Emerging-Market Stocks Climb, Set for Best Weekly Gain in 2010

March 5 (Bloomberg) -- Emerging-market stocks rose, helping the benchmark index to its best weekly gain this year, as increased evidence of an Asian economic recovery bolstered the outlook for a global pick up.

the MSCI Emerging Markets Index gained 0.8 percent to 968.51 at 4:06 p.m. in Singapore, poised for a 3.5 percent weekly advance, its best performance since the five days ended Dec. 4. Shares also rose in Asian trading after jobless claims fell in the U.S., the world’s largest

DLF ltd., India’s biggest developer, rose 3.1 percent to 313.7 rupees, a one-month high, on speculation a gain in the nation’s tax collections signals that economic growth is accelerating. FAW Car Co., the maker of passenger vehicles in China with Volkswagen AG, jumped after reporting higher profits. Acer inc. and Unimicron Technology Corp. led Taiwan’s Taiex index higher by 1.3 percent, the steepest gain among stock gauges in 22 emerging markets.

“The market is pricing in less and less potential risks,” Andrew Freris, a senior investment strategist at BNP Paribas Wealth Management, said in an interview with Bloomberg Television in Hong Kong. “All Asian economies are now growing at accelerating rates, and progressively, more and more Asian central banks are actually increasing interest rates.”

Malaysia’s central bank raised its benchmark interest rate for the first time in almost four years, saying record-low borrowing costs were no longer warranted as the economy emerges from recession and inflation accelerates.

Fund Flows

Emerging-market equity funds drew $240 million in the week ended March 3, the third straight week of inflows, EPFR Global said, citing easing concerns about a contagion from the Greece debt crisis and a recovery in exports.

China’s benchmark Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.3 percent after fluctuating earlier today as Premier Wen Jiabao warned of “latent risk” in the nation’s banks and pledged to crack down on property speculation in a speech to the National People’s Congress. the premier also affirmed an 8 percent economic growth target, saying that the government will continue its moderately loose monetary policy and proactive fiscal stance.

in Russia, the Micex Index gained 1.1 percent, led by OAO Gazprom, the world’s largest natural-gas monopoly. the stock advanced 1.7 percent to 174.93 rubles after NAK Naftogaz Ukrainy paid for February natural-gas imports from Russia in full, the Ukrainian state energy company said.

Good Returns

“Equity returns around the world are going to be good but they’re going to be particularly good in emerging markets,” Jeremy Siegel, finance professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, told Bloomberg Television.

Jaiprakash Associates ltd., an Indian builder of damns, roads and bridges, advanced 0.7 percent to 144.95 rupees after the finance ministry yesterday said the country’s direct tax revenue in the April to February period rose 7.5 percent from a year earlier. Reports released earlier this week showed that the nation’s exports and manufacturing output climbed.

Asia’s third-biggest economy may expand 8.2 percent in the 12 months beginning April 1, from an estimated 7.2 percent this year, India’s finance ministry said last week.

Acer, the world’s second-biggest computer vendor, jumped 4.1 percent to NT$95 in Taipei after JPMorgan Chase & Co., Goldman Sachs Group inc. and Credit Suisse Group AG raised their share-price estimates, citing the outlook for earnings.

Unimicron Technology Corp. gained 4.9 percent to NT$38.75 after Chairman Tseng Tzu-Chang said in an Economic Daily News report that profit and revenue will rise at least 10 percent this year. Tsai-Sheng Shen, the company’s spokesman, couldn’t be reached in his office for a comment.

Automakers rose in China, led by FAW Car, after the company reported a 50 percent gain in its 2009 net income. FAW Car rose 5.2 percent to 23.22 yuan. Chongqing Changan Automobile Co., the Chinese partner of Ford Motor Co. and Mazda Motor Corp., rose 1.2 percent to 12.64 yuan.



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The Trade of the Decade

I often refer to the trade of the decade. Several readers have asked exactly what I mean by that, and I realized I haven't written about this in a while.

Let me explain: The trade of the decade is going to be in the small bank stocks, many of which have been punished in the real-estate crisis and are trading well below tangible book value.

