Weekly Highlights: Tesla's Cheap Car, Apple Pays Settlement And More

January may not be the most exciting month of the year, but there were some headline-grabbing stories during the third week of the month. Tesla TSLA, for example, gained the attention of investors and consumers alike after the company reiterated its plans to release a lower-cost vehicle within three years. Apple AAPL paid more than $30 million to settle a dispute with the FTC. Groupon GRPN acquired a startup that could cause problems for Overstock OSTK. Starbucks SBUX ran into some trouble when a security researcher uncovered an unexpected vulnerability in the firm's app. And OpenSesame raised $8 million. Disclosure: At the time of this writing, Louis Bedigian had no position in the equities mentioned in this slideshow.