balthazar - Energy, Mfg, Biz, Mgmt

2005-04-13T11:26:00.000-07:00

[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

(2) Automotive Industry

(i) News, Websites, Articles

Business 2.0 Webguide - directory of the best business links - for the Automotive Industry

(ii) Technology and IS/IS for Auto industry

Auto industry gets Web services-based dealer hub - from CNN.com, Sci-tech, Jan 2002

(3) 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

2005-04-13T11:25:00.000-07:00

[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.

(2) 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

Risky Business - J.P. Morgan Chase took a hit in the recession. It took another hit on Enron. The deeper problem, though, goes further back. - FORTUNE, Sunday, March 31, 2002 , By Shawn Tully

(iv) 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

(3) Articles on Metals, Mining and Materials

(i) Sector Analysis - Metals - Iron & Steel, Aluminium, Copper, Gold, Silver

Apr 12, 2005 - Metals slump over dollar, trade data. Mining stocks pare some losses on FOMC inflation fears. Prudential lowered price targets on shares of Phelps Dodge PD and Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold FCX in conjunction with its call on copper prices. - By Mike Maynard, MarketWatch

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

2004-08-31T08:27:00.000-07:00

acharya - Biotech, Healthcare, Pharma	Redbaron - Tech, Software
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Top-of-the-page Magazines/Portals listing

Engineering Magazines

Chemical Week Associates - Chemical Week has been the trusted source of breaking global news, analysis and insight for 87 years. Read in over 100 countries. Chemical Week delivers comprehensive business coverage that examines, markets, products, regions, technologies and M&A activity. Publishes these other magazines -

Modern Paints & Coatings, Chemical Engineering, e-Chemmerce, Adhesives Age, Lubricants World, Soap & Cosmetics, Hart's E & P , Hart's Energy Markets, Hart's Oil and Gas, World Fuels, Hart's World Refining, Hart's PipeLine and Gas Technology

Machine Design - Magazine for useful engineering information

Crains communications - publisher of Advertising Age, BtoB, Creativity, Automotive News, AutoWeek, Coin-Op, drycleaner, Business Insurance, Crain's Chicago Business, Crain's New York Business, Investment News, Modern Healthcare, Modern Physician, Plastics News, Rubber & Plastics News, Television Week, Tire Business, Technology Urethanes, Workforce

Canon Communications publishes 14 trade magazines covering the medical manufacturing, general design, microelectronics, pharmaceutical, and packaging industries.

Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry, Medical Product Manufacturing News, European Medical Device Manufacturer, IVD Technology, Injection Molding Magazine, MX, Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News, Medical Device Register, Compliance
Engineering Magazine, Medical Electronics Manufacturing, MICRO Magazine, IMM Book Club, IMM Almanac, Nutritional Outlook, Cosmetic/Personal Care Packaging, Plastics Machinery & Auxiliaries

2004-08-31T08:04:00.000-07:00

[1] Business Management and Operations, Trade, Global Economy

1. Business Consulting

(i) Consulting Companies - Strategy, Management

ConsultingCentral.com

DMOZ Open Directory Project - Top: Business: Management: Consulting - Full List

McKinsey & Company

McKinsey Quarterly

Booz Allen Hamilton

Bain and Company

Monitor Group

Boston Consulting Group

Smaller, Boutique Consulting Firms

David H. Maister - Management Consultant

(ii) Consulting Companies - Technology, Operations

A.T. Kearney

Accenture - Innovation Delivered

BearingPoint - Home

Cap Gemini Ernst & Young

Deloitte & Touche - U.S. Home Page

DiamondCluster - Business Strategies & Technology Solutions

IBM Global Services

Infosys Technologies Limited

Wipro - IT Services Product Design Services

2. General Business Services

(i) Creative, Advertising, Marketing Services, PR

(ii) HR, Auditing, Tax Consulting

Marsh & McLennan Companies

(iii) Staffing Agencies, Temp Firms

Adecco - Staffing Services

Kelly Services

Manpower Inc.

