| New Flyer Industries: Liquidity Issues Not Expected but Possible Tom Konrad (AltEnergyStocks) submits: Should reduced liquidity at New Flyer Industries concern investors? New Flyer Industries (NFI-UN.TO, NFYIF.PK) is one of my largest single clean energy investments. The company describes itself as the "leader in the heavy-duty bus market for the US and Canada." This is why I first brought it to the attention of readers in April 2008, as a company likely to benefit from peak oil. Increasing the fuel efficiency of our vehicle fleet can reduce our consumption of oil in North America, but not at a pace sufficient to both accommodate declining oil supplies and increasing oil demand from the developing world. Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Ford Tops in Vehicle Residual Value Zacks.com submits: After 36 months in service, the projected resale value of 2010 Ford (F) vehicles (Ford, Lincoln and Mercury) has gone up by an average of $1,310 per vehicle compared to the 2009 model year. This is the largest increase compared to other automakers based in the U.S. Ford accredited its improved quality and design as well as fuel economy in vehicles for the increase in residual value. For example, the redesigned 2010 Ford Taurus' projected average resale value after 36 months in service exceeded the 2009 Taurus by $4,862.Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. Q4 2009 Earnings Call Transcript Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. (NM)Q4 2009 Earnings Call TranscriptFebruary 23, 2010 8:30 am ETComplete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Boeing, Corporate Conduct and China David Wolf submits: Longtime readers of this blog know that I am a longstanding Boeing (BA) partisan. Apart from having flown on just about every model of Boeing jet ever made (save the military ones), they were an important customer for my dad when he was an aerospace subcontractor in the 1960s and 1970s, and I’ve always admired them for their endurance and the core role they have played in the creation and growth of the aviation and space industries. Things Are Getting Better The last few years have been hard on us BA fanboys, watching Airbus emerge from a niche player to a real competitor to a contestant with Boeing for the leadership of the business, and standing by as Boeing proposed then withdrew a sequence of interesting commercial aircraft that didn’t make it beyond the drawing boards. On the upside, Boeing has significantly improved its internal processes, created the economical 787 and an updated 747 just in time to catch $150/barrel oil, and has slowed (if not ceased) developing a 737 successor because it still has a huge backlog in 737 orders, all as China and the rest of Asia discover the wonders of air travel and start expanding their fleets. Or Are They? But recent news implies that the internal problems that brought about Boeing’s eventual loss of a critical USAF tanker project have not yet been exorcised. Military.com is running the first in a series of articles from Aviation Week’s Defense Technology International that suggest that in the selection of Boeing to supply a new combat search-and-rescue helicopter (the the kind of helos that yank soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines out of dangerous situations) the interests of contractors have been placed ahead of the needs of the people in the field:Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Raytheo Q2 2010 Earnings Call Transcript Raytheo (RTN)Q2 2010 Earnings CallJuly 29, 2010 9:30 am ETComplete Story » seekingalpha.com |