Musk has until October 28 to close the deal or face a trial in November.
A Delaware judge on Thursday pushed back the date of a trial over billionaire Elon Musk’s $44 billion deal to buy Twitter, giving Musk more time to complete the purchase after he indicated this week he would drop his attempts to back out of the agreement, a loss for Twitter, which had asked the judge to hold a trial in less than two weeks.