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Alaska state budget (2008-2009)
- 1 Impact of budget woes
- 2 Budget background
- 3 Ideas about why the crisis occurred
- 4 Proposed actions
- 5 Budget transparency
- 6 Accounting
- 7 See also
- 8 External links
- 9 Additional reading
- 10 References
Alaska faced a $1.65 billion budget shortfall for fiscal year 2009 and a similar shortfall for fiscal year 2010, $1.25 billion, due to drops in oil revenue.[1][2] In early January 2009 Senate President Gary Stevens stated that the state was facing a budget deficit as large as $2 to $3 billion for FY 2010.[3] The state budget spending-versus-revenue gap was largely due to a decline in the price of oil. In December 2008 state officials anticipated a $388.7 million surplus for FY 2010, but in just two months revenues dropped.[2] In response to the state budget crisis Gov. Sarah Palin proposed that the state draw on reserves. A total of $1.36 billion and approximately $1.2 billion were estimated to be withdrawn for FY 2009 and FY 2010 respectively. "Responsible reductions and prudent use of reserve funds that we had set aside for tougher times will help us weather the storm," said Palin. The Constitutional Budget Reserve totaled $7 billion.[4]
Impact of budget woes
- See also: State budget issues, 2009-2010
- According to Labor Department statistics, the state's January 2009 unemployment rate increased to 7.9 percent, 1.5 percent above January 2008's rate. Despite the unemployment increase, the department reported that the number of payroll jobs in January was above the prior year's count by 5,200 jobs.[5]
- The Juneau School Board reported that the student-to-teacher ratio would be increasing for the 2009-2010 school year due to budget cuts. In the board's approved $70.8 million budget, 13 full-time teaching positions were eliminated, creating a savings of approximately $1.1 million. The ratio for kindergarten through second grade remained at a pupil-teacher ratio of 21:1. However, the rate changed for grades 3 through 12. Rate changes varied: third through fifth graders increased from 24:1 to 25:1; six through eighth grades increasde from 20.5:1 to 21.5:1; and ninth to twelfth grade classes increased from 25.25:1 to 26.25:1.[6]
- On February 12,2009 the acting mayor of Anchorage announced an additional $3 million cut to the city in light of a $17 million budget shortfall. The city fire department in turn did not fill its 14 vacant positions.[7]
- The Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District anticipated a $9 million shortfall for FY 2010 with no upgrades and only taking into the account the maintenance of then-current services. The total budget was estimated at $200 million.[8]
- In response to the budget shortfall Gov. Palin implemented a hiring freeze in January 2009. Students, college and graduate interns, seasonal positions, positions essential for the safety of Alaska and temporary substitute positions were some of the positions exempt from the hiring freeze. Gov. Palin also instituted a purchasing restriction.[9][10]
Budget background
- See also: Alaska state budget and finances
Alaska's fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30 of the following year, with year-end accruals made through August. Every state agency submits requests and statistics on revenue and spending to the governor; the governor in turn must submit a recommended budget to the legislature by December 15. The legislature convenes on the third Tuesday in January. Once the House and Senate approve and make any necessary changes to the budget bill, the bill is passed back to the governor. If an appropriation bill is transmitted to the governor after session, the governor has 20 days to review the bill and exercise line item veto power.[11]
- FY 2009's budget included $5 billion in spending from the state's general funds, a 34 percent increase over FY 2008's budget.[12]
Budget figures
The following table provides a history of Alaska' expenditures and gross domestic product (GDP).
|Fiscal year
|Expenditures (billions)
|GDP (billions)
- NOTE: The figures for FY 2009 had not yet been finalized when this data was compiled.
Ideas about why the crisis occurred
- Oil prices had risen every year for the last seven years, topping out at an average of more than $91 a barrel in 2009. Prices in 2008 peaked at above $140, but closed at $32.26 on January 23, 2009. According to the Department of Revenue, oil production levels for FY 2009 were relatively stable, but fell approximately 3,000 barrels a day. State officials reported that unrestricted revenue for FY 2009 was projected at $5.5 billion, or $1.2 billion less than projected in the fall 2008 forecast. In total, oil revenues provided 87 percent of the anticipated unrestricted revenue.[14]
- Alaskan oil companies saw a decline in profits in 2008. For example, in 2008 BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. earned a total of $1.95 billion in profits, down 21 percent from 2007. Additionally, BP paid $3.3 billion in taxes in Alaska last year. Seventy-one percent of the total taxes paid in 2008 came in the form of production taxes, compared to $1 billion in 2007 and $665 million in 2006. Conoco Phillips, the state's largest oil producer, reported similar statistics. BP Alaska averaged 197,000 barrels per day in 2008, a 6 percent decline from 2007 and down 12 percent from 2006.[15]
Proposed actions
Governor Sarah Palin
In light of the state's deficit, Palin reduced spending by $268.6 million and planned to draw $1.36 billion from the state's $7 billion reserve. Palin also proposed roughly $17 million in reductions to departments and implemented a salary freeze for state employees in January 2009. However, Gov. Palin emphasized that massive cuts to the state government and services could do more harm than good. "We were really trying very hard to minimize the impact on public services, those types of things. Because I think that with the current economic conditions there's sensitivity. If there were some massive reductions, or massive layoffs, that would have an unintended consequence of putting Alaska further into a recession," she said.[1] However, in anticipation of a looming $1.25 billion deficit due to a sudden drop in oil revenue, Gov. Palin again proposed withdrawing funds from the state's reserves. The governor's FY 2010 budget recommendation included an operating budget reduced by $382.3 million in general funds.[2]
