Morning Bid: No Messi magic for markets

Soccer fans enjoyed an extraordinary final of the World Cup on Sunday as high emotion and intense drama gave way to Lionel Messi leading Argentina to victory against France in a penalty shootout.
Musk sells $8.5 billion worth of Tesla stock as he prepares to purchase Twitter!

On Thursday and Friday, Musk disclosed the sale of 9.6 million shares in Securities and Exchange Commission paperwork. The total cost of the transactions ranged from $822.68 to $999.13. In the three days following the news of an agreement to buy Twitter, Elon Musk sold nearly $8.5 billion in Tesla stock. Musk showed an early […]
Musk begins testifying in defense of Tesla’s $2.6 bln deal for SolarCity

WILMINGTON, Del., July 12 (Reuters) – Elon Musk took the stand on Monday to defend Tesla Inc’s (TSLA.O) 2016 acquisition of SolarCity against a lawsuit by shareholders seeking to recoup the $2.6 billion the company paid for the ailing solar panel maker. “Pretoria, South Africa,” said Musk, responding to the first question of where he was born. […]