[6] Articles on Manufacturing, Chemicals, Business Services(1)
Manufacturing Industry(i) News, Websites, Articles
(ii) Sector Analysis - Capital Goods, Industrial Products
(iii) Sector Analysis - Clothing, Retail
(iv) Sector Analysis - Food, Household Goods
(v) Sector Analysis - Electrical, Electronic Products
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Chemicals, Plastics and Petrochemicals Industry(i) News, Websites, Articles
(ii) Sector Analysis - Chemicals, Plastics and Petrochemicals
(iii) Sector Analysis - Agriculture, Agri-chemicals, Bio-Fertilizer
(iv) Nanotechnology related
- Feb 4, 2005 - The Business Of Nanotech. Throughout 2005, companies large and small will be rushing more nano-based products from labs to the marketplace. Consumers will encounter nanotechnology in the form of nick-proof trims on Hummers, Wilson tennis racquets with extra pop, even golf balls designed to fly straight. Investors, meanwhile, will be faced with a slew of bold announcements.
- Feb 4, 2005 - New York's Big Hopes for Nano. With fabs and labs sprouting around the capital in Albany, the state is shaping up as a power in the emerging technology - By Stephen Baker , BusinessWeek
- Nov 24 2004 - The Tiny Next Big Thing. Fool contributors Carl Wherrett and John Yelovich take a look at who's who these days in nanomaterials, nanobiotechnology, and nanoelectronics -- and who's making the tools for this young industry. Their goal is to take the hype out of the subject and find the companies that will be left standing in the emerging nanoworld. - The Motley Fool
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Business Services(i) Sector Analysis - Hotels, Restaurants, Casinos, Leisure Industry
(ii) Sector Analysis - E-commerce, E-business
- Jan 30 2004 - "Super-de-duper." That's how the holiday quarter went for Motley Fool Hidden Gems pick Overstock.com. Also, making news was the frank shareholder letter Overstock President Patrick Byrne included with the fourth-quarter earnings release. - The Motley Fool, By Jeff Hwang
- June 2003 - How eBay Cashes In on Employee Options - By Troy Wolverton, Street.com
- Aug 17, 2003 - Bill Miller 2nd Quarter 2003 Market Commentary. Internet businesses operate in a different realm from that of most businesses whose physical world presence shapes their size, determines their opportunities, and constrains the returns available to their capital. We really don't know, or I don't anyway, just what the optimum or potential size is of Amazon, eBay, Yahoo, or InterActive, the four big public Internet companies.
(iii) Sector Analysis -
(iv) Sector Analysis - Music, Movies, New Media, Newspapers & Publishing
- Jul 19 2004 - International Publishers Dueling for No. 1. At present, there are six big-league players in the international professional publishing arena - Thomson Corporation, Reed Elsevier , Pearson PLC , Reuters Group , McGraw-Hill and Wolters Kluwer. - By Rich Smith , The Motley Fool, Yahoo News
[7] Articles on Energy, Oil & Gas, Electricity/Utilities/Power Industry, Materials, Mining(1)
Articles on Electricity, Utility/Utilities, Power(i) Articles on Electric Utilities
- The Un-Enron. Duke Energy used to hate explaining why it wasn't more like its Houston rival. Not anymore. - FORTUNE, Sunday, March 31, 2002, By Nelson D. Schwartz
- Mary Tolan's Modest Proposal. A rising star at Accenture is advising Big Oil and the auto industry that they can revitalize the economy, mint profits, and save the planet -- if they'll just learn to stop worrying and love hydrogen. - By Ralph King, June 2003, Business 2.0
(ii) Organizations, Forums, Website links
- Platts is the world's largest energy information provider, specializing in news, prices, data, analysis, analytical tools, geospatial systems, research and consultancy for the complete spectrum of the energy industry.
- The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) is a non-profit organization founded in 1889. Its members include the governmental agencies that are engaged in the regulation of utilities and carriers in the fifty States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. NARUC's member agencies regulate the activities of telecommunications, energy, and water utilities.
