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Richard Beales

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Financial writer and editor. Formerly of Breakingviews (the Reuters commentary service) and the FT. Reformed investment banker, keen cellist, inelegant skier.
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Elon Musk Twitter coinvestors will be rare birds

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By Richard Beales 
| Nasdaq
NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - When there’s a $44 billion merger in the offing, it’s natural that lots of investors kick the tires. With Elon Musk’s personal buyout of Twitter, however, it’s tough for managers of other people’s money – like private equity firms, for example – to justify investing alongside the Tesla chief executive. Morgan Stanley has spearheaded a $13 billion debt package for the acquisition.
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Elon Musk can’t buy his other “censorship” foe

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By Richard Beales 
| Nasdaq
NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - Sometimes the U.S. version of capitalism seems to work more or less as intended. Elon Musk, motivated in part by what he perceives as censorship by social media platform Twitter, has decided to buy the company for $44 billion. But the Tesla boss and world’s wealthiest person just failed in his legal quest – also rooted in freedom of speech arguments – to get the U.S. securities regulator off his back.
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Elon Musk can't buy his other "censorship" foe

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By Richard Beales 
| Westlaw Today
NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - The billionaire is set to buy Twitter, motivated by perceived restraints on free speech. But his legal quest to get the U.S. SEC off his back when it comes to vetting tweets about carmaker Tesla failed this week. ...
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