Tesla Motors plans $100-million IPO

John Petersen submits:Later this month, Tesla Motors plans to launch its initial public offering and sell about 12% of the company for $200 million. If the IPO is successful, Tesla's stock will trade on the Nasdaq Stock Market [TSLA] and its initial market capitalization will be roughly $1.5 billion. Since the IPO has spawned a series of analytical articles from better writers, I'll avoid the temptation to analyze the deal terms and focus on product issues instead.

Electric-car maker Tesla Motors Inc said it expects to report a first-quarter profit on both a net and adjusted basis following stronger-than-expected sales of its Model S sedan, sending its shares soaring more than 19 percent in early trading on Monday. Tesla also said it was dropping plans to produce a low-end version of the Model S due to lack of demand, and will focus instead on higher-margin editions of the car.

The Burrill Report submits: by MARIE DAGHLIAN In a sign that the biotech IPO window may be opening, four more companies this week have filed to go public. Codexis (CDXS), based in Redwood City, California hopes to raise $100 million. The company is a leading provider of optimized biocatalysts for industrial and biopharmaceutical applications.

Electric car manufacturer Tesla Motors Inc. said Friday it plans to sell stock to the public. The company, based in Palo Alto, Calif., did not disclose in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission specifically how much it plans to raise though it listed $100 million as a placeholder figure.

Zynga plans to raise up to $1.15 billion in a highly anticipated initial public offering that values the US online games giant at $7 billion.Zynga, in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday, set the price for its IPO at between $8.50 and $10 per share.The company plans to offer 100 million shares, or 14 percent of its outstanding shares, and its underwriters have the option of selling an additional 15 million shares.Zynga will trade on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol "ZNGA."

Yelp, a website which posts user reviews of businesses and services, filed for an initial public offering Thursday seeking to raise up to $100 million.Yelp, in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), did not say how many shares of Class A common stock it plans to issue or which Wall Street exchange it would be traded on.The company, which has its headquarters in San Francisco and was founded in 2004, will trade under the symbol "YELP."

(Reuters) - Nasdaq OMX Group Inc said it slashed the