Musk's US$44 billion buyout of Twitter faces US antitrust review: Report

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The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is reviewing Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk\u0027s US$44 billion takeover of Twitter, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing a person familiar with the deal. The FTC declined to comment, while Musk could not be reached for comment. The agency will decid

The US Federal Trade Commission is reviewing Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk's US$44 billion takeover of Twitter, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing a person familiar with the deal.The agency will decide in the next month whether it will do an in-depth antitrust probe of the proposed transaction, the person told Bloomberg. Such a probe would delay the deal's closing by months.

The FTC is already investigating Musk's initial purchase of a 9 per cent stake in Twitter, probing whether he complied with an antitrust reporting requirement when he acquired the shares in early April.

 

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