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Articles on Oil and Gas, Energy Upstream, Midstream and Downstream(i) Sector Analysis - Oil & Gas Exploration and Production E&P (Small to Mid-Size Companies), and Oil Services and Eqpmt Firms
- Apr 01, 2005 - Deutsche Bank sees opportunities in E&P. Deutsche Bank launched coverage of the exploration and production sector Friday, saying that higher gas prices and the cash they generate for producers present opportunities for the group. - RRC Range Resources, APA Apache, NBL Noble Energy - By Lisa Sanders, MarketWatch
- Apr 04, 2005 - PetroKazakhstan responds to Antimonopoly Allegations. Responds to a PR issued today in Kazakhstan by the Republic of Kazakhstan's "Agency for the struggle with Economic and Corruption Crimes (Financial Police)." - Press Release by PetroKazakhstan
- Apr 01, 2005 - XTO Energy to buy oil & gas wells for $350 mln from Plains Exploration & Production. - Reuters via Yahoo
- Mar 03, 2005 - PetroKazakhstan Hunts for Dollars. PetroKazakhstan's fourth-quarter results weren't especially impressive. Revenue climbed 30% for the quarter and net income grew 29%, while share buybacks boosted EPS growth more than 36%. - By Stephen D. Simpson, Motley Fool
- Feb 14, 2005 - Drilling Activity a key focus of Wall Street Transcript Exploration & Production Issue. Value plays are large-caps Chesapeake Energy and Apache, and Plains Exploration and Production (PXP). Resource-play driven companies are Southwestern Energy (SWN) and Ultra Petroleum (UPL). - Wall Street Transcript via Yahoo
- Feb 09, 2005 - Ultra Petroleum, Ultra Growth. Starting back in 2002, Ultra Petroleum has managed to grow revenue on an annual basis for 10 consecutive quarters, and earnings per share have climbed from $0.05 in Q4 '02 to $0.53 in the most recent quarter. - By Stephen D. Simpson , Motley Fool
- Jan 26, 2005 - Magnum Hunter gains on Cimarex deal. Oil and gas producer Cimarex Energy Co., in the sixth biggest gas field merger in a year, said Wednesday it would pay $2.1 billion to buy rival Magnum Hunter Resources Inc. - By Lisa Sanders, MarketWatch
- Jan 12, 2005 - Bill Barrett strikes stock riches, again. Commentary: Wall Street bets on geologist's latest firm. Bill Barrett, 76, made his first big natural gas find in the Rocky Mountains' in the 1960s, when he took part in an exploration team at Inexco Oil Co. - By Steve Gelsi, CBS.MarketWatch.com
- Jan 05, 2005 - America's Best Managed Energy Companies - Exelon and XTO Energy - Forbes
- Feb 2004 - What's Fueling Such Fast Growth? By Jack Hough, Smart Money
(ii) Sector Analysis - Oil & Gas Majors, Global Energy, OPEC News
- Mar 16, 2005 - U.S. oil companies circumspect on ANWR future. Two of the biggest Alaskan oil producers, BP and ConocoPhillips said on Wednesday they would consider exploring in the nearby Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) if the U.S. Congress approves drilling there and the projects make economic sense. - Reuters via Yahoo
- Mar 03, 2005 - Carl Icahn Says Plan Could Boost Kerr-McGee. Icahn Urges Kerr-McGee to Sell Chemical Business, Future Oil and Gas Output to Boost Shares. - Associated Press
- Feb 22, 2005 - Kerr-McGee rallies on Icahn interest. Shares in oil and gas producer Kerr-McGee shot higher Tuesday as investors threw themselves behind corporate raider Carl Icahn's bid to grab a stake in the company. - By Jim Jelter, MarketWatch
- Dec 30 2004 - Energy 2005: Ripe for Action. While the debate will rage about what rate of growth China will post in 2005, the fact is that the burgeoning country will continue to use more, not less, energy. As a result, global demand is likely to continue to rise into the new year. -By Christopher Edmonds, TheStreet.com
- Oct 28 2004 - Bracing for a fall in oil prices. Correction Watchers. China rate hike a reminder of the power of surprise events. The oil market has been consumed this fall over how high crude-oil prices will go. But listening only to the energy bulls' version of history could prove a costly mistake in a market that has seen several monumental downturns over the years. Paul Gulden, portfolio manager of the PAX World Growth Fund, likes APA, CHK, SII, BHI, CRR - By Lisa Sanders, CBS.MarketWatch
(iii) Sector Analysis - Oil & Gas Downstream, Refining, Pipelines, Marketing
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Sector Analysis - Alternative Energy - Wind, Geothermal, Waves, Hydroelectric, Nuclear
- Mar 27, 2005 - Soaring Prices Put Shine on U.S. Uranium. Canada's Cameco Corp., the world's largest uranium producer, produced 2 million pounds of concentrate at two U.S. plants in 2004, and Texas-based Uranium Resources Inc. produced the remainder.
