Elon Musk confirms talks to merge Tesla and SpaceX

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorElon Musk confirms that special committees of independent directors at Tesla and SpaceX are now reviewing a possible merger, formed at the request of shareholders.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHe says he can't be in the room, so he called it an odd kabuki dance.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHe also said a merger being certain would be overstating it, which is a big shift from calling the earlier report fake news.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd Tesla would need fifty percent of all outstanding shares, not just the ones voted. Musk himself called that quite a high hurdle.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorTwo boardrooms, one man, and he's somehow refusing to attend either one.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentDifferent Musk story: on a podcast with Walter Isaacson, he says that if AI makes work obsolete, people will find ways to be happy, like retirees. Bold pitch from a man who tweets at three a.m.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHonestly, a retirement of the whole species sounds lovely.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn Britain, inflation rose to three point five percent from three point one, with motor fuel up thirty percent in the year to September.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorDiesel hit a record above two pounds a litre.