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★ India Awakens To Benefits Of Manufacturing And Industrial Exports

News Analysis: This year of 2013, India expects to Export approximately $325 Billion Dollars of Goods. It has a Trade Deficit of $100 Billion Dollars presently. Due to this imbalance, India has established  a “National Manufacturing Policy” which itself establishes ‘National Manufacturing and Investment Zones’.

The Indian Government realizes that it needs to Accelerate Development of “Higher-End” Manufacturing for the Country’s long term Economic Benefit. Presently, Manufacturing is largely confined to: Chemicals, Computer Software, Engineering Tools, Jewelry, Leather Goods, Refined Petroleum Products and Textiles. None of the aforementioned are considered by Manufacturing Experts to be ‘Sophisticated Constructions’ (SC) such as Airplanes, Computerized Numerical Control Machinery, Helicopters, High-Speed Locomotives, Liquefied Natural Gas Ships, Robotics, Submarines, or Similar Constructions.

The Indian Government needs Foreign Direct Investment to occur with regards to its Manufacturing Sector. To get Currencies from Foreign Investors is the ‘Easier’ part of the “Equation for Manufacturing Growth” (EMG). Liberalizing Investment Returns will bring in the monies from Mutual Funds, Private Investors, and other entities.

The more difficult segment of ‘EMG’ are bringing in experienced Manufacturing Engineers and Management which have dealt with  ‘SC’. They are few and far between as to their abundance Internationally. A Technique used, by a neighboring country, was to engage WIDELY in the use of Joint Ventures in Constructions. To date, India has engaged in this process very lightly, but growing,  some people say.

Upon determining what Products the Indian Government would like for Export, appropriate funding for Research & Development will be immediately needed. In the Product Designs, any Added Value” that can be added vs. competing product in the marketplace will give India an ‘Edge” for sales. Since India will be Product-Wise the ‘New Kid On The Block’, Product Warranties that are All-Encompassing will be necessary for Consumer Satisfaction.

Efficient Marketing of the Fabrications is essential for Customer Awareness of Indian Products. A word to the Wise is: “Do NOT Besmirch the Products of Others”. Always take the “High Road”. Discuss how your Products Exceed the Needs of a possible Customer; and do it at a Competitive Price. Ergo, a Customer “Gets More Product For Less Money”; Who can resist getting Value?

Timely Delivery of “High-End” Products ARE IMPERATIVE. Only Manufacturing Fools deliver Aircraft, Machinery, Ships,  and such Late. There is NO EXCUSE for it barring a Catastrophe of Epic Proportions. When it occurs, it shows Ineptitude of Cost Estimating, Production Planning, Fabrication, and/or Vendor Selection. Worst of off it shows Management has NOT and does NOT Comprehend (ed)  where the Company went Wrong Earlier.  What “Short-Cuts” in Manufacturing or Inspection were taken to FINALLY get the Product (s) delivered? (Many Big-Name Manufacturers do; but they deny this of course.) Any  of Corporate Management that allows for such Mediocrity should be terminated. It is Unacceptable!

Once the Products are delivered on a timely basis to Customers, Communication by Manufacturing Management with Customer Management is essential. It conveys to Buyers that your Company Cares about their Needs. The Old Adage that: “Good-Will Is Worth 40%” is as true today as when it was first spoken.

“Say What You Mean, And Mean What You Say”.

The very capable Indian Government appears to be moving in the correct direction as to seeking Increased Manufacturing. Intelligent, hard-working Indians are readily available towards this realization. There is absolutely NO REASON the Indian People cannot attain that which they desire as to growth of Manufacturing in the Nation; especially with their Inspired Leadership. 

All of this enthusiasm by the Indian Government bodes well for Investors who can help the Manufacturing Sector develop. Opportunities avail themselves to those who seek them.

Reality.

Reference: http://www.siasat.com/english/news/focus-manufacturing-boost-exports-sharma

☆ Airbus A380’s Are Added To Emirates Fleet

News Analysis: The Fuel Efficient, as rated Per Passenger, A380 Aircraft have been delivered to Emirates Airlines. Wise Airlines that fly Intercontinental  Point-to-Point Routes using the A380 are impressed with its ‘frugality’. The fact that an airline can use One Aircraft, due to its passenger capacity, rather than Two, saves it money. In many ways Aircraft costs, Fuel,  Flight Crews, Airfield Ground Personnel, Insurances, and Airport Gate Leases are all less expensive for a smartly managed Airline which has chosen to purchase A380’s. Using one aircraft rather than two, on High Passenger Traffic Routes, makes ‘Cents’ and Sense.

