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Elon Musk to Owe Estimated $2.1 Billion After Jury Finds He Misled Twitter Investors Before 2022 Buyout (text.npr.org)
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A jury has found Elon Musk liable for misleading investors by deliberately driving down Twitter's stock price in the tumultuous months leading up to his 2022 acquisition of the social media company for $44 billion. But it absolved him of some fraud allegations, finding that he did not "scheme" to mislead investors.

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[–] 113 points 7 months ago (16 children)

Considering he’s made $400B since acquiring Twitter, this was just a minor cost of doing business.

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  • [–] 56 points 7 months ago (6 children)

    This is an ATM fee

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  • [–] 10 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    Best find a different ATM.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    I don't know, 0.5% isn't a bad rate...

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Hmm, maybe in the US. It is a very strange place after all.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (2 children)

    Where do you live where ATM rates are less than .5%?

    By the way, using an ATM from the same bank as your card doesn't count, because that's usually free.

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  • [–] 14 points 7 months ago (6 children)

    Considering he’s made $400B since acquiring Twitter...

    Serious question: How?

    AFAIK, Twitter wasn't terribly profitable before they sold to Musk. Then after he purchased it, the enshittification accelerated.

    How on earth does this result in $400 Billions in profit?!?

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  • [–] 28 points 7 months ago* (2 children)

    He made $400B, not Twitter. That's almost entirely from Tesla and other ventures, not Twitter.

    Last I've been able to find Twitter was valued at $33B when xAI bought it. But that was clearly an overvalued sale. Just look at the valuation over time.

    And that's just raw valuation which is easily manipulated, not revenue or profit, which can be easily manipulated.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    It's not real money, and Musk isn't the richest person in truth, not by a long shot. This is theoretical money based on overpriced companies that are propped up by what I suspect are some rather shady practices and investors using it as a casino stock.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    And there is almost zero chance he actually pays this. If anything, it will be a fraction of the amount in 20 years after he exhausts appeals and pushes deadlines to the max.

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