Good late morning, afternoon from Washington DC.  Before I make my way out to the airport to fly back home to London, I thought I would catch up on some of the weekend's news.Speaking of travel, over the years our correspondent in Russia, Grigory Pasko, has done an inordinate amount of reporting on this blog about the unfortunate conditions of the roads in so many parts of the regions.  Though perhaps peculiar to an outsider, anyone who has traveled to Russia and bothered to get outside of Moscow and St. Petersburg, would understand our fixation on this routine minutae of transportation infrastructure. By comparison, I recall driving along ...

Those of us who were around in the 1970’s remember watching The Six Million Dollar Man. In this fictional series, Steve Austin was an astronaut that met with an accident and the government was able to rebuild him to be better, stronger, and faster. If you take a look at what Kraig Biocraft Laboratories is doing, the obscure theme from The Six Million Dollar Man seems to resonate. Kraig Biocraft is taking a naturally occurring element from nature and is on a mission to make it better, stronger, and faster.

Kraig Biocraft, an emerging biotech company, has brought together some of the world’s best researchers to take this technology and collaborate on how to make spider silk’s better and stronger capabilities available commercially. The company is also reaching out to developing minds by launching the Kraig Research Initiative, which is a work program that funds

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Natural disasters and emergencies often happen when we least expect it. Our cities continue to grow, yet our nation’s security sector and emergency response systems have remained unchanged for decades. Sector 10, Inc. (SECT.OB) has developed a variety of innovative personal protection tools designed to increase people’s survivability during emergency situations.

Pericles DeAvila, founder of Sector 10, has been on a mission to provide occupants in high-rise and commercial buildings with safety equipment. Through his passion to the cause, DeAvila has invented a number of safety units, including the Stationary Response Unit (SRU). The SRUs contain essential tools including first aid supplies, iodine tablets, an eye wash system, smoke inhalation masks, trauma kit, strobe light and siren along with tracking technology. The unit’s doors can also be converted to a stairway style stretcher.

Sector 10’s SRU units have an extended power supply of 1

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Unthinkable natural disasters, security breaches, and terrorist attacks have exposed vulnerability in the way that the public and private sectors handle and respond to emergencies. While technological advancements have improved efficiency and productivity, the security sector and the emergency response methods and systems have remained nearly unchanged for decades.

Sector 10 has made it their mission to change that. Through complex analysis of global disasters and the limitations of existing response systems, the company has designed revolutionary information technology, communication, crisis management, monitoring systems, and highly effective emergency response control units that bring first aid and safety to unprecedented heights.

The company’s efforts have not gone unnoticed. Below are a list of the many expert testimonials Sector 10 has received.

“Your technology is 14 years ahead of anything we currently have planned and we look forward to working with you on various national projects” Colonel Gerry

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T-3 Energy Services (NASDAQ:TTES) provides essential safety equipment for oil and gas rigs. Though drilling activity has been affected by the fall in commodity prices, Chris Mayer says the stock has been massively oversold. Today it is trading at $19, down from a high of $84 last year. Given its healthy cash flow and strong international growth outlook, Chris says a move back to $60 is on the cards.

This from The Rude Awakening:

The last time I recommended T-3 Energy Services (NASDAQ:TTES) to the subscribers of my investment letter, Capital & Crisis, the stock tripled over the ensuing months. And even after I issued a “Sell” recommendation on the stock, it continued to move higher. But that was WAY back in July…and nothing is like it used to be.

From a high of $84 a share in July of this year, the stock has come all

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The problems plaguing the Big Three American auto makers in 2008 have been well-documented.  The push for flashy SUVs that guzzle gas but impress at the suburban strip mall caused Ford, GM, and Daimler to shift production towards these bigger cars, but these divisions have become huge drains on profits in recent quarters.  Consumers have responded to the explosion of oil and gas prices and stopped buying trucks and sport utility vehicles, looking instead toward more fuel-efficient and hybrid vehicles.

Europe drank the renewable energy Kool-Aid long before it reached America, and the big car companies have already focused their European and international production on smaller cars that consume less gasoline.  As the global economy sags, these economical cars have continued to sell, and results abroad have been the lone bright spot for Ford, GM, and lower-profile players in the auto manufacturing industry.

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