SpaceX completes record-breaking IPO, making Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire.
SpaceX made its stock market debut on the Nasdaq on Friday, raising $75 billion in the largest IPO in history. Shares opened at $150 and closed up approximately 19% at around $161, valuing the company at over $2 trillion. Elon Musk, who owns nearly half of the company, became the world's first trillionaire as a result of his holdings.
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Most outlets frame the IPO as a historic triumph, but the Washington Times leads with a protest inflatable accusing Musk's AI of generating child sexual abuse material, while Reuters and Globe and Mail focus on a slump in space stocks cooling the rally.
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“Elon Musk protest inflatable appears in Times Square ahead of SpaceX IPO”WT Washington Times RIGHT
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“The super-sized SpaceX IPO, in four charts - Semafor” · Deutsche Welle, South China Morning Post, Semafor, Reuters, The Hill, Globe and Mail
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SEMSemafor The super-sized SpaceX IPO, in four charts - Semafor 16h ago RReuters Space stocks slump as blistering rally cools after SpaceX market debut 9h ago HThe Hill SpaceX launches IPO, making Musk the world's first trillionaire 6h ago Tracked claims from across the political spectrum
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