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  • Elon Musk's dad says he is proud of his son after all and that he initially said he wasn't because he misheard the interviewer's question

    12 days ago - By Business Insider

    Errol Musk, Elon's Musk's father. GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / AFP) (Photo by GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP via Getty Images/Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue
    In a recent interview, Elon Musk's dad, Errol, said he wasn't proud of the billionaire because their whole family has done "a lot of things for a long time."
    In an interview with The Daily Mail published Friday, Errol walked back his remarks, saying he actually is proud of Elon.
    Errol said he initially said no because he misheard the question: "I thought she asked, 'Were you expecting this coming?'"
    Elon Musk's dad says he is...
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  • Musk says Twitter deal could move ahead with 'bot' info

    12 days ago - By Chron

    Elon Musk said Saturday his planned $44 billion takeover of Twitter should move forward if the company can confirm some details about how it measures whether user accounts are ‘spam bots' or real people.
    The billionaire and Tesla CEO has been trying to back out of his April agreement to buy the social media company, leading Twitter to sue him last month to complete the acquisition. Musk countersued, accusing Twitter of misleading his team about the true size of its user base and other problems he said amounted to fraud and breach of contract.
    Both sides are headed toward an October trial...
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  • Musk says Twitter deal ‘should proceed on original terms' if social media site provides sampling method, confirms accounts

    12 days ago - By Fortune

    Elon Musk has taken his concern about Twitter Inc. to the social media site again.
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  • Elon Musk told his 76-year-old dad Errol to 'keep quiet' in a text message after he said he wasn't proud of his son, report says

    12 days ago - By Business Insider

    Errol Musk , the father of Elon Musk. Cyrus McCrimmon, Getty Images
    Errol Musk said Elon sent him a text telling him to "keep quiet" after recent media comments.
    Elon's father told Daily Mail Australia that his 3 daughters refused to speak to him 'for days'.
    But he said he had misunderstood the question and has been proud of Elon from "the day he was born."
    Errol Musk said he received a text message from Elon telling him to "keep quiet" after he said he wasn't proud of his son. In an interview with Daily Mail Australia , Musk said he had misunderstood a question in a recent interview on...
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