Tuesday was a pretty big day for the auto industry, struck with news from several of the major players in the business.
Einhorn And GM
Activist investor David Einhorn unveiled a plan for General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) to split its stock into two classes, much like the plan he proposed for
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) in 2013. Einhorn
maintains he wants GM to create two different classes of common stock for GM, and separate dividends from the rest of the company’s
earnings.
Like Apple did four years ago,
however, GM has rebuffed Einhorn’s plan. GM makes up
around 10 percent of Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital portfolio and is one of its three largest holdings.
Ford Invests, Trump Praises
Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) announced it was
investing $1.2 billion in three Michigan
facilities. The move will likely save 3,700 jobs from moving to Mexico, and add 130 additional jobs. President Trump praised the
announcement, solidifying his rhetoric of jobs "coming back to the U.S."
Tencent's Tesla Stake
Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) shares rose
after revealing in a 13G filing that Chinese internet company Tencent Holdings (OTC: TCEHY) took a new 5 percent stake in the company. Tencent's stake includes around
8.2
million shares in Tesla, making them the fifth-highest shareholder In the company.
"Elon Musk is the archetype for entrepreneurship, combining vision, ambition, and execution. Tesla is a global pioneer at the
forefront of new technologies including electric vehicles, assisted driving, shared vehicles, digitizing real-world information,
sustainable energy generation and scalable energy storage," Tencent said in a statement to Bloomberg.
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