The little "beef" between Elon Musk and Bill Gates seemed to be growing bigger.
Elon Musk said that Bill Gates has a $500 million short position against $Tesla (TSLA.US)$ in a series of tweets on Friday. The position would now need between $1.5 billion and $2 billion to close out. 
Do you think Tesla's stock price will keep going up on the next trading day?
Or maybe Bill Gates will be the one who has the last laugh? 
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Musk — who was named Time's Person of the Year this week — spoke about Bezos during an interview with the Financial Times published on Wednesday.
Musk said in the interview that while his fellow billionaire has "reasonably good engineering aptitude," he feels Bezos "does not seem to be willing to spend mental energy getting into the details of engineering."
"[He] does take himself a bit too seriously," he added of Bezos. "In some ways, I'm trying to goad him into spending more time at Blue Origin so they make more progress. As a friend of mine says, he should spend more time at Blue Origin and less time in the hot tub."
Musk's comments are just the latest in a 15-year feud between the two centibillionaires, which has intensified amid a growing rivalry between their rocket companies, SpaceX and Blue Origin. "Turns out Besos [sic] retired in order to pursue a full-time job filing lawsuits against SpaceX," Musk tweeted in August. Bezos as Amazon CEO in July.
Musk has repeatedly and publicly called Bezos a "copycat" — once after Amazon announced its plan to launch internet-beaming satellites, and again when Amazon acquired self-driving-taxi company Zoox.
While Bezos has stopped short of calling out Musk directly, he has taken aim at Musk's biggest ambition: colonizing Mars, the main goal of SpaceX. Bezos' focus is on getting humans to the moon, and he's described the idea of reaching Mars as "un-motivating." "Go live on the top of Mount Everest for a year first and see if you like it, because it's a garden paradise compared to Mars," Bezos said in 2019.
Musk may lead the most valuable carmaker on the planet but he doesn't act like it in the traditional sense. Unlike top executives as other firms, Musk regularly tweets out memes, juvenile jokes, and the occasional company update to his 66.5 million followers. He frequently engages with fans online and gets into spats with critics.
Bezos' public image, by comparison, is highly curated. He has3 million followers on Twitter and isn't prone to the same unfiltered musings and casual banter as Musk.
Mooers, do you like Musk more or Bezos? Prefer Mars more or the moon?
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Source: Business Insider, People

Hop into the time machine
There's a saying that goes: "The present you is made up by all the decisions you've made in the past." 
In that case, would you like to look back on all mooers' votes before and find out what "made you" or led to your paper gain/loss now?
On Aug. 5, Daily Poll asked about "What's the future of automakers?" 
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63% of mooers chose "New brands like Tesla"
Only 15% of mooers chose "Traditional brands like GM"
22% of mooers chose "I'm so broke" (WTF lol )
On Aug. 30, Rivian filed for its upcoming IPO. Daily Poll asked about "How do you feel about the new competitor?" 
Rivian, the EV maker backed by Amazon and Ford has filed for its IPO. Click to see>>
11% of mooers chose "a threat to other EV makers."
12% of mooers chose "nah, bye bye soon."
77% of mooers chose "strong background, keep watching." 
Let's take a look at their one year performance:
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$Rivian Automotive (RIVN.US)$
$Lucid Group (LCID.US)$
New EV brands do deliver strong growth on their stock price.
 
However, traditional brands are doing great as well. 
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$General Motors (GM.US)$
Even though they were doing well and also showed an upward trend in stock price.
The EV battlefield: Oldest automakers are on fire. Click to see>>
Still, only 13% of mooers think GM and F will win the battle 10 years later.
63% of the mooers were convinced that TSLA is the G.O.A.T. 
And here come the questions: 
Do you think you were right then?
Or what made you change your mind?
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