Twitter spat as Musk halts $US44b deal

Elon Musk has waved goodbye to a $US44 billion deal to buy Twitter.
Elon Musk has waved goodbye to a $US44 billion deal to buy social media firm Twitter. -AP

Elon Musk, the chief executive officer of Tesla and the world's richest person, is terminating his $US44 billion ($A64 billion) deal to buy Twitter, saying the social media company had breached multiple provisions of the merger agreement.

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