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Elon Musk’s legal team asks judge to dismiss $258 billion Dogecoin lawsuit

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Elon Musk’s legal team is seeking the dismissal of a $258 billion racketeering lawsuit accusing the Tesla CEO of running a scheme to support the meme cryptocurrency Dogecoin. The request was filed by Musk’s legal team in a Manhattan federal court. The team also rejected the idea of Dogecoin qualifying as a security.

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Rare Rides Icons: The Cadillac Eldorado, Distinctly Luxurious (Part XVIX)

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Now legal in all states, all Cadillacs adopted them immediately. & Recall the original idea of Eldorado was as a halo convertible. There’s no evidence to suggest any special limited editions were issued as part of this 50th anniversary.& In 1958 the hot new ticket was quad headlamps.

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BMW Motorrad Motorsport partners with NORDOEL in DeCarTrans alternative fuels project

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BMW Motorrad Motorsport is preparing intensively for this and is closely involved in the development of such alternative fuels, as a partner of the company NORDOEL as part of the federally funded joint project DeCarTrans. The joint project DeCarTrans is funded by the Federal Ministry of Digital and Transport.

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Tesla bull weighs in on Delaware Court decision against Musk’s TSLA comp plan

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A legal complaint against Musk’s pay package was filed in 2018 by Richard Tornetta , a thrash metal drummer and car enthusiast who held nine shares at the time. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 31, 2024 The Wedbush analyst, for his part, admitted that the Delaware Court’s decision had been a jaw-dropper.

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DTM trialing lower-carbon high-performance racing fuel with Audi and Aston Martin

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It not only maintains the same high-octane rating required by the DTM, but also meets the requirements of the legal fuel norm, DIN EN 228. We are excited about the idea of reducing CO 2 emissions through the use of waste. And, as part of that process, our scope will expand from greener fuels to include a greater focus on hybrid drive.

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Granville T. Woods: Smartest Guy in the Room

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He made the most of it, soon coming up with the idea for a “ troller ,” a wheeled contact point at the end of an electric street car’s pantograph arm that improved the transfer of current from overhead wires. It was a classic example of Woods’s unshakable belief in himself and his ideas. “I Woods responded with an unequivocal No.

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Lewis H. Latimer: A Life of Lightbulb Moments

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Emblematic of the hope, faith, perseverance, and drive to overcome systemic legal and social barriers the song encapsulates is the life of self-taught technical genius Lewis H. So, he was a natural choice when Edison General Electric’s legal department was looking for someone to speak for the company in a spate of patent interference cases.

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