Tesla surge

Tesla Motors shares rose 14.4 percent to $24.90 after Panasonic bought a $30 million stake in the electric-car maker.

Yahoo exit

Yahoo’s chief inform ation officer, Michael Kirwan, has left the company, according to a corporate e-mail first reported by the All Things Digital Web site.

Whole Foods

Shares of Whole Foods Market rose $6.20, or 15.10 percent, to $47.27 yesterday after fiscal fourth- quarter earnings doubled and the company raised its profit forecast.

TWC buyback

Time Warner Cable plans to buy back $4 bil lion of its stock and posted third-quarter earnings that topped analysts’ estimates.

Tiger talk

Julian Robertson, head of hedge fund Tiger Management, told CNBC yesterday that Apple shares could climb higher. Apple’s stock rose 1.8 percent to close at $318.27 yester day after hitting a record of $320.18 earlier in the day.