Elon Musk reveals more of his Tesla plans, you're probably being tracked by Google, and more top news

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Elon Musk says he’s working with Goldman Sachs and Silver Lake in his quest to take Tesla private, alongside two law firms. In a blog post published Monday, Musk wrote that conversations with Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund led him to tweet that the financing was in place to take Tesla private. The SEC intensified inquiries into the electric-car company after his tweet. ? Here’s what people are saying.

Google tracks your whereabouts even when you’ve opted out, according to an AP study. Researchers found that the search-engine giant automatically stores time-stamped location data through some apps after users turn off Location History on their smartphones. Google, owned by Alphabet, sells data such as foot-traffic metrics to advertisers. ? Here’s what people are saying.

Netflix CFO David Wells is leaving the company. Wells, who joined in 2004 and has served in his role since 2010, will help choose his successor from “both internal and external candidates” and stay on until they arrive. With announcements like the AT&T-Time Warner merger and the Fox-Disney deal becoming more commonplace, Netflix is facing new challenges amid a consolidating media industry. ? Here’s what people are saying.

Activist investor Carl Icahn announced he’s no longer fighting Cigna’s proposed $54 billion purchase of Express Scripts. The billionaire said "significant shareholder overlap between the two companies” and recommendations from proxy advisory services Glass Lewis and ISS changed his mind. Icahn initially opposed the deal, fearing Amazon’s competition in the health care space and potential government changes to limit pharmacy-benefit managers’ rebates. ? Here’s what people are saying.

Some Uber drivers are admitting to ‘longhauling,’ — purposefully taking the longer way, reports The Wall Street Journal. Passengers pay a fixed upfront fee so taking the longer route in order to drive up fares ends up costing Uber, whose drivers are paid according to the trip's mileage and time. The fact that drivers are longhauling illustrates the difficult relationship between the ride-hailing company and its contract workers, says the Journal.? Here’s what people are saying.

Idea of the Day: Launching anything is difficult, so why not invite others to help you get your idea off the ground, writes CEO coach Sanyin Siang.

“No good idea grows in a vacuum. If we have a good idea, chances are, it’s built on other existing good ideas. So if we want to see our idea become even better, why don’t we invite others to build on top of it.”

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— Carmel Melouney and Jessica Hartogs