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Wall Street Breakfast

Brazil takes aim at Starlink over X dispute

Wall Street Breakfast

Seeking Alpha

Business News, News, Business, Investing

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Brazil takes aim at Elon Musk's Starlink (SPACE) over refusal to block X. (00:29) Volkswagen (VLKAF) says German plant closures are possible. (02:06) General Motors (GM) Ecuador factory to shut shop - report. (02:43)

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0:00.0

Welcome to See King Alpha's Wall Street breakfast, where we cover the top news for investors every morning.

0:08.0

And just like that, it's already Tuesday in the blink of an eye.

0:12.0

Good morning in September 3rd.

0:14.6

Hopefully you enjoyed your weekend.

0:16.8

I'm Julie Morgan.

0:18.3

The battle between Elon Musk and Brazil continues.

0:21.9

Volkswagen is searching for ways to cut costs. and

0:25.0

Vaux-Wogne is searching for ways to cut costs and GM is closing a factory in South America.

0:29.0

Soon after Brazil's Supreme Court upheld in order to suspend social media platform X, the country's

0:35.6

telecommunications regulator has threatened to sanction Starlink.

0:39.6

Reuters reported that the Commissioner of Brazil's Telecom Regulator said sanctions against The in the X in Brazil. The judge froze Starlink's Brazilian bank accounts after X failed to pay fines for failing to obey judicial orders.

1:08.8

Elon Musk posted on X that unless the Brazilian government returns the illegally seized property of X and

1:15.9

SpaceX, they'll seek reciprocal seizure of government assets too.

1:21.0

As we reported Sunday on Wall Street brunch with Kim Khan, a judge last week ruled that X should be blocked in Brazil

1:28.0

as the company did not name a local legal representative in accordance with the law and missed the deadline to comply.

1:35.2

This order was upheld by a Supreme Court panel on Monday and was backed by Brazil's president.

1:41.2

Brazil's president told CNN Brazil that the Brazilian judiciary may have given an

1:45.8

important signal that the world is not obliged to put up with the far right

1:49.7

ideology of Elon Musk just because he is rich.

1:54.0

Elon Musk and the judge in this case have been locked in a month's long public feud over

1:58.8

ex's refusal to comply with court orders to block accounts accused of spreading misinformation and hate.

2:06.2

Volkswagen on Monday said it cannot rule out plant closures in Germany

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