Elon Musk’s move to buy Twitter faces roadblocks
Even for the richest person on the planet, buying Twitter was always going to be a challenge — a highly complex financial transaction now made even trickier by a defensive…
Iron man Elon Musk places his Tesla battery bets
As Tesla’s profits and prices grabbed headlines last week, a potentially pivotal development for the global car industry flew largely under the radar. The US electric pioneer disclosed that nearly…
Why Twitter has ignored Elon Musk’s ‘trolling’
A unilateral pronouncement that the acquisition of Twitter Inc is “on hold”. Fierce criticism of the social media company’s handling of spam accounts. A “poop emoji” directed at Twitter’s chief…
Musk projects his hard-right influence in Europe
He demanded new elections in Britain, promoted Germany’s far-right, blasted the European Commission — and that’s just the start. Elon Musk is pushing the hard right in Europe, where progressives…
The talented Mr Musk
ELON Musk’s journey from a precocious kid to the world’s richest man makes for an interesting biopic. From Space X to Tesla, from PayPal to the social media platform X,…
Musk’s dangerous game
American tech billionaire Elon Musk’s recent tweets and statements seemingly expressing support for far-right forces in Europe over have disappointed many across the world. Critics fear that such tweets and…
As Musk gains influence, questions hover over US probes into his empire
Last month, in the waning days of the Biden administration, the SEC set a tight deadline of several days for demanding that Elon Musk pay a settlement or face civil…
Musk’s possible meddling in UK politics stirs concern
Concerns are growing in the UK as tech billionaire Elon Musk takes an increasingly close interest in Britain’s political scene, appearing to cosy up to hard-right firebrand lawmaker Nigel Farage.…
For Musk and other foreign CEOs visiting China, silence is golden
A veritable parade of overseas CEOs including Tesla’s Elon Musk and Goldman Sachs’ David Solomon have made their way to a reopened China in the last few months. One notable…
Amid Twitter chaos, Musk reveals new vision for hate content
After turning Twitter upside down, Elon Musk on Tuesday tried to clarify his plans for content moderation, a key issue for the future of the influential platform after the departure…
