(Reuters) – Twitter has cut half of its workforce and will begin charging $8 for the sought-after blue verification tick, as Elon Musk puts his stamp on the social media platform he bought for $44 billion. The Tesla boss, who will also serve as chief executive of Twitter, has announced the following actions after he took control a little over a week ago: Top management Musk fired top executives including CEO Parag cuts Agrawal, CFO Ned Segal, legal affairs and policy chief Vijaya Gadde Layoffs Laid off half the workforce on Friday. The company fired more than 90% of its India staff, Bloomberg …