'Chief Twit' Elon Musk visits Twitter HQ as takeover deadline looms / Photo: Angela Weiss - AFP/File
-
Vingegaard powers to maiden Giro stage victory
-
Iran to hold pre-World Cup training camp in Turkey: media
-
US scraps deployment of 4,000 troops to Poland
-
Ukraine vows more strikes on Russia after attack on Kyiv kills 24
-
Bayern veteran Neuer signs one-year contract extension
-
Ukraine can down Russian drones en masse. But missiles are a problem
-
Israeli strikes wound dozens in Lebanon as talks in US enter second day
-
'Everybody wants Hearts to win', says Celtic's O'Neill ahead of title decider
-
Scheffler stumbles from share of lead at windy PGA
-
New deadly Ebola outbreak hits DR Congo
-
Farke calls for Leeds owners to match his ambition
-
Zverev pulls out of home event in Hamburg with back injury
-
Xi, Trump eke small wins from talks but no major deals: analysts
-
De Ligt to miss World Cup after back surgery
-
England's Rice braces for 'hate and love' at World Cup
-
Milan Fashion Week says will ask brands not to show fur
-
French-German tank maker KNDS to push ahead with IPO
-
Man City campaign a success regardless of trophies: Guardiola
-
'World's oldest dog' contender dies in France aged 30
-
No.1 Scheffler opens with bogey to fall from share of PGA lead
-
Carrick says Man Utd future to be decided 'pretty soon'
-
'Out of shape' Lukaku named in Belgium World Cup squad
-
Hearts ready to 'rip up the script' in Celtic title showdown
-
X pledges crackdown on illegal content in UK
-
Possible contenders in UK Labour Party leadership race
-
Germany's Merz says wouldn't advise young people to move to US
-
Israel strikes Lebanon as talks in US enter second day
-
Kyiv in mourning after 24 killed as Ukraine, Russia swap POWs
-
Beckham becomes first British billionaire sportsman
-
Aussie star, Danish clubbing ode through to Eurovision final
-
German Oscar winner Huller feels war guilt 'every day'
-
Thai lawmakers vote to revive clean air bill
-
Bayern warn that Canada's Davies struggling to be fit for World Cup
-
Long-serving Coleman to end Everton career at end of season
-
Energy-hungry German industries in decline since Ukraine war: data
-
Gordon may have made last Newcastle appearance: Howe
-
Denmark's Queen Margrethe has angioplasty in hospital: palace
-
Civilians caught in war of drones in eastern DR Congo
-
French city reels from teen killing in drug-linked shooting
-
NZ passenger from hantavirus cruise quarantines in Taiwan
-
Sci-fi or battlefield reality? Ukraine's bet on drone swarms
-
Russia, Ukraine swap 205 prisoners of war each
-
Southeast Asia's largest dinosaur identified in Thailand
-
Rapprochement, debates, dissidents: US presidential visits to China
-
Indian magnate Adani agrees multi-million-dollar penalty in US court case
-
Drones to fight school shooters? One US company says yes
-
Mines 'draining Turkey's water sources', environmentalists warn
-
Zimbabwe tobacco hits new highs under smallholder contracts
-
War imperils rare vultures' yearly odyssey to the Balkans
-
Russian border city shrugs off Baltic fears of attack
NYSE - LSE
'Chief Twit' Elon Musk visits Twitter HQ as takeover deadline looms
Elon Musk changed his Twitter profile to "Chief Twit" and posted video of himself walking into the social network's California headquarters carrying a sink Wednesday, days before his contentious takeover of the company must be finalized.
The billionaire Tesla chief captioned the video "Entering Twitter HQ - let that sink in!" He also listed his location as Twitter headquarters in San Francisco.
It was not clear whether Musk met with anyone at Twitter, but he is supposed to be working with the company to complete the on-again, off-again $44 billion takeover.
The deal must be sealed by Friday, or Musk will face trial over the contract.
He had made an unsolicited offer to buy Twitter, and inked a deal in April -- but then sought to terminate the sale. Twitter filed a lawsuit to hold him to it.
With a trial looming, the unpredictable billionaire capitulated, reviving his takeover plan on the condition that legal proceedings were put on hold.
Musk, the world's richest man, has reportedly been lining up financing since a judge paused litigation on October 6.
Musk said in July he was canceling the deal because he was misled by Twitter over the number of fake "bot" accounts -- allegations rejected by the company.
Twitter, in turn, sought to prove Musk was contriving excuses to walk away simply because he changed his mind.
"I'm excited about the Twitter situation," Musk said during a recent Tesla earnings call.
"I think it's an asset that has just sort of languished for a long time but has incredible potential, although obviously myself and the other investors are overpaying for Twitter right now."
Ch.Havering--AMWN
