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Saving Energy Growing Jobs: How Environmental Protection Promotes Economic Growth, Profitability, Innovation, and Competition (2007, Bay Tree Publishing) By David B. Goldstein
Listening In. Congress could wrap up a surveillance bill if all goes well this week. The bill would roughly legalize a secret wiretap program that let feds listen in on foreign phone calls, while at the same time adding a bit of oversight from the courts and Congress and, possibly, giving telecoms immunity from lawsuits…
In 2008, Fair Isaac Corp. (FIC – $24.25), creator of the FICO or credit-scoring process, will roll out two new product lines designed to disadvantage American consumers.
Green energy is not considered essential to the economy.
Eben Esterhuizen quotes George Soros saying that the current financial crisis is the culmination of a 60-year super boom of dollar credit expansion . The current financial crises based on over-leverage and excess government spending is part of the long term trend in the decline of the dollar that started in the 1970's. The Pound…
So many bloggers are negative on the Yahoo! (YHOO – $29.20) board and management. Om Malik calls the Yahoo! board asleep at the wheel. I've been following and supporting fund manager Erik Jackson's small guy Plan B campaign since he started back in 2006. As far as my trades go, I've bought Yahoo every time…
Last week, S&P (of '500' fame) announced the launch of the first socially responsible India index, the S&P Environmental Social and Governance India Index. According to the KLD press release, the ESG India Index is "the first investable index of companies whose business strategies and performance demonstrate a high level of commitment to meeting ESG standards" in…
XOM fights Chavez and scores a victory.
We all know Ireland is green. Last week, thanks to diligent New York Times reporters, we learned that Ireland is also "green," as in, environmentally responsible.
Last week, a funny thing happened on the way to the mailbox. A memo, meant for Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY – $51.22) attorney Bradford Berenson (who is helping negotiate a private settlement for Lilly with the government), went instead to Alex Berenson of the New York Times.
Photo:bbaltimore, Creative Commons, Flickr Ever wanted to know more about "Financial Engineering" and "Leverage"? The following story captures the essence of these disciplines:
Despite lower profits, BP is seeing rise in stock price.
Judging by today's selling frenzy on Wall Street, it looks like the market has finally started pricing in a worst case scenario for the U.S. economy. And the time has come to ask some important questions. Is it safe to say that the recession is finally here? If we are in a recession, how long…
On Jan. 19, the U.S. House of Representatives passed an energy bill that removed tax breaks for Big Oil. It also mandated the renegotiation of the 1998-1999 Gulf of Mexico oil and gas leases, some of which had mysteriously omitted a clause requiring leaseholders to pay royalties when oil prices exceeded $36 a barrel. Oil…
This morning Exxon Mobil (XOM) reported on its quarterly 2007 profits. While many oil companies moaned about rising oil prices, Exxon proved that $90 a barrel oil (and above) is not a bad thing for Big Oil profits. MarketWatch reports on the record profits for Exxon: Exxon Mobil on Friday reported its most lucrative quarter…
On Monday night, President George W. Bush gave his seventh and final State of the Union address (eighth if you count the inauguration speech back in 2001). But before I continue, I would like to issue the disclaimer that this weblog is not designed to be an in-depth critique of our president's speech. There are plenty of other…
Photo:Katie@!, Creative Commons, Flickr On January 28, Tyson Foods Inc. (TSN – $14.22) announced that it would raise poultry prices substantially as a result of higher feed costs.
Is there an echo in here? The good news coming from venture capitalists last year is that they're continuing to support the growth and expansion of the cleantech industry at a record-setting pace. According to Reuters, cleantech investment topped $5 billion for 2007, a 44% jump from 2006 (which was, itself, a similar increase over 2005…
Once upon a time, in a land far far away, lived a hairy caveman. After a long hard day of hunting mammoths and avoiding saber-tooth tigers, he scratched his nose and it started raining. He didn't think much of it at first and ran back to his cave into the arms of his loving cavewoman.…
In May of 2008, construction on the Minnesota Pipeline Company's (MPL) MinnCan pipeline will start. In 2009, the first oil from the Athabascan Tar Sands may begin running through the line, connecting the Enbridge Energy Partner's (EEP – $50.70) pipeline and oil-tank farm at Clearbrook, Minnesota to refineries in Rosemount.
Petroleum production gives Hess Oil a boost.
If you search the Internet for EI DuPont de Nemours & Co. (DD – $44.77), or simply DuPont, you’ll come across a stand-alone web page called Preserving Open Land: 1983. The page portrays DuPont as a paradigm for the chemical industry and details a supposed history of environmental stewardship which is in direct contraposition to…
A recent article in the Christian Science Monitor discusses the eternal question of ethical investing: "Can you have market rate returns and be socially responsible?" Perhaps it should be framed as, "Must people in the business of SRI (mutual funds) emphasize the ability to meet market benchmarks in order to exist?" G. Jeffrey Macdonald's conclusion…
Imagine the following: You are on the operating table as surgeons perform a delicate procedure on the artery supplying blood to your brain, when, without warning, the lights go out. For 10 terrifying minutes you wait – fully conscious, as you have been throughout the operation – as computerized medical equipment re-starts, using power from…
Imagine a theft has just been committed. A big one – say billions of dollars. Imagine everyone can see what has been stolen, and from whom. It’s clear who has ended up with the goods, but it’s impossible to prove they stole it. Some people say it was an inside job, that one of the…