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Re:To Understand the Future of Tesla, Look to the History of GM by prostoalex on Saturday April 21, 2018 @09:44PM (#16894322)
> it takes is for one of them to recall the debt owed

That’s not how corporate bonds work.

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Re:To Understand the Future of Tesla, Look to the History of GM by sgc on Saturday April 21, 2018 @11:20PM (#16894548)
Exactly, it was simply fearmongering. People can't just call loans due because they want to.
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Re:To Understand the Future of Tesla, Look to the History of GM by femidav on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @12:00PM (#16922830)
Bonds can be sold, thus lowering their price and making it harder for Tesla to sell new bonds.
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