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Twitter tests long-form text feature called ‘Notes’
FILE PHOTO: The Twitter app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken July 13, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
jobs
U.S. tech companies yank job offers, leaving college grads scrambling
FILE PHOTO: A woman throws her graduation mortar board cap in the air as she poses for her photographer in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., U.S. April 30, 2019. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/File Photo
u.s. business
Amid concerns over U.S. recession, Elon Musk details 10% Tesla staff cuts
FILE PHOTO: SpaceX founder and chief engineer Elon Musk reacts at a post-launch news conference to discuss the SpaceX Crew Dragon astronaut capsule in-flight abort test at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. January 19, 2020. REUTERS/Joe Skipper/File Photo
international business
Musk talks aliens, jobs in call with Twitter staff
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politics
Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner exits Patrick Brown’s campaign to consider run for UCP leadership
Conservative member of Parliament Michelle Rempel Garner holds a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, April 5, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
u.s. business
Elon Musk aims to ease concerns in address to Twitter workers
FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk's Twitter profile is seen on a smartphone placed on printed Twitter logos in this picture illustration taken April 28, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
u.s. business
Elon Musk to address Twitter employees for the first time this week
FILE PHOTO: An image of Elon Musk is seen on smartphone placed on printed Twitter logos in this picture illustration taken April 28, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
technology
Google, Facebook, Twitter will have to tackle deepfakes or risk EU fines, sources say
FILE PHOTO: Facebook, Google and Twitter logos are seen in this combination photo from Reuters files. REUTERS/File Photo
politics
Trudeau tests positive for COVID-19, says he feels okay and is isolating
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a closing press conference following the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, Calif., on Friday, June 10, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
inside the market
Elon Musk’s Twitter drama is encouraging arbitrage. Perhaps we should resist
(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 14, 2022 this handout image released by TED Conferences shows Tesla chief Elon Musk speaking during an interview with head of TED Chris Anderson (out of frame) at the TED2022: A New Era conference in Vancouver, Canada. - Twitter will yield to Elon Musk's demand for internal data central to a standoff over his troubled $44 billion bid to buy the platform, US media reported on June 8, 2022. The news comes just days after the Tesla chief threatened to back out of his deal to purchase Twitter, accusing it of failing to provide data on fake accounts (Photo by Ryan Lash / TED Conferences, LLC / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / TED CONFERENCES / Ryan LASH " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by RYAN LASH/TED Conferences, LLC/AFP via Getty Images)
international business
Twitter plans shareholder vote by August on sale to Elon Musk
FILE PHOTO: An image of Elon Musk is seen on smartphone placed on printed Twitter logos in this picture illustration taken April 28, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
technology
Twitter tests reminder feature for limited edition product sales
FILE PHOTO: Printed Twitter logos are seen in this picture illustration taken April 28, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
canada
Evening Update: Boris Johnson survives confidence vote; lumber prices slowly fall
Sir Graham Brady, Chairman of the 1922 Committee of Conservative backbenchers, announces that Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson has survived an attempt by Tory MPs to oust him as party leader following a confidence vote in his leadership at the Houses of Parliament, in London, Monday June 6, 2022. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)
u.s. business
Elon Musk threatens to drop Twitter deal if fake-account data not provided
FILE PHOTO: An image of Elon Musk is seen on smartphone placed on printed Twitter logos in this picture illustration taken April 28, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
opinion
In pushing his Tesla workers back to the office, Elon Musk embraces a decades-old management principle
Gus Carlson
u.s. business
Elon Musk’s deal for Twitter dodges lengthy U.S. antitrust review
FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk attends the opening ceremony of the new Tesla Gigafactory for electric cars in Gruenheide, Germany, March 22, 2022. Patrick Pleul/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
world
EU leaders agree on partial ban of Russian oil, EU council president says
Ukrainian demonstrators demand an embargo on Russian oil during a protest in front of EU institutions prior to an extraordinary meeting of EU leaders to discuss Ukraine, energy and food security at the Europa building in Brussels, Monday, May 30, 2022. European Union leaders will gather Monday in a fresh show of solidarity with Ukraine but divisions over whether to target Russian oil in a new series of sanctions are exposing the limits of how far the bloc can go to help the war-torn country. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
inside the market
With Twitter, as with bitcoin, beware the touch of Elon Musk
(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 11, 2022, Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX, speaks during the Satellite 2020 at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. - Elon Musk faces a lawsuit filed May 25, 2022 accusing him of pushing down Twitter's stock price in order to either give himself an escape hatch from his $44 billion buyout bid, or room to negotiate a discount. The suit alleges the billionaire Tesla boss tweeted and made statements intended to create doubt about the deal, which has roiled the social media platform for weeks. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
u.s. business
Twitter keeps Elon Musk’s ally Egon Durban on board, rejects resignation
FILE PHOTO: The Twitter app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken July 13, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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