Tesla Stock Rallies As Elon Musk Puts Twitter 'On Hold', But China, Bitcoin Inflation Challenges Remain

[post] ] Updated at 2:42 pm EST Tesla ( TSLA ) - Get Tesla Inc Report shares surged higher Friday as investors reacted with apparent relief that their iconic CEO may be prepared to abandon his $44 billion pursuit of Twitter and focus on the carmaker's myriad challenges heading into the second half of the year. Elon Musk, who has pledged as much as $62.5 billion in Tesla shares in order to secure various levels of financing for his 'best and final' offer of $54.20 for the micro-blogging website, said Friday that questions linked to the group's accounting of spam…