(2) Business Operations, Organizations, Logistics

1. The Operations Management Portal

2. Harvard Business Online - Search for case studies

3. Illustrative Explanation of Earned Value Management , EVM - Integrating Cost, Schedule and Technical Performance for Project Management. From website of ACQWeb, which is the online home of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics. [Department of Defense]

(3) Marketing, Strategic Planning

(i) Consumer products

Procter & Gamble Career Advice Center

NYAMA GreenBook - Marketing Resource for New York

(ii) Strategic Planning

Strategic planning, The McKinsey Quarterly - special collection

(iii) Product Management and Product Development

Product Management - Techniques, articles, links - At the end of the page/resume.

TRIZ journal - For people interested in TRIZ methods of creativity and innovation. "TIPS" is the acronym for "Theory of Inventive Problem Solving," and "TRIZ" is the acronym for the same phrase in Russian. TRIZ was developed by Genrich Altshuller and his colleagues in the former USSR starting in 1946, and is now being developed and practiced throughout the world.

The three primary findings of this research are as follows:

Problems and solutions were repeated across industries and sciences
Patterns of technical evolution were repeated across industries and sciences
Innovations used scientific effects outside the field where they were developed

(iv) Decision Sciences, Business Intelligence

Center for Business Intelligence is a world-class conference company that focuses on producing high-level programs for executive decision-makers who face strategic issues in domestic and international markets. CBI has provided information and networking opportunities for thousands of executives in industries such as pharmaceuticals and biotech, domestic and international energy, risk and insurance, managed care, transportation and logistics.

(4) Project Management

1. Project Management Institute (PMI) - With over 100,000 members worldwide, PMI is the leading nonprofit professional association in the area of Project Management.

2. Since 1956,AACE International, the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering, has provided its members with the resources they need to enhance their performance and ensure continued growth and success. With about 5,500 members world-wide, AACE International serves cost management professionals: cost managers and engineers, project managers, planners and schedulers, estimators and bidders, and value engineers. AACE International has members in 78 countries and currently includes 70 local sections.

(5) Business Affairs, Global Trade, Business Consulting

1. Business Affairs, Trade Policy, Global Economy

(i) US Business Affairs - News, Websites

Oligopoly Watch - blog on The latest maneuvers of the new oligopolies and what they mean

(ii) Global Business Affairs - News, Websites

Wharton India Economic Forum (WIEF) 2002 Conference. Keynote Speech from Mukesh Ambani -Chairman and Managing Director, Reliance Industries Limited

2. Global Trade, Global Economy

(i) Global Trade

(ii) Global Economy

2004-08-31T08:01:00.002-07:00

[4] Aerospace and Defense, Automotive, Transportation Sectors

1. Aerospace and Defense

(i) News, Info, Publications

Jane's Defence and Jane's Aerospace - Jane’s Information Group is a world leading provider of intelligence and analysis on national and international defence, security and risk developments. Jane’s is an independent organisation with an unrivalled reputation of accuracy, authority and impartiality.

(ii) Defense - Aerospace, Missiles, and Space-combat

Boeing

Lockheed Martin

Northrop Grumman

Raytheon

(iii) Defense - Army, Infantry, Marines, Navy

(iv) Commercial Aerospace

(v) Space Flight, Discovery

NASA

2. Automotive - Cars, Bikes, SUVs, Boats

(i) News, Info, Publications

(ii) Auto Companies

(iii) Automotive - New technologies

Traditional Internal-combustion engines
Gas-Electric Hybrid engines
Fuel-Cell engines

3. Transportation

(i) News, Info, Publications

Jane's Transport - Jane’s Information Group is a world leading provider of intelligence and analysis on national and international defence, security and risk developments. Jane’s is an independent organisation with an unrivalled reputation of accuracy, authority and impartiality.

Marine Digest and Cargo Business News was founded in 1922 and grew to be the bible of the Pacific Northwest shipping industry. The publication has since grown to a national/international (primarily in Asia) audience and is the pre-eminent magazine of its kind covering the cargo, seaport and marine industries in the Pacific Rim.

