Musk says he'll resign as Twitter CEO after finding a successor, a federal regulator fines Wells Fargo $1.7 billion, and more
[What makes a subscription to The Week so valuable now? Click here.]( [The Week Logo]( [Subscribe to The Week magazine]( [Subscribe to The Week magazine]( Daily business briefing 1. [Musk says he will resign as Twitter CEO once he finds a replacement]( Elon Musk said Tuesday he will step down as Twitter CEO as soon as he finds a successor, "someone foolish enough to take the job." The announcement came two days after he conducted a poll on the social media site asking his 122 million Twitter followers to vote on whether he should resign. Fifty-seven percent responded "yes." Musk completed his $44 billion purchase of Twitter in October, promising to make it a haven for absolute free speech. Since then, he has faced a backlash over unpopular content moderation policies, including brief suspensions of several high-profile journalists. In announcing his plan to find a new CEO, he tweeted that after he resigns he "will just run the software & servers teams." 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The Dow and the S&P 500 gained 0.3 percent and 0.1 percent, respectively, on Tuesday after the Bank of Japan raised its cap on Japanese government bond yields. The tech-heavy Nasdaq was flat. [[CNBC]( [Barron's]( [Share to Facebook]( [Share to Twitter]( [Send in email](mailto:?Subject=Stock+futures+gain+after+Wall+Street+breaks+4-day+losing+streak&body=Read the story here: utm_campaign=business_briefing_newsletter_20221221&utm_source=business_briefing_newsletter) 5. [USPS switching to electric mail trucks]( The U.S. Postal Service will [buy 66,000 electric mail-delivery vehicles by 2028]( Biden administration officials and Postmaster General Louis DeJoy announced Tuesday. Under the plan, all new USPS vehicles will be electric starting in 2026. USPS currently operates the federal government's largest â and oldest â fleet of vehicles. Most mail trucks are 30 years old, lack air conditioning and airbags, and get a gas-guzzling 8.2 miles per gallon. DeJoy, a GOP donor appointed during the Trump administration, faced criticism from the Biden administration after unveiling a plan in 2021 to replace the Postal Service's 217,000 aging vehicles with 90 percent gas-powered trucks. President Biden has pushed to transition the federal government to all-electric vehicles by 2035 to reduce climate emissions. [[E&E News]( [Fox Business]( [Share to Facebook]( [Share to Twitter]( [Send in email](mailto:?Subject=USPS+switching+to+electric+mail+trucks&body=Read the story here: utm_campaign=business_briefing_newsletter_20221221&utm_source=business_briefing_newsletter)
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