They still face tremendous head winds -- the real-estate overhang is far from resolved -- but the time it getting very close to load up on these stocks. I recently bought two bank stocks for the first time in nearly five years because they appeared too cheap not to own at current levels.

A little background. The aftermath of the Savings and Loan crisis in the late 1980s and early 1990s was the most fun I have ever had in the financial business. I was a broker for a regional firm that made markets in most of the regional banks in the mid-Atlantic. We would buy stocks at a fraction of tangible book value and watch them get taken over at two and three times book in just a few short years. Most of them also paid dividends, so we got paid to wait. It was impossible not to make money in the sector. I believe the same thing will happen as this crisis winds down.

I prefer the smaller banks to larger ones in this trade. They are usually run by local business people with deep ties to the community. Peter Lynch used to call these the Jimmy Stewart banks, referring to the Bailey Building & Loan Association of "It's a Wonderful Life" fame.

It has been my experience that these banks have insights into the local economy and people that larger banks never will. They know the developers and likely buyers for individual projects in their marketplace. They know the likely success or failure of projects in search of financing.
I look for banks that trade below tangible book value with plenty of excess capital on the books. I also prefer banks with a very low percentage of nonperforming assets -- generally speaking, I like this number to be below 2% of the total. I also want to see that the reserves for loan losses exceed the value of nonperforming loans. This combination of capital reserves and low loan losses creates a cheap and safe situation that I can buy with a high degree of safety.

On occasion, I make an exception when the amount of excess capital is so great I believe the bank can withstand its loan problems. That's the case with my latest bank investment, Abington BancsharesNasdaq" PRIMARY="NO"/>. This stock came to my attention when it showed up in the portfolio of value-investing legend Charles Brandes.

Abington's construction-loan portfolio is a disaster, to put it kindly, with 21% of the portfolio considered delinquent. The other real-estate-owned section of the balance sheet has exploded, as it was forced to repossess properties in the past year. Nonperforming assets exceed 4% of the total, well above my usual threshold.

However, the equity-to-assets ratio is over 17%, so it has a lot of room for error. It has been using excess capital to buy back shares at less than tangible book, which should pay off for stockholders in the long run. At 70% of tangible book value, I consider the bank a special situation, where the rewards more than offset the risks for long-term investors.

The trade of the decade is setting up right now. We are seeing bank failures continue along the pace set last year. A lot of weaker hands are leaving the marketplace. Some of the larger regional banks are going to be in search of high quality assets to shore up their balance sheets. It will make sense to buy smaller competitors with quality assets on the books. Some banks, such as Abington, may have problems, but they have more than enough capital to survive, and their shares will rise when the economy and real-estate markets recover.

I am tip-toeing into this trade. I suspect that by the end of the year, my portfolio will be more than 50% small banks, but right now I only own two, Abington and Shore BancsharesNasdaq" PRIMARY="NO"/>. I also consider Towne BankNYSE" PRIMARY="NO"/> a buy, but I haven't entered orders yet. I expect to do so in the next market decline. I view this opportunity as my retirement trade over the next 10 years

By Tim Melvin, RealMoney.com Contributor , On Wednesday March 3, 2010, 2:00 pm EST

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The rise of GELV

Green Energy Life is a renewable energy technology company, focusing on developing and commercializing energy conversion technology in the field of fossil fuel alternatives. It intends to convert corn and biomass wastes into ethanol and other co-products using proprietary patented gasification and conversion technology.

Their is lots of rationale to why the future looks bright for this renewable energy technology company, listed below are a few of these reasons:

Potential Opportunities for Large Grants:

With the market looking for green solutions, it seems clear that the companies of the future that will do well, are those that are geared to protecting the environment.

Only recently, later last month was a biomass gasifier company awarded $22.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.

Superb invest opportunities:

The company is expected to offer excellent opportunities for investors in 2010 due to new government regulations and consumer demands

According to new industry reports, the Biomass-to-Energy market is expected to achieve significant growth this year. Since being included in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, it has been one of the strongest potential future energy sources. By 2022, 36 billion gallons of fuel must be made of "renewable" fuels. With the increase in fuel consumption, biomass fuel usage is expected to grow 30% into 2012, with the United States leading the way with 19% of the usage of biofuel. Biomass fuel is currently the 4th largest source of energy used in the world today.

