Yesterday Visteon, a major auto parts supplier, filed for Chapter 11.  So did Metaldyne.  Both have global supply chains, so our research team took a look at their shipping data — to see if there were tell-tale signs that these companies were in trouble. Indeed, things looked grim starting for Visteon in January of 2008: […]

The data behind the quote is coming Monday… “The free fall in global trade seems to have halted,” said Josh Green, the chief executive of Panjiva…  http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/business/economy/29norris.html?_r=1&ref=business

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Thought you’d be interested in some of the recent coverage of Panjiva’s March data, as well as our recent initiative with Sinosure.  Lots of good commentary including, for the first time, thoughtful criticism. Reuters: “On a basic level, the greatest threat companies on the watch list pose is that these factories could go out of […]