GLG News in Energy & Industrials

Julia Werdiger in London reported in the October 30 issue of the International Herald Tribune that energy companies must continue to invest during the downturn. That was the message of Total’s CEO Christophe de Margerie at the Oil & Money 2008 conference in London. He said that supply would remain short. The recovery will come and crude oil prices will rise again. Oil companies have a responsibility...

Jad Mouawad in New York and Julia Werdigier in London reported in the October 31 issue of the International Herald Tribune that Exxon Mobil (XOM) and Royal Dutch Shell (RDS) earned higher-than-expected profits for the third quarter of 2008.Xom posted profits of $14.8 billion while RDS turned in $8.45 billion. Record high oil prices trumped production declines. The next quarter may signal the end of...

 The American Trucking Associations' advanced seasonally adjusted for-hire truck tonnage index dropped by 0.9 percent in September, it's third straight month-over-month decline. The details are even worse. The seasonally adjusted index was just 0.8 percent above year-ago levels. September 2007 was hardly a peak period either,a nd the index is quickly falling toward negative territory.

Africa  : Untapped in oil and gas deposits Africa  : A paradise of world emigration Africa  : Untouchable  by  natural disasters

Consumer Savings vs. Consumer Spending is a leading indicator for the electronics industry rebound. 

Continuous improvement (CI) in this industry is here to stay, yet when management is concerned about basic functions such as payroll; very few strategic programs are on the radar.       

In spite of current recession, TAKATA TOMY achive excellent sales result at 1Q FY3/09. their method is hybrid; media-mix and sincere products development. And they have strong their advocator in the US.I describe backgroud of their madia-mix strategy and products development and also the great advocator.  

Temple has been eviscerated by Icahn to the extent that their long term viability is questionable anyway.  Yes they are well managed but they have lost their key component for healthy returns in the future and that would be control over their own raw materials (forestlands) So-called "long term agreements" with landowners are only good as long as the landowner wants them to be....

Most consumers in economically developed countries understand capitalism, profit making, and recouping years of research and development costs with legal patent protections for pharmaceutical drugs that have proven efficacy.   Today, Pfizer is recognizing that there are second-tier and niche markets in the U.S. that are often larger than the size of some foreign nations when it comes to...

The food, energy and Biofuels industries all heavily depend on feedstock. I agree with colleagues Mr. Moser and Mr. Timpano regarding food versus fuel, future feedstock’s, food security and sugar cane use for ethanol. After recently attending a Purdue (my alma mater) meeting wearing my Zenergy Bio Fuel - switchgrass, miscanthus  & Jatropha plantations - and old farmers hat, the numbers that...