Recent acquisitions

Its most recent acquisition with Peck Electric

Peck’s electrical services business is thriving with strong and consistent revenue, longstanding relationships with key customers, and opportunities to expand with clean energy products and services.

To see more on this stock visit: www.stocksource.us/focusstock/gelv

European stocks drift ahead of bank statements

LONDON – European stock markets fell modestly Thursday as investors awaited the latest policy statements from the European Central Bank and the Bank of England and digested the news that Greece is looking to raise euro5 billion ($6.8 billion) from bond markets to finance its debt.

In Europe, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was down 8.72 points, or 0.2 percent, at 5,524.49 while Germany's DAX fell 22.75 points, or 0.4 percent, to 5,795.13. The CAC-40 in France was 6.07 points, or 0.2 percent, lower at 3,836.45.

Though the European Central Bank and the Bank of England are expected to keep their main interest rates on hold at 1 percent and 0.5 percent, investors appear to be treading carefully ahead of their accompanying statements.

In particular, they will be interested to hear what European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet says about the economic outlook for the 16-country eurozone and how monetary policy is being affected by the debt crisis afflicting Greece — figures earlier confirmed that the eurozone economy grew by a tiny 0.1 percent in the last three months of 2009 as the recovery in Germany ground to a halt, Italy started contracting again and the Greek recession worsened.

Despite the anemic economic recovery in the eurozone, Trichet is expected to confirm that special lending measures to banks introduced during the financial crisis will continue to be scaled back.

Analysts think he will confirm that the upcoming auction of 6-month credits on March 31 will be the final operation and that the interest rate charged for shorter-term loans will be increased. The central bank introduced a range of cheap liquidity operations when the financial crisis first exploded to allow the commercial banks to have access to money at a time when the credit markets had seized up.

Regarding the Bank of England, investors will be looking to see if the rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee asks to have its financial asset program extended.

However, with inflation above the Bank's 2 percent target and economic growth higher than previously thought, most analysts doubt an extension will be asked for — the Bank of England bought some 200 billion pounds worth of financial assets from the commercial banks, mainly bonds, to increase the money supply and get them lending again.

"This afternoon's session could be a volatile one, but until all the cards are on the table it seems that no one is willing to show their hand just yet," said Anthony Grech, market strategist at IG Index.

Greece also remains in focus after Greece's Public Debt agency chief said a new 10-year bond was oversubscribed. The government was seeking a maximum of euro5 billion but had bids for euro7 billion within an hour of the book opening.

The sale will be watched closely by financial markets to gauge the depth of Greece's debt crisis. The announcement of the issue comes a day after debt-ridden Greece detailed a whole new round of austerity measures, including salary cuts for civil servants, pension freezes and tax hikes on cigarettes, alcohol, luxury goods and gems.

The bond issue also comes a day before Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Elsewhere, attention in the markets is slowly turning towards Friday's U.S. nonfarm payrolls report, which often sets the market tone for a while.

Wall Street was poised to open steady following a flat performance on Wednesday — Dow futures were down 1 point at 10,386 while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 futures fell 0.5 point to 1,118.10.

Earlier, stock markets in Asia fell after four days of mostly solid gains.

Japan's Nikkei 225 stock average fell 107.42 points, or 1.1 percent, to 10,145.72.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng dropped 301.01, or 1.4 percent, to 20,575.78 and South Korea's index was down 4.24, or 0.3 percent, to 1,618.20. Shanghai's market dived 2.4 percent as investors took profits ahead of Friday's opening of the national legislature. Uncertainty surrounding new policies expected to be announced during the National People's Congress fostered caution.

Currency markets were largely flat with the euro down 0.1 percent at $1.3677 and the dollar down 0.1 percent at 88.39 yen. The pound hovered just above $1.50.

Meanwhile, oil prices eased modestly after a two-day jump fueled by growing investor optimism that global crude demand is recovering. The benchmark contract was changing hands at $80.52 a barrel, down 35 cents after climbing $1.19 overnight.

