Chanos: SolarCity deal 'corporate governance at its worst'

Shortseller Jim Chanos of Kynikos Associates blasted Tesla Motors Inc's proposed acquisition of SolarCity Corp, describing it as a "brazen" bailout and "shameful example of corporate governance at its worst." "SolarCity, whose bonds were yielding 20 percent yesterday, is a company headed toward financial distress," Chanos said in an emailed statement on Wednesday. "It is burning hundreds of millions in cash every quarter, a burden that now Tesla shareholders will have to bear, at a total cost of