Bought – 9xm News

Elon Musk buys Tesla shares worth $1 billion! Stock surges in pre-market trading; 2.5 million shares bought

Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk purchased about more than 2.5 million shares worth $1 billion, according to a regulatory filing, reported news agency AP.The billionaire bought the stock indirectly through a trust on September 12, the filing showed. Tesla shares jumped as much as 7.3% before the start of regular trading, putting the stock […]

From rejection to revenge: Woman denied CEO role at Applebee’s — so she came back, bought it for $2.3 bn, and fired her old boss

Julia Stewart thought she had done everything right. As president of Applebee’s, she built what she calls a “pretty remarkable” team, doubled the stock price, and put the struggling restaurant chain back on its feet. Confident in her record, she approached the CEO’s office expecting the top job. Instead, she got a blunt “No. Not […]

Midtown Manhattan shooting: Gunman bought rifle from his boss in Las Vegas; new details emerge

The man who carried out a deadly shooting at a Manhattan office tower bought both the rifle used in the attack and the car he drove cross-country from his supervisor at the Horseshoe Las Vegas casino, New York Police Department said Wednesday.Police reported that Shane Tamura, 27, shot three people dead in the building’s lobby […]

Gift diplomacy: How Qatar bought its way into America’s power circles

Qatar gives planes the way other countries give medals. Qatar’s offer to provide a $400 million Boeing 747 to the US government-to be potentially used as Air Force One-has reignited scrutiny of the Gulf monarchy’s decades-long strategy to buy influence across every corner of American power: Military, academia, politics, media, and business.The jet, dubbed “a […]

Canadian Snowbirds Bought Into the American Dream in Palm Springs. Was It a Mirage?

On the night of the 2024 presidential election, Ken James, a retired engineer from Calgary, Alberta, was at his second home in Palm Springs, Calif., watching with dismay as the results rolled in. Mr. James, 68, called his wife back in Calgary. “If he gets back in, I’m selling,” he recalled her saying of Donald […]