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Michigan-based companies, including GM and Ford, object to GOP voting restrictions
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The leaders of three-dozen major Michigan-based companies, including General Motors GM, -2.50% and Ford F, -1.86%,…
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U.S. investigating possible air bag failures in GM vehicles
DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government’s highway safety agency is investigating complaints that the air bags may not inflate in…
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Another analyst sees Tesla topping $1,000, this time because of energy business
Canaccord Genuity analyst Jed Dorsheimer on Monday joined some on Wall Street who believe Tesla Inc. stock will shoot past…
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Elon’s brother Kimbal Musk pockets more than $7 million from Tesla stock trades
Kimbal Musk, Elon’s younger brother, made more than $7 million trading Tesla Inc.’s stock, as he acquired shares through options…
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Tesla is on fire, but these EV-related stocks could end up just as hot
Tesla’s first-quarter delivery numbers settled the question of whether demand for electric vehicles would strengthen and reach critical mass. It…
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AMC Entertainment stock bounces after B. Riley analyst turns bullish
Shares of AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. rallied Monday, after B. Riley analyst Eric Wold said it’s time to buy, citing…
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Weekend reads: These investments can help you profit from Biden’s $2.3 trillion spending plan
President Joe Biden unveiled his $2.3 billion American Jobs Plan on March 31. It will be mainly directed toward infrastructure…
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Biden infrastructure plan includes pitch for electric vehicle rebates — Tesla, GM, Nikola shares gain
The Biden administration will ask Congress to extend incentives that have spurred a U.S. electric-vehicle market that still trails EV…
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Xiaomi Enters Electric Vehicle Market With $10 Billion Commitment
HONG KONG—Chinese electronics giant Xiaomi Corp. became the latest tech company drawn to China’s burgeoning electric vehicle market, pledging $10…
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Tesla’s first-quarter sales likely hampered by chip and parts shortages
Tesla Inc. is expected to report first-quarter sales later this week, with Wall Street expectations dulled by ongoing chip and…
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German stocks hit record high as European banks reverse Archegos-linked tumble
European stocks continued their climb higher on Tuesday, with Germany’s key index opening to a new high, as the market…
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Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey bitcoin bets signal they’re ‘aligned with the mission’
The investments made by Elon Musk’s Tesla and Jack Dorsey’s Square in bitcoin are a signal they believe in the…
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Ark’s Cathie Wood says bitcoin at $1tn ‘is nothing compared to where this ultimately will be’
Cathie Wood, the US star fund manager and founder of Ark Investment Management, has said bitcoin is currently in its…
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Elon Musk says Tesla’s cars can now be bought with bitcoin
Tesla chief executive Elon Musk has said that the company’s electric cars can now be bought using the cryptocurrency bitcoin.…
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Tesla Boss Elon Musk’s China Charm Offensive Rolls On With Praise for Climate Plans
SINGAPORE—Elon Musk, whose Tesla Inc. is on the defensive in China, praised the country’s plans to tackle carbon emissions and…
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7 things NOT to buy with your $1,400 stimulus check
Stimulus checks are quickly making their way into Americans’ bank accounts and mailboxes. Many Americans will put the money towards…
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Elon Musk: Tesla would be ‘shut down’ if its cars spied on China
Tesla is not watching you any more than TikTok is — or so Elon Musk tried to assure China and…
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Here’s the company that has outperformed Tesla
Tesla’s had a bumper year, finally making it onto the tech-focused S&P 500 index at the end of December after…
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AMC Theaters Reopen in L.A., After a Long Pandemic Year
An employee wearing protective gloves pours a drink for a moviegoer at AMC Angela Weiss / AFP via Getty Images…
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Tesla faces race with Volkswagen as German car giant targets battery costs and new gigafactories
The race to dominate the electric-vehicle industry may be getting tighter as Volkswagen, the German automobile giant and looming Tesla…
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Billions poured into electric-vehicle companies, but much more will be needed before the auto industry changes
Wall Street and Silicon Valley poured billions of dollars into electric-vehicle and related companies in 2020, betting on their future…
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Renault has new cash for a strategy that could make it an undervalued EV play, says UBS
Renault sold its stake in rival auto giant Daimler on Friday, injecting cash into the company’s strategy for a multiyear…
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Tesla Faces New Reality of Tough Competition
Tesla Inc.’s TSLA -2.16% grip on critical markets is showing early signs of slipping as established auto makers push rival…
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Lordstown stock falls 20% after short seller says electric-truck is a ‘mirage’
Lordstown Motors Corp. stock fell nearly 20% on Friday after short seller Hindenburg Research published a report on the electric-truck…
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Deutsche Bank names Volkswagen CFO to board as Alexander Schütz steps down
Deutsche Bank has named Volkswagen chief financial officer Frank Witter as a new member of its supervisory board, replacing Alexander Schütz,…
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Booming Electric-Vehicle Demand Supercharges Lithium Prices
Lithium prices are surging, sparking concerns about limited supplies of the battery metal that is crucial to the electric-vehicle boom.…
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Volkswagen and ViacomCBS Are Reinventing Themselves. Why That’s Good for Their Stocks.
My 1980 Volkswagen Rabbit died a hero’s death in the mall parking lot, a quarter of a million miles on…
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S&P 500 scores best day gain in about 9 months, as March kicks off with brighter economic outlook
U.S. stock-market benchmarks surged Monday, with the S&P 500 booking its best day of gains since June, as a gauge…
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Nikola stock gains after narrower Q4 loss for electric-truck maker
Nikola Corp. late Thursday reported a narrower-than-expected adjusted quarterly loss and said it is refocusing on its “core businesses” around…
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European stocks rise after Wall Street rally as banks boosted by steepening yield curve
European stocks rose on Thursday, catching up with the rally on Wall Street after a key official laid out the…
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Foxconn to Build Cars for Electric-Vehicle Startup Fisker
Foxconn Technology Group, 2317 5.43% the world’s biggest electronics contract manufacturer, has agreed to assemble cars for electric-vehicle startup Fisker…
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GameStop and AMC stocks spike anew, as Reddit struggles to stay online
A previous version of this report inaccurately indicated, based on an erroneous tweet, that Robinhood intended to limit trading in…
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Opinion: Don’t expect an economic boom, because there’s little pent-up consumer demand
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (Project Syndicate)—As the second vaccine shot went into my arm, I could almost taste the instant gratification…
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U.S. death toll atop 501,000 as Biden calls for unity, face masks and vaccination ‘when it’s your turn’
Just one day after the U.S. recorded half a million deaths from the coronavirus-borne illness COVID-19, the death toll hit…
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These are the stocks helping to tank the high-flying ARK Innovation ETF over the past week
(Updates story with closing prices for Feb. 23.) The Ark Innovation ETF has been a top performer. But there are…
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Tesla stock’s drop likely related to bitcoin bet
Tesla Inc. stock entered a bear market on Tuesday and a few analysts pinned that on the Silicon Valley electric-car…
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A tangled market web of Tesla-bitcoin-ARK Investment could spell trouble for investors, warns strategist
Tuesday is shaping up to be a tough one for technology stocks, after a selloff greeted investors to start the…
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Bitcoin fall pushes Jeff Bezos to overtake Elon Musk as world’s richest man
Elon Musk no longer holds the title of the world’s richest man after Tesla’s shares dropped 8.6% on February 22,…
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Lucid Motors finally confirms SPAC deal, and the stock is plunging
After weeks of spiking share prices for a blank-check company rumored to be targeting the acquisition of electric-vehicle company Lucid…
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