Energy & Industrials News by GLG Council Members
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Japan Airlines Sticks With Oneworld
February 9, 2010
JAL to stay with American in blow to Delta | www.reuters.com
Japan Airlines decision to stick with the oneworld alliance proves that grass isn’t always greener on the other side.
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Boeing 747-8F Kicks Off Flight Testing
February 9, 2010
Boeing’s Biggest 747 Begins Flight Testing Program | www.bloomberg.com
Almost exactly forty-one years to the day marking the first flight of the 747-100, the new 747-8F sets its sights on monopolising the large freighter market.
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Kingfisher Airlines Still A Chaotic Mess
February 9, 2010
Can Seabury fly Kingfisher out of the turbulence zone? | www.dnaindia.com
Just because you know how to run a brewery business does not mean you know how to run an airline.
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Spend Management- A Profit Enhancement Concept for more than Private Equity
February 8, 2010
Emory University Looks to Improve Savings Grade with Zycus Spend Management Solutions | www.sdcexec.com
Supply & Demand Chain Executive reports that progressive Universities are doing it.! We know that many multi-nationals are doing it. Why hasn't the Private Equity CPO adopted the spend management profit enhancement concept?
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Will impending Army-GAO ruling derail Oshkosh Corporation?
February 8, 2010
Oshkosh Truck wins $84.0 mil order Defense Department | jsonline.com
The Oshkosh Corporation(OSK) has been on a rapid growth pattern over the past year. In 2009' the company was chosen over Navistar and BAE to build a more maneuverable variant of the military's Mine Resistant Ambush Protected trucks (MRAP) for troops in Afghanistan. Oshkosh is patiently awaiting a final decision on the part of the Army & GAO which recommended in a December, 2009' ruling that the U.S. Army reevaluate its decision in August, 2009' to award Oshkosh Corp. (OSK) the contract.
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Michael LynchConsultantMichael E. Lynch
Moment of truth nears for Rockhopper and Desire in North Falkland basin
February 8, 2010
AGR Gears Up for Major Falklands Drilling Campaign | www.rigzone.co.
AGR Petroleum Services will begin a £2 million exploratory campaign in the North Falkland basin. Desire Petroleum and Rockhopper Exploration are the operators for this six well project. Desire has 4 prospects and Rockhopper has 2. AGR is in talks with a third operator as well. The first well will be spudded around the middle of February with the 3rd generation semisubmersible Ocean Guardian owned by Diamond Offshore Drilling Company. The campaign will last 5 months depending on weather.
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Himadri BanerjiChairman and Managing DirectorBas Management Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
China and Europe Negotiate an Icebreaker with Turmenistan as Gazprom Blunders?
February 8, 2010
Turkmenistan gains, Gazprom loses in new pipeline | www.commodityonline.com
The Central Asia-China gas pipeline which is a US$7.3bn project, 1,833 km long with 188 km going through Turkmenistan, 530 from Uzbekistan to Kazakhstan, and 1,115 km from Kazakhstan to China has been inaugurated on the 14th December.The West-East Gas Pipeline crossing China is over 4,500 km long, making of the joint pipelines the longest in the world. With this Turkmenistan, so far dependent on Gazprom for 70% of its export of natural gas has now better options.
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Airbus A380, Bombardier CSeries Both Missed The Market
February 8, 2010
2009: Worst Demand Decline in History | www.iata.org
Both little and large jets missed the biggest order cycle in history. Their fortunes look weak as airlines reign in spending and strive to cut costs.
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Jay ThompsonPresident and General ManagerTransportation Business Associates
2010 Freight Levels Improving - But Truck Orders Have Headed Back South
February 7, 2010
FTR: Strengthening Freight May Lead to Higher Truck and Trailer Sales in 2011 | www.truckinginfo.com
Improving freight levels should help truckers, but not so much the truck manufacturers - unless you have a good parts and service network. Some call it a double dip slowdown or better yet - déjà vu all over again.
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Additional Corn Ethanol Plant Capacity Can Now Replace The Cellulosic Mandate
February 7, 2010
Obama: Corn Ethanol Isn't So Bad After All | blogs.forbes.com
The EPA clarified rules for corn based ethanol. These new rules validate corn based ethanol as a GHG reducer and may allow corn based ethanol to supplant the cellulosic requirement of 16 billion gallons.This could be a boon to the seed companies and equipment makers including Monsanto, Syngenta, DuPont, John Deere and Case IH.
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