GE Healthcare Targets Growth Markets And New Technologies To Drive Sales [View article]
NYCTEXASBANKER No, I wasn't aware. I saw Matrix but wasn't so enthralled to be interested in the sequels. But, it doesn't improve the overall impression. It's still a terrible theme and I'm not sure how many people recognize its origin. To me, GE has been the icon of American ingenuity and manufacturing prowess and the ad tarnishes that appeal. Thanks for letting me know.
GE Healthcare Targets Growth Markets And New Technologies To Drive Sales [View article]
One thing GE could do in its health care business is to pull its obnoxious and off-putting commercial with an espionage motif. An actor dressed in black with sunglasses, a sleazy voice and arrogant gait is hardly an attractive or positive image. Rather, it projects a sneaky, less than honest, and secretive image. Compare it to Seimans ads. As a long time suffering shareholder, the ad is almost enough to make me sell. I have to question the judgment of its marketing team. If this is the best its marketers can do, what does it say about the rest of management?
4 Reasons Why General Electric Is Now One Of The Most Shorted Dow Stocks [View article]
I'll add a fifth reason---the obnoxious and grating espionage themed medical software/devices commercial it has been running incessantly for the last month or so. It is simply an off-putting example of extremely bad taste and projects a sleazy, sneaky and underhanded image. It's almost enough to make me sell a position in GE that I have held for 15 years. The marketing/advertising geniuses who created and approved this commercial should be exiled to matchbook advertising. It's hard for me to believe that higher level executives who have seen it haven't pulled it from the air. My confidence in GE management ahs evaporated.
GE Capital (GE +2.5%) cuts off lending to gun shops in response to public backlash since the Sandy Hook shootings. Though the company isn't the first financial firm to back away from involvement with the gun industry, the development puts the spotlight back on sellers such as Dick's Sporting Goods (DKS -0.4%), Wal-Mart (WMT -1.2%), and Cabela's (CAB +0.9%) which could see more foot traffic. It's also of interest to gun manufacturers Smith & Wesson (SWHC +0.8%) and Sturn Ruger (RGR -0.8%) - wallowing around with relatively low P-E ratios with future demand tough to forecast. [View news story]
Immelt is a politically correct sycophant. If he paid more attention to growing the business, maybe I'd get back to even on my GE holdings.
Fris (the name is too long)--I doubt that the doom and gloom you predict will happen with Heinz,. You are absolutely right on everything you say about corporate raiders. Once again, Buffet has made another debt,- preffered - common stock deal that saddles a company with a huge preferred payout. I have nothing but respect for Buffet's deal making ability. But, why is he the financial darling everyone thinks he is? At times he seems like he is above reproach like Caesar's wife. I love his sense of humor, his humble demeanor (if it is real) and his plain life style. The fact is that he is the superman of investing. Is there another investor who has escaped the scorn that the American public generally holds for large scale investors?
Chesapeake Energy (CHK -1.2%) has been given permission to frack for natural gas just one mile away from First Energy's Beaver Valley nuclear power station in Shippingport, Pa. State regulators say there are no required setbacks specifically relating to a required distance between unconventional wells and nuclear facilities. [View news story]
I'm all for fracking, but the absence of any required setbacks from nuclear facilities certainly doesn't mean fracking close to nuclear plants is safe. I hate to say it, but the greenies might be right on this issue.
Virginia Votes For Natural Gas Transportation And Clean Energy Fuels [View article]
Does the Virginia/CLNE agreement preclude installation/use of the GE/Chesapeake on site compression/dispensing systems? Does that on site system pose a threat to CLNE?
Virginia Votes For Natural Gas Transportation And Clean Energy Fuels [View article]
I won't chime in on my support for NG both as a transportation and electrical generation fuel. However, don't underestimate the power of NIMBY environmentalists and Hollywood dilettantes who would prevent NG utilization through hysterical campaigns to ban fracking. Yesterday, only a month or two after partially lifting a ban on fracking in New York state, Governor Cuomo ordered yet another moritorium on drilling and fracking pending one more of an endless series of repetitive studies on the environmental and health impacts of fracking. Yes, there are concerns, but better oversight is the answer not prohibitions of a process that, as many commentators here have noted, is a no brainer solution to many aspects of our energy needs. Moreover, new technologies like propane gas and thermal fracking should get as much support as the endless studies of environmental and health effects of fracking.
Clean Energy Fuels Is A Must-Buy Stock To Play The Changing U.S. Energy Landscape - Part 1 [View article]
Do the "greenies" really support NG? The solid anti-fracking stance of most environmental groups hardly represents support. If elected, I fear that President Obama might adopt a negative view of fracking to satisfy a big part of his constituency.
CEO Aubrey McClendon says Chesapeake (CHK) expects to announce an asset sale and/or a JV for its Mississippi Lime acreage as part of $11.7B in sales completed or announced by the end of Q3. McClendon also expects to announce a sale of "the vast majority" of its assets in the west Texas Permian Basin. CHK +0.5% premarket. [View news story]
Faced with increasing problems from garbage piling up in Seattle due to a week-old truck drivers' strike, plus the looming threat of fines, Waste Management (WM -0.2%) has decided to play hardball and begin hiring permanent replacement drivers, as well as temporarily expand its collection efforts to clean up the mess. Union workers walked off the job on July 25 and still haven't talked. The strike has affected hundreds of thousands of residents in the Puget Sound region of Washington. [View news story]
Abbeville, Ah, so I essentially have to prove the negative? I am certain that if management employed "thugs and Pinkertons", I would have heard of it. And I guess that if management imposes its will in your words "without impunity", it does so in a measured and and non-arbitrary fashion. What is a "fair wage for fair work"? Is it just what the unions demand? Does not management have the right to employ legitmate and legal tools in the collective bargaining process? If the workers want to picket, fine. Just don't walk around wielding and using cudgels to make a point.
There are no doubt sectors of the economy in need of unions. But the abuses are many. In addition to the current strife I mentioned, do you know the history of Altemose Construction Co. development in Valley Forge where roofer's union members attacked the site with molotov cocktails?
Archaic union work rules have driven conventions away from the Pennsylvania Convention Center where four or five trades fight over who should perform menial tasks, and exhibitors dare not install a light bulb without an electrician present. The wage rate is $63/hr. It is certainly more than a fair wage for skilled workers but certainly not for the many unskilled and mundane tasks needed to set up an exhibition.
Waste Management (WM) signs a joint development agreement with a startup called Renmatix to study the feasibility of converting everyday garbage into sugars that can then be used to make plastics and fuels. Waste Management also joins BASF and Kleiner Perkins in investing in Renmatix. [View news story]
Maddie, Obama doesn't need new fodder for his war on oil. After he wins in November, look for an all out frontal assault on fracking.
Faced with increasing problems from garbage piling up in Seattle due to a week-old truck drivers' strike, plus the looming threat of fines, Waste Management (WM -0.2%) has decided to play hardball and begin hiring permanent replacement drivers, as well as temporarily expand its collection efforts to clean up the mess. Union workers walked off the job on July 25 and still haven't talked. The strike has affected hundreds of thousands of residents in the Puget Sound region of Washington. [View news story]
Abbeville, You failed to mention the building trades' physical assaults in Philadelphia on workers and delivery truck drivers on a construction project employing a 50/50 mix of union/non-union members. It is a virtual war zone with the building trades the aggressor. This is nothing new in this city. The good, the bad and the ugly exist on both sides, but I haven't seen management employing thugs and Pinkertons in many decades.
GE Healthcare Targets Growth Markets And New Technologies To Drive Sales [View article]
No, I wasn't aware. I saw Matrix but wasn't so enthralled to be interested in the sequels. But, it doesn't improve the overall impression. It's still a terrible theme and I'm not sure how many people recognize its origin. To me, GE has been the icon of American ingenuity and manufacturing prowess and the ad tarnishes that appeal. Thanks for letting me know.
GE Healthcare Targets Growth Markets And New Technologies To Drive Sales [View article]
4 Reasons Why General Electric Is Now One Of The Most Shorted Dow Stocks [View article]
GE Capital (GE +2.5%) cuts off lending to gun shops in response to public backlash since the Sandy Hook shootings. Though the company isn't the first financial firm to back away from involvement with the gun industry, the development puts the spotlight back on sellers such as Dick's Sporting Goods (DKS -0.4%), Wal-Mart (WMT -1.2%), and Cabela's (CAB +0.9%) which could see more foot traffic. It's also of interest to gun manufacturers Smith & Wesson (SWHC +0.8%) and Sturn Ruger (RGR -0.8%) - wallowing around with relatively low P-E ratios with future demand tough to forecast. [View news story]
Heinz Debt: Worth Its Weight? [View article]
I have nothing but respect for Buffet's deal making ability. But, why is he the financial darling everyone thinks he is? At times he seems like he is above reproach like Caesar's wife. I love his sense of humor, his humble demeanor (if it is real) and his plain life style. The fact is that he is the superman of investing. Is there another investor who has escaped the scorn that the American public generally holds for large scale investors?
Nothing Can Stop Altria [View article]
Chesapeake Energy (CHK -1.2%) has been given permission to frack for natural gas just one mile away from First Energy's Beaver Valley nuclear power station in Shippingport, Pa. State regulators say there are no required setbacks specifically relating to a required distance between unconventional wells and nuclear facilities. [View news story]
Prospects Look Bright For Clean Energy [View article]
Virginia Votes For Natural Gas Transportation And Clean Energy Fuels [View article]
Does that on site system pose a threat to CLNE?
Virginia Votes For Natural Gas Transportation And Clean Energy Fuels [View article]
Yesterday, only a month or two after partially lifting a ban on fracking in New York state, Governor Cuomo ordered yet another moritorium on drilling and fracking pending one more of an endless series of repetitive studies on the environmental and health impacts of fracking. Yes, there are concerns, but better oversight is the answer not prohibitions of a process that, as many commentators here have noted, is a no brainer solution to many aspects of our energy needs. Moreover, new technologies like propane gas and thermal fracking should get as much support as the endless studies of environmental and health effects of fracking.
Clean Energy Fuels Is A Must-Buy Stock To Play The Changing U.S. Energy Landscape - Part 1 [View article]
CEO Aubrey McClendon says Chesapeake (CHK) expects to announce an asset sale and/or a JV for its Mississippi Lime acreage as part of $11.7B in sales completed or announced by the end of Q3. McClendon also expects to announce a sale of "the vast majority" of its assets in the west Texas Permian Basin. CHK +0.5% premarket. [View news story]
Faced with increasing problems from garbage piling up in Seattle due to a week-old truck drivers' strike, plus the looming threat of fines, Waste Management (WM -0.2%) has decided to play hardball and begin hiring permanent replacement drivers, as well as temporarily expand its collection efforts to clean up the mess. Union workers walked off the job on July 25 and still haven't talked. The strike has affected hundreds of thousands of residents in the Puget Sound region of Washington. [View news story]
Ah, so I essentially have to prove the negative? I am certain that if management employed "thugs and Pinkertons", I would have heard of it. And I guess that if management imposes its will in your words "without impunity", it does so in a measured and and non-arbitrary fashion. What is a "fair wage for fair work"? Is it just what the unions demand? Does not management have the right to employ legitmate and legal tools in the collective bargaining process? If the workers want to picket, fine. Just don't walk around wielding and using cudgels to make a point.
There are no doubt sectors of the economy in need of unions.
But the abuses are many. In addition to the current strife I mentioned, do you know the history of Altemose Construction Co. development in Valley Forge where roofer's union members attacked the site with molotov cocktails?
Archaic union work rules have driven conventions away from the Pennsylvania Convention Center where four or five trades fight over who should perform menial tasks, and exhibitors dare not install a light bulb without an electrician present. The wage rate is $63/hr. It is certainly more than a fair wage for skilled workers but certainly not for the many unskilled and mundane tasks needed to set up an exhibition.
Waste Management (WM) signs a joint development agreement with a startup called Renmatix to study the feasibility of converting everyday garbage into sugars that can then be used to make plastics and fuels. Waste Management also joins BASF and Kleiner Perkins in investing in Renmatix. [View news story]
Obama doesn't need new fodder for his war on oil. After he wins in November, look for an all out frontal assault on fracking.
Faced with increasing problems from garbage piling up in Seattle due to a week-old truck drivers' strike, plus the looming threat of fines, Waste Management (WM -0.2%) has decided to play hardball and begin hiring permanent replacement drivers, as well as temporarily expand its collection efforts to clean up the mess. Union workers walked off the job on July 25 and still haven't talked. The strike has affected hundreds of thousands of residents in the Puget Sound region of Washington. [View news story]
You failed to mention the building trades' physical assaults in Philadelphia on workers and delivery truck drivers on a construction project employing a 50/50 mix of union/non-union members. It is a virtual war zone with the building trades the aggressor. This is nothing new in this city. The good, the bad and the ugly exist on both sides, but I haven't seen management employing thugs and Pinkertons in many decades.