In reaction to the state's widening then-current and future budget deficits, Sen. Bert Stedman said that it was important not to overreact. "We can't overreact and slash and burn the operating account or we'll push the state into a recession," he said.[1] However, Rep. Mike Hawker said that in light of the budget bill that passed the House in March 2009, state legislators needed to continue looking for ways to respond to the state's decreasing oil revenue. "This is a responsible budget but not a sustainable budget," said Hawker, referring to oil production's steady decline. "It meets the needs of Alaska but also needs to be the beginning of a new discussion about what we expect from government and how we are going to pay for it."[16]
House Minority Leader Beth Kerttula said that pulling out cash assets could leave the fund vulnerable. "If we have to liquidate we could be losing another billion bucks," Kerttula said. Of the state's FY 2010 budget as a whole, Rep. Harry Crawford said, "There are some new initiatives, and we've cut back some, but basically we're at the same place we were at the beginning of the year."[16]
Economic stimulus package
Gov. Sarah Palin speaks about federal stimulus funds
Alaska was expected to receive approximately $930.7 million from the $787 billion economic stimulus package.[17] According to White House officials, the stimulus bill was estimated to create or save 8,000 jobs.[18] However, on March 19, 2009 Gov. Sarah Palin announced that she would accept only about half of the federal funds. The governor noted that in order for the state to accept energy funds, the state would have to adopt uniform building codes, which she said would require policing. This, Palin added, was not sensible for the state. Gov. Sarah Palin said:
"Simply expanding state government under this federal stimulus package creates an unrealistic expectation that the state will continue these programs when the federal funds are no longer available."[17]
However, on March 24, 2009 Alaska legislators said they were likely to accept at least most of the federal economic stimulus money that Palin was turning away. Senate Majority Leader Johnny Ellis said that he would be surprised if the state gave up "much or any of the federal money."[19]
According to preliminary reports, Alaska was expected to receive:
- $3.5 million in stimulus funding for energy improvements at Fort Wainwright[20]
- $3 million for housing and urban development[21]
- $115 million to balance the state education fund[22]
- $12.9 million for special education[23]
Budget transparency
Economic stimulus transparency
- The Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 designated $787 billion to be spent throughout the U.S. Of that $787 billion stimulus package, it was estimated that 69%, or over $541 billion, was administered by state governments.[24]
- It was estimated that Alaska received approximately $930.7 million from the economic stimulus package.[17]
At the time of this article's writing, Alaskan lawmakers had not yet passed legislation to place spending transparency online. However, in the first week of February 2008, the Division of Finance created a new website, the Alaska Checkbook Online, that discloses some aspects of Alaska state government's spending practices on an ongoing basis. The site is similar to having a checkbook register online.[25]
Government tools
Alaska Checkbook Register Online features:
- Payments to vendors and grantees who received at least one payment of $1,000 or more through the end of June 2008 are included (individual payments of less than $1,000 are not included).
- The information provided includes the name and location of the vendor or grantee, the purpose of the payment, and the state agency or department that requested the payment.
- Twenty-six different types of payments are excluded for confidentiality reasons.[26]
The following table is helpful in evaluating the level of transparency provided by a state spending and transparency database:
|State database
|Line item expenditures
|Dept./agency budgets
|Public employee salary
|Alaska: Checkbook Online
- Community funding databases:
Alaskans can access two online databases that allow users to search state grants, revenue sharing, and capital project funding given to Alaskan cities and towns. The Community Funding Database provides information on the year, grant type, recipient, project description and status, award amount, disbursement information and staff contact for each entry.[27]
The Capital Projects Database contains descriptions, funding levels and statuses for over 16,000 capital projects in Alaska communities.[28]
Support for creation of the database
Alaska's Checkbook Online was placed made available thanks to the support of Governor Palin.[29]
The original sponsor of the legislation authorizing the online spending database was Sen. Bill Wielechowski (D - Anchorage).[30]
In early 2008, Sens. Wielechowski and Ellis proposed SB 201, known as the Alaska Open Government Act, that would mandate additional information be added to the Alaska Checkbook Online database.[31][32]
Alaska Senate Bill 201 was supported by Americans for Tax Reform and the National Taxpayers Union.[33][34]
The Alaska State Constitution says in Section 9.14 that the State Legislature is to appoint an auditor at its pleasure, and that the auditor is responsible for performing post-audits, which are to be reported to the Legislature and Governor of Alaska.[35]
The Legislative Budget and Audit Committee is responsible for overseeing audits. The Committee is composed of five members from the Senate and five members from the House of Representatives.[36]
Under the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee, there is the Legislative Audit Agency. This agency performs audits that are reviewed by the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee. Audits are performed by this agency in order to ensure that Alaska state administrators comply with financial regulations and adequately manage their state programs. In addition, the agency performs any special audits that are requested by legislator who sit on the Legislative and Budget and Audit Committee.[37]
The Legislative Audit Agency is headed by the Legislative Auditor.[38]
See also
External links
- Model transparency legislation from the American Legislative Exchange Council is available at this link.
