Tesla Motors, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) is on watch Thursday following news late Wednesday that Arizona is reconsidering its ban on direct-sales in the state.Tesla Motors, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) stock performance was -1.75% in last session and finished the day at $235.84. Traded volume was 5.06million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 9.38million shares. The beta of the stock remained 0.37. Tesla Motors, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) insider ownership is 0.20%.
Finnish handset developer, Nokia Corporation (NYSE:NOK) received a million pre-orders in China for its upcoming budget-friendly smartphone – Nokia Corporation (NYSE:NOK) X. The smartphone – designed to run on Google Inc.’s. (GOOG ) Android – is scheduled to hit the market on Mar 25, 2014. Nokia Corporation (NYSE:NOK) dropped -1.69 percent to $7.54 Wednesday on volume of 11.46million shares. The intra-day range of the stock was $7.47 to $7.65. Nokia Corporation (NYSE:NOK) has a market capitalization of $27.99billion.
If the nation’s long history of product recalls and corporate screw-ups is any indication, General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) will survive the burgeoning ignition switch controversy already blamed for a dozen deaths. General Motors Company (NYSE:GM)’s ignition switch flap, emerging just weeks into Mary Barra’s tenure as CEO, threatens a fragile reputation just beginning to recover from five years of bailout, bankruptcy and the burden of the “Government Motors” rap. General Motors Company (NYSE:GM)’s stock on Mar 19, 2014 reported a decrease of -0.74% to the closing price of $34.91. Its fifty two weeks range is $26.87 -$41.48. The total market capitalization recorded $48.63billion. The overall volume in the last trading session was 14.22million shares. In its share capital, GM has 1.39billion outstanding shares.
Vehicle manufacturers are turning to discounts to help move inventory as dealerships dig out from heavy snow. At Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), February sales fell 6 percent from the same period a year ago. The company had to delay approximately 10,000 fleet orders due to parts disruptions, said John Felice, Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F)’s vice president of U.S. marketing. On Wednesday, shares of Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) dropped -0.06% to close the day at $15.48. Company return on investment (ROI) is 3.90% and its monthly performance is recorded as 0.58%. Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) quarterly revenue growth is -7.47%.