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Elon Musk\'s Twitter ownership starts with firings, uncertainty

Elon Musk became Twitter Inc's owner on Thursday, firing top executives and providing little clarity over how he will achieve the lofty ambitions he has outlined for the influential social media platform. "The bird is freed," he tweeted after taking control. The CEO of electric car maker Tesla Inc has said he wants to “defeat” spam bots on Twitter, make the algorithms that determine how cont

Elon Musk\'s Twitter ownership starts with firings, uncertainty

Elon Musk became Twitter Inc's owner on Thursday, firing top executives and providing little clarity over how he will achieve the lofty ambitions he has outlined for the influential social media platform. "The bird is freed," he tweeted after taking control. The CEO of electric car maker Tesla Inc has said he wants to “defeat” spam bots on Twitter, make the algorithms that determine how cont

Elon Musk\'s Twitter ownership starts with firings, uncertainty

Elon Musk became Twitter Inc's owner on Thursday, firing top executives and providing little clarity over how he will achieve the lofty ambitions he has outlined for the influential social media platform. "The bird is freed," he tweeted after taking control. The CEO of electric car maker Tesla Inc has said he wants to “defeat” spam bots on Twitter, make the algorithms that determine how cont

Apple earnings rise as economic gloom hits tech

Apple Inc on Thursday reported revenue and profit that topped Wall Street targets, one of the few bright spots in a tech sector battered by spending cutbacks due to inflation. The forecast for the holiday quarter was more grim. While not providing specific numbers, Apple said revenue growth would fall below eight per cent in the December quarter but did not go as far as Amazon.com, whose dire h

ECC okays Rs31bn supplementary grant to defence ministry

The Econ­o­mic Coordination Commi­ttee (ECC) of the cabinet on Thursday approved a Rs31 billion supplementary grant to the defence ministry and cleared an out-of-court settlement with three “non-performing and defaulter” oil and gas companies over 11 exploration and concession blocks to push for new domestic hydrocarbon finds. In a meeting presided over by Finance Minister Ish­aq Dar, the commi