- Institute of the North
- Alaska Checkbook Online (timed out), official website
- Division of Finance, Alaskan government
- State budget surpluses could dry up
- The Alaska Citizen's Guide to the Budget
Additional reading
- Gov. Sarah Palin, "2009 State of the state address," January 22,2009
- Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "Alaska Legislature considers uncoupling oil and natural gas taxes to boost state revenue," March 13,2009 (dead link)
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Anchorage Daily News, "Alaska budget hole is $1.65 billion," February 4,2009
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Reuters, "Alaska sees $1.25 billion budget gap on oil price drop," February 19,2009
- ↑ Juneau Empire, "Declining oil prices leave state facing shortfall," January 21, 2009
- ↑ Gov. Sarah Palin, "Palin Reduces FY2010 Spending Plan," February 18,2009
- ↑ Associated Press, "Alaska's unemployment rate increases in January," March 6,2009 (dead link)
- ↑ Juneau Empire, "Pupil-to-teacher ratio to increase next school year," March 18,2009
- ↑ ABC, "More Anchorage budget cuts," February 13,2009
- ↑ Anchorage Daily News, "Mat-Su schools face budget shortfall," March 3,2009
- ↑ Gov. Sarah Palin, "Hiring freeze," January 23,2009
- ↑ Gov. Sarah Palin, "Hiring freeze update," February 6,2009
- ↑ State of Alaska, "Life cycle of a budget," accessed March 25,2009
- ↑ Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "A closer look at Palin's budget cut claims," September 6,2008
- ↑ 13.00 13.01 13.02 13.03 13.04 13.05 13.06 13.07 13.08 13.09 13.10 13.11 13.12 13.13 13.14 13.15 13.16 13.17 13.18 13.19 US Government Spending, "Alaska State and Local spending," accessed March 25,2009
- ↑ Department of Revenue, "Revenue Releases FY09 Forecast Update," February 3,2009
- ↑ Anchorage Daily News, "BP profits decline in '08," March 18,2009
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 AssociatedPress, "Operating budget passes Alaska House," March 15,2009
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Gov. Sarah Palin, "Governor Accepts Half of Stimulus Funds," March 19,2009
- ↑ American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, "Estimated job effect," accessed March 25,2009
- ↑ Anchorage Daily News, "Legislators want to accept stimulus funds," March 25,2009
- ↑ KTUU, "Alaska's military installations to benefit from stimulus," March 21,2009
- ↑ KTVA, "Alaskan housing programs to receive nearly $3 million," March 25,2009 (dead link)
- ↑ Alaska Politics Blog, "Alaska school officials: Stimulus 101," March 16,2009
- ↑ Associated Press, "Alaska Democrats pile on Palin over stimulus money," March 21,2009
- ↑ National Taxpayers Union, "A Letter to the Nation's Governors: Ensure Transparency and Accountability by Posting Stimulus Expenditures Online," March 10, 2009
- ↑ National Public Radio, http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18764744, February 7, 2008
- ↑ Payment systems excluded based on confidentiality analysis
- ↑ Grants: Community Funding Database
- ↑ Capital Funding: Capital Projects Database
- ↑ Alaska Checkbook Online, "Overview" (timed out)
- ↑ SitNews, "New Legislation Would Open The State's Checkbook to Public Scrutiny," January 7, 2008
- ↑ Text of SB 201
- ↑ Americans for Tax Reform, "Letter endorsing SB 201," February 20, 2008
- ↑ Americans for Tax Reform, "Letter support SB 201," February 20, 2008
- ↑ National Taxpayers Union, "An Open Letter to the Alaska Senate: Taxpayers Support Online Spending Transparency (SB 201)," March 7, 2008
- ↑ Alaska State Constitution, Section9.14.
- ↑ Legislative Budget and Audit Committee, 2009-2010 Membership
- ↑ Alaska Division of Legislative Audit, Organization and Function
- ↑ Alaska Division of Legislative Audit, Organizational Chart
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Sometimes, all it takes is a nice card to make investors feel better. It just has to come from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.
Though the stock market fell last week, a respectable recovery Friday pared the weekly loss to 0.5% from a 1% drop at one point Thursday. The bounce came right after published reports Friday of a Bernanke missive to Congressman Darrell Issa, a California Republican, that said there's scope for the central bank to ease financial conditions and strengthen the recovery.
"Many economists believe that the Fed can't do a whole lot more," says John Manley, chief equity strategist at Wells Fargo Funds. "But the letter gives Wall Street a little more hope that he will do it and that it might have some impact."
The Dow Jones Industrial average lost 0.88%, or 117 points, on the week, to finish at 13,157.97, and the Standard & Poor's 500 fell 0.5%, or seven points, to 1411.13. The broad market index wasn't able to close above the 2012 high of 1419.04, though it rose above it intraday on Tuesday. The Nasdaq Composite gave up seven points, or 0.22%, to 3069.79, and the Russell 2000 small-cap index dropped 1.3% to 809.19.
The Dow's drop was mainly due to Hewlett-Packard HPQ -1.6244923461418306% Hewlett-Packard Co. U.S.: NYSE USD31.49 -0.52 -1.6244923461418306% /Date(1427490069152-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 19206012 AFTER HOURS USD31.52 0.03 0.09526833915528739% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 440048 P/E Ratio 11.838345864661655 Market Cap 57234931233.1637 Dividend Yield 2.0323912353127978% Rev. per Employee 363454 More quote details and news » (ticker: HPQ), the worst performer in the average last week. HP saw its stock fall 10% to $17.58. On Thursday the company reported a 5% drop in fiscal third-quarter revenue to $29.7 billion, below expectations. It posted a loss of $4.49 per share and lowered guidance for fiscal 2012 earnings.
Among last week's economic data, home-sales news continued to be positive, but jobless benefit claims rose unexpectedly, and the August HSBC Flash Chinese purchasing managers index fell.
The Bernanke watch continues this week, but the focus will move from the written word to the spoken word. The Fed chairman will give an important address at the annual Kansas City Fed conference this Friday, held in Jackson Hole, Wyo.
Wells Fargo's Manley says that "to the degree Bernanke can keep the waters fairly calm, it's a good thing…but I'm a little perturbed about the market's fixation on [Fed] monetary policy. It's putting a lot in the Bernanke basket."
