Skip to main content

Latest

international business
What’s next in Musk’s epic battle with Twitter?
FILE PHOTO: People walk by a Twitter logo at the company headquarters in downtown San Francisco, California, U.S., April 25, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
international business
Musk, Twitter may reach deal to end court battle as early as Wednesday, sources say
FILE PHOTO: People walk by a Twitter logo at the company headquarters in downtown San Francisco, California, U.S., April 25, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
inside the market
Wednesday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades
international business
Elon Musk reverses again, ready to buy Twitter at original $44 billion price, sources say
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
international business
Major brands blast Twitter for placing their ads next to tweets soliciting child pornography
FILE PHOTO: A promoted tweet on Twitter app is displayed on a mobile phone near a Twitter logo, in this illustration picture taken Sept. 8, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration/File Photo/File Photo
international business
Delaware judge hears arguments over information exchange by lawyers for Twitter, Elon Musk
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/File Photo
international business
Twitter to question Elon Musk under oath over his decision to scrap $44-billion deal
FILE PHOTO: Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory groundbreaking ceremony in Shanghai, China January 7, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
international business
Elon Musk faces deposition with Twitter ahead of October trial
FILE - Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington on March 9, 2020. Musk will spend Monday, Sept. 26, 2022 and Tuesday, Sept. 27 with lawyers for Twitter, answering questions ahead of an October trial that will determine whether he must fork over the $44 billion he agreed to pay for the social platform before attempting to back out of the deal. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
rob magazine
Download the October 2022 edition of Report on Business magazine
rob mag cover
technology
Twitter expands research group to study online misinformation and moderation
A Twitter logo is seen outside the company's headquarters in San Francisco, California, U.S., April 25, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
opinion
Hey kid, wanna try some social media?
The Editorial Board
world
Court rules in favour of Texas law on social media regulation
FILE - This combination of photos shows logos for social media platforms Facebook and Twitter. A federal appeals court on Friday, Sept. 16, 2022, ruled in favor of a Texas law targeting major social media companies like Facebook and Twitter in a victory for Republicans who accuse the platforms of censoring conservative speech. (AP Photo/File)
international business
Elon Musk accuses Twitter of security lapses in court filing
FILE PHOTO: An image of Elon Musk is seen on a smartphone placed on printed Twitter logos in this picture illustration taken April 28, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
world
Twitter whistleblower reveals concerns over China agent
Video2:50
canada
Indigenous residents question RCMP failure to issue warnings about N.S. mass shooter
Clifford Paul, a senior official with Unama’ki Institute of Natural Resources, appears by video as he participates in a consultative conference as representatives from Indigenous communities provide their input at the Mass Casualty Commission inquiry into the mass murders in rural Nova Scotia on April 18/19, 2020, in Dartmouth, N.S. on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. An inquiry into the Nova Scotia mass shooting heard today from Indigenous residents who complained about the RCMP's failure to issue timely warnings as the killer moved through two First Nations during his 13-hour rampage. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
international business
How China became big business for Twitter, from blocking to blue checks
A Twitter logo is displayed on a mobile phone near a computer screen showing promoted tweets on China, in this illustration picture taken September 8, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration
international business
Twitter whistleblower reveals employees concerned China agent could collect user data
FILE - A screen shows the price of Twitter stock at the New York Stock Exchange, Sept. 18, 2019. Peiter Zatko, the former Twitter security chief who’s accused the company of negligence with privacy and security in a whistleblower complaint, will testify before Congress on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
international business
Most Twitter shareholders vote in favour of sale to Musk
FILE - Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the opening of the Tesla factory Berlin Brandenburg in Gruenheide, Germany, March 22, 2022. Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, the Twitter whistleblower who is warning of security flaws, privacy threats and lax controls at the social platform, will take his case to Congress on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. Also on Tuesday, Twitter’s shareholders are scheduled to vote on the company’s pending buyout by Musk. (Patrick Pleul/Pool Photo via AP, File)
technology
Twitter says whistle-blower payments do not breach deal terms as claimed by Elon Musk
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 04, 2016, the Twitter logo is seen on a sign at the company's headquarters in San Francisco, California. - Twitter reported disappointing results on July 22, 2022, a miss that the social network attributed to "headwinds" including the uncertainty related to Elon Musk's buyout bid. The firm is locked in a legal battle with the mercurial Tesla boss over his effort to walk away from his $44 billion deal to purchase the platform, leaving the company in limbo. Twitter missed expectations with revenue of $1.18 billion, due to "advertising industry headwinds... as well as uncertainty related to the pending acquisition of Twitter by an affiliate of Elon Musk," the firm reported. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP) (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)
world
Musk says Twitter whistleblower payment is another reason to scrap merger
FILE PHOTO: 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/File Photo