Elon Musk Is Having a Very Bad Week So Are Tesla Investors
Bloomberg  The prospect that Elon Musk could lose his job as Tesla Inc. CEO over tweets may cost the carkmaker's shareholders close to 20 billion. Tesla plunged as much as 14 percent in early trading Friday after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alleged that Musk committed fraud by tweeting last month that he'd secured funding to take the company private. The regulator is seeking to bar Musk from serving as an officer or director of a public company. , At 268.10  the stock's lowest price in the first few minutes of regular trading Friday  Tesla had a market capitalization of about 45.7 billion, down from 64.8 billion at the close of trading on Aug. 7, the day Musk sent his take-private tweets. Read More on Musk Musk's SEC Woes May Erase Half of Tesla's Value, Barclays Says Suit Could Rob Tesla of Most-Valuable U.S. Carmaker Crown Tesla Board Backs Musk as SEC Sues, Seeks Ouster Over Tweets SEC Case Is Early Christmas' for Investor Suits Over Musk Tweet