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Tesla CEO Elon Musk is irked at Bill Gates. He doesn’t see how Gates, a leading proponent of sustainable energy, could possibly sell Tesla’s stock short. And Musk says Gates is doing just that. In a tweet on Friday night. Musk said he believes Gates has sold short $500 million shares of Tesla (ticker: TSLA), …

Text size Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla. Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk offered to buy the social- media platform Twitter on Thursday, sending shares of the car maker lower. Investors might be worried about distraction for Musk as Tesla (ticker: TSLA) ramps up production at new plants, but there are other …

“The past year has only reinforced the trends our annual surveys have tracked in recent years, highlighting the rising importance of technologies that can automate manual processes and enable faster and smarter decision making,” said Shahin Hatamian of Mitchell International, Inc. (Credit: Panchenko Vladimir/Shutterstock.com) Not unlike the rest of the insurance spectrum, the workers’ comp …

BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly lower in Asia on Thursday after a mixed session on Wall Street as losses by technology and industrial companies offset other gains. Shanghai saw a modest gain after reopening following the Lunar New Year holiday. Shares fell in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney. The yield on the 10-year Treasury …

The price of bitcoin surged above $47,000 on Tuesday, building on gains following news that electric-car maker Tesla has invested $1.5 billion in the cryptocurrency and may accept it as future payment for products. After reaching a record of near $44,000 on Monday, bitcoin prices BTCUSD, +2.98% hit $45,000, $46.000 and $47,000 later that evening, …

Text size Jeenah Moon/Getty Images 7:18 a.m. Cases of coronavirus continue to rise. Earnings season is getting ready to start. And Dow Jones Industrial Average futures are rising. That’s not as contradictory as it sounds. The stock market picked up Monday right where it left off on Friday. Dow futures have advanced 205 points, or …

European stocks advanced after the Easter weekend break, with the German DAX DAX, +1.05% rising 1.3% in early trade and the U.K. FTSE 100 UKX, +0.00% up 0.3%. U.S. stock futures also were stronger, with the futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average YM00, +1.12% up 330 points. The optimism came amid data showing a …

U.S. stocks bounced off Thursday lows after the Federal Reserve announced that it would offer $505 billion in a key area of the short-term funding market to help cure dislocations in Treasury trading, amid growing coronavirus anxieties. The measure is part of a broad package of easing measures. The Fed said it would offer $500 …