Privately-owned Cotter Corp. reopened its Canon City mill in Colorado, late 2004. Canon City is one of four U.S. mills still standing after several were dismantled in the 1990s, compared with 26 mills about 20 years ago. Another, International Uranium Corp.'s. White Mesa mill, restarts this week. U.S. Energy Corp. wants to reopen Shootaring Canyon, but this could take up to two years. The fourth, the Sweetwater mill in Wyoming, which is owned by Kennecott Uranium Co., a unit of Rio Tinto - By Belinda Goldsmith, Reuters via Yahoo News
- Nov 17, 2004 - Harness Uranium's Power With Cameco. Uranium's price has risen 100% in the past 22 months to $20 per pound as the world has come to grips with the notion that a carbon-based economy won't last forever. - By Jon D. Markman, TheStreet.com
- Oct 05, 2004 - Uranium Rally Faces Limited Half Life. Some experts say yes, arguing that there won't be any new nuclear plants built in the U.S. for at least a decade. - By Rebecca Byrne, Yahoo/TheStreet.com
(v) Sector Analysis - New Energy - Fuel Cells, Hydrogen Economy, Auto Fuels
- Mar 24, 2005 - A Power Portfolio. Have you had enough of oil stocks? Here's another energy play-invest in companies that will participate in the reinvention of the gasoline automobile around hybrid engines. - By Peter W. Huber Mark P. Mills , Forbes Magazine
- Jan 18, 2005 - Panasonic's Power Play. Matsushita Electric licenses nickel metal hydride technology from an American company, Energy Conversion Devices and uses it to make the batteries used in the automakers' buggies. - By Rich Smith , Motley Fool
- Dec 14, 2004 - An Uncertain FuelCell Future. In May 2001, investors were paying up to $43.27 a share for FuelCell Energy. Hydrogen was the future, and fuel cell stocks were hot. Fast-forward three and a half years, and FuelCell Energy's stock is selling for under $10. - Yahoo and Motley Fool
- Dec 13, 2004 - Big on micro fuel cells - Forbes
- Sep 29 2004 - Big Firms Positioned in Alternative Energy Field. Stable companies -- such as BP, General Electric and Florida Power and Light parent FPL -- have invested heavily in alternative energy and can afford to wait for its future success. - By Melissa Davis, TheStreet.com
- Jun 25, 2004 - Toshiba claims fuel cell breakthrough. Toshiba announced on Friday that it has built what it claims is the smallest-ever direct methanol fuel cell. - By Graeme Wearden , CNET News.com
- Jun 21, 2004 - Fuel cell firm's neat solution for batteries. MTI MicroFuel Cells, a developer of miniaturized fuel cells has come up with a simplified design that could propel the power technology's use in notebook and handheld computers. - By Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com
- Jan 18, 2004 - Membrane could rev up fuel cell industry. Start-up PolyFuel has commercially released a membrane for creating fuel cells for laptops and cell phones, a milestone in the budding fuel cell industry. - By Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com
- Dec 11, 2003 - Hitachi to squeeze fuel cell into PDAs. Japanese electronics giant Hitachi is teaming up with Tokai, a maker of disposable cigarette lighters, to produce commercial fuel cells for handheld computers in 2005, the companies said this week. - By Matthew Broersma, CNET News.com
- Fuel cells start to look real - by Steve Ashley, SAE.org
(vi) Sector Analysis - Solar Energy, Photovoltaics
- Jul 12, 2004 - Alternative energies are looking good again. Companies promoting solar power and other alternative-energy concepts are rapidly attracting venture funding, research grants and, just as important, the interest of many of the tech industry's deep thinkers and influential figures. - By Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com
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Articles on Metals, Mining and Materials(i)
Sector Analysis - Metals - Iron & Steel, Aluminium, Copper, Gold, Silver
- Feb 3 2005 - Denting Steel Dynamics. While sales were up 115% percent to $600 million and net income was up almost five times to $82 million, those results were actually below expectations. The company posted earnings per share of $1.47 -- below the Wall Street mean of $1.59. - By Stephen D. Simpson, Motley Fool
- Jan 24 2005 - Steelmaker Processes a Good Quarter. Specialty steel processor Steel Technologies STTX rolled out a good quarter for December. Sales were up 94% to $254 million, and EPS of $1.11 beat the estimate of $1.10. - By Stephen D. Simpson , Motley Fool
