Our series "Generation Trader" highlights the most compelling business stories that are moving the market while utilizing E*TRADE's innovative trading platform. In this episode Cheddar's Hope King and Baker Machado take a look at Tesla's performance.
The automaker reported 2017 fourth quarter earnings last week, so we felt it fitting to take a deep dive on this stock's performance and see how it compares to legacy automakers. It's been a busy time for the company's CEO Elon Musk.
Musk's other company, SpaceX, launched the original Tesla roadster into space last week with the launch of the Falcon Heavy rocket.
The day after Tesla's latest earnings report you can see a drop in investor confidence. Shares fell more than 8 percent in reaction, but the overall markets were also down big that day. While Tesla did try to smooth over concerns over Model 3 production, the automaker said it expects to spend more money this year than in 2017. The company slightly beat on analyst expectations for revenue, generating $3.3 Billion dollars for the quarter, a 36 percent increase from the year before.
General Motors (GM) announced that it will stop production on the current sixth generation of the iconic Chevrolet Camaro. Production at the Lansing Grand River Assembly Plant in Michigan is expected to end in January 2024.
Web browser Mozilla is investing $30 million into launching a startup, called Mozilla.ai, focused on building a "trustworthy, independent, and open-source AI ecosystem."
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is launching a new plan to avoid flight delays in New York City and Washington, D.C. this summer. The plan will lower requirements for airlines to obtain take off and landing rights to help avoid congestion.
Lawmakers grilled TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew on Thursday in a high-stakes hearing on the future of the popular, Chinese-owned video sharing platform in the U.S.
Actress Lindsay Lohan appears at the Christian Siriano Fall/Winter 2023 fashion show in New York, Feb. 9, 2023. The Securities and Exchange Commission said Wednesday, March 22, that Lohan, rapper Akon and several other celebrities have agreed to pay tens of thousands of dollars to settle claims that they promoted crypto investments to their millions of social media followers without disclosing they were being paid to do so.
Cheddar News breaks down what to look for on The Day Ahead, as TikTok CEO is scheduled to testify before Congress on Thursday while earnings from General Mills and Darden Restaurants are on tap. Residential sales data for February is also scheduled to be released.
Virgin Orbit is reportedly in talks for a $200 million rescue plan and the company said in a regulatory filing that it plans to resume operations on Thursday.
