Posted by julian on February 18, 2009 in
Economy,
Export
I hold Caterpillar as the Rolls Royce of earthmoving machinery and a great American corporation, but if I see that jerk CEO, James Owens pontificating how his and every other business that exports will suffer if we adhere to the current policy of the stimulus package involving buy America only. Once the greatest steel maker [...]
Tags: Airbus, Boeing, Caterpillar, Chevy, China, Citroen, Export, Exxon, globalization, James Owens, Peugeot, Renault, Rolls Royce, Wal-Mart, Wall Street
Posted by julian on January 20, 2009 in
Economy
I would hate to be Mr Putin at the moment or even into the future. With many of his oligarch buddies’ lives in tatters after being previously huge oil speculators and now out of the market, the world (as I have always maintained anyway) is awash with oil and today’s prices are reflecting close to [...]
Tags: Bin Laden, BP, Chevron, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, China, Columbia, Conoco Phillips, Exxon, India, London, Mobil, oil, Pakistan, Putin, Russia, Shell, Total, Venezuela
Posted by julian on October 20, 2008 in
Economy,
Politics
No, I am not a rocket scientist. In fact I lasted one term at college and if you had the opportunity to speak to any of my school masters, they will tell you they held little hope for my future once I was cast out into the world. Life for me was and still is [...]
Tags: Bank of America, BHP, BP, Capital Hill, Chevron, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Citibank, Denmark, Exxon, Free Enterprise, JP Morgan, Main Street, McCain, Merck, NY Mecrcantile Exchange, oil, Pfizer, Rio Tinto, Scandinavia, Shell, Socialist, Wall Street, Welfare State, Wells Fargo