From Tesla to SpaceX, what Elon Musk touches turns to gold. Twitter may be different

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk is about to seal the deal to buy Twitter for $44 billion. Jae C. Hong/AP

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Elon Musk has been founding companies since the dawn of the internet age. He’s led Tesla, SpaceX and PayPal to be the blue chips that they are today.

But earlier this year, Musk set in motion a $44 billion acquisition that doesn’t fit the pattern of his previous successes. He initiated a takeover of Twitter, the social network where he often spouts

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