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Breakingviews: Twitter brinkmanship favors Musk exit for a price, article with imageBreakingviews · May 13, 2022 · 5:22 PM UTC

Elon Musk has lost a lot of money since he first took a stake in Twitter . Some $370 billion has disappeared from electric-car maker Tesla’s roughly $800 billion market capitalization since April Fool’s Day, the last trading day before Musk revealed his stake in Twitter. Both companies look like they’re starting the deal breakup dance. If Tesla’s owner wants out, Twitter may grant him the privilege of an exit, for a fair amount of chump change.