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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Twitter Shareholder Lawsuit Accuses Musk of 'Market Manipulation'

Analysts have doubts about Elon Musk's notion of relying on subscriptions instead of ads at Twitter Britta Pedersen POOL/AFP/File

Elon Musk faces a lawsuit accusing him of pushing down Twitter's stock price in order to either give himself an escape hatch from his $44 billion buyout bid, or room to negotiate a discount.

The suit alleges the billionaire Tesla boss tweeted and made statements intended to create doubt about the deal, which has roiled the social media platform for weeks, AFP said.

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