#Elon Musk slams UAW over embezzlement scheme

#Elon Musk slams UAW over embezzlement scheme

“Elon Musk slams UAW over embezzlement scheme” Elon Musk reiterated his view that Tesla employees are better off without union representation after a former United Auto Workers official pleaded guilty to siphoning more than $2 million from the leading union. Timothy Edmunds, the former financial secretary-treasurer of one of the UAW’s Detroit-area branches, copped to…

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#Tesla, SpaceX may have ‘died’ if wealth tax existed in 2008

#Tesla, SpaceX may have ‘died’ if wealth tax existed in 2008

“Tesla, SpaceX may have ‘died’ if wealth tax existed in 2008” Elon Musk has slammed the White House’s plan to impose a “billionaires’ tax” on the wealthiest Americans – claiming that his companies likely wouldn’t have survived if the levy had been in place following the 2008 financial crisis. The so-called “Billionaire Minimum Income Tax”…

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#Elon Musk likens himself to Eminem in legal battle with SEC

#Elon Musk likens himself to Eminem in legal battle with SEC

“Elon Musk likens himself to Eminem in legal battle with SEC” Elon Musk compared himself to the foul-mouthed rapper Eminem in a court filing, alleging that the Securities and Exchange Commission is running roughshod over his First Amendment rights as it clamps down on his Twitter habit. The billionaire Tesla CEO’s Tuesday legal salvo cites…

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#Elon Musk blasts Twitter, might create rival social network

#Elon Musk blasts Twitter, might create rival social network

“Elon Musk blasts Twitter, might create rival social network” Elon Musk said he is “giving serious thought” to creating a social media platform that would compete with Twitter, saying that the latter has been stifling free speech. “Free speech is essential to a functioning democracy. Do you believe Twitter rigorously adheres to this principle?” Musk…

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#How Elon Musk and Peter Thiel almost died in a 2000 car crash

#How Elon Musk and Peter Thiel almost died in a 2000 car crash

“How Elon Musk and Peter Thiel almost died in a 2000 car crash” “So what can this thing do?” venture capitalist Peter Thiel asked from the passenger seat of the sleek, 627-horsepower McLaren F1. “Watch this,” Elon Musk replied. It was March 2000, one year after the 28-year-old Musk sold his first start-up for $22 million. He’d dropped…

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#Grimes claims responsibility for infamous blog hack

#Grimes claims responsibility for infamous blog hack

“Grimes claims responsibility for infamous blog hack” Canadian pop star Grimes says she was behind a 2012 hack and a “blackmail’ of the popular culture blog Hipster Runoff after it ran a photo of her kissing an unnamed woman. The singer confessed to the deed in an interview with Vanity Fair. She said she and…

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