The Fed seemed to play ping pong with investors last week, notes one trader. On Thursday, the market turned down almost exactly on comments from St. Louis Fed President James Bullard. Bullard pointed out that U.S. economic data have been somewhat better since the July 31-Aug. 1 Fed meeting; his comments tempered expectations of Fed action.
From a technical point of view, many market participants will be closely watching for a battle at about the 1420 level—just above the 2012 high—on the S&P 500 over the next few weeks, says Jeff Saut, chief investment strategist at Raymond James Financial. Should the market decisively move through the old high, it could be "the tipping point" upward, he says. This is a hated rally and a lot of institutions are not participating, he adds.
Concerns about lock-up expirations have hit several Internet stocks like Facebook FB 0.3493554993374292% Facebook Inc. Cl A U.S.: Nasdaq USD83.3 0.29 0.3493554993374292% /Date(1427490000161-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 18126375 AFTER HOURS USD83.13 -0.17 -0.20408163265306123% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 246207 P/E Ratio 74.375 Market Cap 233157705257.644 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 1355150 More quote details and news » (FB), Groupon grpn 0.39577836411609496% Groupon Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD7.61 0.03 0.39577836411609496% /Date(1427490000184-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 4939987 AFTER HOURS USD7.6 -0.01 -0.1314060446780552% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 98519 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 5139512434.14202 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 269500 More quote details and news » (GRPN), and Zynga ZNGA 1.838235294117647% Zynga Inc. Cl A U.S.: Nasdaq USD2.77 0.05 1.838235294117647% /Date(1427490002528-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 8105967 AFTER HOURS USD2.77 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 155586 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 2525276074.13795 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 349752 More quote details and news » (ZNGA) over the past few weeks. So this week, keep an eye on trading in Yelp YELP 3.1721723911616713% Yelp Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD47.16 1.45 3.1721723911616713% /Date(1427490033796-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1878919 AFTER HOURS USD47.31 0.15 0.31806615776081426% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 10585 P/E Ratio 94.32 Market Cap 3512606355.53066 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 139261 More quote details and news » (YELP), the local-listings and online-rating Website.
On Wed., Aug. 29, the lock-up expires on 52.7 million in class B Yelp common shares, according to SEC filings. That's about 87% of shares outstanding. According to financial-information provider Markit, Yelp is the most shorted Website stock, with about 30% of the current 8.2 million share float sold short.
Earlier this month, the company reported a narrower-than-expected second quarter loss and raised its full-year revenue outlook. The stock has slid to $19.48 from a high of $26 following the report.
UNLIKE CRUDE-OIL PRICES, the price of natural gas—which is not as easy to transport—has heretofore been set locally. So disparities like this are common: Gas in North America, where we are awash with new shale discoveries, can be had for $2.80 per million British Thermal Units, not much above the decade lows. In Europe, however, prices are as much as four times higher and in Asia, six times more.
Natural gas has growing appeal. It's a cleaner-burning hydrocarbon, and the world's demand for energy soldiers on. Around the globe, there are a number of liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities in the works that will help bring gas from places where it's cheap to places where it's dear. These giant plants turn the gas into liquid form to make it easier to transport on ships, and then the LNG is returned to the gas state at another LNG plant at the point of importation.
Around the world, there are something like 25 to 35 such large projects in various stages of planning or construction, capable of generating about $200 billion in revenue, says James McAree, a co-portfolio manager of the Neuberger Berman Intrinsic Value Fund.
He's a fan of KBR KBR -1.040943789035392% KBR Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD14.26 -0.15 -1.040943789035392% /Date(1427490199329-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1268785 AFTER HOURS USD14.236 -0.024 -0.16830294530154277% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 45202 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 2065147480.96184 Dividend Yield 2.244039270687237% Rev. per Employee 254640 More quote details and news » (KBR), a mid-cap firm that specializes in energy and petrochemicals engineering and construction. It should be a big beneficiary of the expected build-out of LNG infrastructure around the world, the money manager says. KBR shares closed Friday at $27.05, down about 30% from 2012 highs of $38. The fund has a stake in KBR and has been adding lately.
LNG facilities are expensive to build, but the lucrative arbitrage between regions has folks planning more. Earlier this month, for example, Golden Pass Products, a joint venture between ExxonMobil XOM -0.8776091081593927% Exxon Mobil Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD83.58 -0.74 -0.8776091081593927% /Date(1427490042248-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 10338300 AFTER HOURS USD83.67 0.09 0.10768126346015794% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1240999 P/E Ratio 11.007072024021177 Market Cap 350592192983.441 Dividend Yield 3.3022254127781765% Rev. per Employee 4357980 More quote details and news » (XOM) and Qatar Petroleum, asked federal authorities for permission to export U.S.-sourced LNG from a terminal in Texas. Cheniere Energy LNG -0.8513341804320204% Cheniere Energy Inc. U.S.: NYSE MKT USD78.03 -0.67 -0.8513341804320204% /Date(1427490012517-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1322530 AFTER HOURS USD78.03 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 33247 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 18470558926.7444 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 419396 More quote details and news » (LNG), which built an LNG importation plant in Louisiana years ago when North American gas was much more expensive, has spent a bunch of cash to make it capable of gas exportation.
KBR stock has dropped this year on some lumpy earnings and an expected decline in its once-important logistics business, mostly with the U.S. Defense Department. In the first half, for example, total revenue fell to $4.1 billion from $4.8 billion, and earnings decreased to $195 million, or $1.31 per share, from $205 million, or $1.35. The company is winding down a logistics contract, called Logcap, with the Army that generates single-digit margins, as armed forces are removed from Iraq.
The stock's drop on unimpressive first-half earnings and worry about the defense contracts could present an opportunity for long-term investors, however.
