Today, we released The Good Haul, a report that highlights how clean freight innovations improve reliability, while also reducing freight-related health and environmental risks.

The U.S. freight system needs to be modernized in a way that reduces environmental impacts. The Good Haul [PDF] profiles 28 projects, programs, and technologies around the U.S. and internationally that do just that. That is, they have simultaneously increased freight reliability while lowering air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.

These cases studies include practice changes, like eco-driving, as well as new technologies, like the Port of Virginia’s hybrid diesel locomotive. The case studies also include large, planned freight hub clean up projects, such as the CREATE program in Chicago and the Clean Air Action Plan at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

None of the projects highlighted in The Good Haul are industry standards or have been adopted

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One of the many indicators that we track is that of the Los Angeles and Long Beach port data.  Combined these two ports handle almost 50% of the shipping traffic for the United States so they are obvioulsy useful in order to follow global trade.  As you can see in the chart port data s very seasonal.  You can see that total trade (the green line) typically peaks in October and typically bottoms in February.  Sometimes this cycle is off by a month in either direction but for the most part it’s very consistent. (Click on chart to enlarge)

LA and Long Beach Port Data

While total shipping volume, outbound plus inbound containers, is down over 25% from the peak back in September of 2007 it is important to look at the same month due

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We continue to have an Underperform rating on Molina Healthcare, Inc. (MOH) with a price target of $18.  On Feb 11, 2010 Molina reported disappointing results for the fourth quarter of 2009 as well as fiscal 2009. In the fourth quarter the company suffered a loss of 18 cents per share as against earnings of 55 cents in the year-ago period. The disappointing performance of the company in the quarter was attributable to increased medical care costs, higher utilization and compression of margin related to state budget shortfalls.   The company earned $1.19 per share in 2009 as against $2.15 per share in 2008, down approximately 45%. Molina's profit fell to $30.9 million in fiscal 2009 from $59.6 million in 2008. The decline in profit was attributable to higher operating expenses.  Total expenses for fiscal 2009 climbed approximately 20.3% to $3.61 billion from approximately $3 billion ...

Stocks are higher following upbeat earnings from Deere & Co. and a better-than-expected housing report

The report on housing construction and Deere’s results should keep traders focused on the U.S. economy for at least another day. Investors turned their attention from concerns overseas to domestic growth Tuesday, and sent stocks sharply higher.

Deere continued a run of strong earnings reports this week. The heavy equipment maker reported a much better than expected fiscal first-quarter profit, and raised its full-year earnings forecast.

The Commerce Department said construction of homes and apartments rose to an annual rate of 591,000 in January, better than the 580,000 units forecast by economists polled by Thomson Reuters.

The Federal Reserve also issued a promising economic report. The Fed said production at the nation’s factories, mines and utilities rose 0.9 percent last month, the seventh consecutive month of growth. It was also better than the 0.6 percent growth forecast by

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Molina Healthcare, Inc. (MOH) recently announced preliminary (unaudited) results for the fourth quarter as well as for fiscal 2009 (ended December 31). The company expects to suffer losses between 10 cents per share and 25 cents per share in the quarter, which is much worse than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a 27-cent profit. Molina Healthcare now expects to earn between $1.12 and $1.26 in fiscal 2009. The Zacks Consensus Estimate is $1.65 per share.

The poor preliminary results are attributable to significant costs associated with the H1N1 flu. Molina Healthcare intends to announce complete results for the fourth quarter as well as fiscal 2009 on Feb 11, 2010.

Molina Healthcare believes that premium revenues for the quarter will come in at $962 million, thus reflecting an approximate 18% year-over-year increase. Furthermore, revenues for fiscal 2009 are expected to be $3.7 billion, up approximately 19%.

The drastic fall in earnings expectations despite

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LOS ANGELES, CA — (Marketwire) — 10/28/09 — Muscle Flex Inc. (PINKSHEETS: MFLI) (www.MuscleFlexInc.com) announced today that it has chosen Moulton Logistics for its fulfillment, customer service call center, inventory & database management. Moulton Logistics (www.MoultonLogistics.com) is one of the largest fulfillment and inventory management providers in North America with over 40 years of Direct Response experience located in Van Nuys, California. Muscle Flex chose Moulton after developing a strong and dedicated relationship with them. Moulton is one of the few fulfillment companies that provide the entire solution when it comes to shipping, returns, inventory management and collecting the valuable data associated with any direct response campaign.

“Moulton Logistics is the premier fulfillment company that leads the nation in fitness and lifestyle products,” commented Danny Alex, CEO and Founder of Muscle Flex Inc. “They are an absolute perfect fit for Muscle Flex with all that

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Vision Industries Corp., producers of the zero emission plug-in electric/hydrogen fuel cell Tyrano™ truck, announced this morning that it has entered into a distribution agreement with Los Angeles Freightliner and Velocity Vehicle Group. Los Angeles Freightliner has agreed to be an authorized dealer of the Tyrano™ truck within the territory described as Southern California, and Los Angeles Freightliner will administer all product warranties, services and repairs programs.

Brad Fauvre, President of Los Angeles Freightliner stated, “We would like to commend Vision on its hydrogen hybrid truck and their commitment to the use of the cleanest available alternative fuel trucks to provide port drayage services. We understand the need for cleaner trucks to improve air quality and support any and all initiatives that help to achieve that goal, particularly in Southern California, which has some of the worst air quality in the nation. We look forward to providing Vision’s zero emission

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August 11, 2009 ndash; Analyst Comments ndash; Think Equityrsquo;s David Woodburn weighed in on Clean Energy Fuels (Nasdaq:CLNE) this morning, stating that ldquo;We continue to recommend CLNE shares as cleaner emissions, lower fuel cost than diesel and government incentiveshellip;should continue to drive growthhellip;rdquo; Woodburn rates the stock at BUY and increased his price target to $12.nbsp;nbsp; Key Takeawaysnbsp; middot;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Q2 volumes and gross margin increased but upside was offset by non-operational expense middot;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Modeling profitability in Q4 driven by new contracts and organic growth, not an economic recovery middot;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Recent $73M raise in secondary and $5.6M in Q2 cashflow should drive growth through the end of 2010 middot;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; 25 stations under construction or being upgraded middot;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Subsidies for 96 natural gas trucks were recently approved through the Port of Long Beach and between 300 and 500 natural gas truck grants likely to be announced in September through the South Coast Air Quality Management District middot;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; ...

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SkyWest, Inc. (Nasdaq: SKYW) reported an 8.9 percent increase in revenue passenger miles (RPMs) for July, while available seat miles (ASMs) increased 4.5 percent compared to the same period last year. The combined airlines generated 1.75 billion RPMs for the month, while ASMs increased to 2.10 billion. Load factor was up 3.4 percentage points to 83.5 percent compared to 80.1 percent for the same period last year. Passenger boardings for July totaled 3,402,766 an 8.1 percent increase from July 2008.

Astronics Corporation (NASDAQ: ATRO), a leader in advanced, high performance lighting, electrical power and automated test systems for the global

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