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The wrong kind of charge at Tesla Motors…

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

Taking a private company public involves tremendous financial and human resources, as well as a lot of time.  It’s common to see several versions of a registration statement before the company finally sells its stock to the public, and that is certainly true for Tesla Motors, Inc., which has now filed five amendments to the registration [...]

Life in the burbs…

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

A few years ago, friends of mine were going through a rough patch in their marriage because she was spending too much time on a site called Adult Friend Finder (no link included for firewall reasons) — something that the husband only found out about after hiring a private detective. I was fascinated with the [...]

Reading between the lines at American Apparel…

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Retailer American Apparel (APP), which is usually described as being edgy and which since going public via a special purpose acquisition company in mid-December has fallen sharply, had more than a few sharp edges in the 10K it filed on Monday. Controversial CEO Dov Charney is currently dealing with one lawsuit alleging sexual harassment and [...]

At ArcSight, at least there’s the yacht…

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Yesterday, ArcSight (ARST) went public, but didn’t manage to close above the $9 IPO price, ending the day at $8.78. This morning, it’s trading even lower. But don’t feel too bad for Chairman and CEO Robert Shaw. After all, he still has the yacht club and the company-paid airline tickets to get to his homes [...]

Did Gulfstream hit an air pocket?

Monday, December 10th, 2007

Could the sub-prime crisis in Florida be impacting air travel in the Sunshine state? Perhaps, judging by the revised S-1 that Gulfstream International filed late Friday. Gulfstream International, not to be confused with Gulfstream Aerospace, the General Dynamics (GD) owned company that sells corporate jets, operates a regional jet service in Florida and the Bahamas [...]