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Musk sells Tesla shares worth $6.9 billion, cites chance of forced Twitter deal

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Musk in early July tore up his April 25 agreement to buy Twitter for $44 billion. (Samuel Corum/Bloomberg)
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August 10, 2022 08:10 AM

Tesla CEO Elon Musk sold $6.9 billion worth of shares in the electric vehicle maker, saying the funds could be used to finance a potential Twitter deal if he loses a legal battle with the social media platform.

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