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Before AT&T formally sold-off Warner Bros. to Discovery Media  (DISCA) – Get Warner Bros Discovery Inc Com Ser A Report, John Oliver took great delight in mocking HBO’s parent company, frequently calling them “business daddy” and skewering the company’s reputation for poor cellular service (amongst other common complaints). In the most recent episode of his…

Elon Musk loves lighting fires.  The CEO of Tesla  (TSLA) – Get Tesla Inc. Report thus uses his Twitter account, which has nearly 98 million followers, to express himself both on urgent matters and on hot societal issues.  For several months now, the billionaire entrepreneur has taken a stand on almost all the debates dividing the…

Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinTopline In a regulatory filing released Friday afternoon, Tesla said it would ask shareholders to approve its second stock split in less than two years at its upcoming annual meeting, after teasing a split earlier this year. Elon Musk in Washington, DC. Getty Images Key Facts Tesla said in…

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is big on making bold predictions. Seven years ago he said Tesla could one day have the same market capitalization as Apple, which was $750 billion at the time. Late last year Tesla topped $1 trillion in valuation, although its’ pulled back sharply this year.  Musk has also made reusable rockets…

Fifty years ago, an 11-person team got together at Volkswagen’s  (VWAGY) – Get Volkswagen AG ADR Report Centre for Future Research in Wolfsburg, Germany.  The team had been assembled in response to soaring oil prices and fuel shortages–sound familiar?–and the automaker wanted to explore alternative powertrains that would power Volkswagen’s first all-electric concept vehicle. The group’s…

Is Elon Musk a victim of himself?  The CEO of Tesla  (TSLA) – Get Tesla Inc. Report, who has become the most influential boss in the world, wants to show his atypical, iconoclastic, and unconventional side almost every day.  Musk also plays on his singularity to prove that he does not play in the same…

Ford  (F) – Get Ford Motor Company Report and its CEO Jim Farley have one obsession: to beat Tesla  (TSLA) – Get Tesla Inc. Report.  In launching the start of the F-150 Lightning electric pickup, the clean version of the best-selling F-150, Farley had been clear. “We plan to challenge Tesla and all comers to become…

The results are in and Walmart’s  (WMT) – Get Walmart Inc. Report first annual Walmart+ Weekend was a mixed bag.  Walmart is the only company with the size and resources to compete with Amazon’s  (AMZN) – Get Amazon.com Inc. Report warehouse-to-door e-commerce pipeline. But Walmart is playing catchup to Amazon, which has dominated the space for two…

Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinTopline Products from Apple and other smartphone manufacturers will have to use the same charger under a landmark deal provisionally approved by European lawmakers on Tuesday, bringing years of debate to a close and overriding the tech giant’s complaints that such regulation would hamper innovation and harm consumers. The…

Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to Linkedin Tesla is building electric vehicles as quickly as it can in Fremont, California, but according to OSHA data, the company continues to lead the U.S. auto industry in workplace safety violations. AFP via Getty Images Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest person, has had plenty to say in the…