlier this month, a Twitter spokesperson said that the company is cooperating with Musk’s data requests and plans to “close the transaction and enforce the merger agreement at the agreed price and terms.” Still, the company is currently trading at $38.63, a far cry from Musk’s $54.20-per-share offer price and a sign of continued market skepticism toward the deal’s viability. “As to whether there is a recession in the near term, I think that is more likely than not. During a remote Q&A at Bloomberg’s Qatar Economic Forum on Tuesday, Musk asserted that “there are still a few unresolved matters” in regard to the deal going through, including whether Twitter’s shareholders will approve it.

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Elon Musk's daughter legally changes name and cuts ties with her ... (The Guardian)

'I no longer live with or wish to be related to my biological father in any way, shape or form,' she said in a petition.

Please don’t out someone against their will – it’s not right.” Musk did not immediately respond to additional request for comment. “I think it is important to defend her right to privacy. Musk, the world’s richest man, is engaged in a high-profile, $44 bn bid to take over social media platform Twitter. On Tuesday, Twitter’s board unanimously recommended that shareholders approve the proposed sale, according to a regulatory filing.

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Elon Musk: Billionaire's daughter cuts ties with her father (BBC News)

The tech billionaire's 18-year-old daughter has applied to legally change her name and gender.

This controversial piece of legislation restricts schools from teaching students about sexual orientation and gender issues, with teachers opening themselves up to lawsuits should they fail to comply. He then said: "I absolutely support trans, but all these pronouns are an aesthetic nightmare." Last year he complained about people using their own pronouns.

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Twitter's Board Unanimously Recommends Elon Musk's $44 Billion ... (Decrypt)

The company's board said the proposed takeover is “advisable and in the best interests of Twitter and its stockholders.”

Earlier this month, Musk’s attorneys sent a letter to Twitter, claiming the company was in breach of the merger’s terms by failing to disclose exactly how much of its user base was bot and spam accounts. Though a prominent crypto enthusiast, Musk also has expressed concerns over certain elements of crypto’s online presence. In the months following Musk’s April offer, the billionaire has emphasized that integrating payment services— possibly Dogecoin—with the platform is one of three “critical areas” he intends to prioritize once taking the company private.

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Elon Musk Doubles Down on Recession Fears, Says It Is 'Inevitable' (Entrepreneur)

Elon Musk says a recession is "inevitable." The Tesla CEO spoke at the Qatar Iconic Forum in Doha on Tuesday. Read more about Musk and the economy here.

"We just don't know if it's a minor one or Superstorm Sandy," he said at a financial conference. Some bankruptcies need to happen," he said somewhat optimistically. "Yes, but this is actually a good thing.

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Elon Musk's child tells court she no longer wants 'to be related' to her ... (CNN International)

New York (CNN Business) One of Elon Musk's children has petitioned a California court to recognize her new name and gender, saying she no longer wishes to ...

Musk's daughter turned 18 earlier this year and made the filing with a county court in Los Angeles soon thereafter. He has been criticized for some of his statements on Twitter regarding gender identity issues. : "I absolutely support trans, but all these pronouns are an esthetic nightmare."

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