| JSE report - Tuesday 26 September 2006
On the JSE shares worth almost R9-billion trade, and the all share is up 0.7% to 22,162 points. Resources shares are up 0.3%, gold shares are up nearly 2% and platinum shares are up 3.2%. Financial shares are up 0.75%, banks are up 0.4% and the industrial market is up 1.4%. With Lavan Gopaul from Cortex Securities in Durban
LINDSAY WILLIAMS: The R153 government bond was up eight basis points, the yield falling to 8.57% at the close. The rand is unchanged at 7.66 against the US dollar, the rand is 9.71 against the euro, the rand is 14.50 against the pound. On the international currency markets the dollar is 117.10 against the Japanese yen, the euro is 1.2685 against the dollar. The gold price is almost $592 a few dollars up from last nights New York close, and platinum is also up $2 at $1,130 an ounce.
The Transportation of the Future, Here Today
In an electric drive vehicle, the torque is supplied to the wheels by an electric motor that is powered either solely by a battery, or an internal combustion engine using hydrogen, gasoline or diesel, or, by a fuel cell. Electric drive technology is used in vehicles ranging from bikes and scooters to forklifts, golf cars, passenger cars, buses and commercial trucks. It is even used at truck stops and shipping ports. Electric drive vehicle platforms include battery, plug-in hybrid, hybrid, and fuel cell electric vehicles. The world is watching with great interest as researchers work to bring zero-emission, hydrogen powered fuel cell cars from the laboratory to the fast lane. But most people board their city buses, or watch their luggage rolling to the airplane without ever realizing that they are already reaping the benefits of electric drive technology.
One of Washington's dirty little secrets: How to avoid ...
You won't believe this. Or maybe you will if you run and hide when you hear, "Hi, we're from your government, and we're here to help you."
In this case, the chilling greeting comes from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), those wonderful folks who since 9/11 (under strict orders from the recently-resigned Secretary Norman Mineta) have been wanding little old ladies from Keokuk, Iowa, at America's airports all in the name of political correctness. DOT now has decided that it will apply the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in such a manner as to make it theoretically easier for the wheelchair-bound to board passenger trains.
There is just one problem, and in a metaphorical sense, it comes under the heading of the old gag, "The operation was a great success, but the patient died."
DOT has proposed a rule requiring that every single passenger train platform in the United States (1) stretches the full length of the longest train that serves the route, and (2) provides level (no steps) boarding for all doors.
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