TOP 100 TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS SITES
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| A Natural Gas Centric Strategic Long-Term Comprehensive Energy Policy Michael Fitzsimmons submits: Despite current low oil prices, mankind faces its biggest challenge to date: a future in which worldwide oil supply will not keep pace with worldwide oil demand. An excellent summary of peak oil can be read here. A peak oil future will be characterized by economic contractions of increasing severity. Each economic contraction will lead to sharply reduced oil demand and subsequently reduced short-term oil prices; both are being experienced today. Each economic recovery will see increasingly higher peak oil prices until economic growth is stifled. The world is now on an economic yo-yo which is tightly dependent on oil supply/demand fundamentals and therefore the price of oil. If the planet is indeed entering an era in which worldwide oil supply cannot keep pace with worldwide demand; and if the world economy is indeed dependent on oil to grow; logically these two hypotheses taken together cannot bode well for future worldwide economic prosperity. In this context, it is important to examine the petroleum supply/demand fundamentals of the world’s largest consumer of oil - the United States: Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Northrop Grumman: Best Offense Is a Good Defense Zacks.com submits: Northrop Grumman (NOC) (Analyst Report) is a margin-upside and cash redeployment story, in our view. During 2008, total order backlog reached a company record of $78 billion. This lays a great foundation for future organic growth.The company -- with an order backlog of $76.9 billion after the end of the 1st quarter of fiscal 2009 -- offers a diversified program portfolio mix, continued improvement in sales and earnings, an improving balance sheet and an ongoing share repurchase program.Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Honda Profit Plummets Zacks.com submits: Japan’s second-biggest automaker Honda (HMC) reported a sharp 95.6% fall in profit for the first quarter of its financial year ended June 30 due to a severe decline in unit sales. In absolute terms, consolidated net income reached $79 million (JPY 7.56 billion) or 4 cents (JPY 4.17) per share from $1.81 billion (JPY 173 billion) or $1.00 (JPY 95.56) per share in the prior-year quarter. Consolidated operating income dipped 88% to $262 million (JPY 25.1 billion) due to decreased profits attributable to decreased revenue, an increase in fixed costs per unit as a result of reduced production and the unfavorable impact of currency effects caused by the appreciation of the Japanese yen.Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
4 Companies Whose Businesses and Dividends Keep Growing STOCKMANMARC submits: Though we have seen the markets rise over the last few months, and many investors/traders calling for a market correction somewhere near here, these four companies have been passing on profits through dividends to shareholders while growing their businesses.These stocks still look cheap by their EV/EBITDA ratio of under 6 and low P/E multiples under 10.Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Is Local Actually Greener than Global? Praveen Ghanta submits: Environmentalists have decried the long supply chains of the globalized world, asserting that they are responsible for significant excess pollution and waste when products could be produced locally instead. With the recession and rising unemployment, support for buying domestic also takes on a political slant, as cries for protecting local jobs mount. But when it comes to the environment and emissions, which is really worse? Is the simple assumption that buying local is always better correct? Cost of Shipping by Land, Air, and Sea [1] Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |