| Kenneth Feinberg, Pay Warrior Felix Salmon submits: Oh wow. This is much more aggressive than anybody had dared hope it would be: The seven companies that received the most assistance will have to cut the cash payouts to their 25 best-paid executives by an average of about 90 percent from last year…Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Earnings Preview: Boeing theflyonthewall.com submits: Boeing (BA) is expected to report Q4 earnings on Wednesday, January 27 before the market open with a conference call scheduled for 10:30 am ET. GuidanceAnalysts are looking for EPS of $1.36 on revenue of $17.57B. The consensus range is $1.00-$1.52 for EPS, and $15.11B-$18.13B for revenue, according to First Call. The company looks to report positive earnings after a disappointing showing in Q3 in which it missed both EPS and revenue estimates. After finally getting its 787 Dreamliner project started after years of delay, Boeing is counting on it to propel earnings in the near future. On January 7, the company reported that it achieved its FY09 airplane delivery target and has a strong backlog of approximately 3,400 commercial planes. Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Toyota Takes Back Market Share With Incentives TheCarConnection.com submits: The aggressive incentives offered by Toyota (NYSE:TM) appear to be working, bringing shoppers back to Toyota dealerships—and the automaker back from a recall-related sales slump.For the first half of March (through 3/14), Toyota has more than 14 percent of the market, according to the pricing and market-analysis firm TrueCar, which supplies customized market pricing here at TheCarConnection.com. Among brands, that places it second only to Ford (with 17.4 percent), with Chevrolet in third place with nearly 13 percent.Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Will Tesla Prove to Be a Success? Greentech Media submits: by Rob DayTesla (TSLA) went out to IPO quite successfully. I was very glad to see the offering do well, at least on the first day (Tuesday). I've seen complaints about it going out too early (as yet unprofitable, and mass market car not due until 2011), but it does seem from the outside like a relatively well-run company with a compelling story. Low risk? Absolutely not. But I'm hoping they do well. Especially because this sector needs more success stories. LPs have been waiting very, very patiently for more big visible stories like First Solar (FSLR)... Will Tesla prove to be one of them? Time, and stock market investor patience, will tell...Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Obama's Clean Energy Agenda on Track As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information Current global leaders in advanced electric vehicle batteries are based, for the most part, in Asia. Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |