I quit Twitter for a week. I didn’t miss it. Be worried, Elon Musk
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Tesla shares tumble below $150 per share, giving up all gains made over the past year
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Quick Glance: Tesla Shares Plummet Below $150, Erasing Year's Gains
- Tesla's stock tumbled below $150 per share, erasing all gains made in the past year, reflecting falling sales and deep discounts to attract buyers.
- Shares of Tesla have fallen by 12.4% this week and over 39% this year, accompanied by a global staff reduction of 10% amounting to around 14,000 jobs.
- Tesla's stock hit an all-time high in November 2021 but sales plummeted last quarter due to increased competition and failed price cuts to bolster demand.
- Anticipated lower first-quarter earnings for Tesla raise concerns about potential catalysts to reverse the stock decline amidst uncertainties surrounding the release of a new affordable electric vehicle and strategic shifts within the company.
Elon Musk plans to charge new X users to enable posting: Elon Musk is planning to charge new X users a small fee to enable posting on the social network and to ...
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Quick Glance: Musk Plans Fee for New X Users
- Elon Musk intends to charge new users of X in the initial months to curb the activity of automated bot accounts.
- The fee is set to be waived after three months to allow free posting.
- Tests in New Zealand and the Philippines raised skepticism about the effectiveness of the fee as a countermeasure against bots.
- Declining revenues at X post-rebranding and Twitter acquisition, along with a negative brand perception by companies, are impacting the service's business.
Mark Zuckerberg has passed Elon Musk as the world's third-richest person as Tesla stock hits new lows
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Tesla's Layoffs Won't Solve Its Growing Pains: The car company popularized EVs. Now, facing intense competition from China, it has to figure out what to do next.
wired.com/story/tesla-robotaxi-pivot-china/
Drive-Through Car Wash Was Too Much for Tesla Cybertruck: "That's the only thing I've done that's different. Then I pulled it in the garage, and nothing."
gizmodo.com/drive-through-car-wash-was-too-much-for-tesla-cybertruc-1851420356
Quick Glance: Tesla Cybertruck: Pedal Safety Issues
- The Tesla Cybertruck has faced criticism for various issues, but now a serious safety concern with the accelerator pedal has led to the temporary halt of deliveries.
- A video and reports show that the pedal cover can come loose and jam, causing unintended acceleration even when the foot is not on the pedal.
- Deliveries have been halted, appointments rescheduled and canceled as Tesla investigates acceleration issues. A regulatory investigation looms over the company, potentially requiring a recall of all trucks.
- Some drivers have attempted to manually remove the pedal cover, indicating a potentially serious safety issue that cannot be resolved through software.
Elon Musk’s Grok keeps making up fake news based on X users’ jokes: X likely hopes to avoid liability with disclaimer that Grok "can make mistakes."
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Tesla cancels some layoff separation agreements: Some laid off Tesla workers received a notification that their separation agreement had been canceled.
businessinsider.com/tesla-cancels-some-layoff-separation-agreements-2024-4
Tesla stock just hit a new 52-week low after analysts said investors may start 'tossing in the towel'
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Quick Glance: Tesla: Layoffs and Elon Musk's Reality Check
- Tesla is planning a major layoff to prepare for the future.
- Elon Musk's grasp on reality is questioned as Tesla performs mediocre in the automotive industry.
- Tesla experiences a decline in revenue margin compared to other automakers.
- The success of Tesla's future depends on the implementation of autonomous driving technology.
Why Tesla wants to give Elon Musk $55 billion pay package: Tesla says Elon Musk's pay package is a "matter of fundamental fairness and respect to our CEO."
businessinsider.com/why-tesla-wants-give-elon-musk-billion-pay-package-2024-4
Quick Glance: Why Tesla Wants Approval for Elon Musk's $55 Billion Compensation Package
- Tesla is seeking shareholder approval for Elon Musk's compensation package, which was previously rejected by a judge.
- The company asserts that implementing the plan is crucial for Tesla's future growth.