Lazard Capital Markets analyst Will Gabrielski upgraded his rating of the stock to Buy from Neutral on Aug. 13. Logcap has gone from 70% of revenue in 2006 to less than 10%, he points out. KBR's $15 billion backlog reflects much more its hydrocarbons businesses, like LNG construction.
Earnings visibility will improve next year, and a catalyst, he says, could come as early as the first quarter when KBR starts to recognize profits from its Ichthys LNG project in Australia. That should help 2013 operating margins top 10% from 9% this year. Another potential catalyst is the awarding of contracts, perhaps by the end of this year, for the Kitimat LNG export terminal in Canada, where KBR is expected to participate.
The drop in the stock makes KBR cheap, adds McAree. It trades at about 10 times consensus analysts' earnings estimates of $2.68 for this year. That compares with 13.5 times both for its historical median and its peer average. Analyst Gabrielski has a $35 per-share target for KBR, using a multiple of 12 on his 2013 profit estimate of $2.95.
KBR has other attractive attributes, such as a recently instituted 20 cents per share dividend, for a 0.7% yield. The Houston-based firm, spun off from Halliburton hal 0.18527095877721167% Halliburton Co. U.S.: NYSE USD43.26 0.08 0.18527095877721167% /Date(1427490043476-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 10810502 AFTER HOURS USD43.22 -0.04 -0.09246417013407304% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 282808 P/E Ratio 10.474576271186441 Market Cap 36756809167.1155 Dividend Yield 1.6643550624133148% Rev. per Employee 410875 More quote details and news » (HAL) in 2006, also sports a strong balance sheet and some $5 per share in cash.
The caveat is that KBR's stock gyrates at times based on worries about global growth and the price of oil. Still, the growing popularity of LNG facilities looks like a meaningful secular improvement for KBR.
INVESTORS HOLDING STOCKS of companies with large pension-plan deficits can give a temporary sigh of relief. In effect, they've been handed a wad of cash by Congress and the Internal Revenue Service.
On Jan. 16, as year-end pension-plan reporting documents began to trickle out, this column sounded the alarm about some potentially large and risky pension deficits at several publicly traded firms.
But the cavalry has appeared. On Aug. 17, the IRS, as directed in the pension-funding relief law passed by Congress midsummer, published the new discount rates to be used beginning with the 2012 plan year. These rates are much higher and have the effect of shrinking the pension obligation on a present-value basis. That makes the plan appear healthier and in need of less funding.
The new rates are based on high-grade bond yields averaged over 25 years. Since yields were much higher long ago, the new discount rates are higher, too.
Depending on the firm and the size of its pension deficit, the higher discount rates have the potential, according to a recent Credit Suisse report, of turning a plan that was only 77% funded into one that's fully funded.
With this accounting legerdemain, the expected aggregate 2013 contributions from S&P 500 companies could drop about 90% to $8 billion from $78 billion. Companies in the industrial sector would save the most, Credit Suisse analyst David Zion says. It's based on the 2012 plan year so the savings will be felt in 2013, he adds.
All the companies Barron's singled out as having dangerously underfunded pension plans in that report—like AK Steel Holdings AKS 1.8140589569160999% AK Steel Holding Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD4.49 0.08 1.8140589569160999% /Date(1427490013059-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 10132513 AFTER HOURS USD4.48 -0.01 -0.22271714922049% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 68948 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 798254625.751113 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 813850 More quote details and news » (AKS), ITT ITT 0.2288911495422177% ITT Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD39.41 0.09 0.2288911495422177% /Date(1427490314558-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 465000 AFTER HOURS USD39.41 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 47326 P/E Ratio 19.50990099009901 Market Cap 3609955925.88806 Dividend Yield 1.2007104795737122% Rev. per Employee 282404 More quote details and news » (ITT), Goodyear GT 0.5353728489483748% Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. U.S.: Nasdaq USD26.29 0.14 0.5353728489483748% /Date(1427490000062-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1985046 AFTER HOURS USD26.25 -0.04 -0.1521491061240015% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 42728 P/E Ratio 2.93894068459767 Market Cap 7092096005.94849 Dividend Yield 0.9128946367440092% Rev. per Employee 270716 More quote details and news » (GT), U.S. Steel X -0.24154589371980675% United States Steel Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD24.78 -0.06 -0.24154589371980675% /Date(1427490106168-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 5379742 AFTER HOURS USD25 0.22 0.8878127522195319% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 48416 P/E Ratio 34.901408450704224 Market Cap 3609653121.87286 Dividend Yield 0.8071025020177562% Rev. per Employee 761174 More quote details and news » (X), and Sears Holdings shld 1.5082595163993298% Sears Holdings Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq USD42.4 0.63 1.5082595163993298% /Date(1427490000001-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 536835 AFTER HOURS USD42.1758 -0.2242 -0.5287735849056604% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 8534 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 4517889798.81897 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 159173 More quote details and news » (SHLD), among others—have gotten the equivalent of a government reprieve.
Congress, however, is only kicking the can down the road. It's temporary relief because the underlying pension obligation hasn't changed at all, only the rate at which the company must fund it. That could be important for companies facing a liquidity crunch. Changes in the health of the pension plan can affect the sponsor's cash flows, balance sheet, and stock price. And smaller pension contributions also help the federal government, because these payments are tax deductible.
Yet reducing the funding requirements in the short term could result in larger required pension contributions and more pension risk long-term. Congress has given companies with big pension deficits some breathing room but pension holes must eventually be made whole.
