Legal document or best-seller? Twitter files against Elon Musk

Legal document or best-seller? Twitter files against Elon Musk
Twitter has let rip at Elon Musk in its court bid to force him to buy the unprofitable company for US$44b. (Image: Getty)
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(Bloomberg) -- Twitter Inc. sued Elon Musk over his abandoned US$44 billion ($71.8b) takeover bid, accusing the billionaire of having buyer’s remorse after his fortune declined.Lawyers for Twitter told a Delaware judge that the world’s richest man should be forced to honour his agreement to pay US$54.20 a share for the San Francisco-based social-media platform. Musk abandoned the deal Friday, citing in part concerns about the number of fake accounts among users.The filing sets up what will be a closely watched court battle between M...

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