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Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by fallingknife on Thursday April 14, 2022 @01:38PM (#31030358)
Any initial offer is going to be non-binding. This is standard.
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Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by RC_ITR on Thursday April 14, 2022 @03:42PM (#31032290)
Yeah and any initial offer is worth the paper it’s printed on.

That is not the mainstream understanding of this “offer” though and that’s the point I’m trying to make.

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Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by mathlover2 on Thursday April 14, 2022 @02:41PM (#31031408)
IIRC he claimed that this was his only offer and that he would sell if it was refused.
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Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by mathlover2 on Thursday April 14, 2022 @02:55PM (#31031608)
> Mr. Musk called the bid his “best and final offer,” adding that if his proposal isn’t accepted “I would need to reconsider my position as a shareholder.” Mr. Musk earlier this year built a position of more than 9% in Twitter.

Source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musk-offers-to-buy-rest-of...

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Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by dheera on Thursday April 14, 2022 @05:56PM (#31033805)
He could sell it for higher? People would probably buy the shares at higher price if they knew it came from Elon.
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Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by jonovate on Thursday April 14, 2022 @06:57PM (#31034499)
No, that's not how it works :).
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Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by lupire on Thursday April 14, 2022 @08:53PM (#31035461)
That is how Elon fandom works. He could sell paper shares at a premium.
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