European Stocks Fluctuate: Peugeot Climbs, Intercell Declines

(Bloomberg) - European stocks fluctuated between gains and losses as a rally by automakers offset declines among insurers and health-care companies. Asian stocks rose and U.S. index futures were little changed.

PSA Peugeot Citroen

Europe’s second-biggest carmaker, advanced 2 percent after saying the year started “better than expectations.” Prudential Plc, the U.K. insurer that yesterday agreed to buy an Asian division from American International Group Inc., fell for a second day. Intercell AG sank 7.5 percent after the Austrian vaccine maker said fourth-quarter profit dropped 76 percent.

The Stoxx Europe 600 Index

Rose less than 0.1 percent to 248.92 at 10:17 a.m. in London, having swung between gains and losses at least 11 times. The gauge has fallen for the past two months amid concern over budget deficits in Greece, Spain and Portugal and as China moved to restrict lending and stop its economy from overheating.

S&P 500 Futures

Futures on the S&P 500 Index advanced less than 0.1 percent today, while the MSCI Asia Pacific Index climbed 0.8 percent to a five-week high.

Prudential Plc

Lost 6.1 percent to 497.7 pence, extending yesterday’s 12 percent plunge and dragging a gauge of insurance companies to the biggest drop among 19 industry groups in the Stoxx 600. The U.K.’s biggest insurer’s credit ratings may be downgraded by S&P after agreeing to buy AIA Group Ltd. for $35.5 billion in cash and stock.

‘Transform’ Prudential

“The transaction will transform Prudential’s size and profile, significantly enhancing its presence in numerous growth markets across Asia,” S&P said. “It will also dilute one of the key rating strengths of the group, namely the contribution from the U.K.”

Intercell

Sank 7.5 percent to 19.64 euros. The Austrian vaccine maker working with Novartis AG and GlaxoSmithKline Plc said fourth-quarter profit dropped to 7.5 million euros ($10 million) from 31 million euros a year ago. It was expected to post a profit of 9.45 million euros, according to the median of six estimates compiled by Bloomberg.

Kuehne & Nagel International AG

The world’s largest sea- freight forwarder, jumped 5.2 percent to 104.5 Swiss francs. The stock was raised to “buy” from “hold” at Deutsche Bank AG.

Luxottica, Bank Sarasin

Luxottica Group SpA slid 2.8 percent to 19.16 euros. The owner of the Ray-Ban and Oakley sunglasses brands said annual net income fell 17 percent to 314.8 million euros, missing the 326 million-euro average estimate of 10 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg.

Bank Sarasin & Cie.

Gained 2.9 percent to 35.7 francs. The Swiss wealth manager controlled by Rabobank Groep NV raised its target for assets under management after full-year profit advanced 5.6 percent on a record cash inflow from clients.

Georg Fischer AG

Europe’s largest maker of iron castings for cars, slipped 2.4 percent to 312.25 francs. The company reported a full-year loss of 238 million francs ($219 million), compared with a profit of 69 million francs a year earlier, as demand for its car parts fell.

Cookson Group Plc

Plunged 4.2 percent to 448.6 pence after posting a loss that was wider than analysts had estimated. The net loss for 2009 was 48.5 million pounds, Cookson said. That missed the 27 million-pound average analyst estimate compiled by Bloomberg.

Allied Irish Banks Plc

The country’s second-biggest lender by market value, advanced 4 percent to 1.04 euros after reporting a narrower-than-estimated full-year net loss. The loss of 2.41 billion euros compared with a 2.5 billion-euro median estimate of five analysts surveyed by Bloomberg.

Vedanta Resources Plc sank 4.7 percent to 2,518 pence. The largest copper producer in India said it’s offering about $775 million of convertible bonds due 2017.

Our new big pick is BWIH

Make sure BWIH is on your watch list. The news yesterday about their possible buyout states that the meeting with the buyer's team is taking place today.

That means if something materializes and a deal is finalizes it could be announced any day!! Buyouts are always good news for people already positioned in the stock cause the buy out price is usually higher.

Situations like this are very rare. It's very important you watch this one close because if it starts to take off there is no telling where it may go!

BWIH definitely has the numbers to support a buy possibility. The company reported that it is on track to realize approximately 10Mill revenues for the year ended March 31, 2010.

