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Heffernan Inc Adds Thailand Coal Reserve

Heffernan Inc have secured a mid size coal reserve in Thailand with the intent to Joint Venture the site and export coal to China.
The acquisition of further Coal reserves is high on the list of priorities for the mining division of Heffernan Inc.
China’s reliance on coal-fired thermal power stations can do nothing but increase for [...]

Global Financial Report, Shayne Heffernan

Having hit recent lows at the end June, so called risk assets have recovered most of those losses, but there are some noteworthy deviations that strongly suggest caution remains.
Measuring the rebound, the S&P 500 has recovered the majority of its losses since the end of June, and is now eagerly re-testing the key 1075/80 breakdown [...]

ASEAN Markets

ASEAN Markets started the first session of the third quarter weaker, along with other Asian stocks and commodities, after manufacturing data showed China’s rapid growth was slowing, increased fears of a global double dip.
US stocks pared earlier losses but could not climb out of the red on Thursday, as disappointing housing and jobs data weighed [...]

The Hurricane Hot List BUGS, TOMZ, FUEL, GV, BCON, Cat Bonds

U.S. Microbics, Inc. (Public, OTC:BUGS)
U.S. Microbics Inc. is a business development and holding company that acquires, develops, and deploys environmental technologies for remediation of contaminated soil and groundwater; reduction of air and water pollution; reactivation of carbon-filtration systems, and microbial-based approaches to agriculture enhancement. The Company provides engineering solutions to reduce pollution, improve water [...]

Added to Stock Exchange of Thailand SET 50 BLA, HMPRO, IVL, TISCO, TPIPL

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) has selected eligible securities as the constituents of the SET50 and SET100 indices for H2/2010 (July 1- December 31,2010). The review was based on trading data of eligible securities during June 1, 2009 to May 31, 2010, SET Group Head, Markets Division, Ms. Kesara Manchusree said.
There are five additions [...]

Electric Car News, Tesla, Toyota and Ronn Motors

Japanese automaker and Tesla Motors will be teaming up to develop electric motor vehicles in California.
Toyota will not only be investing $50 million of capital into Tesla but will also provide engineering and production systems for the development of electric vehicles.
Production of Tesla model S sedan
According to the deal, both the automakers will be working [...]

Thailand holds Emergency Meeting

The Thai government held an emergency meeting Sunday to resolve a political crisis that has crippled the country since March.
Authorities said they discussed dislodging protesters from the capital as well as how to address their grievances.
Thailand’s cabinet held an emergency meeting Sunday on how to quell the long-running standoff with anti-government “Red Shirts” [...]

RIMM Set to Run

Research in Motion gave analysts a sneak peek at a revamped operating system for its BlackBerry smartphone on Monday and said it would launch it next quarter, propelling its shares higher.
Describing the long-awaited operating system as one of the biggest BlackBerry overhauls in years, RIM co-Chief Executive Mike Lazaridis showed a short video of the [...]

Paul Ebeling on American Express Company (AXP), Caterpillar, Inc. (CAT), The Home Depot Inc. (HD), KB Homes (KBH), and Xerox Corp. (XRX).

Re-cap of the US Stock Market Action for the Week ending 23 April 2010
For the Week: the S&P 500 was up 2.1%, the DJIA rose1.7%, and the NAS gained 2%. It was the 8th straight week of gains for the DJIA and NAS, and the S&P has gained in 7 of the past 8 weeks [...]

Ebeling Heffernan Issue Strong Buy on JOHNSON CONTROLS, Inc. NYSE:JCI

With a solid second quarter and full-year forecast, Johnson Controls (JCI) has earned a Strong Buy rating from Shayne Heffernan of Ebeling Heffernan. The price target on JCI has been set at $52 by Ebeling Heffernan.
Johnson Controls has boosted its full-year earnings forecast to $1.90 to $1.95 a share from the earlier guidance of $1.70 [...]