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Investors …

China Goes Green, Dumps Hummer

by The Investment U Research Team

In what may be one of the sickest cases of irony we’ve seen this year, China has decided to block Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co from buying General Motor’s (OTC: GMGMQ) Hummer brand for – wait for it – environmental concerns.

We’ll give you time to stop laughing.

We know. It’s pretty much what we thought. China has a well-deserved reputation for being one of the most polluted nations in the world. It’s cities round out the worst of the worst lists.

But apparently there is a strong push inside the great wall to at least appear like they’re doing something. They’ve cut back the construction on a number of projects like the Xiaonanhai dam and the Yunnan

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Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today:

Alexza Pharmaceuticals Inc (ALXA) American River Bankshares (AMRB) Anesiva Inc (ANSV) Aon Corp (AOC) Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc (ARNA) Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc (ARIA) Array BioPharma Inc (ARRY) athenahealth Inc (ATHN) Barloworld Ltd (BRRAY) Bio-Reference Laboratories Inc (BRLI) British Airways plc (BAIRY) CARBO Ceramics Inc (CRR) Cell Therapeutics Inc (CTIC) Chemed Corp (CHE) Corinthian Colleges Inc (COCO) Danaos Corp (DAC) Dialysis Corporation of America (DCAI) Diamond Mgt & Technology Consultants In (DTPI) Discovery Communications Inc (DISCB) DXP Enterprises Inc (DXPE) EarthLink Inc (ELNK) eDiets.com Inc (DIET) Elbit Systems Ltd (ESLT) Endo Pharmaceuticals (ENDP) Enterprise GP Holdings LP (EPE) ev3 Inc (EVVV) FiberTower Corp (FTWR) Flanders Corp (FLDR) GTx Inc ...

Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today:

Achillion Pharmaceuticals Inc (ACHN) Aluminum Corp of China Ltd (ACH) American Apparel Inc (APP) American River Bankshares (AMRB) Amerisafe Inc (AMSF) Boots & Coots Intl Well Inc (WEL) Center Financial Corp (CLFC) Central Valley Community Bancorp (CVCY) Chelsea Therapeutics International Ltd (CHTP) China-Biotics Inc (CHBT) Clean Energy Fuels Corp (CLNE) G-III Apparel Group Ltd (GIII) General Finance Corp (GFN) Global Traffic Network Inc (GNET) HCP Inc (HCP) James Hardie Industries NV (JHX) Knoll Inc (KNL) Komatsu Ltd (KMTUY) Medivation Inc (MDVN) Nidec Corp (NJ) Peoples Educational Holdings Inc (PEDH) Princeton National Bancorp Inc (PNBC) Real Goods Solar Inc (RSOL) ShengdaTech Inc (SDTH) Shiseido Co Ltd (SSDOY) Stanley Inc (SXE) ...

I just talked to the always-excellent Bill Caiaccio on CNN Radio. I made some notes for the interview, but of course, once we got talking we went off where his questions led us. Here are my notes ...

Geopolitical events are driving oil prices. Russia blocked the entrance to Georgia’s main oil port, and Russia is showing that it can control Europe’s natural gas supply. The neocons in Washington seem to be hoping for a new cold war with Russia, and they just might get it. Unfortunately, fear of such a cold war add to the price of oil.

Supply and demand is also in play.

Drawdown of gasoline stockpiles in US was more than twice expectations -- 6.3 million barrels. Demand destruction may have been short-term. Since prices have pulled back, people may be driving again.

Chinese demand dipped during the

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The title says it all. Global economy is on the rise with never-before-seen demand for natural resources and their applications.