Most of us wouldn't ever think of doing what BWIH does.

Fortunately for BWIH the garbage sector is extremely lucrative.

Disgusting? Probably. Profitable? Definitely. Garbage is worth a lot of money to the companies who haul it away.

Just look at the giant Waste Management (WM) which is worth Billions!!!

We throw away garbage every single day and barely acknowledge that if it weren't for companies like BWIH, we would be surrounded by filth and rodents.

What's the point of a beautiful home and garden when you have piles of trash everywhere?

BWIH is a waste solutions company in Western Canada providing complete waste and recycling services to commercial, industrial, construction, homebuilding, oilfield and residential clients.

BWIH doesn't stop with just homes though. Hazardous trash piles up extremely fast at industrial sites.

BWIH has become the leader in Canada in the construction and industrial waste removal industry!

So how exactly does BWIH make money?

BWIH's revenue consists primarily of fees charged to customers for solid and liquid waste collection, landfill disposal and recycling services.

BWIH uses approximately 2,500 containers of various sizes and purposes and approximately 120 trucks to conduct various waste management operations operating in Edson, Calgary, Edmonton, Red Deer and the surrounding areas in the Province of Alberta, Canada.

BWIH charges fees based on a variety of factors.

These include things like collection frequency, the type, volume and weight of the waste collected, type of equipment and containers furnished, and the distance to the disposal.

It's been said that in the U.S. alone, people throw away at least 162 tons of garbage a year!

Unless people suddenly decide to stop throwing trash away, which is unlikely, BWIH will always have a market to do business in.

BWIH signed a five month contract with EPCOR Water Service Inc. that commenced February 23, 2009.

EPCOR Water Services Inc. provides water, wastewater, and distribution services to almost one million people in over 60 communities and counties across Western Canada.

The contract includes hauling of biosolids from the Taber Wastewater Treatment Plant and disposal at the Bowden Institution composting facility, Innisfall, AB.

The Bowden Institution has embarked on an aggressive composting program resulting in a continuous reduction of landfill utilization. It is a founding member of the Composting Council of Canada's Compost Quality Alliance program.

Composting helps reduce the amount of waste going into landfills!

BWIH sees vast opportunities for expanding their distinctive services with regulations throughout North America pressing companies and individuals to be more vigilant in the way they handle their waste products.

Keep an eye on this company. Start your research on BWIH at: http://budgetwaste.com Always do your own research and consult with your own financial professional.

Benchmark Currency Rates

Benchmark Currency Rates

USD EUR JPY GBP CHF CAD AUD HKD HKD 7.7643 10.5009 0.0872 11.6065 7.1769 7.4992 6.9958 AUD 1.1099 1.501 0.0125 1.6591 1.0259 1.072 0.1429 CAD 1.0354 1.4003 0.0116 1.5477 0.957 0.9329 0.1333 CHF 1.0818 1.4632 0.0121 1.6172 1.0449 0.9748 0.1393 GBP 0.669 0.9047 0.0075 0.6183 0.6461 0.6027 0.0862 JPY 89.06 120.4501 133.1322 82.3219 86.0192 80.2448 11.4704 EUR 0.7394 0.0083 1.1053 0.6835 0.7141 0.6662 0.0952 USD 1.3525 0.0112 1.4949 0.9243 0.9659 0.901 0.1288

Above is a chart designed to display the cross rates of eight major world currencies. Scan across the chart to find the rate of exchange between any two of these currencies.

Currency key

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Australian stocks boosted by miners, media shares

LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Australian shares moved higher at the open Tuesday, with miners and media stocks helping lead the charge. In early morning trading in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 was up 0.4% at 4,704.9.

5 Tips for Investing in Penny Stocks

Investing in penny stocks provides traders with the opportunity to dramatically increase their profits, however, it also provides an equal opportunity to lose your trading capital quickly. These 5 tips will help you lower the risk of one of the riskiest investment vehicles.

1. Penny Stocks are a penny for a reason.

While we all dream about investing in the next Microsoft or the next Home Depot, the truth is, the odds of you finding that once in a decade success story are slim. These companies are either starting out and purchased a shell company because it was cheaper than an IPO, or they simply do not have a business plan compelling enough to justify investment banker's money for an IPO. This doesn't make them a bad investment, but it should make you be realistic about the kind of company that you are investing in.

2. Trading Volumes

Look for a consistent high volume of shares being traded. Looking at the average volume can be misleading. If ABC trades 1 million shares today, and doesn't trade for the rest of the week, the daily average will appear to be 200 000 shares. In order to get in and out at an acceptable rate of return, you need consistent volume. Also look at the number of trades per day. Is it 1 insider selling or buying? Liquidity should be the first thing to look at. If there is no volume, you will end up holding "dead money", where the only way of selling shares is to dump at the bid, which will put more selling pressure, resulting in an even lower sell price.

3. Does the company know how to make a profit?

While its not unusual to see a start up company run at a loss, its important to look at why they are losing money. Is it manageable? Will they have to seek further financing (resulting in dilution of your shares) or will they have to seek a joint partnership that favors the other company?

If your company knows how to make a profit, the company can use that money to grow their business, which increases shareholder value. You have to do some research to find these companies, but when you do, you lower the risk of a loss of your capital, and increase the odds of a much higher return.

4. Have an entry and exit plan - and stick to it.

Penny stocks are volitile. They will quickly move up, and move down just as quickly. Remember, if you buy a stock at $0.10 and sell it at $0.12, that represents a 20% return on your investment. A 2 cent decline leaves you with a 20% loss. Many stocks trade in this range on a daily basis. If your investment capital is $10 000, a 20% loss is a $2000 loss. Do this 5 times and you're out of money. Keep your stops close. If you get stopped out, move on to the next opportunity. The market is telling you something, and whether you want to admit it or not, its usually best to listen.

If your plan was to sell at $0.12 and it jumps to $0.13, either take the 30% gain, or better still, place your stop at $0.12. Lock in your profits while not capping the upside potential.

5. How did you find out about the stock?

Most people find out about penny stocks through a mailing list. There are many excellent penny stock newsletters, however, there are just as many who are pumping and dumping. They, along with insiders, will load up on shares, then begin to pump the company to unsuspecting newsletter subscribers. These subscribers buy while insiders are selling. Guess who wins here.

Not all newsletters are bad. Having worked in the industry for the last 8 years, I have seen my share of unscrupulous companies and promoters. Some are paid in shares, sometimes in restricted shares (an agreement whereby the shares cannot be sold for a predetermined period of time), others in cash.

How to spot the good companies from the bad? Simply subscribe, and track the investments. Was there a legitimate opportunity to make money? Do they have a track record of providing subscribers with great opportunities? You'll start to notice quickly if you have subscribed to a good newsletter or not.

One other tip I would offer to you is not to invest more than 20% of your overall portfolio in penny stocks. You are investing to make money and preserve capital to fight another battle. If you put too much of your capital at risk, you increase the odds of losing your capital. If that 20% grows, you'll have more than enough money to make a healthy rate of return. Penny stocks are risky to begin with, why put your money more at risk?

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SABMiller May Get Cup Boost at Anheuser’s Expense

March 2 (Bloomberg) -- SABMiller Plc may sell 12 million more units of beer at this year’s soccer World Cup if it capitalizes on the decision by Anheuser-Busch InBev NV not to sell Budweiser at fan parks in the nine host cities.

SABMiller, which dominates South Africa’s beer industry, began talks with FIFA after Anheuser-Busch said in January it wouldn’t supply the parks. SABMiller needs to conclude talks within about 10 days so that it can organize the transport and additional brewing capacity, Alastair Hewitt, the head of SABMiller’s World Cup strategy, said in an interview in Johannesburg yesterday.

Ten fan parks with giant screens and bars to cater for fans unable to get tickets for games at the world’s most watched sport event are planned. The venues have been built to cater for a combined 280,000 people a day during the tournament, which begins on June 11, according to FIFA. Anheuser-Busch said in January that it would concentrate on selling beer in stadiums.

“The stadium value is quite small in comparison to what happens outside the stadiums,” Hewitt said. “It’s a good opportunity.”

