He asked the delegations to finish their work by July 6 at 10 p.m. Brussels time. Fearful of a repeat of the G-7 disaster — in which Mr. Trump refused to sign off on the joint communiqué, escalated a trade war and publicly derided Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada — the emissaries from the…
Elon Musk’s tweet Tuesday announcing that he was “considering taking Tesla private” may have been illegal—but not for the reasons many people think. Using Twitter to disclose such crucial market-moving information may seem unorthodox. But the platform has been a bonafide channel for investor communication since 2013, when the Securities and Exchange Commission blessed social…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said he wants to take Tesla private. Max Whittaker / Getty Images The Securities and Exchange Commission is "intensifying" its inquiry into Tesla, Bloomberg reported Thursday, citing two people familiar with the matter. The agency on Wednesday asked Tesla whether one of CEO Elon Musk's tweets about the possibility of…
“The City’s 12-month pause on new vehicle licenses will threaten one of the few reliable transportation options while doing nothing to fix the subways or ease congestion,” Josh Gold, a spokesman for Uber, said in a statement. Anand Sanwal, chief executive of CB Insights, a software company that examines technology trends, said the cap could…
A former member of Stanford’s swim team, Brock Turner, lost an appeal of his conviction on three counts of rape for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman in 2015. His attorney argued that because Turner was clothed and hadn’t penetrated the woman with his genitals, that no intent to rape occurred, and described it as “sexual…
The Securities and Exchange Commission made an inquiry into Tesla about whether one of Elon Musk's tweets regarding the possibility of taking the company private was truthful, The Wall Street Journal reports. According to the publication, the SEC is also looking into why Musk's first statement about the potential to take Tesla private was made…
For some voters, economic prosperity was not enough to allay a deeper sense of unease. Pam Moore, 57, said that even though “my stocks are doing well,” she voted for Mr. O’Connor. She said Mr. Trump scares her. “I’m afraid he’s going to make some crazy decision that could turn us around in the wrong…
Amazon is taking a page from the playbook of traditional grocers. The e-commerce giant is launching a new grocery pickup service that will allow members of its Prime subscription service to order their groceries online and pick them up at Whole Foods locations. This is the latest effort by Amazon to experiment with Whole Foods’…
Elon Musk 's quest to become the most unorthodox CEO of all time took another strange turn on Tuesday. The Tesla chief took to Twitter around 1 p.m. ET, telling his 22.3 million followers that he had a funding in place to take his company private at $420 — a roughly 20% premium to the…
Mr. Gates also acknowledged on the stand that he had inflated expense reports, an admission sure to be cast by the defense as him stealing from Mr. Manafort. His testimony, which he gave after 20-some meetings with prosecutors, backed up the key elements of the prosecution’s case. He said that at his mentor’s instruction, he…
