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Malaysia wants EVs to be tax-free, duty-free to encourage consumers to buy

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During his address to Parliament earlier this week, Malaysian finance minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz cited the reduction of pollutants and better air quality as the main indicators of why electric cars are a good idea.

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Twitter deal has ‘less than 50% chance’ to go through after Tesla’s market beating: Wedbush

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Wedbush does not buy Musk’s concerns regarding bots, and the firm seems to believe Musk may be attempting to backtrack and either rework the deal or leave it altogether. Ultimately, the Twitter deal has put so much stress on Tesla stock, that it could be a good idea to consider other options. per share, price tag.

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Tesla’s Elon Musk slams paywalled news in recent media critique

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The executive noted that his actual comment called out the Post for using paywalls even if the publication could obviously maintain its finances due to its connection with the Amazon founder. Your boss Bezos can certainly afford it, even after buying a support yacht for his yacht.” ” – Elon Musk. .

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How To Successfully Manage Business Vehicle Expenses

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Buy the Right Vehicles Furthermore, buying the right business vehicles for your needs will ensure you have invested your money wisely. If you buy vehicles that will add no purpose or lack functionality, such as vans that are too small to move products, then you will have wasted your money.

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Elon Musk and Thomas Bravo in talks for potential Twitter acquisition: report

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per share , a 54% premium over the social media company’s closing price when he started buying shares and a 38% premium over the day before his holdings were disclosed. billion to help finance a potential Twitter buyout. Musk caught headlines last week when he announced an offer to acquire Twitter for $54.20

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Elon Musk’s Twitter applies for US state licenses for payments business: report

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Elon Musk has shared some ideas for fintech services on Twitter. Musk has a background in finance, having co-founded X.com in 1999. She is reportedly working with a small team to develop the necessary architecture that would enable payments on Twitter, as well as a vault that would store and protect user data.

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Tesla is controversially starting to advertise on Elon Musk’s X

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Tesla fans and investors have often suggested that the company at least try it, but the CEO consistently pushed back against the idea – going as far as saying that he “hates” advertising. The more controversial one is X since it can be seen as Musk using Tesla to finance X.

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