- Elon Musk will be rewarded with stock options that become available when Tesla achieves specific financial objectives.
Northrop Grumman working with Musk's SpaceX on U.S. spy satellite system: Aerospace and defense company Northrop Grumman is working with SpaceX ...
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US supports UN reform: Biden admin on Musk's remarks on UNSC seat for India: The US supports much-needed reform of the United Nations, including the Security ...
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Elon Musk apologizes to laid-off Tesla employees for severance error: In a brief email, the CEO assured the company was working to remedy the mistake.
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Musk’s next big payday matters more than his last: Yesterday’s paycheck is a poor guarantee of good work tomorrow. Electric-car maker Tesla is asking investors ...
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Tesla (TSLA) Model 2 Is Crucial to Investment Thesis, David Baron Says: A prominent Tesla Inc. investor on Wall Street warns his bullish case would be in ...
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Tesla discloses it spent $200,000 advertising on X: Here’s one advertiser that social media platform X doesn’t have to worry about losing because it’s turned off ...
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Tesla tries legal 'Band-Aid' to revive Musk's huge pay deal: Tesla and Elon Musk are seizing upon an obscure provision in corporate law to attempt to restore ...
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Tesla seeks to award Elon Musk $56bn pay package: The deal, if approved by shareholders and judges, would be the largest in corporate America.
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Elon Musk apologizes for 'incorrectly low' Tesla severance: report: The Tesla CEO told workers in an email that the mistakes were "being corrected immediately."
businessinsider.com/elon-musk-tesla-apologizes-severance-packagaes-layoffs-2024-4
Satirist irritates with video: Did Jan Böhmermann cave in?: In his podcast, Jan Böhmermann has been talking for a long time about wanting to buy an electric car ...
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Job cuts at Tesla: Elon Musk would love to be a visionary: The Tesla boss wants to be special and save the world. But the current employee layoffs are neither ...
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3 Leadership Insights From Elon Musk's Strategic Blunders: Give customers unbeatable value, bolster your competitive weaknesses, and face reality.
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T. Rowe Price says 2018 Tesla pay aligned with investor interests: Mutual fund firm T. Rowe Price said Elon Musk's record-breaking 2018 pay package from Tesla ...
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Tesla asks shareholders to reapprove huge Musk compensation package: The proposals come amid a difficult stretch for Tesla, whose shares have fallen 37 percent ...
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'They killed our son': Online scammers tearing families apart as sextortion cases soar
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Hyundai pauses X ads over pro-Nazi content on the platform: Hyundai's statement comes after an NBC News report identified at least 150 Premium accounts on X ...
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Wall Street wants answers from Elon Musk on Tesla's Model 2 car: Elon Musk has kept investors hanging since he issued cryptic social posts following an exclusive ...
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk apologizes for 'incorrectly low' severance packages after mass layoffs
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Most student loan borrowers say they’ve delayed major life events due to debt: Gallup
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Elon Musk Says New X Users Will Soon Have to Pay to Post on the Platform: Elon Musk said X will soon start charging new users who want to post on the platform to ...
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Sainsbury’s worker sacked for not paying for 30p bag for life during £30 shop: The Sainsbury’s employee was sacked after working at the London supermarket for ...
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Elon Wants His Money Back: Tesla to Texas, banker breakup fees, Destiny Tech100 and WhatsApp at the SEC.
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Tesla asks shareholders to restore Elon Musk’s $56bn pay deal: Tesla Chair Robyn Denholm says company believes in ‘big risks for the chance of big rewards’.
aljazeera.com/economy/2024/4/18/tesla-asks-shareholders-to-restore-elon-musks-56bn-pay-deal
Elon Musk says in email that Tesla sent 'incorrectly low' severance packages to some laid-off employees
cnbc.com/2024/04/17/tesla-says-in-email-it-sent-some-incorrectly-low-severance-packages.html
Elon Musk's Grok AI Pushes False News Stories About Indian Election, Iran Strike: X users were surprised to see that Prime Minister Modi was 'ousted' in a ...
pcmag.com/news/elon-musks-grok-ai-pushes-false-news-story-about-indian-election-more
Why Is Elon Musk Dragging His 3-Year-Old Around the World?: Elon Musk has taken to bringing his 3-year-old son X to events around the world ...
