TOP 100 TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS SITES
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| Preview from Europe: Market's Random Walk Continues The Mole submits: Equities take heart from marginally less-awful-than-expected auto sales and Geithner’s fighting talk of the economy gaining “traction”. G20 cheerleading helped as well as a positive view on the prospects of easing mark-to-market rules and how this may impact financials Q1 results. Short-termist smoke and mirrors if you ask me. Today’s London G20 summit is in danger of over-promising and under-delivering. Today’s Market Moving Stories Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Volkswagen Short Interest Rising Again Jessica Johnson submits:The short base (as measured by Percent Shares Outstanding on Loan) for Volkswagen (VLKAY.PK) currently stands at just over 3% - up from the 52 week low of 1.4% on April 7th 2009. Prior to April 7th, the short base for Volkswagen had been steadily falling from the 52 week high of 16.39% which was set on September 24, 2008. This decline followed the sharp jump in share price after Porsche AG (POAHF.PK) announced that it was holding option positions that would bring its overall holdings in Volkswagen to over 70%. Both companies are have engaged in merger talks but these are now on hold after Volkswagen Supervisory Board Chairman Ferdinand Piech said that Porsche has too much debt. The short base for Volkswagen is below that of Peugeot (PEUGY.PK) (7.1%), Daimler AG (DAI) (4.96%) and Fiat (FIATY.PK) (8.37%). Download the full report by clicking here.Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Watching the Rails for Economic Recovery Zacks.com submits: By Dirk van DijkIn looking for an economic recovery, one of the things to be looking at is rail traffic. While an increasing part of the economic output of the country (and the world) moves electronically, there is still a very important role for, to use a technical term, "stuff." So far, nobody has figured out how to move a ton of coal or wheat over a fiber optic line.Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
GM's Money-Back Guarantee: A Good Thing? The Good News Economist submits: Last week General Motors announced a new program that further attempts to boost consumer confidence in their vehicles. The money-back guarantee states that you can return the vehicle for any reason, no questions asked, up to 60 days after purchase.A quote from GM's press release reads like this:Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
New Industry Emerging Around Electric Vehicles By Richard T. StuebiMuch has been written about the planned release by General Motors of the Chevy Volt, a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. When GM launches the vehicle, now slated for late 2010, it expects to sell tens of thousands of them.Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |