Mergers, acquisitions and Elon's "rude" proposal

The Indicator from Planet Money

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🗓️ 14 June 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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For the corporate engagement of Elon Musk and Twitter, the road to the chapel has been unusually rocky. So how are these deals supposed to go, anyway?

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0:00.0	NPR.
0:18.2	Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to celebrate the Union of Two Corporate
0:24.0	Giants, a corporate marriage, if you will, between Elon Musk and Twitter.
0:32.6	Yes, we've watched this engagement with Raptorist Joy, as Elon proposed buying the company for
0:38.6	$44 billion.
0:40.9	And Twitter's board said, yes.
0:45.9	Twitter, do you take Elon to be your lawful owner to have and hold his $54.20 per share
0:53.0	in return for control of the company?
0:57.9	And do you, Elon?
0:59.9	Wait a second.
1:00.9	Elon?
1:01.9	Where do Elon go?
1:03.9	Oh no.
1:04.9	Hey, excuse me.
1:05.9	Hi, sorry.
1:06.9	Do you mind if we get up there and say a few words to the crowd?
1:11.9	Sure, yeah.
1:12.9	Thanks.
1:13.9	Hi everybody.
1:14.9	My name is Adrian Ma.
1:16.8	And I'm Waylon Wong.
1:17.8	We're with the indicator from planet money and we don't know where Elon is.
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