Malathi Nayak

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  • Elon Musk listensPolitics

    Musk ducks sanction for choosing rocket launch over SEC meeting

    By Malathi Nayak and Bloomberg
  • Elon Musk at an event. there is a purple background. He wears a professional jacket over a t-shirt and has his hands held against his lips in thought.Tech

    Elon Musk loses legal fight with ex-Twitter employee, memo reveals

    By Kurt Wagner, Malathi Nayak, and others
  • A General Motors Cruise self driving car, often referred to as a robotaxi, drives in front of the Ferry Building on the Embarcedero, San Francisco, California, August 17, 2023. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)Politics

    GM goes to war against San Francisco over a $108 million tax bill it says it doesn’t owe because it has virtually no business or employees in the city

    By Malathi Nayak and Bloomberg
  • BURBANK, CA – FEBRUARY 16: Tesla Dealership along 811 S San Fernando Blvd, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023 in Burbank, CA. Tesla, Inc. is recalling 362,758 vehicles in the U.S. because its Full Self-Driving Beta software may cause a crash, according a notice from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)Tech

    Tesla convinces jury its Autopilot wasn’t at fault in first lawsuit blaming a fatality on the technology to go to trial

    By Malathi Nayak and Bloomberg
  • CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 07: Apple CEO Tim Cook looks on during an Apple special event on September 07, 2022 in Cupertino, California. Apple unveiled the new iPhone 14 as well as new versions of the Apple Watch, including the Apple Watch SE, a low-cost version of the popular timepiece that will start at $249. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Tech

    Apple tries to ‘thwart emerging startups through anticompetitive measures,’ alleges Rivos in countersuit

    By Malathi Nayak and Bloomberg
  • Ron Price, Jimmy Dunne

    Senate’s golf probe reveals secret outreach by UK businessman to PGA Tour for months on behalf of Saudi PIF boss

    By Leah Nylen, Malathi Nayak, and others
  • SAN FRANCISCO, CA – JUNE 28: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella arrives at federal court on June 28, 2023 in San Francisco, California. Top executives from Microsoft and Activision Blizzard will be testifying during a five-day hearing against the FTC to determine the fate of a $68.7B merger of the two companies. (Photo by Loren Elliott/Getty Images)Tech

    Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella testifies in trial over Activision merger that Call of Duty will ‘100%’ stay on PlayStation

    By Malathi Nayak and Bloomberg
  • FREMONT, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 19: In an aerial view, brand new Tesla cars sit in a parking lot at the Tesla factory on October 19, 2022 in Fremont, California. Electric car maker Tesla will report third quarter earnings today after the closing bell. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Tech

    Man suing Tesla for being a ‘hotbed for racist behavior’ wants to add 240 black colleagues to his incendiary complaint

    By Malathi Nayak and Bloomberg
  • Tesla CEO Elon MuskTech

    Elon Musk’s lawyers argue recordings of him touting Tesla Autopilot safety could be deepfakes, so a judge is bringing him in to clarify in testimony

    By Malathi Nayak, Sean O'Kane, and others
  • LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 07: Tim Cook attends the Apple original series ‘Ted Lasso’ Season 3 red carpet premiere event at Westwood Village Theater on March 07, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/WireImage)Tech

    Apple just declared a ‘resounding victory’ after a court upheld its App Store policies—again

    By Malathi Nayak, Mark Gurman, and others
  • NEW YORK, NY – MAY 02: Kris Jenner and Elon Musk are seen at the 2022 Met Gala Celebrating “In America: An Anthology of Fashion” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by NDZ/Star Max/GC Images)Tech

    Driver who claimed Tesla’s Autopilot caused a crash that left her with facial injuries loses what’s believed to the first such case to go to trial

    By Malathi Nayak, Joe Schneider, and others
  • 20 March 2023, Brandenburg, Grünheide: New Model Y electric vehicles are at the Tesla Gigafactory Berlin Brandenburg plant. On 22.03.2022, the Tesla plant was opened and put into operation. In the meantime, about 10,000 people are employed there. Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa (Photo by Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty Images)Tech

    Tesla’s ‘staggering’ $137 million fine for racist slurs and graffiti is reduced by a huge margin

    By Joel Rosenblatt, Malathi Nayak, and others
  • Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., arrives at federal court in New York, U.S., on Thursday, April 4, 2019. The SEC says Musk violated his agreement with the agency when he tweeted on February 19 that Tesla would make about half a million cars in 2019, before tweeting a few hours later that deliveries would only reach about 400,000. Photographer: Natan Dvir/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    Elon Musk testifies his tweets don’t impact Tesla’s stock price: ‘Just because I tweet about something doesn’t mean people believe it’

    By Joel Rosenblatt, Malathi Nayak, and others
  • A worker pushes shopping carts outside an Albertsons supermarket in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. Albertsons Cos is scheduled to release earnings figures on January 11. Photographer: Bridget Bennett/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Judge orders Albertsons to keep dividend on hold as Cerberus Capital waits, states resist ahead of $24.6 billion Kroger tie-up

    By Brendan Case, Robert Burnson, and others
  • California Attorney General Rob BontaEnvironment

    California is suing a slew of major chemical companies over ‘staggering’ water contamination from ‘forever chemicals’

    By Malathi Nayak and Bloomberg