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Tesla's Newest Controversy: Who Knew What And When?
Wednesday, July 6, 2016 - 3:25pm | 336News of a fatal crash involving Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA)'s auto pilot feature has been well documented by the investment community. However, the questions of when Tesla was aware of the crash, when it opened a dialogue with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and what...
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Money Borrowed By Car, Truck And SUV Buyers Tops $1 Trillion For First Time
Thursday, May 19, 2016 - 11:50am | 256CNBC's auto expert Phil LeBeau reported on Thursday that car buyers raked in $1.005 trillion in auto loans during the first quarter of 2016. LeBeau noted that the total car loans topped the $1 trillion mark for the first time ever. He attributed the surge in auto loans to the auto industry hitting...
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Phil LeBeau Breaks Down General Motors' Weaker-Than-Expected April Sales
Tuesday, May 3, 2016 - 10:59am | 274Shares of General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) were trading lower by more than 2 percent Tuesday morning after the company reported its U.S. April sales data. General Motors said its total April U.S. sales fell 3.5 percent from a month ago to 269,557 units. CNBC's auto expert Phil LeBeau...
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Cramer: 'I Am Not Going To Bet Against Apple'
Friday, July 10, 2015 - 1:31pm | 368After slumping down significantly over the last few days, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) spiked up more than 2 percent on Friday. One of the reason for that spike could be CNBC's Jim Cramer proclaiming that he is 'not going to bet against Apple.' Cramer was recently seen discussing the...
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What's Causing Tesla's Slump?
Saturday, March 7, 2015 - 9:15am | 313Shares of Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) have fallen significantly in the last six months, down more than 30 percent. The stock lost more than 3 percent on Friday on news that work on the Gigafactory might be slowing down, which was reported by a local Nevada-based newspaper. However,...
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Is George Soros Making A Big Bet On Car Dealerships?
Tuesday, January 27, 2015 - 8:33am | 386There are rumors on the Street that billionaire investor George Soros’ Soros Fund Management LLC is looking to acquire a major car dealer. CNBC’s Phil LeBeau reported on this recently. Related Link: Morgan Stanley Predicts Death Of Auto Industry The Market's 'Sweet Spot...
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Elon Musk Announces Building Of Hyperloop Test Track
Friday, January 16, 2015 - 11:55am | 387Almost everyone knows by now that when Elon Musk talks about a new technological innovation, regardless of how unfeasible it looks to an average person, he will go and make it a reality. Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA), SolarCity Corp (NASDAQ: SCTY) and SpaceX are all examples of Musk’s...
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Tesla Unveils Its First Battery Swap Station
Friday, December 19, 2014 - 3:32pm | 293After launching superchargers, Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) on Friday unveiled its first swap station where customers can come and replace their depleted battery with a fully charged one. CNBC’s Phil LeBeau recently reported on Tesla’s new swap stations. "Tesla has...
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Top Financial Tweets From January 30, 2014
Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 10:37am | 349The wealth of information and opinions spread on Twitter has grown each and every year since its inception in 2006. Benzinga will try to collect some of the notable tweets from the business, media and financial markets as days go by. Some may be newsworthy, some may be humorous - all help...
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Jim Cramer's Take On GM's Announcement of Mary Barra as Next CEO
Tuesday, December 10, 2013 - 11:59am | 339Mary Barra, General Motors' (NYSE: GM) current head of worldwide product development, will replace Dan Ackerson as CEO. As reported by CNBC's Phil LeBeau, historically, she is not only the first CEO of an automotive maker, but the world's largest automaker. Jim Cramer, host of CNBC's Mad Money...
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The Top 10 Financial Tweets For Tuesday, August 13
Tuesday, August 13, 2013 - 2:11pm | 1176There are millions of tweets written every day. Benzinga sifts through the maelstrom of information to find the ten best tweets of the day that are either informative, insightful, or just down right comical. 1. Danny Blanchflower Dartmouth economics professor and former Bank of England...
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The Top 10 Financial Tweets For Thursday, August 8
Thursday, August 8, 2013 - 2:34pm | 1192There are millions of tweets written every day. Benzinga sifts through the maelstrom of information to find the ten best tweets of the day that are either informative, insightful, or just down right comical. 1. Zerohedge Zerohedge (@zerohedge) tweeted an interesting fact about Bill Ackman and...
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Meet The Latest Detroit Investors: The Chinese
Thursday, July 25, 2013 - 5:25pm | 572Bankruptcy? Crumbling buildings? Runaway pension obligations? That hasn't stopped the Chinese from investing in Detroit. Quartz reported Thursday that the Chinese are flocking to the Detroit real estate market, buying any and everything they can get their hands on. It is such capital inflows...
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The 10 Best Financial Tweets For Thursday, July 25
Thursday, July 25, 2013 - 1:37pm | 1451There are millions of tweets written every day. Benzinga sifts through the maelstrom of information to find the ten best tweets of the day that are either informative, insightful, or just down right comical. 1. Carl Icahn Carl Icahn (@Carl_C_Icahn) took to Twitter to tweet his displeasure...
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Ford Motor Down 2% On Massive F-150 Recall (F)
Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 11:58am | 185The major thing that plagues automakers is recall, and Ford (NYSE: F) is no exception to it, as the Dearborn, Michigan-based automaker is recalling 1.19 million F-150's on an airbag issue. Models built between 2004 and 2006 are subject to unexpected airbag deployment. The recall includes the F-...