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 by Staff Writers Washington (AFP) Dec 10, 2018
Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, openly derided the US Securities and Exchange Commission in an interview aired Sunday, having settled fraud charges with the regulatory agency over an errant tweet. "I want to be clear. I do not respect the SEC -- I do not respect them" he said in an interview on the CBS network news program "60 Minutes." Musk had to resign as Tesla chairman under a September arrangement with the SEC to settle fraud charges stemming from a tweet in which he said he planned to take the firm private and already had the financing to do it. That caused a brief spike in Tesla's share price, leading so-called short-sellers, who have been betting on the stock crashing for years, to lose millions. Musk and Tesla each had to pay a $20 million fine to the agency, to be split among harmed investors. He was forced to resign as chairman but allowed to remain CEO. The SEC had also demanded oversight of the mercurial Musk's social media use. But he said in the Sunday interview that no one was proofreading his tweets. "The only tweets that would have to be, say, reviewed would be if a tweet had a probability of causing a movement in the stock," he said. "Otherwise it's 'Hello, First Amendment,' he continued, referencing the US constitutional right to free speech, which he called "fundamental." Asked how Tesla would know if his tweets would move the market if they weren't all being read, Musk replied: 'Well, I guess we might make some mistakes. Who knows?" "Nobody's perfect." Musk said he was abiding by the settlement, however, "because I respect the justice system." dt/mdo/mdl
SpaceX launches cargo, but fails to land rocket Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Dec 05, 2018 SpaceX on Wednesday blasted off its unmanned Dragon cargo ship, loaded with supplies, science experiments and food for the astronauts living at the International Space Station but failed to successfully land its booster afterwards. "We have had a great liftoff," said SpaceX commentator John Insprucker, as the Falcon 9 rocket soared into the sunny, blue sky over Cape Canaveral, Florida at 1:16 pm (1816 GMT), carrying 5,600 pounds (2,500 kilograms) of gear. But the tall portion of the rocket missed its goal of securing an upright landing on solid ground at Cape Canaveral's Landing Zone 1. ... read more
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