Elon Musk bids $41 billion for Twitter

Tom Allen
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Musk has attracted 80 million Twitter followers in his - often controversial - time on the platform
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Musk has attracted 80 million Twitter followers in his - often controversial - time on the platform

The Tesla founder has offered to buy the social media company outright.

Billionaire Elon Musk has made an offer to buy Twitter - which he took a nine per cent stake in just last week - for $41 billion. The offer represents a 38 per cent premium over Twitter's share ...

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