El magnate Elon Musk, propietario y consejero delegado de Tesla y SpaceX, ha inyectado 1.000 millones de dólares (unos 891 millones de euros) en el recién creado conglomerado mediático y de entretenimiento Skydance, surgido de la reciente fusión entre Paramount Skydance y Warner Bros Discovery, según ha informado la cadena de televisión CNBC citando a una fuentes familiarizada con el asunto.
"Overall, nothing has changed anywhere," a Ukrainian official told the Kyiv Independent on Oct. 22. Starlink's speed cap of 161 kilometers per hour remains in effect, the official said.
O presidente dos EUA, Donald Trump, ligou para Elon Musk e pediu para ele suspender as restrições ao uso do Starlink pela Ucrânia, informou o WSJ (Wall Street Journal) nesta quinta-feira (22), citando autoridades americanas.
O sistema Starlink estava funcionando de maneira mais estável nesta quinta-feira, pouco depois da conversa entre Trump e Musk, segundo autoridades americanas e ucranianas citadas pelo jornal.
Algumas autoridades ucranianas disseram ao jornal que o sistema não foi restabelecido por completo, mas estava operando em velocidades mais altas do que sob o limite imposto.
O presidente Volodymyr Zelensky disse mais cedo, nesta quinta-feira, que a velocidade do Starlink não havia sido restabelecida para a Ucrânia, acrescentando que esperava conversar com o secretário de Estado dos EUA, Marco Rubio, nos próximos dias.
Trump disse a Musk que estava frustrado porque as velocidades do sistema continuavam limitadas, segundo o WSJ, citando autoridades.
Rubio disse na quarta-feira que as decisões sobre o acesso da Ucrânia ao Starlink cabiam à empresa controladora, a SpaceX, e ao seu presidente-executivo, Musk, e não à Casa Branca.
A Ucrânia usa o Starlink para comunicações no campo de batalha e para operações com drones.
As restrições ao Starshield na Ucrânia continuam a gerar polémica: nem Musk, nem a Casa Branca nem o Pentágono assumiram claramente a responsabilidade pela ordem de desaceleração.
US President Donald Trump called Elon Musk and asked him to lift restrictions on Ukraine’s use of Starlink, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing US officials.
The Starlink system was working more normally on Thursday, shortly after the Trump-Musk conversation, according to US and Ukrainian officials cited by the Journal.
Some Ukrainian officials told the newspaper the system was not restored to full functionality but was working at higher speeds than under the cap.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said earlier on Thursday that Starlink speed had not been restored for Ukraine, adding that he hoped for talks with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in the coming days.
Trump told Musk he was frustrated the system’s speeds remained capped at around 100 mph (160 kph), the Journal said, citing officials.
Rubio said on Wednesday that decisions regarding Ukraine’s access to Starlink were up to its parent company SpaceX and its CEO Musk, not the White House.
Ukraine uses Starlink for battlefield communications and drone operations. Restricting the satellite service hampered the country’s attack and air defense drone missions against Russia.
Elon Musk’s public endorsement this week of a potential $3.5 trillion merger between SpaceX SPCX.O and Tesla TSLA.O has rattled some insiders involved in the discussions, who worry his comments could invite shareholder scrutiny and delay the process by several weeks, according to a person with direct knowledge of the talks.
The disclosure created a “mess” for the process, as it could lead to questions about how well Tesla shareholders’ interests would be represented, the person said. The concerns reflect similarities some participants see with Tesla’s 2016 acquisition of SolarCity, which sparked years of litigation over Musk’s role in the deal.
Musk, who serves as CEO of both SpaceX and Tesla and owns significant stakes in each company, this week told investors that the two companies were examining what would be the largest corporate transaction in history and revealed that both had formed special committees to evaluate it. The backlash to those remarks is reported here for the first time.
The parties have hired advisers, but discussions are at an early stage, three sources familiar with the matter said. SpaceX approached Tesla in recent weeks, and the companies have been discussing a range of transaction structures, including a SpaceX acquisition of Tesla or a merger under a newly formed holding company, the person familiar with the matter said. They are weighing different forms of merger consideration, including an all-stock deal, the person said. These details of the talks have not been previously reported.
Tesla, SpaceX and Musk did not respond to requests for comment.
SolarCity deal raises legal concerns
In related-party transactions such as a SpaceX-Tesla merger, independent board members typically oversee the process to safeguard public shareholders’ interests.
