(Bloomberg) -- Tesla short seller David Einhorn, in a Twitter post Friday, thanked Elon Musk after receiving a gift of shorts from the chief executive. Shares of the electric-car maker soared earlier this week after Musk tweeted that he was mulling taking the company private. The shares have since pared gains.
I want to thank @elonmusk for the shorts. He is a man of his word! They did come with some manufacturing defects. #tesla pic.twitter.com/qsYfO8cbkp
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And here's how the whole "shorts" escapade began:
