Section C:
- Weak demand turns tables on potash firms. Potash demand in 2012 is expected to be 9% lower than its peak in 2007.
- US electricity use on wane. Counterintuitive. Interesting.
- Zipcar: startup genius, public failure. That's what I thought. Sold to Avis. Hard to understand. Avis way to compete directly with Enterprise?
- Al Gore: $100 million personally in sale of Current TV to Al-Jazeera; the deal didn't close before December 31, 2012; bad news for Al. Higher tax rate for folks earning more than .... well, for folks earning this much anyway ...
- US car sales to zoom past Europe's
- Several articles in WSJ and other places recently suggesting drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico is ready to explode (figuratively) this year; big article today also
- Op-ed: New York's phracking phobia
- Op-ed: the president who wants it all
maybe the elec usage is down, because detroit claims 1 in 4 street lights are burned out and they can not afford to replace the bulbs..
ReplyDelete... or could have the huge electricity loss over a couple of weeks in New York/New Jersey due to Sandy skewed the entire national usage?
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