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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Wed Apr 29, 2020, 03:57 PM Apr 2020

Musk Presses for US to Reopen Ahead of Tesla Earnings Report

Tesla shares have soared in spite of production shutdowns, likely demand disruptions and uncertainty about how soon the electric-car maker can restore more-normal operations.

The advance puts Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk in position to receive the first tranche of stock options he’s eligible for as part of a pay package that set moonshot goals two years ago. Before he can cash in, the billionaire is advocating for the U.S. to reopen and may need to deliver earnings that keep investors bullish.

“Give people their freedom back!” Musk tweeted ahead of Tesla releasing first-quarter results Wednesday. “Elon Musk: FREE AMERICA NOW,” he wrote in another post.

If he can succeed in sustaining a market capitalization that’s now double the combined value of General Motors, Ford Motor and Fiat Chrysler, Musk is on the cusp of receiving options worth roughly $700 million on paper. But it’s unclear if he’ll be able to assure the market that his lone U.S. vehicle-assembly plant in California will resume production soon, or that would-be customers now in quarantine are champing at the bit to buy Model Y crossovers and Model 3 sedans once they reemerge.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/musk-presses-for-us-to-reopen-ahead-of-tesla-earnings-report/ar-BB13kN5h?li=BBnbfcN

You need to kiss Trump's ass harder.

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Musk Presses for US to Reopen Ahead of Tesla Earnings Report (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2020 OP
'Donate, donate, donate' empedocles Apr 2020 #1
True Colors! Newest Reality Apr 2020 #2
He's more interesting in selling a car than the health of Americans rockfordfile Apr 2020 #3
What, this billionaire needs more money? Is it worth people dying? Midnight Writer Apr 2020 #4
Screw Elon Musk. nt crickets Apr 2020 #5
My dream of someday owning a Tesla is over. N/t ZZenith Apr 2020 #6
With $1 a gallon gas he picked a bad time to sink his fortune in expensive electric cars Baclava Apr 2020 #7

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
2. True Colors!
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 04:00 PM
Apr 2020

Okay, Elon. You were interesting, but now you have a different color about you.

It's Self-Serving Red.

Take a ride in your car, get in the spacecraft and have a nice trip. Your dummy buddy out there is lonely I hear.

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