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If Tesla is asking suppliers for refunds, that's unusual and 'troubling,' analyst says

Tesla Inc. stock dropped Monday morning after a report that the electric carmaker has asked some suppliers to pay back part of what Tesla had previously spent.

The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday that Tesla asked a supplier to return a slice of the payments the Elon Musk-led automaker had made since 2016. In a memo sent to that supplier last

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