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Re:Twitter Deal Temporarily on Hold by sidibe on Friday May 13, 2022 @10:48AM (#31368386)
That was to pay his taxes supposedly, so he still had an excuse. People might worry if he's just diversifying for its own sake
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Re:Twitter Deal Temporarily on Hold by f0xJtpvHYTVQ88B on Friday May 13, 2022 @12:57PM (#31370003)
If he didn't sell the stocks then he wouldn't have to pay any tax on unrealized gains. According to him, he sold the stocks so they he would pay taxes in response to criticism of not paying his "fair share" in taxes.
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Re:Twitter Deal Temporarily on Hold by dragontamer on Friday May 13, 2022 @01:11PM (#31370184)
Wrong.

Musk's stock options became fully vested and matured. That forced a tax event on him last year.

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Re:Twitter Deal Temporarily on Hold by jquery on Sunday May 15, 2022 @01:07PM (#31388966)
If this is true, he’s absolutely a pathological liar.
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Re:Twitter Deal Temporarily on Hold by outworlder on Friday May 13, 2022 @04:51PM (#31372422)
Yeah. He lied. Again.
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