DJ WEEKEND OVERVIEW Company/14. and January 15, 2023
The top corporate stories from the Dow Jones Newswires weekend programming.
Rheinmetall boss: Leopard 2 could not be delivered to Ukraine until 2024 at the earliest
The armaments group Rheinmetall could not deliver repaired Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine until 2024 at the earliest. “Even if the decision is made tomorrow that we can send our Leopard tanks to Kyiv, delivery will take until the beginning of next year,” Rheinmetall boss Armin Papperger told Bild am Sonntag.
Twitter wants to lure advertisers with free ads – circles
The short message service Twitter apparently wants to lure advertisers back to its site with discounts. The tech company is offering businesses free ad space by doubling ad spend for up to $250,000, emails seen by The Wall Street Journal show. Twitter did not respond to a request for comment.
Elon Musk to face trial for misleading tweets about Tesla starting Tuesday
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is due to appear in a California court on Tuesday for manipulating the stock markets through a 2018 tweet. A court spokesman said on Friday that federal judge Edward Chen rejected Musk’s request to move the trial from San Francisco to the state of Texas, where Musk has since moved Tesla’s headquarters. Jury selection is scheduled to begin on Tuesday.
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