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1 week ago | 
greencarjournal.com | David Thomas
The march toward electrification is still moving forward, even if the momentum has slowed in recent months. One key reason the positive push remains is the devoted legion of EV owners. This group has taken the plunge to go electric and they’re going to keep buying EVs well into the future.
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1 week ago | 
railwayage.com | David Thomas
Just days after Quebec voters chose that their province should remain part of Canada by a very narrow 54,000-vote margin in 1995, Canadian Pacific Railway announced it would move its head office from Montreal to Calgary. The CPR had enough of turbulent separatist politics—energized by former French President Charles de Gaulle’s 1967 war cry “Vive l’Quebéc Libre!”* CPR established its headquarters in Calgary in 1996.
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2 weeks ago | 
railwayage.com | David Thomas
Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s (CPKC) tri-national network is paying off for communities fortunate enough to be within spur distance. Spanning Canada coast-to-coast and striking deep into Mexico makes the carrier an obvious choice for agribusinesses looking to link growers to consumers without the delays of interline handoffs.
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1 month ago | 
forbes.com | David Thomas
Global Pivot or Passing Storm? In our last report “The Oncoming AI Bubble” published January 8th, 2025, Equitas warned about high valuations in Large Cap Growth stocks. U.S. stocks, lead by high tech growth, began to drop in mid-February after a steady start to the year. While we predicted volatility ahead, the market showed us sooner rather than later. The drop was triggered by new tariffs, which are taxes on goods imported from other countries.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
talknwesttn.com | David Thomas
The former home of District 8 Headquarters for the Tennessee Highway Patrol has been sold. Jun Xiong purchased 20 Vann Drive from the State of Tennessee for $850,000. The facility – which the THP first called home in 1967 – consists of approximately 8,500-square-feet and sits on approximately 2.48 acres. The THP opened its new headquarters at 336 Smith Lane in April 2021.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
cbtnews.com | David Thomas |Harley S davidson
The automotive retail industry is returning to a pace and rhythm that once led to sales of over 17 million new car units a year. Today’s totals may not be that high, but inventories and incentives are catching up to historic norms. And most importantly, shoppers are coming back to the dealership in large numbers. Each month, CDK tracks where shoppers complete the purchase process and for much of 2024, over 70% of shoppers were doing each step at the dealership.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
greencarjournal.com | David Thomas
There’s a continued disconnect between what the broader automotive industry sees from growing, albeit slowly, EV sales and how U.S. dealers view this class of vehicles. At CDK, we wanted to uncover if anecdotes about a lack of enthusiasm on the retail level were real and to test our own hypothesis that it could be largely driven by where the dealers were located. Why is geography so important? One word, or place: California. More EVs are sold in California than anywhere else in the country.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
forbes.com | David Thomas
In September 2024, Jerome Powell announced the first Federal Funds Rate cut in over four years. The Federal Funds Rate is a short-term rate related to the cost of debt in the American economy. Some expected the Federal Reserve to cut only 25 basis points, but they delivered a 50 basis point cut. Powell explained this as a result of data that had grown unexpectedly worse since the Fed’s last meeting. We think they are also being a bit more proactive than they have in the past, which is a good sign.
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Jul 27, 2024 | 
thetibetpost.com | David Thomas
The organisation has newly released a video clip titled "The Source of Negative Emotions: The Dalai Lama’s Wisdom Bytes" (Ep. 81) which is now available online for everyone, free of charge.
The award of the Nobel Peace Prize to His Holiness the Dalai Lama in 1989 constituted one of the most significant events of that year; it solidified His Holiness’ image as a visionary global leader for peace and harmony, according to the Foundation for Universal Responsibility.
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Jul 8, 2024 | 
forbes.com | David Thomas
Warren Buffett once highlighted a peculiar characteristic of human nature:“Pension Funds in 1970 put 100% of new money into stocks because they were wild about stock. Then stocks got a lot cheaper in 1978 and they put a record low of 9% of new money into stocks. People behave very peculiarly in terms of their reactions because they are human beings. They get excited when others are excited. They get greedy when others are greedy. They get fearful when others are fearful, and will continue to do so.