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Temporary workers initially affected: Tesla separates from 300 employees in Germany
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India Elections: An Election Meme War Unfolds As Modi's BJP Outspends Opposition
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Elon Musk’s ‘not bad’ review thrusts Meta’s Llama 3 AI into spotlight: Meta's open-source AI model, Llama 3, earns praise from Elon Musk and experts ...
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Quick Glance: Tech Giants Compete in Japan for AI Development
- US tech firm OpenAI establishes first Asia office in Tokyo.
- The company plans to develop a new generative AI model specializing in Japanese language and culture.
- Microsoft invests $2.9 billion in the AI industry in Japan.
- Japanese companies prioritize versatile AI systems and launch AI safety research centers.
Tesla worker laid off weeks after joining says he can't pay rent: A man told KVUE that he was hired to work at Tesla's Texas plant a few weeks ago ...
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Kevin Durand Wants In On A24's Elon Musk Biopic: The Abigail actor revealed he often gets mistaken for the tech mogul behind X and Tesla.
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Tribeca 2024 Lineup Features New Films by Joel Potrykus, Michael Angarano, Morrisa Maltz, Nathan Silver, Karim Aïnouz & More
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Tesla’s Strategy Shifts Are Following Elon Musk’s AI Whims: The carmaker’s founder is focused elsewhere. Plus: What’s behind that insurance bill.
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Tesla launches website to convince shareholders to vote for Elon’s $55 billion payday
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What Does Tesla Stock's Latest Slide Mean for Investors?: Tesla stock is down more than 35% in 2024 and the company just announced layoffs ...
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Wall Street Prescription for Uncertainty? Maybe It’s Just T-Bill and Chill: Markets have ‘extended and pretended,’ so perhaps there is something to say for ...
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How much severance laid-off Tesla workers get: Five former workers told Business Insider that Tesla's severance offer included two months' pay.
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CNBC Inside India: Musk and Modi: Tesla chief Elon Musk is set to meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi soon, and the timing couldn't be any better.
cnbc.com/2024/04/18/cnbc-inside-india-musk-and-modi.html
Pensioner works six days a week so she can eat ice cream with her grandchildren: Although Heidi (65) has worked all her life, her pension is not enough for the ...
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Etsy entrepreneur exposes Tesla shortcomings to new owners taking delivery: Quality control is so bad at Elon Musk's automaker that new Tesla owners are taking ...
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Quick Glance: Potential Risk: Tesla Stock Price Faces Dramatic Decline
- Per Lekander labels Tesla as the largest stock market bubble in modern history.
- He warns that the absence of growth endangers Tesla's stock price and poses a risk of collapse.
- Lekander forecasts a potential drop in the stock price to just $14 per share, reflecting a 91% decrease. He critiques Tesla's business model and highlights current demand challenges.
Adults Have Declared a Kids Show Special One of the Best TV Episodes Ever. I Think I Know Why.
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Tesla Started Laying Off 14,000 Employees. It Couldn't Have Gone Worse: How you handle layoffs says a lot about what you value as a leader.
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Tesla's rough year: slumping sales, layoffs, growing China competition: Tesla's sales slump and massive layoffs have ratcheted up the pressure on CEO Elon Musk ...
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Collapse of Ellies points to much larger issue in SA’s world of business development
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Elon Musk Is Fighting Tooth and Nail for His $56 Billion Tesla Pay Package: A judge tossed out his big payday, so the billionaire is appealing directly to Tesla ...
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Tesla's Full Self-Driving keeps driving cars into curbs, drivers say: It’s difficult to tell if this curb hopping problem is new due to a change in the vehicle ...
