SpaceX employees say Elon Musk’s behavior is a ‘distraction and embarrassment’: report

A group of SpaceX employees reportedly wrote a letter to the company’s executives that detailed frustrations over the recent behavior and public statements of the company’s founder and chief executive...

Bitcoin crash: These three metrics show how bad the carnage is, and what to expect next

Hello! Welcome back to Distributed Ledger, our weekly crypto newsletter that reaches your inbox every Thursday. I’ll walk you through what’s going on in the current bear market. As usual, find me on T...

Ford and GM Diverge on Dividend Policies. Here’s Why and What It Means.

Ford Motor and General Motors are in the same business and are based in the same state. But they couldn’t be more different when it comes to their dividend policies. Ford (ticker: F) reinstated its di...

NIO Stock Soars After New SUV Revealed. Here’s Why.

Text size NIO stock was rising after it revealed the new ES7 SUV. Courtesy Nio NIO stock is gaining again after it revealed the ES7 SUV at a launch event Wednesday. NIO stock has risen 4% to $19.45 at...

Caterpillar’s Headquarters Are Moving to Texas

Caterpillar has had a presence in Texas since the 1960s, according to the firm, but Illinois remains the largest concentration of Caterpillar employees. Dreamstime Text size Caterpillar is moving head...

EV Start-Ups Are Getting More Orders. Why the Stocks Are Still Getting Bruised.

Text size Fisker’s Ocean SUV arrives later this year. Courtesy Fisker Electric vehicle start-up Fisker is getting more orders for its all-electric SUVs. So are rivals Lucid and Rivian Automotive...

Roku, Tesla, and Other Cathie Wood Favorites Are Falling

Text size Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood. Courtesy of ARK Cathie Wood’s $12 billion flagship exchange-traded fund was falling again in Monday trading. It is another sign that “innovation stocks” such as R...

Electric Carmaker Tesla (TSLA) Plans for Three-for-One Stock Split

Tesla said that the stock split would help its employees and investors with more flexibility in managing their equity and thus maximize stockholder value. Last week, electric carmaker Tesla Inc (NASDA...

Apple Looks to Cars and Banking for Its Next Big Thing

Text size At its recent developer event, Apple showed plans to dramatically expand its CarPlay platform to include every screen in the driver cockpit. Courtesy of Apple Apple needs to think big these ...

Yellen and Biden Wonder Why People Are Down on the Economy. Here’s the Reason.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said yesterday that “it’s amazing how pessimistic” Americans are about the economy, “given that we have the strongest labor market we’ve had in the entire postwar perio...

Ethereum close to its major upgrade, but why has it fallen more than bitcoin?

This article has been updated to correct the identification of Citadel Securities. Hello! Welcome back to Distributed Ledger, our weekly crypto newsletter that reaches your inbox every Thursday. I’m w...

Tesla Stock Can Jump Another 50% Thanks To ‘Superior’ Growth In The Years Ahead, Analysts Say

Topline Tesla’s stock jumped on Thursday after yet another analyst upgraded the stock to a buy rating, with many experts on Wall Street remaining optimistic that Elon Musk’s electric-vehicle maker sti...

The Stock Market’s Drop Is Worse Than It Looks. Here’s Why.

The stock market is sliding, and most stocks in the S&P 500 are lower. Getty Images Text size The stock market is having a bad day—and it’s even worse than it looks. The Dow Jones Industrial Avera...

‘I thought it was a sick joke’: They gave up other job offers to work for Coinbase, and are now unemployed

When Hao Jia received an email from Coinbase that his job offer had been rescinded, he was on his way to watch “Top Gun: Maverick,” the blockbuster movie starring Tom Cruise. Jia’s girlfriend had aske...

Tesla Needs Batteries. This Buffett-Backed EV Maker to Supply Them ‘Very Soon.’

Text size BYD launched its Blade battery in 2020. Qilai Shen/Bloomberg BYD shares rose on Wednesday after the Chinese electric vehicle maker said it was preparing to supply batteries to Tesla. “We are...

