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How Elon’s Bizarre Twitter Takeover Saga Could Have Just Been a Cover for Him to Sell $8.5 Billion in Tesla Stock

Elon Musk on Friday announced he was backing out of his $44 billion Twitter acquisition bid, blaming

How Elon’s Bizarre Twitter Takeover Saga Could Have Just Been a Cover for Him to Sell $8.5 Billion in Tesla Stock

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