- Jan 10 2005 - Canadian-American metals company Novamerican Still on a Roll. It reported another bang-up quarter last week, extending its streak of $2-plus-per-share quarterly profitability to three in a row. It also once again left its 2003 performance in the dust: For the fourth quarter of 2004, Novamerican more than tripled its Q4 2003 profits to reach $2.37 per diluted share. - By Rich Smith , Motley Fool
- Jan 7 2005 - Schnitzer Sees Slowdown. Two stories emerged from Schnitzer Steel Industries' (Nasdaq: SCHN - News) fiscal first-quarter 2005 earnings report yesterday. The first was of a steel company whose profits continue to skyrocket -- up 250% over the year-ago quarter on a 55% increase in revenues. On the other hand, Schnitzer noted that the price it pays for steel scrap has declined a bit over the past 60 days, even as the price it charges for its products has leveled out. - By Rich Smith , Motley Fool
- Dec 14, 2004 - Lack of confidence seen in Alcoa stock fall. Alcoa, the world's largest aluminum producer, saw its stock fall on Tuesday after a third investment downgrade this month, despite surging aluminum prices and strong demand from China. - REUTERS
- Dec 13, 2004 - Goldman sees ongoing steel strength. Three stocks jump as firm calls them 'undervalued'. Shares of U.S. Steel, Nucor Corp. and Steel Dynamics shot up Monday, after Goldman Sachs said that a recent sector correction had left the three stocks undervalued by 20 percent or more. - By Leslie Wines, CBS MarketWatch
- Dec 10, 2004 - Brazil's CVRD sees another record year in 2005. It accounts for a third of global iron ore exports, tripled its market value to $27.3 billion in the past year, helped by robust sales and strong world prices.
- Nov 2, 2004 - Steel sector lifted by Goldman upgrade. Steelmakers' shares advanced Tuesday after Goldman Sachs upgraded United States Steel Corp. and Nucor Corp. to "outperform," predicting further gains for two stocks that have appreciated substantially this year in line with a booming metals sector. - By Leslie Wines, CBS MarketWatch
- Oct 25, 2004 - Steel stocks bolstered by ISG merger. Top U.S. steel stocks jumped Monday on news of a three-way merger of Dutch companies Ispat International and LNM Holdings with the U.S. company International Steel Group to form the biggest steel maker in the world. - By Leslie Wines, CBS.Marketwatch.com
- Oct 13, 2004 - Metals sector cut; copper hit by BHP. Aluminum giant Alcoa and other top metals stocks were dragged lower Wednesday after the sector absorbed a number of brokerage downgrades, selling by funds and heavy declines in copper and gold futures prices. Also, BHP Billiton warning on copper supply worldwide. - By Leslie Wines, CBS.Marketwatch.com
- Oct 4, 2004 - Nucor leads rally for steel stocks. Steels rallied Monday, with Nucor tacking on more than 4 percent, as analysts sifted through a complex industry outlook, featuring robust contract prices on the one hand and signs of excessive U.S. inventories on the other. - By Leslie Wines, CBS.Marketwatch.com
- Sep 24, 2004 - Steels firm on Goldman comments. Broker expects continued strength in 2005 earnings. Hammered earlier this week following a brokerage downgrade and a cautious outlook on pricing, steel shares rebounded Friday after Goldman Sachs reiterated its "attractive" view of the sector. - By Susan Lerner, CBS.MarketWatch.com
- Sep 17, 2004 - Steel supercycle: Is it for real? No one questions that the steel sector is seeing a vigorous boom, but there is a lively debate in industry circles whether steel has burst into a so-called supercycle that will persist for years to come. - By Leslie Wines, CBS.Marketwatch.com
(ii) Sector Analysis - Non-Ferrous Materials, Paper, Wood, Construction materials, Cement
(iii) Sector Analysis - Mining
- Jan 27, 2005 - Venture Off the Beaten Path. Commodity companies, long the walking dead of Wall Street, saw their stock prices go up nicely through 2003 and into 2004. Given that most commodities still have rosy demand into the future, it's time to look at some ways to profit from commodities. Korean steelmaker POSCO, UPM-Kymmene Oyj in paper, Mueller Industries in metal pipes, PetroChina and PetroKazakhstan in oil, and Ultra Petroleum in natural gas, Nucor in steel, Headwaters for synfuel substituting coal, Bunge/Potash/Agrium for fertilizers, and transports like Tsakos Energy, Teekay Shipping, or TOP Tankers - By Stephen D. Simpson, Motley Fool
