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struggle4progress

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2. Translation: "I got sued when I tried to back out"

Reply to usonian (Original post)

Thu Sep 7, 2023, 01:00 PM

Sep 2023

Musk Completes $44 Billion Deal to Own Twitter

By Kate Conger and Lauren Hirsch
Oct. 27, 2022

... Mr. Musk ... In April ... struck the deal to buy the company for $44 billion ...

But, within weeks, he began questioning the deal ...

By July, Mr. Musk had decided that he no longer wanted to own Twitter ... He announced his intent to abandon the acquisition.

Twitter sued Mr. Musk to force him to carry out the agreement ... Mr. Musk had agreed to personally provide roughly $33 billion of the $44 billion deal ...

But facing days of depositions and an uncertain outcome, Mr. Musk reconsidered ...

The judge overseeing Twitter’s lawsuit agreed to put the case on hold ... giving Mr. Musk three weeks to close the deal ...

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/27/technology/elon-musk-twitter-deal-complete.html

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Elon Musk reveals Twitter takeover driven by hatred of 'woke mind virus that infected trans daughter [View all] usonian Sep 2023 OP

I hate people who bring their family fights out in public, I don't care how rich they are Walleye Sep 2023 #1

Translation: "I got sued when I tried to back out" struggle4progress Sep 2023 #2

Anpther excuse to... 2naSalit Sep 2023 #3

Next to T**** TSExile Sep 2023 #4

They are indeed. 2naSalit Sep 2023 #11

Your family knows you better than you do piggy...... getagrip_already Sep 2023 #5

He is a total man-baby spoiled by riches jerkwad.... wcmagumba Sep 2023 #6

I think he falls into the trap of thinking a school will do the parenting for him. tinrobot Sep 2023 #7

Yes, it seems like RW's like to project personal fears, weaknesses and failures on others. usonian Sep 2023 #8

Any way we can permanently get rid of him? Send him to the Sun or another universe? LiberalFighter Sep 2023 #9

One can hope that he sleeps on a mars rocket and forgets the launch date, or usonian Sep 2023 #10

Enlightening. scipan Sep 2023 #12