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ITC Keeps Investigating Chinese Solar Players (FSLR, SPWRA, TSL, JASO, LDK)

Posted: December 2, 2011 at 1:06 pm

Solar stocks can use all the help available, and news is out today that may help the ailing U.S.-based solar sector.  The industry has complained of China's solar firms dumping solar ...
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China Passes U.S. as Largest Smartphone Market

Posted: November 23, 2011 at 6:02 am

Last quarter, China passed the U.S. as the world’s largest smartphone market. That means the fortunes of companies like Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will be decided as much in China as in the ...
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LDK Solar, Mathematically Bankrupt Without China (LDK, YGE, STP, TSL, JASO)

Posted: November 22, 2011 at 12:05 pm

Following the terrible earnings reports just out from a half-dozen of China’s largest solar PV makers, it is mathematically possible that at least one of these companies is at the ...
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China Owns Up to Recession

Posted: November 21, 2011 at 6:05 am

China must have seen a prolonged recession coming from far off. Its export business has dropped. Chinese government figures are considered unreliable, and some experts say they paint the picture the ...
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The 13 Countries That Own the World’s Gold

Posted: November 17, 2011 at 7:41 pm

Central banks are contributing to world gold demand. The latest data from the World Gold Council indicate even more changes among the nations holding the most in gold reserves. Those are ...
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US Takes Up Solar Makers’ Case Against China (FSLR, SPWRA, TSL, JASO, LDK, RSOL)

Posted: November 10, 2011 at 9:05 am

The US Department of Commerce has begun its investigation of a trade complaint accusing Chinese makers of solar PV modules of dumping their goods on the US market at less ...
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Italy’s Dilemma and China’s Export Problems

Posted: November 10, 2011 at 6:35 am

It seems hard to draw a direct line from the sovereign debt crisis in Italy to China’s recent trade balance figures. But the line can be drawn and may have been ...
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Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Down 5.3%

Posted: November 10, 2011 at 3:45 am

Rattled by the Italian debt crisis, the Hang Seng index fell 5.3%. Douglas A. McIntyre ...
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LED Lighting Boom Starts with a Whimper (LEDS, RBCN, CREE, VECO, AIXG, NEXS, EFOI)

Posted: November 8, 2011 at 10:41 am

Last Friday, the Chinese government announced a phase-out of incandescent light bulbs, beginning with eliminating 100-watt+ bulbs by the end of 2012 and 60-watt+ bulbs by 2014. The decision triggered ...
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Analyst Sizes Up China iPhone Progress (AAPL, CHL, CHU)

Posted: November 8, 2011 at 10:18 am

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) remains a key focal stock for many investors as it continues to take market share and as it continues growing international.  This morning came a research ...
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GM and the Folly of Long-Term Plans in China

Posted: November 7, 2011 at 6:39 am

General Motors (NYSE: GM) management says it will double sales in China by 2015, according to several media reports. GM executives should know better. It would be better to underpromise ...
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China’s Light Bulb Exodus, New Boom For Battered LED Companies (VECO, CREE, AIXG, RBCN, LEDS, NEXS, EFOI)

Posted: November 4, 2011 at 12:53 pm

If there is one single event that can help an entire sector out immediately, it is when China announces major policy changes.  News is out that China is taking a ...
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Baidu, Better For Now Than Apple & Google Combined (BIDU, AAPL, GOOG)

Posted: October 28, 2011 at 9:55 am

Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) is proving that it was far too oversold during the September market tank.  The company is surging after earnings and it needs to be noted that ...
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Ten Indicators Predicting No Double-Dip Recession (AAPL, CAT, JPM, BAC, AA, MMM, FDX, BRK-A)

Posted: October 28, 2011 at 6:43 am

The economy remains in a climate with a very weak recovery.  There is still some good news though.  All of the recent calls for a "double dip recession" grew too loud and are ...
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Can the Chinese Save Saab?

Posted: October 28, 2011 at 6:25 am

Two Chinese car companies are about to buy Saab, but that hardly ensures that anyone will purchase cars from the nearly defunct manufacturer. “Zhejiang Youngman Lotus Automobile and Pang Da ...
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