- Dec 15, 2004 - Mining companies ignore greens at own risk. Frank Holmes, chief executive of asset management firm U.S. Global Investors Inc. said environmental activists can no longer be ignored if miners want to continue to make money from overseas operations. - Reuters
- Nov 18, 2004 - Peru eyes metals boom in 2007, mine royalty weighs. "We're looking at about 4 percent growth for next year. The important projects that will lift growth won't come online for a few years yet," said Angel Murillo of the National Society of Mining, Petroleum and Energy, which represents miners in Peru. - Reuters
- Oct 28, 2004 - Digging In at Phelps Dodge. Today, China announced it is increasing its interest rate for one-year loans by 0.27%, to 5.58%, in an effort to slow growth slightly. This is its first rate hike in nine years. Phelps Dodge has five offices in Asia and sells a lot of copper and aluminum in the region. - By Roger Nusbaum, The Motley Fool, via Yahoo
- Oct 13, 2004 - 6 Commodity Investment Lessons. Commodities are a cyclical business. Yes, in good times (like now), the companies trade at a steep discount to the market -- even the giant broader-based enterprises like BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) and Rio Tinto (NYSE: RTP). - By W.D. Crotty , The Motley Fool
[8] Articles on Aerospace and Defense, Automotive, Transportation (1)
Aerospace and Defense Industry(i) News, Websites, Articles
(ii) Sector Analysis - Aerospace, Defense
(iii) Sector Analysis - Homeland Security
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Automotive Industry(i) News, Websites, Articles
(ii) Technology and IS/IS for Auto industry
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Transportation Industry(i) Airline Transportation - News, Websites, Articles
(ii) Road Transportation and Trucking - News, Websites, Articles
- Feb 23, 2005 - UPS CEO optimistic about growth prospects in 2005. Chairman and Chief Executive Michael Eskew said on Wednesday he was optimistic about the package deliverer's growth prospects in 2005. - Reuters/Yahoo
- Feb 23, 2005 - Follow the Yellow Truck Road. KEEP ON TRUCKIN'. At least that's what shares of freight haulers USF and Yellow Roadway YELL did Wednesday following a report the pair is involved in merger talks. - By Will Swarts, SmartMoney
- Feb 16, 2005 - Truckers see firm pricing in 2005, volumes up. Deutsche Bank Transportation conference. - Reuters/Yahoo
- Feb 09 2005 - Trucking Stocks: Downshifting Soon? After a fast-paced ride last year, S&P warns that valuations seem stretched and has a neutral outlook on the industry. By Sam Stovall , SAM STOVALL'S SECTOR WATCH , Insight from S&P
- Feb 08 2005 - Strong sales lift C.H. Robinson Q4 2004. Trucking and freight company C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. reported Tuesday a 37.5 percent jump in earnings in the fourth quarter, citing strong demand for strained shipping capacity through year-end. - By Jim Jelter, MarketWatch
- Jan 27, 2005 - Yellow Roadway triples 2004 Q4 profit. Trucker Yellow Roadway Corp., marking its fourth-quarter debut as a single company following Yellow Transportation's merger with Roadway Express, said late Thursday it tripled its profit in 2004's last three months. - By Jim Jelter, MarketWatch
- Jan 27, 2005 - Landstar stock pummeled on outlook. Shares of Landstar System Inc. sank heavily in Thursday trades as the freight and logistics firm forecast lower first-quarter income than analysts had expected. - By Padraic Cassidy, MarketWatch
- Jan 18, 2005 - Common Sense - Is Brown the New Black?.
- Jan 12, 2005 - UPS woes run deeper than weather. When UPS blamed winter storms and sluggish demand for a weaker-than-expected fourth quarter, the package carrier roused suspicions it faces troubles that run far deeper than the weather. - By Matt Andrejczak & Padraic Cassidy, MarketWatch
- Jan 12 2005 - JUBAK JOURNAL - Transports Retain Capacity for Gains. The fundamental mismatch between supply and demand that drove revenue and earnings at most of the companies in this sector is still intact for 2005 and beyond. Marine Transport - ALEX, Airlines - AMR, CAL, DAL, NWAC, LUV, Railroads - BNI, CSX, NSE, UNP, Trucking - CHRW, CNF, JBHT, R, USF, YELL, Delivery Services - EXPD, FDX, UPS. By Jim Jubak, MSN Money Markets via TheStreet.com
- Dec 16 2004 - Bear Stearns bullish on Hub Group. Sees big gains for stock even after doubling in 2004. - By Susan Lerner, CBS.MarketWatch
(iii) Marine Transportation - News, Websites, Articles
(iv) Rail Transportation - News, Websites, Articles
