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I guess Elon wasn’t joking about Twitter


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Plenty of things to make us go huh on this Monday edition of Make Me Smart. Of course, there’s the news surrounding billionaire Elon Musk, who’s very real offer to purchase Twitter was accepted by the company’s board of directors today. We’ll get to that after we talk about a dip in global oil demand following the wave of lockdowns across China as that country deals with new COVID-19 outbreaks. We’ll end the show with a couple of Make Me Smiles, including one about a small town jumping through hoops for recognition.

Here’s everything we talked about on the show today:

  • China’s Oil Demand Is Tumbling the Most Since Wuhan Lockdown” from Bloomberg
  • For a firsthand look at the lockdown in Shanghai, follow Marketplace’s Jennifer Pak on Instagram
  • “​​Musk’s Boring Company to begin ‘full-scale’ hyperloop testing this year” from TechCrunch
  • After years of failure, Elon Musk’s Boring Company claims it will finally test a full-scale hyperloop this year” from Fortune
  • Fed’s Powell to Hold First In-Person Press Conference of Pandemic Next Week” from Bloomberg
  • Welcome to Herkimer, N.Y., the (other) birthplace of basketball” from The Washington Post
  • Have a question or comment about something you heard on the show?  Email us at [email protected] or leave us a voice message at 508-827-6278 or 508-U-B-SMART.

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