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Advertising group suspends brand safety unit after Elon Musk’s antitrust lawsuit
Elon Musk attends the “Exploring the New Frontiers of Innovation: Mark Read in Conversation with Elon Musk” session during the Cannes Lions International Festival Of Creativity 2024 – Day Three in Cannes, France, on June 19, 2024. Marc Piasecki | Getty Images A global advertising group has suspended the operations of a unit focused on […]
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Musk-Trump alliance: Why the onetime enemies are teaming up to win the White House
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk listens to President Donald Trump during a meeting with business leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Feb. 3, 2017. Evan Vucci | AP NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Former President Donald Trump’s highly anticipated keynote address at the biggest bitcoin gathering of the year late […]
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Elon Musk ‘accountable to no one,’ Britain’s tech minister says after X owner’s comments on UK riots
Harun Ozalp | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Elon Musk is “the one person who is accountable to no one” and his impact on public discourse should not be underestimated, the U.K.’s technology minister said in an interview with the Times newspaper, adding to recent criticisms of the technology billionaire from senior government officials. Peter […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Market correction may not be over yet
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on August 06, 2024 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no […]
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Elon Musk’s support for Trump pushes a corporate customer away from Tesla
Model Y cars are pictured during the opening ceremony of the new Tesla Gigafactory for electric cars in Gruenheide, Germany, March 22, 2022. Patrick Pleul | Pool | Via Reuters European drugstore giant Rossmann announced Tuesday it will no longer buy Tesla‘s electric vehicles for its fleet, effective immediately, citing CEO Elon Musk’s pro-Trump political […]
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Elon Musk will interview Trump on Monday night, Republican presidential nominee says
Elon Musk and Donald Trump. David Swanson | Vincent Alban | Reuters Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said he will be interviewed on Monday night by Elon Musk, the billionaire who runs Tesla, SpaceX and social media site X. The former president’s planned talk with Musk comes on the heels of Democratic presidential nominee and Vice President […]
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Elon Musk slammed by government after comments on UK riots
Elon Musk attends ‘Exploring the New Frontiers of Innovation: Mark Read in Conversation with Elon Musk’ session during the Cannes Lions International Festival Of Creativity 2024 – Day Three on June 19, 2024 in Cannes, France. Marc Piasecki | Getty Images LONDON — The U.K. government hit back at Elon Musk after the billionaire made […]
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China launches its rival to Elon Musk’s Starlink internet satellites
The Chang’e 6 lunar probe and the Long March-5 Y8 carrier rocket combination sit atop the launch pad at the Wenchang Space Launch Site in Hainan province, China May 3, 2024. Eduardo Baptista | Reuters China on Tuesday launched its first batch of internet satellites that will form part of a constellation it hopes will […]
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North Carolina AG office eyes Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC after voter data complaint
The North Carolina Attorney General’s Office said Monday that it is eyeing a political action committee created by billionaire Elon Musk following a complaint to the state election board over the PAC’s collection of personal data while failing to help users register to vote as promised. The new inquiry and a similar one announced Sunday […]
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Trump’s tech backers are ‘making a big mistake,’ Sequoia’s Mike Moritz says
Michael Moritz, Sequoia Capital Scott Mlyn | CNBC As leading tech investors continue to vocally take sides ahead of the 2024 presidential election, legendary venture capitalist Michael Moritz is making his preference clear. In a Financial Times opinion piece published on Monday, Moritz wrote that those in the industry who are supporting Donald Trump “are […]
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