Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Morgan Stanley: Country Model Update - Going Underweight China

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From Morgan Stanley (Nov. 20): This week we make the regular monthly re-run of our quantitative country model. Our key changes this week a...

Japanese buy into oil sands

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Don't forget Japan. The first story is from the Financial Post: Japan's Inpex Holdings Inc. expanded its global reach on Tuesday, an...

UN climate circus rolls in on CO2 cloud

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I am (almost) speechless. From the Times of London: ...Calculations suggest flying the 15,000 politicians, civil servants, green campaigners...

Don't You Love Checking Your Email? Sometimes You Find Out What Scientific American is Up To

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I was just dashing off an email regarding the post below, (Mr. Lomborg has a walk-on bit [Okay. Without him and Mr. Seitz there would have ...

Climate Change Solutions: If You're Smart, You'll be Ahead of the Curve (or flat)

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Over at ADAMANT , Russell Seitz gives a small -Heh- for being a step or two ahead of The Economist: HEH! Adamant does try to k...

Slowdown in Chinese economy may adversely affect Australian mining firms -..

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From Hemscott: Standard and Poor's Ratings Services said a significant slowdown in Chinese economy will have an adverse effect on the ...

Smarter energy storage for solar and wind power (Batteries, Supercapacitors)

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Development of the first hybrid battery suitable for storing electricity from renewable energy sources such as solar and wind is now a step ...

Is Something Very Wrong With Planktos? (PLKT.OB)

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Planktos is thirteen days past the date on which their 3rd quarter financials were due at the Securities and Exchange Commission. This is od...

Solar Stocks Comparison

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From China Analyst Ticker Mkt Price Daily YTD Rev Rev Chg EPS EPS Chg P/E P/E Net Cap Chg Chg 0...

Leaping lords leave hefty carbon footprint

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Christmas song's gifts would cost $19,261, produce 54 tonnes of greenhouse gasses From the Victoria Times-Colonist: If, on the 12th day ...

Goldman Sees Funds Rate Cut to 3%

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Yesterday we noted " Merrill predicts 2% Fed funds rate, dismal economic outlook " Today GS. From the Wall Street Journal's Re...

Can baking soda curb global warming?

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I have a fascination with calcium carbonate. But, being flexible, I am willing to consider the bicarbonate of various metals. from cnet: Som...

Soybeans Fall from 34-year high

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From Bloomberg: Soybeans fell from a 34-year high in Chicago on speculation declining crude-oil prices may reduce demand for biofuels made f...

German steelmakers ask EU to forbid BHP-Rio deal (RTP)

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I like that word, forbid. Don't much care for the politics however. From Reuters: German steelmakers urged Brussels on Tuesday to block ...

Praise for Rio Tinto's defense against BHP

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From the Financial Post: ...Sydney-based analyst Chris Lancaster with RBC Capital Markets says Rio’s initiatives were “articulate, positive ...

Just What We Needed - GOOG Closes at $666

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From Bespoke Investment Group : On a day when the S&P 500 closed in official correction territory, the Financials dropped another 4.05%,...

Abu Dhabi to Bolster Citigroup

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From the Wall Street Journal Online: Citigroup Inc., seeking to restore investor confidence amid massive losses due in credit markets and a...

Rio Tinto to sell $30bn of assets

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From FT Alphaville : Mining group Rio Tinto on Monday attempted to bolster its defences against a proposed £64bn ($133bn) takeover by rival...