Reality.

Reference: http://english.alarabiya.net/en/business/aviation-and-transport/2013/12/21/Emirates-boosts-superJumbo-fleet-to-44-planes.html

☆ “Quantum Mechanics” Assists Physical Therapists And Others Remotely

News Analysis: The “Breakthrough Device” invented by a Japanese Researcher allows others in ‘Real Time’ to Remotely Control ‘small’ Precise Therapeutic Movements, This, while engaging in Manipulation of Muscles and Tendons. Resistance Levels being encountered by various tissues are immediately recognized by the Remote Operator. Kinesiologists can use this equipment to evaluate Patients remotely if needed.

If one considers where Remote Precision Movements and Countervailing Resistance may occur, the Invention has innumerable uses: Surgeons could use the Equipment to perform Remote Operations on patients using General Practitioners to provide immediate ‘Operating Room’ guidance;

Another example, would be  using this system for Explosive Device Dis-assembly,  by Law Enforcement Personnel World-Wide. An operator, using an Iteration of this device could disable an Improvised Explosive Devise without injury to himself or others; Precision Electronic Assemblies could be manufactured remotely with such a tool.

Investors with Foresight merely have to consider a new Technology and then evaluate “Who Currently Has Problems That This Technology Can Solve”. From there the steps are easy.

Consult with those persons with ‘Real World’ Technical Inventive and Marketing Experience for Best Results.

Reference: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/23/national/wi-fi-device-relays-force-in-real-time/#.Urg7NViA1dg

☆ Japan May Purchase Tungsten From Northeastern Australia

News Analysis: A Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) has been signed by Japanese Business Interests and the Queensland Government. Acquisition of Tungsten Concentrate, from a large mining operation north of Cairns, Australia, is sought for High-Speed Rail in Japan. Already, personnel are being hired in anticipation of commencing production for the Japanese.

6000 tons of Tungsten Concentrate a year  is anticipated to be produced; at a cost of $270 Million Dollars a Year. This will help boost the economies of Cooktown, Cairns, Townsville, and beyond.

The Japanese will benefit by having the ore to produce the raw metal for both Rail Rolling Stock and Tooling from a good business partner.

Queensland has been supplying the Japanese with various ores for half a century. This ‘MOU’

will continue the relationship. It also covers oil and gas, as well as other ores beyond Tungsten Concentrate. It will be a “Win-Win” Series of Commercial Transactions between the Australians and the Japanese.

Reference: http://tinyurl.com/n95pxou

★ NSA Surveillance Of 7.141 Billion People, At $85 Billion+/Year, 0 Terrorists’ Attacks Stopped Per White House Selected Panel Member

News Analysis:  NSA’s World-Wide Surveillance Of 7.141 Billion People At A U.S. Intelligence Expense Of  85+/- Billion Dollars A Year, Stopped 0 Terrorists’ Attacks (Per White House Selected Panel Member)

The “Beyond Mediocre” Results of  Invading the World’s Privacy and having expenditures that ANY corporation on the Globe could NEVER AFFORD is Deplorable. U.S. “Intelligence” Agencies spending Tens of Billions of Dollars and attaining Next to Nothing is preposterous beyond belief. For the White House in Washington, D.C. to tolerate this Expensive Charade shows Mediocrity of Management of the Federal Government at the Highest Levels.

Reference: http://investigations.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/12/20/21975158-nsa-program-stopped-no-terror-attacks-says-white-house-panel-member

One can only assume that, much like the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at U.S. Airports, National Security Agency ‘NSA’ and its “Concubine of Alphabet Agencies” are merely Employers of People who have little requirement to produce anything. They are Citizens who are NOT in Unemployment Lines because the U.S. Government has hired them. Where are the ‘Hundreds of thousands of  America’s Enemies’ anyway? If ‘NSA’ and ‘TSA’ have not located and had them arrested, are they hiding?

One might ask: Who has the ‘Oval Office’ (over the past six years) fired for Ineptitude in the ‘Intelligence’ Community regarding ANY ELEMENT of American Security in the “War on Terrorism”? Why do the Dollars get Squandered with little to show?

