Day June 20, 2008

Electric trucks at LA ports

New EVs at the Port of Los Angeles have a 60 mile range and can haul 60,000 lbs at a top speed of 40 mph. This makes them ideal for hauling cargo around the biggest container port in the nation.…

To Obama supporters

Now that the primary is over, Obama will move to the center, maybe even to the right. All politicians do this. They go for the hardcore supporters during the primary which means appealing to those more on the edges. Then,…

More pain for the financials

Moody’s downgraded two bond insurers yesterday, Ambac and MBI. In the bizarro world that is bonds, a bond rating is dependent not on its own financial strength, but on the rating of the insurer. So, a downgrade on the insurer…