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Malaysian Airlines Flight MH 370 disappeared mysteriously with 239 persons aboard in the Andaman Sea. It was en route from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing. About two-third of its citizens belonged to China. The search operation began. There now seems to be consensus that human intervention caused the plane to change its course. Apparently it was not a mechanical failure or pilot error. The plane disappeared from civilian radar less than an hour into its journey from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
It was flying over the Indian Oceans when it lost its communication contact with transponder and disappeared. It is now believed that its communications system was deliberately switched off by someone. Many experts believe that the plane\'s key tracking system was shut off manually. It is a considerable proof that the aircraft was deliberately hijacked by someone who had considerable knowledge of flying the planes or has made a planning beforehand. It is now concluded that flight continued for at least 6 hours after it dropped off radar and finally the plane crashed due to lack of fuel.
It is, however, not sure either plane was really hijacked. There are a few possibilities. The first possibility is that the pilot was emotionally unbalanced and he did commit suicide along with the passengers on board. Another viewpoint is that co-pilot intentionally caused the crash. Both possibilities have been considered seriously by a number of analysts. The plane continued its flight for several hours. Though there was no joint planning of two navigators, it was possibly then on a suicidal driving mission.
Another viewpoint is that it was a personal or psychological problem of someone on board. The person may have entered into the cockpit by force to sabotage or hijack the plane. He may have forced the pilot to follow his instructions. The sanctity of the cockpit has been threatened several times by the aliens. Another approach is that number of hijackers can be more than one.
Another theory is that it was an adventure of a group of terrorists or militants. But the terrorists and militants, in general, have their demands. Apparently no such demand has been made by any group. Neither any credible terrorist group has asserted responsibility nor made any demand.
There seems to be unanimous approach that Air Flight 370 was controlled by a trained person after the plane lost communication link with the control tower. It is just possible that instructions were given by someone else and the pilot was navigating the plane. What happened to Air Flight 370 is sill an enigma?
The Malaysian authorities have refocused the investigation on the basis of the crew, passengers on board and several other linked sources. It is now concluded that plane was deliberately diverted from its course. Then it was navigated by someone with deep experience at the controls.
The investigators have searched pilot\'s house. They also visited the co-pilot\'s house. Moreover, it is now stated that an aviation engineer was among the passengers.
The important thing is that the aircraft\'s communication systems were systematically disabled. The person who did this was possibly expert in this field.
The Malaysian government made all efforts to search the lost plane in the Gulf of Thailand but failed. The government then expanded the search area. Even it searched the plane in remote oceans. Finally, the Prime Minister Najib Razak announced its failure to the mission. He informed that hunt for wreckage around the scheduled flight path to the east of Malaysia has been called off. If the aircraft\'s recorders are discovered, the cockpit conversation may open certain secrets. If the debris had fallen in the sea, it would be really difficult to find out the cockpit voice and data record.
The analysis of raw satellite signals could not much assist the relevant authorities to confirm the existence of the plane immediately. Though Malaysian authorities refocused their investigation, no new information could be released by the government.
It is pertinent to mention here that two passengers, flying on stolen passports, were also in the plane.
It is ridiculous to jump to conclusion on the basis of the western media gossips. The conspiracy theory is that the plane is hidden somewhere in Pakistan. Pakistan has denied media reports categorically. As a matter of fact \"the flight disappeared very far off from Pakistan.\" Naturally, there was no chance of its visibility on the country\'s radars.
The New York Times and several other sources say that \"plane was flying higher than the approved limit.\" It may have made the passengers unconscious, followed by death. The pilot and any other, if involved, may have used oxygen masks to save their lives.
It is reported that as plane flew over the northeast coast of Malaysia \"a second system, a transponder aboard the aircraft, had stopped broadcasting its location, altitude, speed and other information at 1.21 am while the plane was one-third of the way across the Gulf of Thailand from Malaysia to Vietnam.\"
The two zones---one as far north as Kazakhstan in Central Asia, and the other crossing the southern Indian Ocean--- were focus of the investigators. The mission ended in a failure.
The Flight MH 370 disappeared without leaving any clear trace of it. It is difficult to make predictions about the whereabouts of the plane. The satellite data shows that the plane continued to fly about several hours after it lost its contact with the ground tower. The Malaysian government is still investigating the real cause of the crash of the plane.
The Malaysian government made massive search over water, land and different regions in and outside the country. It could not resolve the enigma.
It is now generally believed that the Flight MH370 was on a suicidal drive mission. Nonetheless, it is still difficult to say either it was pilot, co-pilot or anyone else involved in this mission.
According to Malaysian Police Chief Khalid Abu Bakar, authorities are still investigating all possibilities, including hijacking or sabotage.
The key question is: why didn\'t any of the passengers or flight staff member try to make a satellite phone or cell call to family members? It is pertinent to mention here that 10 satellite phone were available in the plane\'s business class section. The Times report is that someone could have disabled the in-flight entertainment system.
Another theory is that the passengers had already died and there was no question of any response from them.
Malaysia Airlines is still checking any evidence of communication from the plane. It would certainly assist to resolve the mystery.
The investigators, up till now, have failed to find any phone calls, e-mails or social media message originated from the missing plane for the people on land. The disappearance of the aircraft has puzzled investigators, aviation experts and internet detectives equally.
The latest development is that AMSA officials have found certain objects in search of the missing Malaysia Airlines plane. This achievement has been gained through satellite.
The Malaysian government along with Australian authorities has announced that there is credible evidence that debris discovered in Australia may be part of the lost plane MH370.


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Sapphire Radeon HD 4890 ATOMIC Graphics Card - The PackageSapphire ramps up the clocks of the HD 4890 and also straps a new cooler on for good measure. Can it stand out from the pack?
The Package
From the word go the ATOMIC version of the Sapphire HD 4890 is looking epic. As soon as we pulled the box out of our ordinary brown box the card was sent in we were happy to see so much shine. And while I instantly thought how annoying it was going to be to photograph, it was still shiny, oh so shiny.
