SILICON VLLEY
William D. Cohan
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May 25, 2022
Elon’s Private Chat with Jack
The Twitter proxy statement is a veritable telenovela of all the dealmaking foreplay surrounding Musk’s $44 billion Twitter blockbuster.
Theodore Schleifer
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May 24, 2022
Bezos, Musk, Ellison, and the Rightward Lurch of Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley has always been declaratively liberal, particularly during the high times of the Obama era. But the political tenor has been quietly moving rightward for years, punctuated of late by the declarations of three of its heaviest heavies.
Theodore Schleifer
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May 18, 2022
Inside S.B.F.’s $12 Million Long Shot
Crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried lost big on Tuesday despite airdropping a historic sum into a congressional race in Oregon. What was he thinking? The logic, the math, and the aftermath.
Eriq Gardner
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May 16, 2022
Elon’s Other Legal Headache
While Musk plays hardball with Twitter, risking a lawsuit from the board, Texas threatens to transform his free speech utopia into a forcibly unconstrained, heavily regulated hellhole.
Theodore Schleifer
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May 10, 2022
After Elon: Inside Larry Ellison’s New G.O.P.
In his twilight years, the yacht-racing, barrel-chested, private-island-dwelling former Democrat is helping to liberate Twitter from the left and placing a massive bet on what could be an unlikely Republican 2024 contender.
Theodore Schleifer
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May 3, 2022
Elon’s Eccentric Empire
With ingenuity and insane leverage, Elon Musk has created one of the world’s most unconventional financial concerns. Maybe the Twitter deal, against that backdrop, actually makes perfect sense.