The parks may account for 40 percent of the 100,000 extra hectoliters of beer SABMiller expects to sell during and around the monthlong tournament, Hewitt said. That’s equivalent to 8 million half-liter (1.1 pint) glasses of beer or 12 million 340 milliliter cans of the beverage. Hewitt declined to give the terms of the possible agreement with FIFA.

Brandhouse

The only other brewer with a large brewing plant in South Africa is Brandhouse, a venture whose owners include Amsterdam- based Heineken NV and London-based Diageo Plc. Brandhouse isn’t in talks with FIFA over the parks, Priscilla Singh, a spokeswoman for the venture, said in a telephone interview from Cape Town.

Delia Fischer, a FIFA spokeswoman, didn’t immediately respond to e-mailed questions after requesting them when called by Bloomberg. Michael Torres, a spokesman for Anheuser-Busch, said by e-mail that his company decided “more than a decade ago to focus our beer presences in-stadium” during FIFA World Cup matches.

“Just like our successful involvement with FIFA World Cup over the last two decades, as well as last year’s FIFA games, we look forward to once again having the opportunity to satisfy the tens of thousands of attending fans,” he said

The Johannesburg-based Mail & Guardian newspaper reported in January that Anheuser-Busch didn’t have the capacity to meet demand as it has no infrastructure in South Africa, citing unidentified people in the industry. Torres said yesterday that Budweiser had not been a participant of “Fan Fest” activities in previous tournaments.

Unbranded Beer

SABMiller is willing to sell unbranded beer at the parks “to make the event a success,” Hewitt said. Demand for beer over the five-week World Cup period is expected to increase by between 4 percent and 6 percent, according to SABMiller.

To meet the expected rise in demand during the tournament, which is expected to attract 450,000 visitors to South Africa, SABMiller will delay maintenance at its plants in the country and increase brewing ahead of the tournament, he said. Marketing staff won’t take vacation during the tournament and additional staff may be employed at the fan parks, he said.

SABMiller, which jointly sponsors the South African national soccer team withAbsa Group Ltd., will build its marketing efforts around its Castle Lager brand and will place refrigerated vans in areas that may need additional supplies of beer. A hotline will be set up for vendors to call, he said.

Castle, along with Carling Black Label, is among the cheaper brands that SABMiller sells in South Africa.

June and July are mid-winter months in South Africa, usually a time of lower beer consumption, and this will help SABMiller to cater for the additional demand, he said. SABMiller normally sells about 25 million hectoliters of beer a year in South Africa out of total beer sales of 27 million hectoliters.

“We see a mini-peak” for the company, Hewitt said.

SABMiller shares fell 89 cents, or 0.4 percent, to 202.60 rand as of 9:12 a.m. in Johannesburg trading.

Green Energy Live Reports on Strong Revenue and Customer Base of Acquisition Target’s Contracting Business

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – March 1, 2010 – Green Energy Live Inc. (OTCBB: GELV), a growing clean energy company engaged in developing sustainable biomass-to-energy conversion solutions for the U.S. livestock industry, has executed a letter of intent to acquire 100% of the stock of Peck Electric Inc, Vermont’s leading provider of electrical contracting services. Green Energy Live is pleased to announce that Peck’s electrical services business is thriving with strong and consistent revenue, longstanding relationships with key customers, and opportunities to expand with clean energy products and services.

Peck Electric’s established electrical contracting services division currently employs 60 people with training and experience in all aspects of electrical wiring for commercial, industrial and residential projects as well as control wiring and logic controllers, high voltage power distribution, lighting and 24 hour emergency service. The company is licensed, insured and has been servicing customers since 1972. Peck generated $6 million in gross revenue in 2009 with the majority of sales attributed to its electrical division.

IBM, UPS, Energizer Battery Company, PBM Nutritionals, Ben & Jerry’s, Husky Injection Molding, Fletcher Allen Health Care, University of Vermont and Champlain College are among Peck’s customers. The company has worked with most major general contractors throughout Vermont. In addition to electrical contracting Peck installs telecommunications systems, provides solar power installations, and designs and develops clean energy products.

