What does Musk want with Twitter? Check out his tweets for clues
[1/7] Founder and CEO of Tesla Motors Elon Musk speaks during a media tour of the Tesla Gigafactory, which will produce batteries for the electric carmaker, in Sparks, Nevada, U.S. July 26, 2016. REUTERS/James Glover II
May 5 (Reuters) - Elon Musk has secured $7.14 billion in funding from a group of investors that includes Oracle Corp (ORCL.N) co-founder Larry Ellison and Sequoia Capital to fund his $44 billion takeover of Twitter Inc (TWTR.N), according to a filing.
Here's a chronology of developments, including some tweets from Musk, that shed some light on his views of the company and free speech:
Compiled by Akash Sriram, Eva Mathews, Chavi Mehta, Tiyashi Datta and Yuvraj Malik in Bengaluru; Editing by Shounak Dasgupta, Amy Caren Daniel and Sriraj Kalluvila
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