June, 2010
Tesla Motors will secure Toyota’s investment with IPO
Thanks to a blockbuster IPO, Tesla Motors has finally secured additional financing and investment from Toyota Motors. The Toyota Motors/Tesla Motors partnership is just one of the numerous partnerships Tesla motors has developed in a quest for a mass-market, all-electric automobile. Is this excitement and investment going to be enough to keep Tesla Motors floating?
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Office of Financial Literacy seems tucked away in financial reform bill
The financial reform bill Congress hopes to finally pass by the Fourth of July contains establishing a new Office of Financial Literacy. The new Dodd-Frank financial reform bill also involves a new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to enforce ethical behavior from banks. But ultimately, consumers will have to educate themselves about money management to stay ...
Hurricane Alex nevertheless threatens even though it veers from the gulf oil spill
Hurricane Alex may not become an actual hurricane until Tuesday. But for now, Alex, which is the first named storm of hurricane season 2010, appears to be heading from the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico 2010. A hurricane watch has been issued for the coasts of south Texas and northeastern Mexico. About 116 ...
Auto advertising shakeup is the exact same as auto industry uncertainty
With fear of a double-dip recession on the minds of auto industry executives, drastic actions have been undertaken that have sent shock waves through the once steady world of auto advertising. Where size and experience once guaranteed an advertising agency's future business with automakers, now the same automakers are looking to change things as sales ...
