Elon Musk Buys Twitter for $44 Billion

Elon Musk Buys Twitter for $44 Billion

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Elon Musk has agreed to purchase Twitter for $54.20 per share, valuing the company at $44 billion. The deal includes $25.5 billion in committed financing and a $21 billion equity commitment from Musk. Twitter will become a privately held company. Musk plans to introduce changes such as a time-sensitive edit button, removing bots, open-sourcing the algorithm, and revisiting platform bans.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the agreed purchase price per share for Twitter in Elon Musk's acquisition?

$54.20

$50.00

$44.00

$60.00

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the total valuation of the deal for Elon Musk to acquire Twitter?

$50 billion

$44 billion

$54 billion

$38 billion

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How much committed financing did Elon Musk secure for the Twitter acquisition?

$44 billion

$25.5 billion

$21 billion

$30 billion

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT one of Elon Musk's proposed changes for Twitter?

Increasing the character limit to 500

Introducing a time-sensitive edit button

Removing bots from the platform

Open-sourcing the algorithm

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is Elon Musk's stance on platform bans according to the discussion?

He supports permanent bans

He prefers time outs over permanent bans

He wants to remove all bans

He has no opinion on bans