Elon Musk
businessman and entrepreneur (born 1971)
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- 6h ago
CoreWeave bond yields top 15% as AI stock and debt selloff deepens
CoreWeave's stock fell more than 15% and its bond yields passed 15% on Wednesday, 14 October, as a hotter-than-expected US inflation reading pushed Treasury yields higher. CEO Michael Intrator blamed the slump on a market acting irrationally.
- 6h ago
Vance mocks Talarico with gay jibe as Texas Senate race passes $500 million in ads
Vice President JD Vance joked about the sexuality of Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico at a Tyler, Texas rally, as unfounded mental health claims about Talarico spread through rightwing media.
- 8h ago
Zelensky says Kyiv will resume strikes on Russian refineries despite Trump-backed energy truce
Volodymyr Zelensky told the Financial Times that Ukraine will resume attacks on Russian refineries, while overnight Russian drone and bomb strikes killed at least five people in Kirovohrad and Dnipropetrovsk on Thursday, 15 October.
- 9h ago
Musk calls on Zelensky to step down as Starlink cutbacks hit Ukraine's front
Musk posted on X that Zelensky should go, as Kyiv reported Starlink restrictions that hurt operations at the front and Trump pressed for a new Ukrainian president.
- 10h ago
TSMC posts sixth straight record quarterly profit on AI chip demand
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. reported net profit of NT$763.1 billion for July to September, up about 69 percent from a year earlier and above analyst forecasts. The company also guided fourth-quarter revenue to $52.3 billion to $54.3 billion.
- 19h ago
Zelensky says Ukraine resumes strikes on Russian refineries after US-backed pause
Kyiv says it is back on Russian refineries after a three-day halt requested by Washington, while Moscow and Kyiv accuse each other of breaking a moratorium proposed by Trump.
- 21h ago
Zelenski attacks Trump's Russian diesel deal as SpaceX cuts Starlink for Ukrainian forces
Kyiv says the diesel deal gives Putin an easy win, while Starlink restrictions disrupt Ukrainian drone missions and Washington weighs a pause in intelligence sharing.
- yesterday
Tesla to unveil new Roadster on Thursday, 15 October, nearly nine years after first reveal
The event starts at 19:55 US Central time, which is 01:55 on Friday, 16 October in mainland Portugal, after a 1 October 2026 date was postponed because of weather.
- yesterday
Burnham hosts Zelensky at Downing Street and pledges faster air defence missiles
Britain will speed up deliveries of lightweight missiles to Ukraine and pledge £17 million for Chernobyl repairs, as Andy Burnham hosted Volodymyr Zelensky in London.
- yesterday
Bulgaria confirms fire at Starlink site near Sofia, probe into possible sabotage
Prime Minister Rumen Radev confirmed a fire at a Starlink facility near Sofia on Wednesday, 14 October, and declined to give details while the investigation runs. The incident follows an arson attack on a Starlink ground station near Warsaw on 23 September.
- yesterday
French foreign minister accuses Elon Musk of online harassment against European leaders
Speaking at an OECD conference on Tuesday, 13 October, Jean-Noël Barrot also warned that foreign actors are trying to destabilise France before its 2027 presidential election.
- 2d ago
Four European telecoms explore joint bid for 2 GHz spectrum to reduce reliance on Starlink
Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Vodafone and Telefónica are in preliminary talks on a joint approach to 2 GHz frequencies, while EU telecom ministers meet in Limerick on 13 October.
- 2d ago
Supreme Court agrees to hear watchdog's FOIA fight over Musk's DOGE records
The justices will decide whether DOGE, the Trump administration's efficiency initiative launched under Elon Musk, must release records sought by the watchdog group CREW, with a ruling expected by the end of June.
- 3d ago
Musk gives Republicans over $276 million in midterm donations since July
Elon Musk has given more than $276 million to Republican groups since July, including $158 million to the Senate Leadership Fund. The donations come ahead of the 3 November midterms, when Democrats are expected to gain the House and the Senate is seen as a toss-up.
- 6d ago
BMW withdraws leasing car offer for AfD parliament president in Saxony-Anhalt
BMW has withdrawn a leasing offer for a company car for Tobias Rausch, elected this week as president of the Saxony-Anhalt state parliament. The AfD has asked Elon Musk for a Tesla as a replacement.
- 6d ago
Canada to launch new alliance with EU at Montreal summit on 29-30 October
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Ursula von der Leyen and Antonio Costa will attend the Montreal summit, where Canada begins what he called a transformative alliance with the European Union. He spoke after Elon Musk backed separatist movements in Quebec and Alberta and the secession of Saskatchewan.
- Oct 9
Blue Origin's $140 billion funding round makes Jeff Bezos the world's second-richest person
The $140 billion valuation from Blue Origin's first outside funding round added $87 billion to Jeff Bezos' fortune, putting him behind only Elon Musk. Bezos told Fox News he has personally invested $28 billion in the company since 2000.
- Oct 9
SpaceX buys low-band spectrum for Starlink Mobile, Deutsche Telekom falls 7%
SpaceX agreed on Thursday to buy a nationwide low-band spectrum portfolio from Grain Management, with the Wall Street Journal reporting a value of $8 billion. On Friday, Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile US, Verizon and AT&T traded lower while US tower operators rose.
- Oct 9
Germany backs EU approval of Tesla FSD after Tesla agrees to drop 'full self-driving' name
Berlin will push for EU approval of Tesla's FSD system in Germany under the new name Tesla Assisted Driving, while France opposes it and eight countries have already approved it.
- Oct 8
Trump bought between $1 million and $5 million in SpaceX debt before space policy memo
Trump's latest financial disclosure, published Thursday, shows the SpaceX debt was bought in August, two days before he signed a memorandum on space transportation. The White House says the portfolio is independently managed and that there are no conflicts of interest.
