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ELON MUSK

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Oct 29, 2022
With U.S. midterms ahead, Musk's Twitter takeover sparks misinformation fears
The Tesla CEO has vowed to loosen the reins on chatter within the social media app, which in recent years had striven to limit toxic content it viewed as dangerously false.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 28, 2022
Elon Musk's Twitter ownership begins with firings and uncertainty
Musk has offered little clarity over how he will achieve the lofty ambitions he has outlined for the influential social media platform.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 26, 2022
Twitter is losing its most active users, internal documents show
Heavy tweeters have been in 'absolute decline' since the pandemic began, a Twitter researcher wrote in an internal document titled 'Where did the Tweeters Go?”
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 21, 2022
Twitter and Elon Musk talks warm up as buyout deadline nears
After months of public acrimony and accusations, talks between the two sides have turned cordial and are focused on closing the transaction rather than litigation, according to one source.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 20, 2022
Tesla shares fall on sales miss as Elon Musk promises ‘epic’ year end
'We have excellent demand for Q4 and we expect to sell every car that we make for as far into the future as we can see,” Musk said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 15, 2022
Musk’s Starlink isn’t only option for Ukraine, Pentagon says
Musk, the world's richest person, has threatened to cut financial support for the high-speed broadband system that has become an essential communications tool for Kyiv.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Oct 15, 2022
Musk tweets complicate U.S. diplomacy From Ukraine to Taiwan
Musk is hardly the first U.S. business executive or celebrity to get tangled up in foreign policy, but his wealth and penchant for mischief make him harder to ignore.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 9, 2022
China hails Elon Musk’s proposal for Taiwan unification
Proposals such as Elon Musk's for integration with Beijing face growing resistance in Taiwan, especially following China's crackdowns on dissent in Hong Kong.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Oct 9, 2022
‘Plot Twist!’: Musk’s deal for Twitter lurches toward a close
Behind the scenes, Twitter's lawyers raced to verify Musk's renewed affinity for the deal, checking whether he had indeed asked lenders for the money they had earlier committed.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 8, 2022
Musk offers proposal on China-Taiwan tensions, after Russia-Ukraine plan
The billionaire suggested that tensions between Beijing and Taipei could be resolved by handing over some control of Taiwan to China.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 5, 2022
Elon Musk revives $44 billion Twitter bid, aiming to avoid trial
For Twitter, proceeding with Musk's plan augurs a future under a mercurial billionaire who has spent months publicly criticizing its management.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 4, 2022
Musk and Zelenskyy in Twitter showdown over billionaire's Ukraine peace plan
The Tesla CEO proposed U.N.-supervised elections in four occupied regions that Moscow last week moved to annex after what it called referendums.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 3, 2022
Tesla's logistical challenges overshadow record deliveries
Deliveries fell short of Tesla's production of 365,923 vehicles, which is rare for an automaker that has seen its deliveries higher or similar to production in many of recent quarters.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 21, 2022
Elon Musk faces skeptics as Tesla gets ready to unveil 'Optimus' robot
The company is floating ambitious plans to deploy thousands of humanoid robots, known as Tesla Bot or Optimus, within its factories.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 14, 2022
Twitter data unprotected, ex-security chief tells U.S. Congress, as Musk deal approved
'They don't know what data they have, where it lives, or where it came from. And so, unsurprisingly, they can't protect it,' whistleblower Peiter Zatko told the Judiciary Committee.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 8, 2022
Judge slams Elon Musk for not handing over texts in Twitter fight
Delaware Chancery Judge Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick said in a ruling there there were 'glaring deficiencies” in how Musk responded to Twitter's request for text messages.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 29, 2022
Elon Musk says the planet needs more oil — and more babies
The richest man on the planet said ahead of an energy conference in Norway that the world is facing a 'baby crisis.'
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 19, 2022
Manchester United is a joke even to Elon Musk
Frustrated supporters briefly hoped against hope the mogul was serious when he tweeted he was buying the struggling club.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 10, 2022
Elon Musk sells $6.9 billion of Tesla to avoid Twitter fire sale
The sale comes just four months after Musk said he had no further plans to sell Tesla shares after disposing of $8.5 billion of stock in the wake of his bid to buy Twitter.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 6, 2022
Why the banks financing Elon Musk's Twitter deal are unlikely to help him walk away
Twitter has sued Elon Musk to force him to complete a deal for the firm, dismissing his claim that it misled him about the number of spam accounts on its social media platform.

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