The front of the box is actually very plain, but elegant at the same time. We've got the ATOMIC logo with the model underneath. The bottom right corner has a Vapor-X logo which is in reference to the cooling solution Sapphire has opted for.
Turning to the back of the box, we have a run down on some of the product highlights while to the right we have some of the main features. We have a picture of a girl and we also see the ATOMIC logo along with the Vapor-X one again.
Moving inside, we've got that typical line up of CDs that Sapphire tends to offer which is always pretty impressive. Apart from the standard driver CD we have a copy of 3DMark Vantage along with some Cyberlink software. We've also got a manual along with a little case sticker which is always a nice touch.
The cable department has all the usual cables. From the right we have molex to 8-pin, molex to 6-pin, S-Video to RCA, component out dongle, DVI to HDMI, DVI to VGA and a Crossfire bridge. As far as extras go Sapphire has chosen to include a HDMI cable which is always nice, as even if you don't need it for the card there's a handy cable to have lying around as a lot of home theater equipment while supporting HDMI doesn't usually to offer a cable, meaning this is one less you have to purchase.
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The "this is our moment" magic was gone. Liberals were defensive, the energy of 2008 replaced with the "we-wish-it-weren't-so" lament of dread pragmatism. Barack Obama had delivered a lot less change than hoped, expanding wars and oil drilling and inequality and generally proving to be much more of a standard-issue corporate spokesman than a bold, class-warring red. Even some of the die-hard were willing to concede that the US president hadn't quite lived up to expectations.
Still, ahead of the election he had one big thing going for him, as any liberal facing a leftist firing squad would tell you: he wasn't the other guy.
"Whatever disappointments we have with Obama's first term - and there are many - progressives have a profound interest in the popular
The "this is our moment" magic was gone. Liberals were defensive, the energy of 2008 replaced with the "we-wish-it-weren't-so" lament of dread pragmatism. Barack Obama had delivered a lot less change than hoped, expanding wars and oil drilling and inequality and generally proving to be much more of a standard-issue corporate spokesman than a bold, class-warring red. Even some of the die-hards were willing to concede that the US president hadn't quite lived up to expectations.
Still, ahead of the election he had one big thing going for him, as any liberal facing a leftist firing squad would tell you: He wasn't the other guy.
"Whatever disappointments we have with Obama's first term - and there are many - progressives have a profound interest in the popular rejection of the Romney/Ryan ticket," declared The Nation's version of the editorial.
Beating those Republicans
After four years of Obama, members of the Liberal Commentariat were ever-so begrudgingly willing to concede that a man to whom they had devoted precious column inches drenching in we-are-not-worthy praise was not, sorry to say, the second coming. Still, as the presumed lesser evil, we'd all be a little better off were he to get a second term, the narrative went. The morning after? The hard work of really holding him accountable begins. You're darn tootin'.
Then the guy won, defeating a Republican challenger with all the charisma of a jammed office printer. And liberals wept.
"After Tuesday, Obama will have the opportunity to become one of the most celebrated presidents in history," remarked Chris Hayes of cable news network MSNBC, which didn't air a single story critical of the president in the days prior to the election. "Years from now," Hayes continued, Obama could be "seen as ushering in a new era of liberal governance in America".
"I've supported many pols [sic] over the course of my life," gushed David Roberts, dropping the snark he brings to left-of-centre website Grist, "but Obama may be the only one I've consistently admired." The president is more than just a politician, though. "There aren't many male role models in our culture," Roberts added in the election afterglow. "Lots of macho bluster. Lots of overgrown children. Nice to have a real man at the top."
Obama's victory means "this was a consequential presidency in terms of policy", said Rachel Maddow, a regular guest at the White House and a host on its cable network. During his first term, Obama made significant strides "in terms of civil rights" by allowing gays to fight his wars and delivered "historic, historic change like health care reform". Onward and upwards.
Clara Jeffrey, co-editor of Mother Jones, summed up liberal sentiment when she posted a link to a slideshow of the president with the teaser: "Awesome photos of Obama being awesome". If this was standing up to the most powerful man in the world, the principled progressive finally freed from vulgar electoral concerns, what would not standing up to him look like?
Basking in victory, the American liberal no longer maintained the hardened realism that manifested itself prior to the election, whatever earlier sense of regret that this is the best our system can do giving way to that long-lost earnestness one might on a cloudy afternoon call naiveté; in some cases, careerism.
Others, of course, never even pretended: Dead Afghans and all, they always thought the president was pretty awesome. They like the image they were sold by his award-winning campaign - that of a hip, sophisticated leader from a critically acclaimed televised drama - and aren't too keen on the details, preferring instead to enjoy their product untainted.
Even if liberals disagree with something the president does, it's not going to do so "with a lot of fuss", as author Rebecca Solnit admitted prior to the election. After all, there's an endgame to think about: Beating those Republicans.
"That means," Colonel Aureliano Buendía said, smiling when the reading was over, "that all we're fighting for is power." *
"That means," Colonel Aureliano Buendía said, smiling when the reading was over, "that all we're fighting for is power." *
The makings of a president
Meanwhile, in Pakistan, "The same person who attacked my home has gotten re-elected," one Debra Downer told the Reuters news agency, among thousands of victims of the president's drone wars. Since Obama's victory, "the pressure on my brain has increased," the victim said. "I remember all of the pain again."
One wonders, where is the American progressive to sooth the conscience? Who better to explain that it's nobody's fault - it's nobody's fault, okay - and that if you really think about, maybe we shouldn't ever dwell on this little massacre ever again because would it be better if Mitt Romney killed your family? Ignore the pain away, friend. And let's be honest: They weren't the world's greatest kids.
