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ChargePoint Holdings Inc. shares plummeted in early trading after the corporate posted disappointing quarterly revenue and swapped out two of its top executives. The electrical-vehicle charging company said revenue slumped to between $108 million and $113 million for the quarter that ended last month, down from a yr ago and well in need of its guidance for no less than $150 million. Pasquale Romano, who had been chief executive officer since 2011, and Chief Financial Officer Rex Jackson were replaced effective Thursday. “Big changes we didn’t see coming,” Gabe Daoud, an equity analyst at TD Cowen who rates ChargePoint the…
Several Tesla shareholders rebuked Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk for endorsing antisemitic views on his social media platform X, with some saying he needs to be suspended. “While I imagine in free speech, there’s no excuse for the spreading of hatred by any CEO of any publicly traded company,” said Jerry Braakman, chief investment officer at First American Trust, which held about 16,000 Tesla shares as of Sept. 30. “Tesla’s board should place him on leave for a month or two.” Investors may not go to date as to say they’ll reduce their Tesla holdings, but several said they were…
Aston Martin drivers Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll on the Las Vegas Grand Prix opening event Wednesday night. (Getty Images) With Formula 1 preparing for the Las Vegas Grand Prix, Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll has sold a minority stake within the Aston Martin team to U.S. private equity firm Arctos Partners. The investment by Arctos, which has a stake within the Boston Red Sox and Liverpool Football Club owner Fenway Sports Group, values the F1 team at about £1 billion ($1.2 billion), in accordance with an individual acquainted with the deal. It’s the primary time Stroll has sold shares…
The automobile Lewis Hamilton drove to his first Formula One win for Mercedes will hit the block Nov. 17 at an RM Sotheby’s auction in Las Vegas. Named for its chassis, W04, the automobile won the Hungarian Grand Prix with Hamilton within the cockpit in 2013. It’s the one Mercedes F1 vehicle from the fashionable era not owned by Mercedes, by team principal and Chief Executive Officer Toto Wolff, or by Hamilton himself, in accordance with the auction house. RM Sotheby’s estimates its value to be $10 million to $15 million. “This was the automobile that Hamilton kicked his profession…
Automotive-sharing business Turo, which filed paperwork for an initial public offering last yr, has restarted its plans to go public and will list shares as early as this fall, in line with people aware of the matter. Turo’s investor roadshow could start as early as October, the people said, asking to not be identified since the matter is private. The timing could still change and is determined by market conditions and the way the present crop of IPOs perform equivalent to Arm Holdings Ltd., Instacart Inc. and Klaviyo Inc, the people said. No final decision has been made and its…
