Hints and tips:
...This year its volumes have ballooned thanks to the Mustang Mach-E. Its 2021 production rate is 83,000, or 10 per cent of Tesla’s, according to Bernstein....
...Thursday: Business software company VMware reports first-quarter results after the close, along with earnings from Dell, Salesforce.com and HP Inc....
...Enbridge cited the rate impact of the tax law and the FERC policy change when it announced its roll-up on Thursday....
...Because of these well documented facts, oil majors have sold off about $25bn of their tar sands holdings since March 2016....
...And Spectra Energy, a US pipeline provider, reached a $28bn all-share deal to merge with Canadian rival Enbridge....
...That Mustang, as it turns out, was not too bad a deal. Both Hertz and rival Avis Budget have outperformed the S&P during the past two years (even before today’s pop at Hertz)....
...Calgary-based Enbridge, the project’s main sponsor, said in August that it had signed agreements with Asian customers for the pipeline’s full capacity....
...People holding out for the sort of prices we saw in 2007 will wait a long time.”...
...But the potential for parts-sharing and other synergies shrank in 2005, when Ford converted its half of the plant to production of Mustang sports cars....
...Uncertainty about the economy as a whole is holding back demand, forcing business aircraft makers to eat further into their backlogs....
...The labour content is dropping even more sharply, as a growing share of production, as much as 40 per cent, is accounted for by the new range of Citation Mustang very light jets, which require less work...
...One US energy banker suggested there was also the possibility of a counterbid, from players such as TransCanada or Enbridge, although such a move would be complicated in the absence of support from Mr Kinder...
...A new version of the Mustang sports car has turned out to be a hit, but motorists have given other new Ford models a lukewarm reception....
...GM also hopes the sporty Pontiac Solstice, now arriving at dealerships, will replicate Ford’s success with the Mustang....
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