The Hundreds of Thousands of the aforementioned Federal Workers must realize they are doing little if anything; but they do have a job, for now.

A Pendulum swings both ways. The U.S. Administration’s Inexorable Push towards Federalism the past few years has cost its Citizens Trillions of Dollars in Debt and has produced mediocre results. A speech using a “Teleprompter” might sound assuring but the bottom line is: To Be Successful, The Output has to Meet or Exceed The Input”. This has NOT happened in relation to “Stopping Terrorist Attacks”. 

Wise Investors know that “One has to Pay The Piper”; that, ‘There is ‘No Free Lunch’.  How does one prepare for the impending Pendulum Swing the other direction and Profit therefrom? The many “Dots” are already in place, one merely has to connect them for Financial Success.  

Monies spent for “Pseudo Results” by the ‘TSA’, ‘NSA’ or other Alphabet Agencies may be used on America’s Infrastructure for example. This change of directions would assist loyal, hard-working Americans and improve living conditions for all. If this is the direction that will take place, Entrepreneurs can invest in starting companies, or technologies that will be useful therein. Older experienced Civil Engineering Companies would be an excellent “Play” for Investors. Suppliers of: Steel for construction; Concrete for highways and structures; Piping for waterways; etc., are all to be considered by the ‘thoughtful’.

Americans are a Wonderful People living in a beautiful Country that much of the World envies.  Citizens and Residents  should contribute in any way possible towards an even higher level of Prosperous Living.

 

☆ Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport To Open In January, 2014

News Analysis: Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport will allow 2.5 Million passengers annually to alight in Nairobi: ‘The Green City In The Sun’. A new Terminal has been built and is expected to be ready to handle passengers in a few days.

Almost all areas of the Airport will be operational in a few days (excepting a terminal which had been damaged by fire).

This Airport in The Republic of Kenya, which consists of 580,000+km2 (224,000+ Mi2), will well-serve the country’s 44 Million inhabitants and Visitors.

Reference: http://www.nation.co.ke/business/-/996/2121452/-/h33tr1/-/index.html

☆ United Arab Emirates Reluctance Over British Typhoon Aircraft Grows

News Analysis: Arab Aircraft Purchasers, just like others “Big-Ticket” Buyers in the World, want Good Fundamentals to be offered to COMPEL THEM to choose a particular Weapon System. These Basics are not limited to, but include: Performance, Reliability, Cost To Purchase, Cost To Maintain, Deliver-ability, and, Manufacturer/Purchaser Affinity. 

All too often, the Naïve Western Business Community (NWBC), think because a “Voted-In- Politician”(VIP) is going to meet with  Arab  Customers, these ‘Prospects’ will be “Emotionally Joyous” as to the visit. That they will immediately ‘Sign on the Dotted Line’ and buy the Weapon System the ‘NWBC’ have no doubt. In fact, upon hearing about a ‘VIP’ visiting an Air Show, for example, the Air Frame’s Stock is purchased immediately by the Naïve. The ‘NWBC’ forget that the Decision Makers for such purchases are the Royalty of the Country. As such, Monarchs being impressed by a ‘VIP’  visiting them as a mere salesman is laughable indeed; How Naïve! It is disrespectful of the Monarchy. Inappropriately, in Weapon System Procurements of any kind, the Arab Culture has often  been very poorly judged by the ‘NWBC’.

The United Arab Emirates, in its wisdom, will purchase what IT considers best for itself (as must be the case).

The ‘NWBC’ should stop looking at the others with ‘blinders’ on and instead use “Panoramic Vision”.

As the Financial Growth of the Arab World continues to rapidly accelerate, the Leaders of the ‘NWBC’ will have to admit their past failed approaches to Arab Customers. Once there is Real Contrition by these ‘Failed’ Leaders, they may ‘Wise-Up’ and treat their Middle-East Customers with Actual Respect. Arab Customers have the ENTIRE WORLD from which to purchase what they want. For the ‘NWBC’ to continue treating the Arabs as “Naïve” by sending them ‘VIPs’ , to impress Monarchs, will gain them nothing.  

Reality.