That issue loomed large in Tesla’s 2016 acquisition of SolarCity, which triggered years of litigation after shareholders alleged the world’s richest man had influenced the process to bail out his investment in the struggling rooftop solar company. At the time, Musk owned roughly 22% of both Tesla and SolarCity, which was founded by his cousins.
Shareholders argued that Musk’s involvement and public support undermined the deal’s fairness. Central to the case were claims that despite his minority stake, Musk was a controlling shareholder of Tesla due to his ties to board members and domineering style.
The Delaware Supreme Court later noted that plaintiffs’ contention of the absence of an independent committee, together with “certain other facts concerning Musk’s involvement in and public support for the transaction,” warranted the finding of unfair dealing.
The courts ultimately upheld the acquisition as fair, though it took several years for the case to be resolved and Tesla directors settled allegations for $60 million.
Musk excluded from merger negotiations
Musk owns nearly a fifth of Tesla and just under half of SpaceX, and analysts have said a merger would give him control of the combined entity. On Tuesday’s call with investors, Musk acknowledged that as a conflicted party he cannot be part of the discussions of the special committees. Advisers are also in contact with his lawyers to ensure Musk is recused from the merger discussions, the source familiar with the talks said.
Eric Talley, a law professor at Columbia University, said a merger could benefit shareholders by eliminating the need for Musk to divide his time between the two companies. He added that any legal challenge may be harder to predict than the SolarCity case because Tesla is now incorporated in Texas rather than Delaware.
“The Texas thing is a wild card. No one knows how Texas deals with cases like this because Texas never dealt with cases like this,” Talley said, noting that Texas has sought to establish itself as a business-friendly alternative to Delaware, and Musk’s comments so far were not necessarily problematic.
Ultimately, he said, litigation risk would hinge on the terms of any transaction.
“Who’s going to get the better side of this deal? And that’s usually what gives rise to litigation,” Talley said.
Public comments could delay historic deal
People involved in the process worry Musk’s public endorsement of the merger and disclosure of talks could intensify investor scrutiny, as interested parties typically avoid expressing views publicly while independent directors evaluate a deal, the source said.
The SolarCity case could become a reference point for investors and courts assessing any future SpaceX-Tesla transaction if advisers fail to fully insulate the special committees from Musk’s influence, the source added.
A tie-up between Tesla and SpaceX would be the biggest deal in history, creating one of the world’s largest industrial and technology groups. It would surpass Musk’s acquisition earlier this year of his artificial intelligence company xAI by SpaceX, which ranks among the largest corporate transactions ever announced.
A deal of this size would also face scrutiny from global regulators, especially due to Tesla’s business in China and SpaceX’s work in US defense and AI.
El coche parece casi de juguete: se acerca a otros vehículos aparcados, activa unos propulsores para saltar por encima, aprovecha para dar una espiral en el aire y cae sobre el suelo como quien se tira al sofá para echar una siesta. Es el nuevo Tesla Roadster, que Elon Musk vende en X (antes Twitter) con el mensaje: “Resulta que en el futuro sí hay coches voladores”. Se trata de una afirmación como mínimo exagerada: no se sabe si esos propulsores sirven para algún tipo de vuelo sostenido ni si estarán disponibles en el modelo que se ponga a la venta.
El magnate Elon Musk ha reconocido por primera vez que estudia la fusión de las dos empresas en las que participa: SpaceX y Tesla. Una integración que, de llegar a concretarse, crearía un gigante tecnológico con capitalización de 3,5 billones de dólares con intereses en la inteligencia artificial, la conectividad, el negocio aeroespacial y automoción que se colocaría entre las cinco empresas más valiosas del mundo.
Musk says ‘there’s a lot of merit’ to potential merger that would require approval of 50% of all Tesla shareholders, but he declined to elaborate
Investors were paying close attention to Tesla’s third-quarter earnings call on Wednesday afternoon, after chief executive Elon Musk floated the idea of merging the car company with his rocket and AI company, SpaceX. But they didn’t glean further information after the company announced there would be no questions on the matter.
“With regard to a potential merger with SpaceX, I think I said everything that should be said yesterday,” Musk, the CEO of both companies, said on Tesla’s earnings call. He repeated a phrase he said on Tuesday: “I feel like I’m tap dancing through a minefield.”
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