Maritime Administration of Department of Transportation or MARAD

Marine Link - World Maritime News

(ii) Marine Transport

(iii) Trucking and Overland Transport

(iv) Rail Transport

2004-08-31T08:01:00.001-07:00

[2] Manufacturing Sector - Capital Goods, Consumer Goods, Construction and Housing, Mining, Materials, Chemicals

1. Industrial Goods, Mining, Metals

2. Chemicals, Plastics and Petrochemical Industry

3. Consumer Goods, Food, Textiles

4. Housing and Construction

2004-08-31T08:01:00.000-07:00

[3] Energy, Fuel Cells, Photovoltaics - News, Articles, Links

1. Energy News, Info, Publications

Renewable Energy World - a James and James publication

2. Companies

(i) Career Pages

Schlumberger

3. Fuel Cells

(i) Types of Fuel Cells

Proton-Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cells - Unlike internal combustion engines, fuel cells run on hydrogen or other electron donors, producing an electric current through movement of electrons across a thin wire. The electrons then react with an electron acceptor--oxygen in this case--which, in turn, will attach to the hydrogen ions that have migrated through the fuel cell via an electrolyte. The end result is water as a waste product and heat.

Obviously, fuel cells are much more complex than this, and the electrolyte determines the reaction temperatures. Today's commercial stationary fuel cells are phosphoric acid fuel cells (PAFC), which run at relatively low temperatures of 150-200°C. UTC has been the primary source of such fuel cells. The next generation of stationary, automotive, and residential power will be proton-exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells. PEM cells work at what are considered to be low temperatures (80-100°C) and need a clean fuel source. Higher temperature fuel cells, such as molten carbonate (MCFC), which run at about 800°C, and solid oxide (SOFC), which run at 800-1,000°C, are less fussy about contaminants in their fuel sources. "What's holding up PEM technology is [that] you have to separate the hydrogen from the carbon; any carbon gets inside a PEM fuel cell, actually, it will just shut the fuel cell down," says Lee Petersen, vice president, business development, Ascent Power Systems in Littleton, Colo.

(ii) Academic & Government Research

National Renewable Energy Lab - The U.S. Department of Energy's premier laboratory for renewable energy research & development and a lead lab for energy efficiency R&D

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). Mission - The EERE mission is to strengthen America's energy security, environmental quality, and economic vitality in public-private partnerships. EERE's program activities are conducted in partnership with the private sector, state and local government, DOE national laboratories, and universities. In July 2002, EERE reorganized to strengthen its focus on programs and these partnerships. Instead of just five energy sectors—industry, transportation, buildings, power, and Federal agencies—EERE is now organized around 11 energy programs

Oak Ridge National Laboratory - The ORNL EERE Program conducts research and development to support technology advances that help improve daily life for everyone. We find ways to make buildings, industries, power generation, and transportation more energy efficient and easier on the environment. ORNL is located in Roane County, Tennessee, about 7 miles from the center of the city of Oak Ridge and about 25 miles from the McGhee Tyson Airport near Knoxville.

Originally known as Clinton Laboratories, ORNL was established in 1943 to carry out a single, well-defined mission: the pilot-scale production and separation of plutonium for the World War II Manhattan Project. From this foundation, the Laboratory has evolved into a unique resource for addressing important national and global energy and environmental issues. Today, ORNL pioneers the development of new energy sources, technologies, and materials and the advancement of knowledge in the biological, chemical, computational, engineering, environmental, physical, and social sciences.

(iii) Industry Research

HydrogenSource - a joint project of UTC Fuel Cells and Shell Oil Co.

Dr. Hansraj C. Maru joined Fuell Cell Energy (FCE) in 1977; he is responsible for research program direction and analysis, and product testing. Prior to joining FuelCell Energy, he performed research at the Institute of Gas Technology and Excel Industries, primarily in energy conversion and storage, and was responsible for materials and engineering development.

Gas Technology Institute (GTI) is the leading research, development and training organization serving energy markets. GTI is an independent technology organization, established as an Illinois not-for-profit corporation. GTI is tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. GTI’s headquarters facility is located on an 18-acre campus at 1700 South Mount Prospect Road, in the Chicago suburb of Des Plaines, IL.

GTI members are natural gas producers, pipeline companies, investor owned distribution companies, municipal utilities, gas industry vendors, and similar energy organizations that are interested in GTI's program.

