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How Elon Musk Cuts Costs at Tesla, SpaceX and X

Mr. Musk dug into his companies’ budgets, preferring to cut too much rather than too little and to deal with the fallout later. Under Donald Trump, he is set to apply those tactics to the U.S. ...

Business - The New York Times - November 16

Elon Musk backs Howard Lutnick as agent for ‘change’ at US Treasury

Tesla boss publicly lobbies Trump to choose Cantor Fitzgerald boss over Scott Bessent in key economic role

World - Financial Times - November 16

Musk backs Lutnick over Bessent as Trump’s Treasury secretary

Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk threw his support behind Howard Lutnick, chair and CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, over Scott Bessent, founder of Key Square Group, as Treasury secretary in the next ...

Politics - The Hill - November 16

Musk rebuked after siding with Meloni on Italy's foreign migrant centres

There is increasing tension between Italy's ruling coalition and the judiciary over migrant centres.

Musk publicly supports Lutnick for treasury secretary as Trump considers pick

Musk’s comments on X in support of candidate comes amid anxiety over entrepreneur’s proximity to Trump. . Elon Musk has publicly weighed in on Donald Trump’s choice for US treasury secretary, one ...

World - The Guardian - November 17

Brazil first lady uses expletive against Elon Musk at G20 event

Janja Lula da Silva joked that she was not afraid of the owner of social media platform X.

Elon Musk is hiring for DOGE. Here's the type of people he wants to recruit

Just days after being tapped to co-lead the Department of Government Efficiency, Elon Musk is searching for "high-IQ" individuals to join the taskforce.

Politics - The Hill - November 17

What is Bluesky, the online platform welcoming users leaving Elon Musk's X?

Bluesky reported one million new users after President-elect Trump tapped X owner Musk for his next administration.

Elon Musk Asked People to Upload Their Health Data. X Users Obliged

Privacy experts cringed when people started feeding their medical images to the A.I. tool Grok.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 18

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