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Nikola Founder Trevor Milton Sentenced to Four Years in Prison

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

News, Daily News

4.14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

P.M. Edition for Dec. 18. Trevor Milton, who was convicted on several fraud charges last year, has been sentenced to four years in prison for defrauding investors in Nikola, the electric-truck company he founded. Corinne Ramey has the details. And markets reporter Hardika Singh explains why just a handful of tech stocks—the so-called Magnificent Seven—are dominating the market. Plus, Elon Musk’s X faces the first formal investigation under the European Union’s new online-content law. Annmarie Fertoli hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:38.0

Niggala founder Nica founder, founder Trevor Milton is sentenced to four years in prison. And why the so-called Magnificent Seven stocks dominate the market?

0:42.0

We know that big tech stocks have done Magnit the market.

0:42.8

We know that big tech stocks have dominated the stock market rally over the past few decades

0:48.3

and there are so many acronyms for them.

0:50.6

Feng, pham, phan, the magnificence seven is just like an updated version of sorts

0:57.1

for the previous acronyms we've had.

0:59.6

Plus, Apple is halting sales of its smart watches to comply with a U.S. import ban.

1:04.0

It's Monday December 18th. I'm Anne Marie Fertulli for the Wall Street Journal.

1:08.2

This is the PM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories that move the world today.

1:14.0

Trevor Milton, the founder of Electric Truck Company,

1:21.8

Niggala, has been sentenced to four years in prison for defrauding

1:25.2

investors. Milton was convicted on several fraud charges last year, with witnesses testifying

1:30.4

that he lied to ordinary investors about nearly every aspect of his company.

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