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  • Elon Musk wins back his $44.9 billion Tesla pay package in shareholder vote

    TOM KRISHER and DAVID HAMILTON|Jun 14, 2024

    DETROIT (AP) — Tesla shareholders voted Thursday to restore CEO Elon Musk's record $44.9 billion pay package that was thrown out by a Delaware judge earlier this year, sending a strong vote of confidence in his leadership of the electric vehicle maker. The favorable vote doesn't necessarily mean that Musk will get the all-stock compensation anytime soon. The package is likely to remain tied up in the Delaware Chancery Court and Supreme Court for months as Tesla tries to overturn the Delaware judge's rejection. Musk has raised doubts about h...

  • Imagine making shadowy data brokers erase your personal info. Californians may soon live the dream

    DAVID HAMILTON|Sep 15, 2023

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — You may not know it, but thousands of often shadowy companies routinely traffic in personal data you probably never agreed to share — everything from your real-time location information to private financial details. Even if you could identify these data brokers, there isn't much you can do about their activities, even in California, which has some of the strongest digital privacy laws in the U.S. That's on the verge of changing. Both houses of the California state legislature have passed the Delete Act, which would est...