Soaring shares of car maker Tesla, sees Elon Musk overtaking Amazon’s founder and CEO Jeff Bezos as the richest man in the world

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Soaring shares of car maker Tesla, sees Elon Musk overtaking Amazon’s founder and CEO Jeff Bezos as the richest man in the world
Executive order signed by US President bans transactions with eight Chinese software applications including Ant’s Alipay payment app
After threatening to pull Tesla out of California altogether, Elon Musk reveals he has personally left the US state and relocated to Texas
Libra to launch as early as January, but the Facebook backed cryptocurrency will be scaled back even further after regulatory and political concerns
Tesla share price rises continues to build the personal fortune of Elon Musk, placing him in second place behind Amazon’s Jeff Bezos
Rising Tesla share price raises Elon Musk total net worth by $15 billion, putting him behind Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates in terms of wealth
Security vendor McAfee has returned to the public markets with an IPO that raised $620 million, below the $740 million it had hoped to gain
Libra cryptocurrency project still progressing after it confirms it has hired former HSBC executive as chief financial officer
Wall Street has gained its first ever American company valued at a whopping $2 trillion, in the form of iPhone maker Apple
Welcome to the club. CEO Tim Cook now said to be a billionaire after almost a decade in charge of the technology giant Apple
Chinese government-backed website joins other Chinese outlets in saying HSBC “maliciously” played a role in the arrest of the CFO of Huawei Technologies
The actions of financial supervisors responsible during the Wirecard collapse should be investigated, says senior EU official
Fintech fraud investigation continues into Wirecard, as German police and prosecutors search bankrupt firm’s Munich headquarters
German fintech start-up Wirecard has filed for insolvency, becoming the first DAX member to fail after a financing scandal
Former Wirecard CEO Markus Braun walks free after arrest on Monday for allegedly falsifying the accounts for the German fintech firm
For the first time in a decade BT suspends its dividend to free up cash for investment in fibre to the premise (FTTP) broadband and 5G
Sitting in the sweet spot as Amazon takes advantage on demand for online goods, groceries and cloud services during Coronavirus lockdown
Modest dip in quarterly profits at Apple due to closure of its retail stores in key markets during the global Coronavirus pandemic
Tesla boss Elon Musk overshadows third quarterly profit at electric car maker Tesla, by calling lockdowns ‘fascist’ and ‘not democratic’
Alphabet delivers strong set of quarterly financial results, despite advertising decline in March as global Coronavirus pandemic starts to bite
Worldwide pandemic hits software sales, as IBM warns that its customer priorities are changing and it withdraws its annual forecast
Jack Dorsey survives intervention by activist shareholder group, after admitting he will reevaluate plans to move to Africa due to coronavirus outbreak
Activist shareholder Elliott Management has reportedly taken a sizeable stake in Twitter and is seeking Jack Dorsey’s removal
As shares on Wall Street and global market continue to tumble, Facebook cancels its annual developer conference due to coronavirus concerns
Redmond does not expect to meet its guidance for sales of Windows and Surface devices due to the coronavirus outbreak
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Coronavirus update. Apple admits it is experiencing “slower return to normal conditions” and warns of iPhone supply shortages
Digital tax. 140 governments agree to rewrite cross border tax laws that will increase the tax paid by tech giants like Amazon, Facebook and Google
Social networking giant delivers strong financial results, but investors took fright at big increase in expenses and costs
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