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After everyone had read the quarter's results and all analysts were disconnected from the call, it was time to break the bad news before slipping out the back door. 

...hundreds of Chinese companies this week told their investors that earnings for the full year were going to be below expectations

Purchases of US commercial real estate by the Chinese fell last year to the lowest level since 2012.

...a few days after Musk called fossil fuels "the dumbest experiment in human history," his plane burned through thousands of pounds of jet fuel flying 300 miles from Los Angeles to Oakland on its way to take him to a competitive video gaming event.

Sweden could halt sales of Tesla vehicles for six months if they determine that they are a risk.

After being groped, she claims the man offered her $50. When she told her supervisors, they joked that he should have offered her $100.

"They said they were stopping work on the project at this time, and had no further explanation..."

"...Will this put them in distress? No. But it won’t be ideal.”

Analyst consensus for Q1 changed to a loss of $2.5 million on January 21, just days after Tesla's announced layoffs and lowered guidance. Prior to the guidance reduction, Tesla was expected to post a profit of $62.8M. 

He also had some choice words for Musk's Hyperloop - "He just took somebody else's idea that was over 100 years old and gave it a new name."

California OSHA recorded six violations between the time the tent was put up in June 2018 and December 2018.

“There’s no guarantee that IPO valuations will be higher than startups’ private valuations. [Some shareholders are selling because] they want to lock in gains.” 

Vodafone says it’s going to temporarily halt the purchase of gear from the company for use in its new 5G networks that it is in the midst of rolling out across Europe.

Now, attention is turning to other parts of Asia...

Another ex-executive said, while trying to bail out Barclay's during the 2008 crisis: “...what he doesn’t realize is like if he doesn’t come through with his money, we’re f*****.”