Text size Bill ackman Bryan Bedder / Getty Images for the New York Times Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management made a splash in late June, when he asked to raise a $ 3 billion blank check company with some unconventional terms. Voluntary initial public offering investors are clearly plentiful: …
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Tesla Inc.’s second-quarter results come amid yet another massive stock recovery, which is now more expensive than shares in Google’s parent company Alphabet Inc. and other consistently profitable heavyweights. The Silicon Valley automaker is expected to report quarterly numbers next Wednesday after the bell. An analyst call will follow at …
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Text size Two analysts covering Southwest Airlines took two different tacks on the action, with one analyst raising the target price and the other lowering the equivalent of Hold. However, in the era of the coronavirus pandemic, Southwest has been one of the toughest airline stocks. Ethan Miller / Getty …
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Text size Maddie Meyer / Getty Images Moderna’s shares have risen 239% so far this year, and the biotech company, which has no approved medications, has a market capitalization of more than $ 24 billion. But in a note sent out Monday morning, Jefferies analyst Michael Yee writes that the …
Read More »Spartan buys Fisker for $ 2.9 billion. What it says about hot electric vehicle stocks.
Text size Fisker believes that Ocean is the world’s most sustainable all-electric SUV. Courtesy of Fisker. It’s official. Spartan Energy Acquisition is buying California-based electric vehicle maker Fisker in a deal that values the startup at $ 2.9 billion, another $ 1 billion valuation for the ultra-powered alternative fuel space. …
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