Karen Clark, President/CEO of Green Energy Live, commented: “Peck Electric is a solid, well-run company with multiple and consistent revenue streams as well as potential for significant expansion in clean energy offerings. In spite of extremely tough economic conditions Peck maintained its revenue levels last year, generating $6 million in gross revenue in 2009 as it did in 2008. Green Energy Live is extremely pleased to be moving forward with the acquisition of this growing enterprise.”

On February 23, 2010 Green Energy Live updated its Letter of Intent to acquire 100% of the stock in Peck Electric. Upon acquisition Peck will become a wholly owned subsidiary. Green Energy Live is conducting its due diligence and intends to commence the required financial audits in March 2010. Upon completion of these pre-acquisition investigations, Green Energy Live and Peck Electric will determine a closing date for this transaction.

About Green Energy Live (GELV.OB)
Green Energy Live Inc. is engaged in developing sustainable biomass-to-energy conversion technology to meet a critical need for the nation’s $154 billion livestock industry. The company plans to use its proprietary gasification technology for the development of highly innovative, on-site manure-to-electricity conversion systems to enable livestock farmers and ranchers to convert their animal waste into clean, renewable energy. Green Energy Live acquired Comanche Livestock Exchange in July 2009. The wholly owned subsidiary enhances Green Energy Live’s ability to bring its clean energy technology to market by providing ongoing revenue to support technology development, livestock industry experience, contacts with potential customers, and an established sales channel.

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Green Investments - What Are the Different Green Investment Opportunities Available?

The green investment industry has been one of the fastest growing industries in last few years. Green Investments use traditional investment vehicles like stock, equities, funds or mutual funds, but the underlying business will generally be involved in projects to improve the environment. Often these projects support development of renewable energies.

Key facts about renewable energy:

• Global revenues for renewable energy grew from $75.8 billion in 2007 to $115.9 billion in 2008
• New global investments in energy technologies expanded from $148.4 billion in 2007 to $155.4 billion in 2008

Investors interested in green investment can choose from variety of investment areas:

1. Geothermal - works on the system of getting heat from the earth's core and use it as a energy source. The main positives are: low carbon emissions, because most activity takes place underground, and as there are minimum requirements on the land, the cost to generate electricity is very low. The most popular areas are Iceland, Hawaii and New Zealand. In the Philippines,geothermal power provides 18% of their energy, thanks to the volcano.

2. Green Buildings - buildings which are constructed to save as much energy as possible and to produce energy on their own.

3. Wind Power - one of the most common ways of investing into green energy. Wind energy is currently the fastest growing of all the renewables. Wind energy projects increase every year by 25% globally. The main pushing factors for this increase are climate change targets set up globally between governments. The Global Wind Energy Council predicts that the global wind market will grow by over 155% of its currents size to achieve 240GW of installed capacity by 2012. The most efficient way how to absorb the wind power and to generate as much energy as it is possible is through wind farm. A Wind farm is a group of wind turbines in the same location which produce electricity. The main types of farms are: off shore and on shore farms.
Key facts about wind energy:

• At the end of 2008 the world wind farm capacity was around 120,791 MW - increase of 28.8 % compare to previous year
• In 2008 the wind power produced 1.3% of global electricity consumption
• The main European producers are: Spain, Denmark, Portugal and UK

4. Solar energy - Has a great potential to be one of the top green investment vehicles. Every day our earth hits enough solar energy to supply our demand for electricity for 27 years. The more sophisticated problem is to convert this energy into electricity at still efficient cost. There are two main solar technologies groups:

a. Solar Photovoltaic (PV) - this industry is currently worth around $50 billion annually
b. Solar Thermal Power

5. Waste Management - is monitoring of waste materials which involves collecting, transport and processing of waste.

• The average person in European Union disposes of 1200 lbs of trash per year
• The average person in USA disposes of 1700 lbs of trash per year
• Total number of trash per year for EU is: 1.3 billion ton
• Total number of trash per year for USA is: 260 million tons

In the article above we have tried to cover most common and important areas in which investors interested in green investment can invest. The other areas, also important are Hydrogen and Fuels Cells, Power storage, Renewable Developers, Smart Grids or Wave and Tidal. Let's hope that in the future more and more companies as well as single investors will be interested in Green Investments.