Twitter Inc will get an October trial in its legal fight to hold Elon Musk to his US$44 billion takeover, after a US judge said on Tuesday the social media company deserved a quick resolution of the deal’s uncertainty. The ruling is a blow to Musk, who pushed for a trial in February to allow for an extensive investigation into his claims that Twitter has misrepresented the number of fake or spam accounts. The question of whether Twitter’s user numbers are inflated is core to his contention that he can walk away from the deal. The company, which had requested...