[quickthrower2]

Not a great thing for Tesla to do. It’s one step away from Google buying Microsoft stock instead of reinvesting it or buybacks.

[bigbossman]

Your analogy brings up an interesting point.

A better example is the actual case of Microsoft buying Facebook stock to gain exposure to a burgeoning digital network https://www.vox.com/2017/10/23/16412108/facebook-microsoft-2...

[cercatrova]

Microsoft also bought Apple stock to bail them out when they were struggling back in the early 00s.