Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover could leave banks holding $13 billion in debt, making it the biggest stalled deal ever, report says

Elon Musk is expected to close Twitter deal by October 28. Patrick Pleul/Getty Images; Vicky Leta/Insider Musk’s Twitter deal could leave banks holding $13 billion in debt, The Wall Street Journal reported. That would make it the biggest “hung” deal and mean lenders may sell the debt when markets rebound. Banks involved in the $44…

Gov. Gavin Newsom is threatening to cancel a San Francisco toilet that could cost $1.7 million and take more than two years to build

Ventdusud/Shutterstock Gov. Gavin Newsom is threatening to halt plans for a $1.7 million toilet in San Francisco. The toilet received backlash, and demands to explain the cost and two-year construction timeline. The city’s Rec and Park department said the costs included planning, drawing, permits, and reviews. California Gov. Gavin Newsom is threatening to halt plans…

The US Army Corps of Engineers is dredging the Mississippi River and racing to keep the sea from contaminating drinking water

In this photo taken by a drone, the normally wide Mississippi River has been reduced to a narrow trickle, October 20, 2022, near Portageville, Missouri. Jeff Roberson/AP Photo The Mississippi River is at record low levels, stranding barges and allowing sea water to move in with no end in sight. The US Army Corps of…

Think you’ve got it bad? Odds are your manager is even more burned out than you are, according to a new survey.

Slack polled 10,646 knowledge workers across the US, Australia, France, Germany, Japan, and the UK, as part of s survey conducted in May. Violeta Stoimenova/Getty Images Your manager might be even more burned out than you are, according to new survey from Slack.  43% of the middle managers surveyed reported burnout, more than any other…

Armed and masked ‘ballot watchers’ sat by ballot drop boxes in Arizona late at night, prompting police investigation

A voter places a ballot in a drop box outside of the Maricopa County Elections Department on August 02, 2022 in Phoenix, Arizona. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Police investigated armed and masked individuals parked near ballot drop boxes in Mesa, Arizona.  Local reporters said there were two individuals “dressed in tactical gear, fully disguised” by a…

A hacker who stole and sold Ed Sheeran songs for crypto gets prison time

Adrian Kwiatkowski, a hacker from Ipswich in England who stole two unreleased songs by Ed Sheeran, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison, according to the BBC. Kwiatkowski sold Sheeran’s tracks, along with 12 other songs by American rapper Lil Uzi Vert, for cryptocurrency worth £131,000 (US$148,000) on the dark web. UK prosecutors said…