george kaplan

Fred257 said:

Another stupid decision from Apple. First stupid decision only one Nand drive in newest M2 base model. Next stupid decision canceling Ted Lasso. I’m sure this is only the beginning of poor choices from Apple. Pretty unprecedented 

Try it again, but read first. Sudekis and Lawrence have both said they planned only 3 seasons, and Sudekis especially doesn’t like being away from his kids for extended time. All indications is Apple would pay for 4th season if the creative team was giving a green light. 

JWSC said:

melgross said:

tshapi said:

I think this is a money grab by twitter.  See, musk has claimed he doesn’t believe that twitter is being honest about the # of bots. And it appears that twitter is simply pointing to there public SEC filing as proof that there really is only 5% bots. 

I also find it interesting that jack dorsey is quiet through all this. He’s allegedly musks ally in this, he created twitter and it’s my understanding that he was still an active part of the
Company. 

As I said uptop. This is a money grab. When Elon made the offer, the main reason it was accepted is because the investors got a financial offer that was hard for them to pass up.  

I also think it’s possible that this is a war between Elon musk and the current CEO who doesn’t want to lose his job. 

I can’t agree with that. Remember when Musk was going to take Tesla private? He Tweeted “funding complete!”. But he actually had no funding.

from what I’ve been reading, and people I know who are as they say “close to the parties”, he never raised the $44 billion he claimed. His portion is only about 20-25% of that, and the other investors and potential investors had gotten a bit squirmy over the prospect at that high price the deal was going for. He seems to be working to, successfully so far, to lower the price of the company so far that he could change the specifics of the finances and possibly allow the purchase at a much lower price - one that would allow the deal with the funding he’s actually got.

I can see that happening, with him saying that; “Well, at this price, it’s worth it.”

remember that he’s just not trustworthy.

Huh?  Why is Musk not trustworthy?  Is the Twitter board any more trustworthy than Musk?  Come on.

https://insideevs.com/news/580787/elon-musk-tesla-private-tweet-false-judge-says/

grayfox691 said:

This has nothing to do with bots. Its buyers remorse for a rich guy who suddenly realized that he doesn't want to tie up 20% of his wealth for an idea he only half baked.

Compressed timeline: Eccentric billionaire wakes up, thought it was a brilliant idea. Consult yes men.  Eccentric billionaire wakes up, thought it was a bad idea, Consult yes men. 

What ever his actual reasons are it's outrageous that this guy is trolling twitter and playing with peoples livelihood. I'm sure plenty of semi-normal employees have allot of their retirement in Twitters stock and here comes "I do what ever I want and the rules don't apply" Musk. 

No more calls, we have a winner. 

sconosciuto said:

Except he’s not buying a house so your analogy falls flat on its face.

I would be shocked if Twitter hadn’t covered this exact contingency in the contract.

Occam’s Razor says this is simply a sociopathic billionaire (but I repeat myself) trying to back out of a bad deal he made.

1) Bot info is part of the SEC filing info Twitter long ago made public. This is a sham misdirection argument.

2) To your homebuying analogy, if I offer to buy your home with no contingencies and waive due diligence, and during the closing black mold is discovered in the home, that is my problem, not yours. Musk waived the due diligence portion of the purchase offer. Was that bravado, hubris, or was he just high—you did notice his offer price was $54.20, right?—we may never know. But the odds of backing out of this deal are minuscule.

Musk’s obfuscation and hostile posturing during this mess has ruined Twitter stock price. His offer was financially insupportable when it was made, and got even worse in the weeks which followed. The Board of Twitter can’t simply allow this to pass and the $1B “break-up fee” (which doesn’t apply unless his funding falls through, which isn’t what Musk is claiming) won’t repair the share damage Musk has caused.

The show fits the profile of “workplace comedy” but the writing is sharper and the acting better than I expected. Every episode thus far has been well-plotted and -written.