Mechanical technology launches micro fuel cell initiative

Neah Power Systems is a micro fuel cell development company using a patent-pending, silicon-based design to provide long-lasting, efficient, and safe power solutions for portable electronic devices, including notebook PCs and other power-hungry computer, entertainment, and communications products.

4. Photovoltaics

Intro -

(i) Academic & Government Research

National Renewable Energy laboratory - The U.S. Department of Energy's premier laboratory for renewable energy research & development and a lead lab for energy efficiency R&D

National Center for Photovoltaics (NCPV)Helping to Make PV the Power of Choice

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network

Million Solar Roofs Initiative

Information Resources - Technical papers, conferences, and information on PV.

NCPV's research and development facilities

Photovoltaic Manufacturing R&D - a R&D partnership between the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and members of the U.S. PV industry

(ii) Industry Research

BP Solar

Shell Solar - also Siemens Solar

RWE Schott Solar GmbH is a leader in solar power engineering including silicon wafers, solar cells and modules for the terrestrial market and thin-film, amorphous silicon modules. In 2001, the company generated net sales of $96 million and employs 550 employees. RWE currently has PV manufacturing operations in Alzenau Germany, Putzbrunn Germany, and Billerica Massachusetts, which together will have a capacity of over 100 megawatts.

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[5] Nanotechnology

1. Academic & Government Research

National Nanotechnology Initiative

NIST - Advanced Measurement Laboratory

NIST - Nanotechnology
Programs

Sandia National Laboratories - Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

nanobuildings.com

California

UC Irvine Integrated Nanosystems Research Facility - Table of companies performing research at the UCI Integrated Nanosystems Research Facility (1999-2001+)

Mechanical engineer Liwei Lin, codirector of the Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center at University of California, Berkeley, has designed a miniature MFC as an energy source for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS).

Northern California Nanotechnology Initiative - The Northern California Nanotechnology Initiative (NCnano) is a regional program which will have a global impact. NCnano unites the extensive research, development, manufacturing, and capital resources of Northern California to create the world's leading nanotechnology cluster.

New York, Boston, New England

Texas, Chicago, Mid-West

U. Texas, Dallas NanoTech Institute - Research thrusts include Nanostructured Hybrid Composite Membranes for Fuel Cells, Carbon Nanotube Fiber Supercapacitors, Carbon Nanotube Electrode Assemblies for Thermal Energy Harvesting, Nanoscale Polymeric Photocells by Advanced Electrospinning, Thermal Conductivity Enhancement by Optical Phonon Sub-Band Engineering of Nanostructures, The Rational Design and Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes of One Specified Type, Carbon Nanotube Artificial Muscles, Spinning Carbon Nanotube Composite Fibers, Highly Energy Efficient, Low Voltage Organic Light Emitting Devices (OLEDs), Carbon Nanotube/Biological Molecule Composites

In the year 2000, the University of Notre Dame established a Center of Excellence in Nano Science and Technology to explore multidisciplinary fundamental concepts in nanoscience and engineering with emphasis on applications to unique functional capabilities

Purdue University - The Center for Nanoscale Devices

Purdue University - Birck Nanotechnology Center

HDR Project Web -
Purdue University

2. Industry Research

(i) Nanocomputing and Nanostorage

(ii) Nanoelectronics

NanoInk, Inc. builds tools that enable companies in the life sciences, microelectronics and photonics industries to create revolutionary new products and services. e.g. The Dip Pen Nanolithography™ (DPN™) method of nanofabrication

(iii) MEMS and NEMS

(iv) Nanoscale Devices and Sensors

Dec 27, 2004 - Nano World: Nanosensors full of surprises. The global market for nanosensors -- sensors with components only billionths of a meter in size -- is predicted to reach only a modest $185 million or so in 2005, but forecasters told United Press International's Nano World they expect it to skyrocket to $2.7 billion in 2008 and $17.2 billion in 2012. - Forbes Magazine

(v) Nanoscale Materials and Fabrication

Nanomix is working on the first commercially available product made using molecular electronics---Sensors that use nanotube sensing elements on a silicon chip. The sensor chips offers the highest sensitivity in the smallest possible package. Electronic sensing is simple and direct, offering higher signal to noise ratios than competing technologies. Applications include toxic gas leak detection, medical monitoring and industrial control. (previously called Covalent Materials)

Nanosys’ mission is to become the leading platform technology company in the field of nanotechnology. Nanosys’ business strategy is to commercialize its products through strategic partnerships with leading companies in a variety of industries. Our first business partnerships are targeted in the areas of photovoltaics, high-performance macroelectronics, chemical and biological sensors, and nanostructured surfaces.

