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The odds of Tesla going private are 'very high,' says analyst

11:12 PM ET Thu, 9 Aug 2018

Wayne Kaufman of Phoenix Financial Services says there is a real possibility for Tesla to go private as the company's co-founder Elon Musk "hates" running public companies.

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