Musk denies firing Twitter workers to avoid payouts

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Musk denies the claims

Reports say executives were fired "for cause" to avoid severance payouts.

Elon Musk, Twitter's new owner, has denied claims in a New York Times report that he would begin layoffs at the company before 1st November, when employees are supposed to start receiving stock gra...

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