| Union Pacific Q3 2009 Earnings Conference Call Union Pacific Corporation. (UNP)Q3 2009 Earnings CallOctober 22, 2009 10:00 a.m. ET Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Hyundai's Market Share Growth No Flash in the Pan Research Recap submits: We’ve written before about how Hyundai (HYMLF.PK) and its Kia sibling have benefited from cash-for-clunker schemes and a smart marketing strategy geared to the economic downturn. Recent indications are that the Korean automakers’ success was no clunker-fueled flash in the pan. Hyundai’s sales in the US surged 46% in November, raising its US market share for the year by a third to 4%. Reflecting their improving fortunes, Fitch Ratings on Wednesday upgraded the outlook for Hyundai Motors and Kia Motors to Positive:Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Shipping Update: Positive Change on the Margin Calafia Beach Pundit submits: The last time I featured this chart was Aug. '09. It's a relatively obscure measure of shipping costs, but it focuses on the North Atlantic, and it compares current shipping rates to the total operating cost of running a ship, including return on equity. Complete info can be found here. For the past year it has contradicted the Baltic shipping index, which has soared. Last August I thought that it had bottomed. As this chart shows (if you have a magnifying glass), I was a little early on my call, but now it does indeed look like it bottomed late last December.Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Arctic Cat Inc. F4Q10 (Qtr End 03/31/10) Earnings Call Transcript Arctic Cat Inc. (ACAT)F4Q10 (Qtr End 03/31/10) Earnings Call TranscriptMay 13, 2010 11:30 am ETComplete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Weekly Intermodal Rail Volume Sets 2010 Record Mark J. Perry submits: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Aug. 26, 2010 – "The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported rail intermodal volume on U.S. railroads for the week ending Aug. 21, 2010 set a new 2010 record for the second consecutive week, with 236,404 total trailers and containers (see top chart), up 22.4 percent from the same week in 2009 (see bottom chart), and up 2.6 percent compared with 2008. Weekly container volume, a subset of intermodal, was the highest on record, also for the second consecutive week, up 24.2 percent compared with the same week in 2009, and up 11.5 percent with the same week in 2008. Trailer volume, the other subset of intermodal, rose 12.4 percent last week compared with the same week in 2009, but fell 30.5 percent compared with 2008. Carload traffic continued moderate weekly gains, with U.S. railroads originating 296,634 carloads for the week (see top chart), up 6.2 percent compared with the same week in 2009 (see top chart), but down 11 percent from the same week in 2008.Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |