Twitter Sends Letter to Elon Musk Saying Effort to Terminate Deal "Invalid and Wrongful"

The Wall Street Journal2022-07-12

Twitter Inc. sent a letter to Elon Musk saying his effort to abandon his $44 billion takeover is "invalid and wrongful" and that Twitter hasn't breached any of its obligations.In a letter dated July ...

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hphoa
2022-07-12
hphoa
Ok
Fatfish
2022-07-12
Fatfish
Daily dose of Musk's news.
RonnieSG
2022-07-12
RonnieSG
Still tryng after getting whacked
Aeron2020
2022-07-12
Aeron2020
wow
Jess261
2022-07-12
Jess261
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Mindthink
2022-07-12
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