Month: December 2023

ONEXPLAYER X1 handheld with Intel Meteor Lake coming in 2024

Intel’s Meteor Lake chips promise longer battery life and better graphics performance than the company’s previous-gen mobile processors. So it’s not surprising that laptop makers aren’t the only companies using the new chips. H…

Intel’s Meteor Lake chips promise longer battery life and better graphics performance than the company’s previous-gen mobile processors. So it’s not surprising that laptop makers aren’t the only companies using the new chips. Handheld gaming PC maker One Netbook has begun to tease an upcoming handheld powered by an Intel Core Ultra 7 155H processor […]

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Elon Musk told bankers they wouldn’t lose any money on Twitter purchase

Lenders unlikely to get even 60 cents on the dollar for the bonds and loans.

Elon Musk and a twitter logo

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Elon Musk privately told some of the bankers who lent him $13 billion to fund his leveraged buyout of Twitter that they would not lose any money on the deal, according to five people familiar with the matter.

The verbal guarantees were made by Musk to banks as a way to reassure the lenders as the value of the social media site, now rebranded as X, fell sharply after he completed the acquisition last year.

Despite the assurances, the seven banks that lent money to the billionaire for his buyout—Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Barclays, MUFG, BNP Paribas, Mizuho and Société Générale—are facing serious losses on the debt if and when they eventually sell it.

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Elon Musk told bankers they wouldn’t lose any money on Twitter purchase

Lenders unlikely to get even 60 cents on the dollar for the bonds and loans.

Elon Musk and a twitter logo

Enlarge (credit: Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Elon Musk privately told some of the bankers who lent him $13 billion to fund his leveraged buyout of Twitter that they would not lose any money on the deal, according to five people familiar with the matter.

The verbal guarantees were made by Musk to banks as a way to reassure the lenders as the value of the social media site, now rebranded as X, fell sharply after he completed the acquisition last year.

Despite the assurances, the seven banks that lent money to the billionaire for his buyout—Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Barclays, MUFG, BNP Paribas, Mizuho and Société Générale—are facing serious losses on the debt if and when they eventually sell it.

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Carol & the End of the World: In 7 Monaten und 13 Tagen geht die Welt unter

Die Welt wird enden, und das in gut einem halben Jahr. Das ist die Ausgangslage einer klugen neuen Miniserie, die davon handelt, wie die Menschen diese Endzeit verbringen. Eine Rezension von Peter Osteried (Science-Fiction, Streaming)

Die Welt wird enden, und das in gut einem halben Jahr. Das ist die Ausgangslage einer klugen neuen Miniserie, die davon handelt, wie die Menschen diese Endzeit verbringen. Eine Rezension von Peter Osteried (Science-Fiction, Streaming)