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Re:Twitter Deal Temporarily on Hold by bogantech on Friday May 13, 2022 @07:54AM (#31366344)
> Considering he said this was a big reason for his purchase, you'd think the world's smartest man would have had his team do this due diligence?

How would he get access to that data beforehand?

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Re:Twitter Deal Temporarily on Hold by ctvo on Friday May 13, 2022 @08:10AM (#31366492)
… the company would provide it to their legal team under NDA since it’s material to the deal. Ya know, as part of due diligence. There’s a whole lucrative branch of corporate law (mergers and acquisitions) for this.
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Re:Twitter Deal Temporarily on Hold by fullshark on Friday May 13, 2022 @09:46AM (#31367531)
Isn't this what's happening right now?
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Re:Twitter Deal Temporarily on Hold by shapefrog on Friday May 13, 2022 @10:11AM (#31367884)
No Elon waved due diligence and bought it as is.
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Re:Twitter Deal Temporarily on Hold by coremoff on Friday May 13, 2022 @11:04AM (#31368589)
it's what he should have done before signing the deal he signed
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