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...purchase and trade this paper. There has only been speculation about the outcome, and that has been over a broad range. Prominent economists, led by James Galbraith and Paul Krugman, have said that the plan may actually do more harm than good. In the Treasury's corner, Pimco, the largest fixed income management firm in the U.S., endorsed the Administration's plan. "This is perhaps the first win/win/win policy to be put on the table and it should be welcomed enthusiastically," Bill Gross, PIMCO's co-chief investment officer, told Reuters. The market moved up 7% mostly on the strength...
...Corporate earnings were worse than expected in the fourth quarter of last year. With the end of the current quarter a week away, the largest American companies will begin the process of "pre-announcing" their numbers. Most public companies want to race out bad news quickly, so that they cannot be accused of sitting on material information that could be damaging to shareholders any longer than is necessary. Earnings for the first quarter of 2009 will be dismal. Securities analysts, with a multi-decade track record of being overly optimistic, are the very people whom investors rely on for forecasts...
...could this politically backed, popularly supported solar surge spiral into eco-disaster? That's what some say is happening to the Carrisa Plains, a sparsely populated swath of arid, sunny and relatively cheap land in eastern San Luis Obispo County, where three of the world's largest solar plants ever proposed are under review. Together, the Topaz Solar Farm, California Valley Solar Ranch (both photovoltaic projects) and the Carrizo Energy Solar Farm (a solar thermal operation) would provide energy to nearly 100,000 Golden State homes, but only by covering roughly 16 sq. mi. (41 sq km) of the ecologically...
...Crimson used a combination of experienced leadership and strong rookie performances to stay competitive on the largest stage of the season and improve from its 2008 sixth-place finish...
...time when the entire auto industry is in crisis. Demand for vehicles has plunged with the global recession, hobbling two of Detroit's giants, GM and Chrysler. Even Toyota, the model of a modern car company, is facing its first operating loss in decades. Tata Motors, India's largest automaker, is not immune. Sales of its commercial vehicles and cars have slumped, and debt from the company's purchase last year of luxury brands Jaguar and Land Rover is weighing on Tata Motors' balance sheet. Tata argues that the Nano is exactly the right car for these difficult times...