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tesla photoTesla [stckqut]TSLA[/stckqut] is warning of production risks associated with the Model 3, the mass-market sedan the electric car maker expects to begin building within the next 18 months.

“We have no experience to date in manufacturing vehicles at the high volumes that we anticipate for Model 3…and plans for the build out of our production facilities…and various aspects of component procurement and manufacturing plans have not yet been determined.”

Tesla also cautioned that if one or more of its “many assumptions” turns out to be incorrect, its “ability to successfully launch on time and at volumes and prices that are profitable…may be materially and adversely impacted.”

SEC Form 10-Q

Source: Tesla discloses production risks of Model 3 – Tesla Motors (NASDAQ:TSLA) | Seeking Alpha

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After beating expectations in its first two FY 2016 earnings reports,Microsoft’s [stckqut]MSFT[/stckqut] multi-year turnaround seemed like it might finally have taken root. Unfortunately, its earnings miss last week came as a sharp rebuke to that idea, a fact not missed by investors.

To chart its path into the post-PC world, Microsoft has placed aggressive bets in growth markets, including big data and productivity tools. At the same time, many view Microsoft’s cloud-computing business as, perhaps, the company’s biggest opportunity, which is why investors should take note of the relatively weak performance of its cloud business this past quarter.

Though far from cataclysmic, Microsoft’s cloud business showed several signs of weakness in Q3, especially when considered in total. For starters, though growing faster than other reporting segments, Microsoft’s intelligent cloud business produced its slowest growth thus far in its fiscal 2016.

Source: Are Microsoft’s Weakening Cloud Margins a Cause for Concern?