LONDON / AP Global stock markets were trading lower on Monday after finance ministers from the world’s major economies dropped a pledge to oppose trade protectionism from a weekend statement due to resistance by the Trump administration. In Europe, France’s CAC-40 fell 0.3 percent to 5,015 while Britain’s FTSE 100 declined 0.1 percent to 7,417. Germany’s DAX declined 0.3 …

  Tesla Inc. clearly understands the best appetizers leave you hungry for more. After months of playing coy about whether or not it would raise more money, Elon Musk’s electric-vehicle-cum-renewable-energy company announced it was seeking up to $1.15 billion in new money, three quarters of it from a convertible bond and the rest from selling new stock. Bit of a …

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