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Business Matters: Elon Musk makes a bid to buy Twitter

Elon Musk makes a bid to buy Twitter

15/04/2022 GMT

BBC World Service - Business Matters, Elon Musk makes a bid to buy Twitter

The CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk, has made what he's termed a 'take it or leave it' offer.

Tesla boss Elon Musk has offered to buy Twitter, saying he is the right person to "unlock" the social media platform's "extraordinary potential". In a surprise announcement, Mr Musk said he would pay $54.20 a share for Twitter, valuing it at about $40bn. We get analysis from global tech journalist Chris Stokel-Walker.
Nepal says it’s considering declaring a two-day weekend, instead of its Saturday only weekend, as part of measures to reduce the consumption of petroleum products. The BBC’s Anbarasan Ethirajan reports from Kathmandu.
The BBC's Rahul Tandon speaks to Greg Hoffman, former chief marketing officer at Nike, about the company's iconic 2018 advertising campaign featuring American football star Colin Kaepernick.
And following a boom in pet ownership during the pandemic, services for those dogs and cats are springing up. We hear from Donna Connelly, owner of Angel's Pet Care and Barking Mad Dog Training in Newcastle.

Sasha Twining is joined throughout the programme by Alaezi Akpuru, creative director at Virgioli Fashion in Lagos, and by author and economic commentator Paddy Hirsch in LA.

(Picture: Elon Musk. Credit: Getty Images)

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