Tesla: One SEC investigation ends; another begins
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Jaclyn Jaeger2020-02-14T18:18:00
Electric car maker Tesla announced in a regulatory filing that the Securities and Exchange Commission has closed a previously announced investigation while also launching another, this time into Tesla’s financing arrangements.
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