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Elon Musk steps down as Tesla chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
... was awaiting shareholder approval. The SEC alleged the $420 price was arbitrary and a 20% premium, and that Musk's Twitter-storm caused the stock to jump 7%, disrupting the market significantly. In a settlement, Elon Musk and Tesla have copped a ...

Elon Musk charged with securities fraud

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... was uncertain and subject to numerous contingencies," the SEC said. The $420 per share buyout price that Musk quoted on Twitter was a substantial premium (about 20%) to what Tesla's stock was trading at the time. The SEC said the stock jumped 7% on Musk's ...

Royal Commission on social media: Regulators under scrutiny

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
As the Royal Commission superannuation hearings turned onto the final straight this week, commentators took to Twitter to have their say. Hardly a surprise given the #BankingRC > "...The banking, finance and insurance sector now has the lowest Ethics ...

NAB complicated plan service fee issue: Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
... resulting in chief executive Andrew Thorburn publicly apologising to Australians for NAB's actions in a video posted to twitter late in the week. "When we make a mistake, we find it and we fix it - and if necessary, we compensate you, and the mistake ...

Royal Commission on social media: Former Treasurer weighs in

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
... Royal Commission turned its attention to superannuation this week, financial services executives and commentators took to twitter to have their say. The Royal Commission into banking is correct... having multiple super accounts may mean paying way too ...

Farmers should urgently access super: Advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
... extend the time limit for receiving the FHA from three to four years was introduced to Parliament on June 20. Overnight on Twitter, Turnbull also said the asset threshold will also increase to $5 million, which means 27,000 families and single farmers ...

BAT stocks worse than FANGs: SSGA

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
... -16% as compared to their US-counterparts' -6%. Average cumulative returns for FANG and peers (Microsoft, Apple, Nvidia, Twitter and Tesla) stood at 15.46%, as compared to BATs' cumulative year to date returns of just 1.73%. They have also shown less ...

Chief economist update: Erdogan's Turkey is cooked

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2018
... resolved behind closed doors. Not for the limelight/spotlight-hogging president of the US. Donald Trump didn't take to Twitter this time, he penned an open letter to tell all and sundry that what was to become a historic event - a US/North Korea ...

Chief economist update: All Ords rising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2018
... countries, most specifically with China. But the tide has (or appears to have) turned. It turned after Trump announced on Twitter that, "ZTE, the large Chinese phone company, buys a big percentage of individual parts from US companies. This is also reflective ...

Budget 2018: Social media reaction

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... Morrison uttered his first words of the 2018 Budget when social media commentators began having their say. Here's how Twitter reacted. "A stronger economy. More jobs. Guaranteeing essential services. The Government living within its means. That is what ...