Reference: http://gulfnews.com/business/aviation/uae-pulls-out-of-bae-eurofighter-typhoon-deal-1.1269109

☆ Arctic Circle May Get Crowded Soon

News Analysis: The Arctic Circle, due to Economic, as well as Geo-Political Concerns, may have America, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Great Britain, Japan, Norway, and Sweden  (amongst others)  avail themselves of it. With an estimated 15% to 20% of Earth’s ‘Commercial’ Minerals in this Area, it is already acting as “Nectar to a Honeybee” in enticing Nations’ Interests.

Smart Investors will evaluate this International Momentum to decide: “How Best to Invest above the Rest”.

Reference: http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2013_12_21/Russias-presence-in-Arctic-matter-of-national-security-Deputy-PM-9304/

☆ Shark Barrier For Western Australia Is Eco-Friendly

News Analysis: The Australian Company which manufactures the ‘Eco Shark Barrier’ is Real-World Testing the device in the clear waters of  Coogee Beach, Australia. Since Shark Attacks (SA)  are so prevalent in warmer waters of the world, this device, a “Fence”, should be of great value to bathers. Since most ‘SA’ occur within  100 feet of shore the danger is imminent to many. There are an average of 50 to 100 ‘SA’ Events a Year World-Wide.

Investors may consider the concept of ‘Leasing’ such devices to Federal, Municipal or Private Beaches throughout the world. If done, especially to “Developing Marine Areas” the Lessees could add to, reduce, or eliminate the ‘Fences’ as additional ‘Commercial” Development occurred to the area. The value to the Lessors would be the ability to Re-Lease the ‘Fences’ to others.

In many parts of the world, there are Tax Savings to Lessors which may be greater than for Sellers of  the same Equipment.

Investors may also want to consider purchasing Private Beaches in Shark Prone Areas and installing the  ‘Fences’. Apt Marketing to Beach Enthusiasts could provide good revenues in Non-Seasonal Private Beaches of the World.

Reference: http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa/a/20426255/first-shark-barrier-takes-shape/

★ Exxon Mobil Evaluates Energies

News Analysis: Exxon Mobil (EM), the World’s Largest Energy Company has provided its view of  the World’s Future Needs.  The Corporation thinks a “Diminishing Play” in Coal will occur. This will make “Carbon” an ‘Also Ran’ as to Energy Sources (ES) in the future. Other relationships of ‘ES’ need to be examined to determine how Entrepreneurs can profit from the Energy Industry. This Analysis for Investors Profiting commences herein.

Reference: http://tinyurl.com/mvu45h7

“Supply and Demand” as to an Energy Concept is well understood to Investors. Sources of ‘Supply:  Coal, Natural Gas, Oil, Solar, Wind, Etc. are generally known, Location-Wise, to those in their respective Energy Businesses.

Beyond simply purchasing stock in Companies, one can be more Productive in terms of Investment. Such activity can take place on the “Demand” side of the ‘Ledger’.

Demand for more “Advanced” (Non-Nuclear) Forms of Energy,  beyond wood-burning, will be taking place in Secondary and Tertiary areas of the Globe. Governments in Africa and South America, in particular, will want to improve the lives of their peoples.  To assist in this process, Investors may consider using  “Bundling Blocks” (BB) of VARIOUS Energies for sale to the Countries.

‘BB’ is Purchasing from ALL the various  Energy Sources, Large Options to Purchase  their Products over time. Investors can then offer Nations a plethora of Types of Energy. Since each geographic area will have its own specific needs, this process will allow for intelligent Energy Selection. ‘BB’ will essentially allow for the Re-Sale of Energy Forms at a discount. The Nations could not achieve themselves (due to their individual smaller purchases); “Economy of Scale” wins. 

Additionally, when a choice(s) have been made, Investment Opportunities may exist in Infrastructure Creation for Energy Delivery to geographic areas of the country decided by the Government.

At a lesser level, Investors, may consider financing Energy Delivery Transportation outside of the Country. For example, if a large Natural Gas Sale is made to a Government, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Ships will be required to transport the Energy to the Country. Financing the Ships can bring profits; Owning the ships may bring even more.

Solar or Wind Energy systems need financing typically. Providing a Nation with the Energy Equipment as well Selling the Energy provided can be most profitable to Wise Investors. Technology will drive an increase in Energy Consumption by providing User Capability in many New Areas of the World.

Many more additional Avenues to Energy Wealth are available to those who ask.

Reality.