Elon Musk’s Twitter deposition reportedly delayed as companies work to close deal

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Elon Musk will no longer be deposed by Twitter's lawyers on Thursday morning, after both sides agreed to a delay as they worked to close the $44 billion purchase of the social media network, the Financial Times and Bloomberg report. Musk was scheduled to be deposed for two days in Tesla's home of Austin, Texas starting at 9:30AM, ahead of the trial's scheduled start on October 17th. His deposition was previously pushed back from its original September 28th date due to COVID-19 exposure concerns.

Both sides are reportedly working to close the deal, after Musk informed Twitter this week of his intention to proceed with his original offer of $54.20 a share (though the New York Times reports that he had attempted to lower the price in...

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