Tesla’s China Numbers Are Coming. Here’s What to Expect.

Text size Tesla’s Shanghai plant was shut at the start of April due to China’s Covid-19 lockdown measures. Xiaolu Chu/Getty Images Tesla ’s wholesale numbers from its Shanghai plant for Ma...

Polestar Announces an Electric SUV. It’s a Tesla Model Y Competitor.

Text size Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath with the Precept concept car. Polestar photo Polestar, the electric-vehicle start-up born from Volvo, has a new SUV model. The news likely will give shares of t...

Shopify Shareholders Approve 10-for-1 Stock Split

Text size Shopify is the latest tech company to split its stock. Dreamstime The stock split trend continues. Shopify (ticker: SHOP ) shareholders on Tuesday approved a 10-for-1 split, along with the i...

Rivian Writes a Letter to Shareholders. These Are the Three Noteworthy Items.

Text size R1S sport utility vehicle being manufactured. Courtesy Rivian Electric-truck startup Rivian Automotive quietly passed a milestone Monday. The company hosted its first annual meeting as a pub...

Buy Eaton Stock. Shares Could Jump 30%.

Eaton CEO Craig Arnold, who has worked at industrial companies for nearly 40 years, says the company is seeing “the fastest demand that I’ve seen in any business that I’ve been associated with in my p...

Weekend reads: If you agree that inflation has peaked, buy stocks in this sector

If everyone agreed about the direction of the economy, investing would be easy. But there are mixed signals about whether the rate of inflation has peaked, at least in the U.S. If you are among those ...

Rivian’s Great EV Expectations Meet the Harsh Reality of Manufacturing

At Rivian Automotive Inc.’s factory in Normal, Ill., life is anything but. Car factories around the world routinely churn out models around the clock. About eight months after production on Rivian’s e...

Tesla and Microsoft Stock Are Why One Manager Predicts More Market Pain

Text size Tesla cars in a lot in Chicago. Scott Olson/Getty Images Just how bad the 2022 market selloff will get, and if it’s time to buy in are two questions investors are wondering. There is no shor...

Here’s why Tesla (TSLA) stock price could crash to $500

The Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) stock price is in trouble. The shares have crashed by over 40% from its highest level this year, bringing its market cap to more than $802 million. They have dropped by more t...

Relief at the Pump Could Come Soon. Thank Saudi Arabia.

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Text size Oil prices fell Thursday after the Financial Times reported that Saudi Arabia was ready to increase output as more sanctions on Russia threaten global oil supply...

What ChargePoint Earnings Say About the State of EV Charging in America

Text size ChargePoint Inc. had about 188,000 active charging ports at the end of the latest quarter. Dania Maxwell/Bloomberg The electric-vehicle charging-equipment company ChargePoint Holdings report...

Amazon’s Stock Split Is Coming. Watch Tesla and Google for More.

Text size Amazon stock was at $2,423.06, or a little over $121 on a post-split basis, on Wednesday. Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images It could be a stock-split summer on Wall Street. Some of a flu...

Musk Wants Tesla Workers to Return to the Office. The Move Might Backfire.

Text size Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Maja Hitjj/Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk wants employees to come back to the office—and they will probably listen. The move, however, is not without its risks. On Wed...

‘Pretend to work somewhere else.’ Elon Musk reportedly tells Tesla staff working remotely is no longer an option.

“They should pretend to work somewhere else.” That was Tesla’s TSLA, -2.88% chief executive officer Elon Musk, responding to an apparent leaked email making the rounds that was addressed to the electr...

Should You Buy or Sell Rivian Stock? What One Analyst Says To Do Now.

Text size Electric-car maker Rivian went public on the Nasdaq in November. Courtesy of Rivian Wall Street is sticking with its Buy call for Rivian stock. Mizuho analyst Vijay Rakesh says that current ...

Tesla crucial level to watch as Bill Gates increases his TSLA stock short bet to $2 billion

Elon Musk claims that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates still has a short position in Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) worth billions of dollars. It was already known that Bill Gates had a short posi...