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Nearly complete dinosaur fossil sells for record £34m | Science & Tech News
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A nearly complete fossil of a stegosaurus has sold for a record $44.6m (£34.2m), becoming the most valuable fossil ever sold at auction. An anonymous US buyer outbid six others for the set of bones, dubbed Apex, at Sotheby’s in New York on Wednesday. They paid an apex price, beating the previous auction record of…
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Jeff Bezos sells billions of pounds worth of Amazon stock | Business News
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Jeff Bezos has sold more than $4bn (£3.2bn) worth of his shares in Amazon over the past few days. The Amazon founder and executive chairman sold nearly 12 million shares of Amazon stock worth more than $2bn (£1.58bn) on 7 and 8 February, according to a statement he filed with federal regulators. The collective value…
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Elon Musk sells $6.9bn in Tesla shares as battle with Twitter continues | Business News
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Elon Musk has sold $6.9bn (£5.7bn) of shares in his electric vehicle maker Tesla as his battle against Twitter continues. Mr Musk sold about 7.92 million shares between 5 August and 9 August, according to multiple filings, meaning he now owns 155.04 million shares in the company. In April, the world’s richest man announced a…
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Bitcoin suffers briefly after Tesla sells majority of its holdings | Business News
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Bitcoin lost half-a-percent overnight after Tesla said it had sold about 75% of its holdings of the virtual token. The world’s largest cryptocurrency slid to $23,268.92 (£19,489) after the news, although it rebounded later and was last up 1.41% at $23,578.75. Tesla bought $1.5bn (£1.2bn) of bitcoin more than a year ago, but on Wednesday…