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		koolba on Aug 12, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tesla raises $1.8B Sure you can. That's the exact definition of "refinancing".

JSONwebtoken on Aug 12, 2017 [–]

You may be paying off the note and it shows up as a different line item on the balance sheet, but it's not paying the debt.

0xffff2 on Aug 12, 2017 | | [–]

I think I'm going to need a scanning electron microscope to see the hair you're splitting.

JshWright on Aug 12, 2017 | | [–]

There are a lot of reasons why moving it to a different line item might be advantageous...

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