TOP 100 TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS SITES
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| Stimulus Puts Railroads on Fast Track to the Future Ryan Avent submits: Today is a good day for fans of trains. Back during the construction of the stimulus package, the Obama administration successfully pushed to have $8 billion included for the development of high-speed rail systems, and he gave his transportation secretary two months to figure out what to do with it.Today, we have our answer. Money will be allocated via two rounds of applications. The first will direct funds toward projects with short turnaround times and good job creation metrics. The second round will focus on efforts to lay the groundwork for longer term projects. Eleven major corridors are eligible; the route from Los Angeles to Las Vegas is not among them.Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Robert Reich: Other Agendas in the GM Bankruptcy? Tom Lindmark submits:I rarely find myself being captivated by much of anything Robert Reich says or writes. It seems to me that he is a captive of the left and as such rarely steps outside his framework to view different aspects of a problem. That might be what makes his article in yesterday’s Financial Times so exceptional. Reich doesn’t think that the taxpayer has a snowballs chance in hell of ever getting their money back from GM and asks why then did the government go all in?Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |
Precision Castparts Corp. F1Q10 (Qtr End 06/30/09) Earnings Call Transcript Precision Castparts Corp. (PCP)F1Q10 Earnings CallJuly 21, 2009 10:00 am ETComplete Story » seekingalpha.com |
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 |
GOL Posts Encouraging Results Zacks.com submits: GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. (GOL) has announced encouraging results for the third quarter of 2009. The company posted net income of R$77.9 million, with a net margin of 5.2%, versus a net income of R$353.7 million in the previous quarter and a net loss of R$510.7 million in the same period of 2008.Reflecting the optimization of its cost structure and the focus on more profitable markets, GOL's operating results were positive for the fifth consecutive quarter, totaling R$99.1 million, with an operating margin of 6.6%. Complete Story » seekingalpha.com |