The Tech Guys Are Fighting. Literally.

The Tech Guys Are Fighting. Literally.

Walking into the crowded hotel conference room, Andrew Batey looked like any other tech guy attending ETHDenver, an annual cryptocurrency conference. A venture capital investor based in Florida, Mr. Batey wore a black sweatshirt emblazoned with the logos of more than a dozen crypto companies, with names like LunarCrush and …

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Elon Musk, His 16-Foot Wall and the Feud With His Texas Neighbors

Elon Musk, His 16-Foot Wall and the Feud With His Texas Neighbors

At first, residents of the upscale cul-de-sac in West Lake Hills, Texas, did not know who had moved into the 6,900-square-foot, six-bedroom mansion next door. Then construction workers arrived to erect a 16-foot chain-link fence around the $6 million property, which is one of four homes on the leafy street. …

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Wall Street Bursts With Anger Over Tariff ‘Stupidity’

Wall Street Bursts With Anger Over Tariff ‘Stupidity’

Wall Street billionaires are not used to being on the outside looking in. But that is where they find themselves after President Trump ignored their appeals to call off his tariff plans which they fear could endanger the economy. With the backdrop of rapidly mounting stock market losses, corporate titans …

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Elon Musk Is Focused on DOGE. What About Tesla?

Elon Musk Is Focused on DOGE. What About Tesla?

Elon Musk’s role as President Trump’s cost-cutting czar and his immersion in right-wing politics appears to be diverting his attention from Tesla at a perilous moment for the electric car company. Tesla’s car sales fell 1 percent last year even as the global market for electric vehicles grew 25 percent. …

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How a Sale of TikTok Would Work and Who Might Buy It

How a Sale of TikTok Would Work and Who Might Buy It

There’s a new parlor game on Wall Street: guessing TikTok’s next owner. President Trump signed an executive order in January that delayed enforcement of a law that banned the popular video app. Under the order, the app must now be sold to a non-Chinese owner by early April. Since he …

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