Not confronted with the stench of rotting bodies, the wail of fathers who lost their children, the cry of children who lost their mothers, the silence when whole families are shredded and burned by our freedom, the American liberal is free to imagine Barack Obama as both a grand leader and something of a friend. Thanks to an award-winning ad campaign, Obama the product - not the man, because who knows that? - is smart, hip and sophisticated, or everything George W Bush was not. He's nerdy but cool and what if he secretly follows you on Tumblr?
But here's the thing with that, friend. Barack Obama is the US President, which is to say: A bad person. A murderer. Since taking office in 2009, Obama has authorised attacks that have killed hundreds if not thousands of innocent men, women and children in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Libya and Somalia.
He waived restrictions on selling arms to countries known to use child soldiers. Hospitals in Iran are running out of basic medical supplies because of the "crippling" sanctions he boasts of imposing.
At home, the US enjoys the largest prison population in world history, with more than two million human beings behind bars. Alas, in four years Obama did not find a single soul worthy of his awesome power to pardon and free.
If I had a friend like that, I probably wouldn't be friends with them anymore.
To the president's supporters, as with most Americans, though, these are mere details, certainly not character flaws. Maybe the overseas killing and domestic jailing is uncouth, but the disagreement isn't visceral; there's no urgency to it. The blood is real, but let's not go around saying it's on anyone's hands. It's not like the Republicans or the god awful public are any better, the story goes, so best not worry our pretty little minds about the things in life you can't change. Plus it helps us in the heartland.
"They're tactical changes," one of the delegates replied. "Right now the main thing is to broaden the popular base of the war. Then we'll have another look." *
"They're tactical changes," one of the delegates replied. "Right now the main thing is to broaden the popular base of the war. Then we'll have another look." *
The limits of political liberalism
If one's progressive values are more than just a social media-savvy posture, a guy like Barack Obama can't be your friend or your winking ally. When a charismatic political figure co-opts your cause to implement a reactionary, literally murderous agenda, the impulse should be to fight back, not roll over or send an open letter.
But liberal discontent with Obama and his agenda has long been overstated. At a recent Netroots Nation, a conference for white liberals, the president enjoyed an 84 per cent approval rating just months after doubling the number of troops in Afghanistan and saving oil giant BP from bankruptcy after it poisoned the Gulf of Mexico under his watch.
Meanwhile, the vast majority of self-described "liberal Democrats" support Obama's liberal use of drones - more than three-fourths, according to one poll - because hey, at least they're not Americans dying.
Make no mistake: Barack Obama's presidency is a liberal one. His support among progressives isn't reluctant, but enthusiastic and overwhelming. His approval rating among Democrats hovers at 90 per cent. They're infatuated with their team's star player, especially now coming after a big win. They want to give him a mixtape and make silly faces together in one of those photo booths at the mall.
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"He is not the Word made flesh, but the triumph of word over flesh, over colour, over despair," says Ezra Klein, a liberal writer for The Washington Post.
"I think he's smarter than me, better informed, better able to understand the consequences of his actions, and more farsighted," says Kevin Drum, a blogger for Mother Jones. "[I]f he and I were in a room and disagreed about some issue on which I had any doubt at all, I'd literally trust his judgment over mine."
Obama's could be "one of the truly great presidencies", says Chris Hayes.
You get the idea.
We don't know Obama's heart, if deep down inside the man weeps for the children he kills like he wept in front of the campaign staff that brought him personal glory. We don't know if historians will consider Obama one of the "great" American presidents, though if he kills enough people anything's possible. But we do know that Barack Obama is a liberal, according to the vast majority of liberals, and a killer, a fact the vast majority of liberals are fine with.
The point isn't to indict one political faction when so many have failed us, of course, but to recognise the limits of political liberalism. Given a mandate for change, the president presided over a million-plus-per-year foreclosure crisis, formalised the use of indefinite detention and extra-judicial murder, and deported more immigrants than any president in US history. His signature achievement? A healthcare plan modelled off the one passed by his Republican rival.
This is the best liberalism can do, folks. If you want meaningful change, not just in the name at the top, it would be foolishness to turn to an American progressive with an Obama-Biden sticker on their hybrid. Their doctrinaire commitment to incrementalism and the Democratic Party has led us to today, a world where the rich get richer and the poor get bombed. And they're pretty cool with that.
Maybe this is an indictment.
He was going to go on, but Colonel Aureliano Buendia stopped him with a signal. "Don't waste your time, doctor," he said. "The important thing is that from now on we'll be fighting only for power." *
He was going to go on, but Colonel Aureliano Buendia stopped him with a signal. "Don't waste your time, doctor," he said. "The important thing is that from now on we'll be fighting only for power." *
* Note: Excerpts from Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude.
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Just discovered this plant recently. I like about anything that is big and tropical in appearance and was thinking about trying it in the woods adjacent to my yard. From what I've read its supposed to spread pretty fast. Was just wondering how invasive it can be & if I'll be sorry in a year or two. Anyone have experience with it?
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terramadre, thanks for the pics. You've convinced me that 'Variegatus' is the one I've got to have. A couple more questions: Do you have yours planted in a wet area? If not, do you have to water it to prevent wilting when we have a hot, dry period? My property is all pretty high on a mountain ridge and I have plenty of shady areas, but its all very well drained. And if you don't mind me asking, did you acquire yours locally or buy online? I've found it available from Brian's Botanicals so I may order it from him if I find its not available in the B'ham area.
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The 42nd Forest Grove Concours d'Elegance will showcase over 300 vintage, sports and collector cars on the tree-shaded campus of Pacific University, in Forest Grove, Oregon. Read More
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