Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Oddly Relevant May-7-2013


For Media Moguls, Paydays That Stand Out: media companies take no seats in the largest 20 US corporations, but their executives take up 7 out of 20 highest paying positions: from Leslie Moonves of CBS ($60mm) to Murdoch of Newscorp ($22 mm)…Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/06/business/media/for-media-moguls-paydays-that-outstrip-other-fields.html?ref=mediaequation&_r=1&
A few coal facts: (1) EPA’s new mandate on installing technology to reduce sulfur emitted allowed (instead of strict limitation) allowed the abundant Illinois Basin coal to be utilized. (2) coal export on an absolute level is still up (despite recent drop)…[Note: still closely monitoring the turnaround. The sector is pretty cheap]…Source: http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2013/05/coal-jobs/64921/
The reaching for yield topic that we never get tired of: [Note: this horse has been beaten to death, but it’s worth mentioning again that we are in abnormal times]…Source: http://www.pieria.co.uk/articles/will_investors_get_burnt_by_reaching_for_yield
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