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Why was Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter such a tortuous saga? | FT Due Diligence
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林宜悉 posted on 2023/07/22Ever wondered how Elon Musk's Twitter takeover became such a wild ride? This video dives deep into the drama, explaining the complex financial and legal twists with super useful vocabulary for business and current events. You'll pick up advanced terms related to mergers, debt, and even how advertisers reacted, all explained in clear, easy-to-follow sentences!
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UK /ˈfiɡə/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To appear in a game, play or event
- To calculate how much something will cost
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- Your body shape
- Numbers in a calculation
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- Huge; very big; very important
- Very great in size, amount, or degree.
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- (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
- Noun
- a pandemic disease
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- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Common opinion that people have about someone
- A widespread belief that someone or something has a particular characteristic.
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