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Alberta tar sands projects are coming in at costs as high as twice the original estimate.
09/12/2007
A project by Petro-Canada came in at $4.8 billion, twice the original estimate. With costs rising and crude oil prices dropping below $50 a barrel, and viability of projects requiring price of $60, new projects may be cut.
Linked Articles
Wall Street Journal 09/12/2007
The Costly Compromises of Oil From SandNew York Times 01/07/2009
Conversation with Ratan Tata.
08/27/2007
Tata will get Land Rover and Jaguar for about $1 billion when it cost $5 billion to acquire these assets and has invested heavily since then. The credit squeeze gives Tata these assets at a good price.
Linked Articles
Tata May Bid for Ford's Luxury Brands
Wall Street Journal 08/27/2007
Tata Pulls Ford Units Into Its OrbitNew York Times 01/04/2008
P&G (Procter & Gamble) and Cadbury- strategy of operating at low price points in emerging markets
07/16/2007
Linked Articles
Cadbury Redefines Cheap Luxury
Wall Street Journal 06/08/2009
P&G's Global Target: Shelves of Tiny StoresWall Street Journal 07/16/2007
The internet and aggressive pricing by airlines.
11/16/2006
The efforts of airline passengers to get internet bargain prices and of the airlines using systems that help it decide when to raise fares or on what seats to sell at what prices to lose less on internet bargains.
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Economist 11/16/2006
Armed With Internet Bargains, Travelers Battle High AirfaresNew York Times 11/23/2006
Southwest Airlines success at hedging against a rise in oil prices.
11/16/2006
Southwest hedged against rising oil prices which helped it cap fare prices and gain market share. Its competitors missed the boatcompletely on where oil prices were going and failed to hedge.
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Economist 11/16/2006
An Airline Shrugs at Oil PricesNew York Times 11/29/2007
Handan Iron & Steel Works, Hebei Province, and ThyssenKrupp, Dortmund, Germany, a world away- bad decisions and environmental pollution in China
10/02/2006
Did China's government officials underestimate the cost of environmental pollution in bringing the old polluting plant from Dortmund, Germany? How much will a cleanup cost? In 2007? In 2015 or 2020? Were these costs figured in? Who got the better deal- Germany or China?
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Why Beijing Is Trying to Tally The Hidden Costs of Pollution As China's Economy Booms - WSJ.com
Wall Street Journal 10/02/2006
China Grabs West’s Smoke-Spewing FactoriesNew York Times 12/21/2007
Employment in the auto industry, GDP growth targets and increasing auto emissions in China's cities
06/13/2006
Environmental pollution in China's cities and increasing auto emissions that pose dangers to health. The situation in 2007 was deteriorating . By 2013 Beijing was seeing air quality extremes of 700 micrograms per square meter, with 500 routine. WHO standards show 300 micrograms as dangerous for health. Pressure to push for GDP growth is intense for local officals and the environmental agency lacked powers for enforcement. The car population was doubling every few years in this period 2000-2012.
Linked Articles
As China's Auto Market Booms, Leaders Clash Over Heavy Toll
Wall Street Journal 06/13/2006
As China Roars, Pollution Reaches Deadly ExtremesNew York Times 08/26/2007
Brightening human lives- the work of Ingvar Kamprad of Ikea and Karl Albrecht of Aldi
03/26/2006
Linked Articles
IKEA Billionaire Founder Proud to Be Frugal at 80
New York Times 03/26/2006
Aldi's Co-Founder Karl Albrecht, a Pioneer in Food Retailing, Dies at 94Wall Street Journal 07/22/2014
Hyundai Genesis Upscale Quality at a lower price.
04/29/2005
The Hyundai Genesis, upscale car at a lower price, with quality goals intended to surpass Toyota.
Linked Articles
Wall Street Journal 04/29/2005
Would You Buy a $30,000 Hyundai?BusinessWeek 04/17/2007
Ford's aggressive effort at marketing safety.
09/04/2007
How the display of a crashed Taurus at the 2008 New York Auto Show is an ongoing effort like the Swap My Ride Campaign to get car buyers who defected to foreign makes to take a look at Ford.
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Drivers Size Up Fords (Unknowingly) in New Campaign
New York Times 09/04/2007
Ford Displays a Wreck to Score Safety PointsNew York Times 03/18/2008
Virgin America's first flights
08/06/2007
The way Virgin does it to link San Francisco and New York at $250, with more amentities and attracting attention by decking SF city hall in Virgin's colors, Branson style.
Linked Articles
Wall Street Journal 01/05/2008
Will Virgin America Enjoy Much of a Honeymoon?Wall Street Journal 08/06/2007
Doug Parker of U.S. Airways working on his second merger wih American Airlines after difficulties with the first merger
11/20/2006
Linked Articles
US Airways Chief Describes Biggest Challenges in AMR Settlement
Wall Street Journal 12/02/2013
Lessons Learned? How US Airways Would Navigate Merger - WSJ.comWall Street Journal 11/20/2006
Larger airlines adopt competitive methods.
11/16/2006
With competition from other airlines and rising oil prices Southwest takes another look at expansion plans.
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Economist 11/16/2006
Southwest Curbs Expansion PlansWall Street Journal 06/28/2007
China's budding aviation industry
10/27/2006
China developing manufacturing and assembly knowhow for regional jets and for larger planes working with western suppliers eager to get in on the growing demand for aircraft in CHina with hte market expected to grow at about 9% according to Boeing.
Linked Articles
Chinese Jetmaker Gets Western Help
Wall Street Journal 09/03/2008
Airbus Move to Build in China May Pose a Longer-Term Risk - WSJ.comWall Street Journal 10/27/2006
An earlier incident showing neglect of pipeline maintenance and quality control at BP.
08/07/2006
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico from deepwater drillig is only one in a line of failures in quality systems and careful preparation at BP.
Linked Articles
BP's Hayward Says Company Could Have Done More Disaster Preparation
Wall Street Journal 05/13/2010
BP to Shut an Alaska Oil Field Amid Pipeline Flaw, Small LeakWall Street Journal 08/07/2006
IBM in the Indian market and its transformation.
06/05/2006
How Moffatt's transformation of IBM is taking shape. Its putting behind outsourcing concept and multinational concept of running business in favor of a new concept of competency centres worldwide, a global business factory where just as in the auto industry work can be transferred based on where the best competency rest. Its also based on competing with the Indians in the Indian domestic market and neutralizing the people resources advantage of the Indian IT firms by expanding in India big time.
Linked Articles
BusinessWeek 06/05/2006
IBM's Big Deal in IndiaBusinessWeek 12/28/2007
Southwest Airlines' continuing effort to overturn the 1979 Wright Amendment, a federal law restricting flights from Dallas Love Field
05/10/2005
Efforts were made in 2005 to increase flights beyond the restriction to 7 states- originally the law restricted flights to 4 states. Southwest has been fighting this law passed as an amendment to an aviation law by U.S. House Speaker Jim Wright in 1979. Its intention was giving American Airlines the incentive to build a giant hub at the new 1974 Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.
Linked Articles
Southwest, United Locked in Dogfight
Wall Street Journal 05/24/2012
Southwest's Dallas DuelWall Street Journal 05/10/2005
Entry of low cost Chinese cars into world markets.
04/29/2005
The other thing the Koreans are thinking of if they don't move upscale to Lexus type cars they risk being squeezed at the lowend by Chinese carmakers like Cherry.
Linked Articles
Wall Street Journal 04/29/2005
Low-Cost Chinese Cars Making Restrained Entry to European MarketNew York Times 07/13/2007
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