Once they graduate, international students in the US contribute disproportionately to American innovation: A 2022 analysis by the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP) found that 55 percent of all US-based startups valued at more than a billion dollars were founded by immigrants.
Tesla currently has a market capitalization of $1.08 trillion.Musk also referred to Chancellor Kathaleen St Jude McCormick, a Delaware judge who
stopped a $56bn pay package for Musk, as an “activist who is cosplaying a judge in a Halloween costume”.Yet he acknowledged his Tesla pay was a part of his consideration about staying with the carmaker, though he also wanted “sufficient voting control” so he “cannot be ousted by activist investors”.
“It’s not a money thing, it’s a reasonable control thing over the future of the company, especially if we’re building millions, potentially billions of humanoid robots,” he added.the billionaire said he will spend
“a lot less” in political contributions, after pumping $270m into Donald Trump’s successful 2024 US presidential bid.
“In terms of political spending, I’m going to do a lot less in the future,” Musk said, adding that he does not “currently see a reason” to do more.As first reported by ProPublica, ICE Air detainees have soiled themselves because they did not have access to bathrooms while being transported to prisons without due process.
ICE has denied allegations that detainees lacked access to bathrooms during flights.Are financiers concerned?
Avelo’s largest investor is Morgan Stanley Tactical Value, whose managing director, Tom Cahill, sits on Avelo’s board. Morgan Stanley’s fund invested an undisclosed amount in the airline’s Series A funding round, the first major investment stage for a company.That round raised $125m in January 2020, weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic was declared a US and global emergency. A subsequent Series B round in 2022 brought in an additional $42m, $30m of which came from Morgan Stanley.