Musk says Tesla shareholders likely approved his $56 billion pay deal

Musk says Tesla shareholders likely approved his  billion pay deal

Elon Musk, co-founder of Tesla and SpaceX and owner of X Holdings Corp., speaks at the Milken Institute’s Global Conference at the Beverly Hilton Hotel,on May 6, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California.  Apu Gomes | Getty Images Elon Musk said on late Wednesday that Tesla shareholders are set to approve his controversial $56 billion pay … Read more

Larry Ellison is $18 billion richer as Oracle rallies most since 2021

Larry Ellison is  billion richer as Oracle rallies most since 2021

Larry Ellison, chairman and co-founder of Oracle Corp., speaks during the Oracle OpenWorld 2017 conference in San Francisco on Oct. 1, 2017. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison is $18 billion richer after the software maker he founded in 1977 forecast double-digit revenue growth for the fiscal year, putting … Read more

Tesla could get special duties as part of EU’s higher China EV tariffs

Tesla could get special duties as part of EU’s higher China EV tariffs

Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of X speaks during the Milken Conference 2024 Global Conference Sessions at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 6, 2024.  David Swanson | Reuters Tesla could be hit with a specially calculated duty on its cars produced in China and imported … Read more

EU announces higher tariffs on Chinese EVs as trade tensions sharpen

EU announces higher tariffs on Chinese EVs as trade tensions sharpen

Employees work on the assembly line of new energy vehicles at a factory of Chinese EV startup Leapmotor on April 1, 2024 in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province of China. Shi Kuanbing | Visual China Group | Getty Images The European Union on Wednesday said it would slap higher tariffs on Chinese electric vehicle imports, which it … Read more

Elon Musk to ban Apple devices from his companies over OpenAI deal

Tesla could get special duties as part of EU’s higher China EV tariffs

Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of X speaks during the Milken Conference 2024 Global Conference Sessions at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 6, 2024.  David Swanson | Reuters Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, threatened to ban Apple devices from his companies on … Read more

California pension fund opposes Tesla’s ‘ridiculous’ Elon Musk pay package

California pension fund opposes Tesla’s ‘ridiculous’ Elon Musk pay package

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and owner of social media site X, attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France, on June 16, 2023. Gonzalo Fuentes | Reuters The head of a massive California pension fund told CNBC on Monday that he is … Read more

Chinese electric car company Nio to enter UAE Middle East this year

Chinese electric car company Nio to enter UAE Middle East this year

Chinese electric car company Nio launched its lower-cost brand Onvo on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, in Shanghai, China. CNBC | Evelyn Cheng BEIJING — Chinese electric car company Nio plans to expand to the Middle East this year, CEO William Li said on an earnings call Thursday, at a time when rivals have been increasing … Read more

Ron Baron, big Tesla shareholder, supports Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay package

Ron Baron, big Tesla shareholder, supports Elon Musk’s  billion pay package

Ron Baron, founder of Baron Capital Anjali Sundaram | CNBC Billionaire investor Ron Baron, longtime Tesla bull and shareholder, wrote an open letter in support of CEO Elon Musk’s controversial $56 billion pay package. The Baron Capital chairman and CEO said Musk’s compensation contract in 2018 included “aggressive” performance metrics that few believed could be … Read more

Meta AI Chief Yann LeCun slams Musk over ‘blatantly false’ promises

Meta AI Chief Yann LeCun slams Musk over ‘blatantly false’ promises

Meta‘s chief artificial intelligence scientist Yann LeCun has spent much of the past week sparring with Elon Musk over the Tesla CEO’s treatment of scientists and news organizations, and for spreading false conspiracies on social media. “I like his cars (I own a 2015 S, and 2023 S), his rockets, his solar energy systems, and … Read more

Elon Musk told Nvidia to ship AI chips reserved for Tesla to X, xAI

Elon Musk told Nvidia to ship AI chips reserved for Tesla to X, xAI

Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of X speaks at the Milken Conference 2024 Global Conference Sessions at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 6, 2024.  David Swanson | Reuters Elon Musk claims he can grow Tesla into “a leader in AI & robotics,” an ambition that … Read more