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Why Boeing chief’s $33mn pay is hard to justify: Dave Calhoun was awarded a 45% increase in total pay last year
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‘My soul mate’: Warwick Davis pays tribute to wife Samantha who has died aged 53: Harry Potter star described wife, who founded dwarfism charity Little People UK ...
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Quick Glance: Warwick Davis Mourns Wife Samantha Davis After Her Passing at 53
- Actress Samantha Davis, the wife of Star Wars and Harry Potter actor Warwick Davis, has passed away at the age of 53.
- Her husband Warwick confirmed Samantha's passing in a statement, revealing that she departed on March 24.
- In a statement, Warwick described the impact of Samantha's passing on his and his family's lives.
- Warwick also praised Samantha as his 'most trusted confidant and an ardent supporter of everything I did in my career.'
Elon Musk says Tesla needs a 'complete organizational overhaul' : "That said, our executive tenure is unusually high at well over 10 years at Tesla ...
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Paid articlePaid Tesla's Musk likely to unveil $2-$3 bln India investment during visit, sources say
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Every unit should get it: Kiev hands over a vital weapon to troops: Since the large-scale invasion by Russian troops, Ukraine has been particularly intensively ...
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Death doula says life is more meaningful if you 'get real' about the end: Alua Arthur helps people plan for death. A big part of her work is helping them ...
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Tesla is laying off 285 employees in Buffalo, New York as part of a broad restructuring
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Tesla Doesn't Want to Disclose How Many Harassment Cases It Faces: The Tesla board rejects a proposal to release an annual report on pending harassment and ...
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U.S. tech CEOs give India PM Modi boost ahead of election: India's Narendra Modi has been courting U.S. tech company leaders like Elon Musk and Tim Cook ahead of ...
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The EV market is in trouble: The latest sign is Tesla's layoffs: The drive to electrify personal cars in California has, at best, hit a rough patch ...
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'Devastating tragedy' as four-year-old boy becomes second person to die after Wigan house fire
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Tesla spent $200,000 to advertise on Elon Musk’s X so far: Tesla confirmed that it spent $200,000 to advertise on Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter, so far ...
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Republicans can't follow Trump's lead on abortion. He flip-flops too much.: Trump and other Republicans are actively giving in to the opposition on abortion bans ...
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A trauma surgeon on why Gaza is the worst of war zones: It is like stepping back into the 19th century, says David Nott
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Musk wants to make new X users pay for posts: It is a "tiny amount" that is intended to help curb automated bot accounts.
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Carolyn Hax: What will this parent do after the kids graduate and move out?: A parent isn’t sure what will fill the empty space after the teens launch ...
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As EVs surge, warning signs grow for Tesla | Analysis: The world’s largest electric carmaker on Monday told employees it would lay off more than 10% of its ...
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Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX: Bad start: The company SpaceX is testing rockets in Texas that will take humanity to Mars - and is already leaving ...
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Höcke trial because of SA slogans: excuses from a history teacher: Höcke uses Nazi vocabulary to shift the boundaries of memory politics and to put the Nazi era ...
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Quick Glance: Charges Against Höcke: What Awaits Him?
- The trial against AfD leader Höcke revolves around the use of a banned SA slogan.
- Höcke is accused of using symbols of unconstitutional organizations.
- He denies understanding the significance of the 'Alles für Deutschland!' slogan.
- A conviction could impact the ongoing state election campaign in Thuringia.
Penn. Taco Bell employee springs into action to save life of infant struggling to breath
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Musk Urges Tesla Management Shakeup Every Five Years: In pursuit of an undefined 'next level,' the volatile founder says the EV maker could benefit from a ...
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Tesla (TSLA) Asks Shareholders to Re-Ratify Elon Musk’s $56 Billion Payout: Tesla Inc. asked shareholders to vote again on the same $56 billion compensation ...
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UN report shows how women's rights are restricted worldwide: Despite important progress, women's rights around the world are still in a bad way. Poverty ...
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Pakistan blocked Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter, over national security concerns
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‘I did it for him’: Luke Stoltman says newborn son inspired his fight to become 'Europe’s Strongest Man' again
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