| Winnebago Industries Inc. F4Q09 (Qtr End 08/29/09) Earnings Call Transcript Winnebago Industries Inc. (WGO)F4Q09 Earnings Call October 15, 2009; 10:00 am ETComplete Story » seekingalpha.com |
NetJets CEO Sokol Expects Profitable Year Despite Headwinds Ravi Nagarajan submits:In a recent interview with The Columbus Dispatch, NetJets Chairman and CEO David Sokol predicts that the company will be profitable this year and no further staffing reductions will be required “barring any major shifts in the global economy.” In November, Mr. Sokol made positive comments about prospects for NetJets in 2010 and stated that a break-even year would be likely. Since taking over at NetJets last August, Mr. Sokol has made a number of management changes and has imposed budget discipline designed to trim costs. NetJets is a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A). 2009 Loss: $720 millionComplete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Rail Traffic: 2010 Is Looking a Lot Like 2009 John Lounsbury submits:The AAR (American Association of Railroads) report through February was released yesterday (see here). So far 2010 is starting the same way that 2009 did.The following graphs have been selected from the report.Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Energy Dependence and the Potential for an Oil 'Potato Famine' Bill James submits:Potato Famine events are likely by 2012, unavoidable by 2015. This article intends to define the choices we face, U.S. military risk assessment, failed assumptions of the oil-economy, EIA/IEA's failure to warn, and Thomas Edison's infrastructure guidence. Over the past century, centrally planned highway infrastructure incrementally made oil the lifeblood of our economy. Infrastructure that mandates spending energy moving a ton to move a person at less than .005 times the efficiency freight rail. This poor efficiency and monolithic dependence on a single source of energy resulted in two civilization killers, Peak Oil and Climate Change.Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Paragon Shipping: In Depth Analysis for the June 2010 Quarter Neil Carvin submits: Paragon Shipping, Inc., (NYSE: PRGN) earned $0.14 to $0.15 per diluted share, on a GAAP basis, in 2010's second quarter, which ended 30 June. Earnings per share were less than one third of the $0.48 Paragon made in the same quarter of 2009.Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |