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...plants for three years. While demand for power leaped?electricity consumption grew by 10.5% in 2002, up from 2.6% in 1998?increases in electricity-generation capacity slowed from an 8.4% growth rate in 1998 to 4.4% in 2002. "China underestimated its power demand quite dramatically," says Pierre Lau, an analyst for ABN AMRO in Hong Kong. "They realized the problem a couple of years later, but by then it was too late...
...economy and relieve pressure on the energy sector, might not be enough. "It's a little hard to believe that if China maintains growth rates of 6-8% that all of a sudden these shortages will disappear overnight in 2006," says Joseph Jacobelli, a Hong Kong-based regional utilities analyst for Merrill Lynch. Moreover, most of China's capacity expansion will come in the form of coal-fired power plants, which, aside from their noxious environmental impact, suffer from crippling supply problems. (The mainland is also aggressively expanding the amount of energy produced by its nuclear power plants from...
...turned down. Soon after, Rolf Eckrodt, the DaimlerChrysler-appointed president of Mitsubishi Motors, resigned. DaimlerChrysler, which has already invested $3.5 billion in Mitsubishi's auto and truck businesses, says it has no intention of selling its 37% stake in Mitsubishi Motors?but, warns Standard & Poor's credit analyst Chizuko Satsukawa, DaimlerChrysler's refusal to offer more assistance certainly bodes ill "for the creditworthiness of Mitsubishi...
FINANCIALS "There's a good chance that Kerry would go much easier on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac," the giant mortgage agencies, says Tom Gallagher, analyst at research firm ISI Group. Bush wants tougher oversight, possibly helping drive up the agencies' borrowing costs. Kerry would probably leave them alone. Investment companies like T. Rowe Price and Schwab Soundview would benefit if Bush gets his way with Social Security savings accounts...
...from ice vests to metal tape to ventilated shoes, to keep athletes cool in the ancient city. The companies hope Olympic gold will trickle into the bottom line. "The Olympics provide a great opportunity for these companies to create demand for their footwear and apparel," says Mitch Kummentz, senior analyst at D.A. Davidson & Co., an investment bank and research firm based in the Northwest. "Performance products have gained favor among the fashion conscious. Once we get into the Games, this trend should accelerate...