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Sun Microsystems, Inc. (JAVA), whose stock price has been beaten down in recent years, may have found some answers to turn the tide. The company has recently been concentrating on taking the lead in many eco-friendly initiatives related to IT infrastructure, and has itself shown dramatic reductions in its own energy use.
Photo:Peter Duhon, Creative Commons, Flickr I stumbled out of bed last week, made a cup of coffee and turned on CNBC to get up to speed with the latest earnings results before heading out to work. The first thing I saw was a panel of talking heads discussing whether the Fed was going to cut…
Is corn ethanol really environmentally-friendly investing?
“I love playing a high status idiot.” Raucous laughter. It’s hard to tell if Stephen Colbert is being funny when a packed crowd of white people in flip-flops dies laughing at everything he says. Such was the scene at the 92nd Street Y last night where I heard him speak with New York Times columnist…
Suggestions of "Best NFL team ever" have been buzz words in recent weeks and the past few years while describing the New England Patriots' NFL franchise. Currently undefeated at 7-0 with a track record of three Superbowl wins suggest that team owner Robert Kraft knows how to be a leader.
As an alcoholic, the first step to recovery is to admit that you are an alcoholic. The same principle applies to Wall Street banks in the aftermath of the recent credit crunch: the first step to recovery is to disclose the size of losses during the recent market turmoil. At the start of October, several…
As we can attest at The Panelist, the list phenomena is not new. And for many genres it provides a great jumping-off point for selecting a book, movie or travel destination. It also creates a lot of buzz and debate. But when it comes to CSR, I have begun to wonder if these lists are…
Chris Jordan's concerned that we can't feel statistics. Our brains aren't hardwired to deal with high numbers. If we're going to make radical changes, we have to fall in love or feel angry enough to do something. His art translates raw data and numbers to the visual language of feeling to help people shift from…
Photo:mckaysavage, Creative Commons, Flickr So we had some bad earnings reports today. The conventional wisdom is that the credit crunch is leaking into the industrial U.S. economy and consumer spending. I have to say that today simply felt like an emotional and volatile day. I wouldn’t be surprised if in a couple of weeks everyone…
Most people buy into the idea that socially responsible companies must necessarily be less successful than companies with an emphasis on the bottom line. The point of "The Blue Way: How to Profit by Investing in a Better World" is to dispel what the authors consider to be a myth and show how socially responsible…
Dow Jones Industrial’s component and multinational conglomerate United Technologies (UTX NYSE) offers investors diversification, as well as a solid track record of growth. But for those seeking a solid green investment pick when it comes to fuel cell technology, pay close attention to what one of their units, UTC Power, has accomplished in the race…
For those of you who are trying to find a SRI mutual fund to invest in, Amy L. Fontinelle on her blog Two Pennies Earned, has done some of the heavy-lifting for you. She narrows down a long list provided by Social Investment Forum and Morningstar and reviewed 16 funds in depth. This is how…
Hariet Hentges, a former nun hired last year to be Wal*Mart's (WMT -$45.99) first head of Environmental Outreach is leaving. She says it is for personal reasons. I'm holding my WalMart stock as it is good value. But, as I don't see big upside, I continue to have my entire position overwritten with $47.50 strike…
On November 3rd, Step It Up is organizing global warming rallies in a number of cities throughout the United States. The organization's primary goal is to get Congress to agree to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050. The November campaign also aims for a moratorium on the construction of coal burning power plants.
Following years of reality television, Paris Hilton, and Limp Bizkit, the lack of family values permeating American culture has left an impact on the price of oil. As a story broke regarding the latest news on the most recent O.J. Simpson arrest, it was announced that crude oil is now the most expensive and popular…
No, I am not about to embark on some anti-war propaganda, nor am I implying that LDK Solar (LDK) has anything to do with the messy conflict in the Middle East. What I am commenting on is the excessive growth of the solar industry that we are witnessing, and how this same prosperity could very…
If universal health care were a reality in the United States, would the regulation of harmful products be tighter since the government would have to deal with the long-term health (read: economic) consequences?
PetroChina overtakes GE on the list of highest valued companies.
Early Monday morning the new Fox business channel officially began airing at 4am. Now there is a new kid on the block for financial news media, and my biggest problem is which channel to set my television to during the trading day.
Photo:bibliogrrl, Creative Commons, Flickr It looks like the glass is always half full at chip equipment giant Applied Materials (AMAT – Last trade $21.04). The company’s Chief Technology Officer, Winfried Hoffmann, said in a recent Reuters interview that he expects tight supplies of polysilicon, a key component in solar cell production, to ease from this…
Big Oil companies continue to try to find the next big thing in fossil fuel energy.
CVX, and Big Oil in general, could be approaching the end of an era.
Art Chang is amazed that Google’s (GOOG – $616.32) market cap now exceeds Time Warner (TWX – $19.10), Disney (DIS – $35.39), and News Corp (NWS – $24.48), combined. He’s right to be amazed, but when you think about it from the point of view of someone buying a business, it’s not that amazing. Google…
Tuesday, October 9th was designated (I still can’t figure out exactly by whom) a day of protest against Chevron (CVX – $92.30) and its paying of royalties to the regime in Burma (Myanmar). Information about the protest and how you can participate be found at this Chevron Protest Blogspot posting. Amy Goodman explains why she…
I started a small position in the Morgan Stanley High Yield Fund (MSY – $5.76) today. According to the Closed-End Fund Association website, the Morgan Stanley closed-end fund is trading at at 14% discount to Net Asset Value of $6.72. The recent increase in junk bond yields (drop in prices) has made me neutral on…