Tesla Motors shares surge in second-best US IPO of the year June 29, 2010 ELECTRIC car maker Tesla Motors saw its shares surge 41 per cent yesterday in the successful first day of its initial public offering (IPO). Even as other stocks plunged, Tesla sold 13.3m shares at a price above its expected range of $14 (£9.30) to $16. Its shares opened at $19 and closed at $23.89 on [...]
Tesla offers more shares in flotation June 28, 2010 ELECTRIC carmaker Tesla Motors has raised the number of shares it will sell in its initial public offering by 20 per cent, an early sign that investor interest in the start-up is strong. The increase yesterday, a day before shares are expected to begin trading, brings the number of shares being offered to 13.3m from [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING June 27, 2010 THE SUNDAYS The Sunday Telegraph PRIVATE SECTOR WARNS ON PUBLIC SECTOR CUTS Leading companies have warned they will not be able to pick up the slack from the wide-scale job losses expected in the public sector. The warning raises concerns over a key part of the Chancellor’s spending cuts, which are based on the assumption [...]
ALSO OUT THIS WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT June 24, 2010 FILM TETRO After years in the wilderness, a return to form for Francis Ford Coppola with this family drama. THE COLLECTOR Yet more tedious “torture porn” in this dull-as-ditchwater chiller set in a scary house. WHEN IN ROME Conveyor-belt romantic comedy with Kristen Bell. Absolutely terrible. DVD THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG Disney’s really rather [...]
The top team must drive a hard bargain with News Corporation June 15, 2010 THE eight independent directors charged with looking after interests of BSkyB shareholders are an experienced stellar bunch. But the group will come under scrutiny because they may be perceived as being too close to News Corporation head Rupert Murdoch who was chairman of Sky until 2007, and was replaced by his son James. The gang [...]
ALSO OUT THIS WEEKEND June 10, 2010 FILM LETTERS TO JULIET Romantic drama set in picturesque Italy, with Amanda Seyfried. BLACK DEATH Medieval twaddle – you know, swords, mud, plague – with Sean Bean. H2OIL Documentary about the oil industry. Did someone say “timely”? DVD A SINGLE MAN Colin Firth is on Oscar-nominated form in Tom Ford’s super-stylish drama. A PROPHET Magnificent, [...]
Don’t let City living dull your good looks June 7, 2010 A FRIEND visited from the country this weekend and claimed to have blown dirty snot into a tissue after spending just two days in London. Like most long-term Londoners, I’m in denial about black phlegm, but she had a point. Living between the office, the Tube, the fumes of the street and the boozy, salt-and-sugar [...]
Shocking but scintillating: a look into the dark heart of Americana June 3, 2010 Film THE KILLER INSIDE ME Cert: 18 WITH this psychological thriller, Michael Winterbottom – the prolific English director whose work includes 24 Hour Party People and Angelina Jolie-starring A Mighty Heart – has made a film even more controversial than his 2004 film 9 Songs, which gained notoriety for featuring real sex. An adaptation of [...]
How to have the perfect World Cup at home June 2, 2010 1 Slingbox Pro With World Cup viewing forecast to cost businesses £11.6m this year as matches collide with the working day, make sure you can skive with the best of them. The Slingbox Pro enables you to channel your TV through the internet to your computer or mobile device, wherever you are. Simply set up [...]
Office affairs are rarely wise June 2, 2010 IN OFFICE HOURS BY LUCY KELLAWAY Fig Tree, £12.99 **** by Zoe Strimpel STELLA, Bella, Rhys and James are four employees at fictional City-based oil giant Atlantic Energy. Stella is an executive in her mid-forties with two kids and a stable – if slightly unexciting – marriage. Bella is a PA, with an alcoholic ex-boyfriend [...]