Veeco provides metrology and process equipment systems for industry leaders in the semiconductor, data storage, telecom/wireless and scientific/research markets.

The Structural Process Management Company(TM) FEI is the 3D innovator and leading supplier of Structural Process Management(TM) solutions. Its range of industry-leading DualBeam(TM) and single column focused ion and electron beam products enables advanced three-dimensional metrology, device editing, trimming and structural analysis for management of sub-micron structures including those found in integrated circuits, high density magnetic storage devices, industrial materials, chemical compounds and biological structures. Headquartered in Hillsboro, Oregon, FEI has approximately 1,600 employees worldwide, with additional development and manufacturing operations located in Peabody, Massachusetts; Sunnyvale, California; Eindhoven, The Netherlands; and Brno, Czech Republic.

(vi)Magnetics and Optics

(vii) Miscellaneous

CMP Cientifica is Europe's first integrated solutions provider for the nanotechnology community.

3. News, Events, Articles, VC and Investment Activity

(i) Industry News

Nanotechnology Now - Nanotechnology Portal with basics, news, and general information

MEMS industry group is the premier trade association representing the North American MEMS and Microstructure industries

Nanotechweb.org - publishers of the journal, Nanotechnology

Small Times - Big News in Small Tech

NanoBiotech News - the weekly publication of record for and about the nanobiotechnology industry. From National Health Information, Atlanta, GA

(ii) Investment News

NanoApex - user = sandy, Nanoinvestor news , News.NanoApex.com , Nano Magazine

Forbes/Wolfe Nanotech Report

Nanotech bulletin - a publication of Meyer Analytics

NanoBusiness Development Group - A NanoBusiness Alliance Company

(iii) Conferences, Trade Fairs, Events

The International Engineering Consortium

The International Engineering Consortium (IEC) NanoEngineering Advisory Council is a unique group of leading technologists, scientists, academics, and industry professionals focused on the advancement of nanotechnology.

- The current schedule for the NanoEngineering World Forum 2003

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[6] Articles on Manufacturing, Chemicals, Business Services

(1) Manufacturing Industry

(i) News, Websites, Articles

GE's Immelt Renovates House That Jack Built - By Matt Murray, Wall Street Journal - Feb 6, 2003

(ii) Sector Analysis - Capital Goods, Industrial Products

Dec 20, 2004 - Water Investing Enters The Mainstream. Utility companies such as Aqua America, water-treatment technologies from Cuno, and Pentair - Forbes Magazine

Nov 24, 2004 - Ionics Deal Perks Up Calgon Carbon. The Pittsburgh-based water purification company CCG benefited from a 46% jump in shares of Ionics after that company reached a $1.1 billion agreement to be acquired by General Electric GE - The Street.com
June 2004 - Manufacturing Firms Shares Up as Asbestos Settlement Nearer. Shares of W.R. Grace, USG Corp., McDermott International, Crown Holdings and Owens-Illinois were trading up between 2 and 10 percent on the New York Stock Exchange - Reuters, via Yahoo News

(iii) Sector Analysis - Clothing, Retail

Nov 5 2004 - What Vornado has in store for Sears. Commentary: Stock buys aren't likely simple investment. - By Herb Greenberg, CBS MarketWatch.com

Jul 1, 2004 - Investors wonder how Kmart will spend $3 billion. Yahoo News

Jul 19, 2004 - Attention! Kmart Holders. A shrewd -- but possibly doomed -- strategy is driving the retailer's "revival" - By ANDREW BARY, Barrons

(iv) Sector Analysis - Food, Household Goods

(v) Sector Analysis - Electrical, Electronic Products

(2) 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

(3) 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