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Tesla board directors testify Elon Musk’s 2018 ‘funding secured’ tweet consistent with deal talks

Tesla board directors testify Elon Musk’s 2018 ‘funding secured’ tweet consistent with deal talks

Tesla (TSLA) board members testified on Wednesday that Elon Musk’s 2018 Twitter posts about taking the electric-vehicle company private were consistent with what he related to the board about a potential take-private deal. Outside director James Murdoch, son of film and television titan Rupert Murdoch, took the stand among other former or current board members. The testimony is part of the class-action trial brought by company shareholders who contend they traded Tesla shares to their… Source link

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Tesla board directors testify Elon Musk’s 2018 ‘funding secured’ tweet consistent with deal talks

Tesla board directors testify Elon Musk’s 2018 ‘funding secured’ tweet consistent with deal talks

Tesla (TSLA) board members testified on Wednesday that Elon Musk’s 2018 Twitter posts about taking the electric-vehicle company private were consistent with what he related to the board about a potential take-private deal. Outside director James Murdoch, son of film and television titan Rupert Murdoch, took the stand among other former or current board members. The testimony is part of the class-action trial brought by company shareholders who contend they traded Tesla shares to their… Source link

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk would ‘be silly’ to slash prices again, analyst says

Tesla CEO Elon Musk would ‘be silly’ to slash prices again, analyst says

Investors are hoping Tesla’s (TSLA) price-cutting ways have run their course for 2023. “Based on the statement that [Elon Musk] made on the fourth quarter earnings call, saying that his demand is 2x his supply, you’d be silly to cut price,” BofA analyst John Murphy on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “You would just be eating into your profitability and not achieving any more incremental volume in the near term.” Earlier this month, Tesla cut the Model 3 base version by $3,000 to $43,990. The… Source link

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‘The enemy is inside of Tesla,’ Wall Street analyst warns on Elon Musk

‘The enemy is inside of Tesla,’ Wall Street analyst warns on Elon Musk

The uber-busy Elon Musk is still a key risk to the successful running of Tesla (TSLA) that investors shouldn’t lose sight of, warned Jefferies analyst Phillippe Houchois. “We have published research many times in the past where we say the enemy is inside of Tesla,” Houchois said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “Musk is an incredible driving force, but he is also the one that brings unnecessary risk, in a way, to the situation.” The prickly billionaire reminded investors of that risk at… Source link

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Tesla stock pops as worst case scenario fears subside

Tesla stock pops as worst case scenario fears subside

Tesla CEO Elon Musk sounded sleepy on the EV maker’s earnings call late Wednesday. That’s not surprising given the time needed to try to reduce debt at Twitter, appear in court, study rocket designs, and stay up late the day before the call with the Tesla AI team. Musk did his best to sound enthusiastic about Tesla’s business as he warned of a “severe” recession this year — doubling down on his recent downbeat economic rhetoric — before announcing a delay in the timeline of Cybertruck… Source link

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Stocks moving in after hours: Tesla, IBM, ServiceNow, Levi

Stocks moving in after hours: Tesla, IBM, ServiceNow, Levi

Tesla (TSLA) The electric vehicle (EV) giant reported adjusted quarterly earnings of $1.19 versus analyst estimates of $1.12 per share. Sales of $24.32 billion beat analyst estimates of $23.03 billion. Tesla’s automotive gross margin of 25.9% came in below expectations of 28.4%. The company said its Cybertruck model is on track to begin production later this year. More details are expected to be revealed at its investor day on March 1. IBM (IBM) IBM shares rose 2% after the company announced… Source link

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Tesla to build $3.5B Semi truck plant in Nevada, White House says

Tesla to build $3.5B Semi truck plant in Nevada, White House says

Tesla (TSLA) is building another production facility — in a state where it has an existing toehold. Last night in his state of the state address, Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo mentioned that Tesla would soon be building its new Semi electric truck in the state. “I am looking forward to joining Elon Musk and the team at Tesla tomorrow when they unveil plans to build a brand new $3.5 billion advanced manufacturing facility in northern Nevada for the company’s all-electric semi-trucks,”… Source link

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