SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An online army of sceptics and amateur sleuths that has spent years promoting bets against Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) senses an opportunity to renew pressure on the electric carmaker after the failure of Chief Executive Elon Musk’s plan to take it private. A go-private deal at $420 a share announced by Musk in an Aug. 7 tweet would have wiped out short bets against Tesla and hidden the company’s financials from the public eye. “It’s such a ridiculous situation,” said Brodie Ferguson, a 25-year-old Canadian whose interest in Tesla stems from watching videos about Musk’s …read more
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