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The documentary behind Ryanair’s fired pilot 16 Aug 2013 | 03:31 am
Many news outlets are talking about the firing of a Ryanair pilot for discussing security concerns about the airline, but very few are linking to the direct source of the documentary so that people ca...
The actors in the BBC DMI Affair 26 May 2013 | 03:20 pm
I have started to piece together some of the actors in the BBC DMI Affair. Some questions I would like to investigate are: Why no one seems to have seen it coming? In particular, people that see techn...
Location of Atlantic Coal’s map displayed in their Twitter page 28 Dec 2012 | 07:02 pm
I was curious as to where to find the map displayed in the Atlantic Coal Twitter page in the background The Twitter page says at the time of this post: ‘Impact of railroad re-alignment on Stockton min...
Laparco liquidation, Poland, and Irish connections 12 Aug 2012 | 03:10 am
I’ve been trying to make sense of this Laparco liquidation as described in Thursday’s Irish Independent article. Here’s how it goes: a firm in Luxembourg is liquidated with losses of 22m, but at the e...
Notes on institutions with CDS Greek exposure 11 Mar 2012 | 09:23 am
I have been gathering some information related to organizations likely to be affected by the credit default swaps from Greece. Zerohedge noticed that one of the first affected was KA Finanz AG in ...
So where is Abadi & Co. 4 Jun 2011 | 02:43 am
This Friday’s The Irish Independent describes an intention from two of their bondholders to delay the buy back of bonds from AIB. One of them is Abadi & Co. The article does not mention where the fi...
Additional details. Renewed shortage of skilled labor 23 May 2011 | 07:49 am
The Financial Times reported this week on the renewed shortage of skilled labor in countries such as Brazil, India and the US. This FT article describes a report produced by Manpower. BizJournals.co...
More on KNMC, Inc. 13 May 2011 | 01:18 am
It was announced on March 2011, that there was going to be a 90-day due diligence period before the option to purchase a prospective anthracite estate by AIM-listed Atlantic Coal, PLC. Here are some ...
The importance of Duryea and Hugueston boroughs in coal production in PA 13 May 2011 | 12:36 am
Duryea and Hugueston are two adjacent boroughs in Luzerne country in Pennsylvania. They are host to anthracite from which high grade coal can be produced. Map here. We have previously discussed how ...
The Liebher R9250 mining machine 19 Apr 2011 | 11:54 pm
As published in the nov 2009 edition of Mining Magazine, the Liebher R9250 mining excavator machine is electrical. This is because of the demand for energy-efficient equipment in the industry. The f...