Elon Musk

Tesla jumps 5% in premarket trading as stock reels from Trump-Musk drama
A Tesla car dealership stands on June 5, 2025 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Tesla shares climbed in U.S. premarket trading Friday after tensions between CEO Elon Musk and President Donald Trump fueled a $152 billion rout for the stock a day earlier. Shares of Tesla were […]
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Musk’s feud with Trump and exit from DOGE are really bad for Dogecoin
Idrees Abbas | Lightrocket | Getty Images It’s been a bad week for DOGE. And a really bad week for dogecoin. The meme coin, which gained popularity in part because Elon Musk once dubbed it “the people’s crypto,” fell about 10% on Thursday and is down 22% over the past week. That drop corresponds with […]
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Microsoft’s stock hits fresh record, rallying despite drop in broader market
Microsoft Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella speaks during the Microsoft Build 2025, conference in Seattle, Washington, on May 19, 2025. Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images On a down day for the market, Microsoft reached a record high for the first time in 11 months. Shares of the software giant rose 0.8% […]
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Trump says Musk went ‘CRAZY,’ suggests cutting government contracts for his companies
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk (R) speak before departing the White House on his way to his South Florida home in Mar-a-Lago in Florida on March 14, 2025. Roberto Schmidt | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Thursday called Tesla CEO Elon Musk “CRAZY” and threatened to cut his companies’ government contracts […]
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Corporate layoffs have ramped up in recent weeks. Here are the companies making cuts
Layoffs are illustrated by an oversized pair of scissors, that looms over seven workers sitting in office chairs suspended by strings. Mathisworks | Digitalvision Vectors | Getty Images While Elon Musk has ended his government cost-cutting initiative that resulted in thousands of federal job cuts, mass layoffs are still roiling corporate America. Companies are under […]
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Anduril raises funding at $30.5 billion valuation in round led by Founders Fund, chairman says
The Anduril Industries headquarters in Costa Mesa, California, US, on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images Defense tech startup Anduril Industries has raised $2.5 billion at a $30.5 billion valuation, including the new capital, Chairman Trae Stephens said on Thursday. “As we continue working on building a company that has […]
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After Trump pulled NASA nomination, Musk ally Jared Isaacman says stint in politics was ‘thrilling’
Inspiration4 mission commander Jared Isaacman, founder and chief executive officer of Shift4 Payments, stands for a portrait in front of the recovered first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket at Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) on February 2, 2021 in Hawthorne, California. Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | Getty Images Days after his nomination for […]
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Musk whips opposition to Trump tax plan: ‘KILL the BILL’
Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends a cabinet meeting held by U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 30, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Elon Musk on Wednesday ramped up his attacks against the massive tax-cut bill President Donald Trump is pushing Congress to pass, claiming it will condemn America […]
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Trump tax bill would add $2.4 trillion to deficits, Congressional Budget Office says
President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” would add $2.4 trillion to federal budget deficits over the next decade, the Congressional Budget Office estimated Wednesday. The bill passed by House Republicans last month would decrease federal spending by $1.3 trillion, but also see a a $3.7 trillion drop in revenues, according to the CBO’s latest analysis. The […]
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