A bird out of hand: Elon Musk and Twitter

The Intelligence from The Economist
Jul 14, 2022 21 min
A bird out of hand: Elon Musk and Twitter
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Elon Musk wants out of his deal to buy <a href="https://www.economist.com/business/2022/07/11/with-or-without-elon-musk-twitter-is-overdue-a-shake-up" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a> for $44bn. Twitter wants the Delaware chancery court to hold him to the deal. But the company faces an uncertain future, whoever owns it. Why the pandemic has been great for sellers of <a href="https://www.economist.com/business/2022/06/30/the-pandemic-is-boosting-sellers-of-traditional-medicine" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">traditional herbal medicine</a>. And looking back on a video game that let users create art, music and animation, with the help of a little barking puppy. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of <em>The Economist</em>, subscribe here <a href="http://www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer</a> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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