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Zuckerberg's wealth tax shield, WNBA Finals, Omar

Meta will issue nonvoting Class C shares so Zuckerberg can sell stock without dropping to fifty-three percent voting control; California votes on Proposition forty November third.

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  1. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHere is the latest.

  2. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentMark Zuckerberg told Meta's board he planned to list his Silicon Valley home, and the company then remade its stock structure to help him pay California's proposed wealth tax if voters pass it.

  3. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentMeta will issue nonvoting Class C shares, so he can sell stock without his voting stake dropping to fifty-three percent.

  4. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentVoters decide Proposition forty on November third.

  5. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo the board gave a billionaire a new kind of stock, and the rest of us can't get a new kind of rent.

  6. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentSome board members discussed resigning over it. That's the part I'd have put in the headline.

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