Oligarchs

Musk reverses again, now ready to buy Twitter at original price

October 4, 2022 / Technology

(Reuters) – Billionaire oligarch Elon Musk is proposing to go ahead with his original offer of $44 billion to take Twitter Inc private, two sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday, signaling an end to a bitter legal battle that was about to go to trial. The agreement puts the world’s richest person in …

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Supreme Court Rejects Don Blankenship’s Appeal Over Upper Big Branch Mine Explosion

October 3, 2022 / U.S. News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away former Massey Energy Co CEO Donald Blankenship’s bid to overturn his conviction on a charge of criminal conspiracy stemming from a 2010 West Virginia mine explosion that killed 29 coal miners. The justices declined to hear an appeal by Blankenship, who served a one-year …

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