Hints and tips:
...Apptronik is a spin-off from the Human Centered Robotics Lab at the University of Texas in Austin....
...It also marks a striking turnround for venture funds that were accused last week of fuelling a run on the bank after some — including Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund — advised their portfolio companies to move...
...Tuesday’s share price drop extended the plunge in the Austin-based carmaker’s stock this year to 33 per cent, making it one of the worst performers in the S&P 500 with a trajectory that continues to diverge...
...Austin-based Tesla is not alone in confronting a tougher market as higher interest rates and concern in some countries over charging infrastructure curb demand for electric vehicles....
...Tesla already has strong ties to Texas, having moved its headquarters to Austin from Silicon Valley as Musk railed against California’s lockdowns during the coronavirus pandemic....
...Peter Blake, our Aesthete this week, is arguably the creator of the greatest album cover of all time, although he has had “mixed feelings” about the association over the intervening years....
...Peter Harrison, chief executive of Schroders, said that these reforms were needed to ensure a “strong, vibrant equity market” that would be better able to compete with the more nimble fundraising on offer...
...A few weeks later, I meet Austin at Sotheby’s London office to talk about the sale....
...Two other men, former MoD employee Terence Dorothy and Simec co-founder Peter Austin, were also arrested and investigated in connection with the case, the jury heard....
...US defence secretary Lloyd Austin said the military is trying to reach the man’s family and that the situation would continue to evolve over the coming days....
...“Easy Street” from Annie Choreographed by Peter Gerrano who is the little-known co-choreographer of West Side Story. It’s an amazing display of comedy, storytelling and characterisation....
...Peter Stephens, a 65-year-old former teacher from Surrey, switched his trusty Skechers for a pair of On’s Cloudeclipse (£170) six months ago....
...A series of government-sponsored reviews led by Ron Kalifa on fintech, Lord Jonathan Hill on listings and Mark Austin on secondary capital raising have all made important contributions....
...One co-founder is Joe Lonsdale, a venture capitalist and a longtime associate of Peter Thiel’s....
...Lazard is assembling a team of six specialist bankers to be based in Los Angeles and Austin, according to a memo seen by the Financial Times, building out a venture and growth practice that started in Europe...
...In April, the DoD reorganised the DIU, elevating its new director, former Apple executive Doug Beck, to sit directly under Austin....
...But he cautioned: “It’s also quite possible the announcement will be seen as the end of the story by many and that momentum will peter out.” Follow Demetri Sevastopulo on Twitter...
...Kim Sneum Madsen, chief executive of Danish tech group Umbraco, says his company chose Charlotte for its US headquarters in 2020 after looking at five other cities, including Chicago, Austin and Philadelphia...
...The geopolitical team will be based in a newly established Lazard office in Austin, Texas and will be co-led by Theodore Bunzel and David Kaufman....
...Tesla was “not expecting to open any additional plants” in China in the “near future”, but would be expanding its Shanghai factory and also focusing production on other plants that had been completed in Austin...
...“Elon must simultaneously ramp up two highly complex factories in Austin and Grünheide [near Berlin] — and expand production in Shanghai....
...Yesterday, US defence secretary Lloyd Austin met his new German counterpart, Boris Pistorius, ahead of today’s meeting....
...Monday EU, January retail sales data Johan Svanström becomes Rightmove chief executive, succeeding Peter Brooks-Johnson who retires South Korea, February consumer price index (CPI) inflation rate data...
...The new group will be co-led by managing directors Christopher Britton and Amy Cozamanis, with six specialists based in Austin and Los Angeles....
...I sat next to Feyer and Peter Gordon, creator of the fiendishly difficult Fireball Crosswords series, which are delivered by email to paying subscribers....
International Edition