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MEMC Terminates Solar Wafer Customer

Posted: September 25, 2012 at 4:18 pm

MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. (NYSE: WFR) has had no real good news heading its way in some time. Now we have news of a customer loss, or termination, as its subsidiary ...
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US Energy Department Invests in Some Big Names (GM, WFR, DOW, LYB, APD, DLPH, TDY)

Posted: June 14, 2012 at 2:04 pm

On Tuesday the US Department of Energy announced awards to 13 projects totaling more than $54 million. According to the press release: [The projects seek] to advance transformational technologies and ...
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After the Fall: Value Opportunities in the Solar Sector (AMAT, WFR, GTAT, FSLR, SPWR, STP, TSL, LDK, JASO, SOL)

Posted: May 25, 2012 at 10:41 am

Anyone looking for a sad story to tell need search no further than the solar PV sector. Manufacturing over-capacity and lower government subsidies led to a price collapse of about ...
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Chinese Solar Dumping Gets Mild Penalty

Posted: May 18, 2012 at 9:03 am

Late yesterday the US Department of Commerce released its preliminary findings in the anti-dumping case against Chinese solar panel makers. The principal finding of the International Trade Administration, the DoC ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — May 17, 2012

Posted: May 17, 2012 at 4:04 pm

The three major US stock indexes opened essentially flat this morning as investors were faced with a flat report on new claims for jobless benefits (our coverage here). Manufacturing data ...
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MEMC Loses CFO, Stock Hammered

Posted: May 17, 2012 at 11:38 am

Given the company’s horrible showing for the first quarter, the last thing MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. (NYSE: WFR) needed was to have a management shake-up. But that’s what the solar ...
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Solar Industry Takes Another Blow (WFR, FSLR, SPWR, STP, YGE)

Posted: May 10, 2012 at 1:41 pm

One piece of the solar industry that has taken a bigger hit to prices than the panel makers, it’s the polysilicon wafer makers. Case in point is MEMC Electronic Materials ...
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Trying To Find Growth Potential in Solar Stocks (AMAT, FSLR, WFR, GTAT, SPWR, STP, TSL, LDK, JASO)

Posted: February 22, 2012 at 12:58 pm

The solar sector took a severe beating in 2011 as module prices fell by more than 40%. The bleeding has stopped for now, and most of the solar makers have ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (AMZN, DE, NVDA, LO, WFR, AAP, APA, ABX, DTV, DUK, GM, TAP, STRA, PFCB, JNGW, AEA, HDY, PMFG, CAR)

Posted: February 16, 2012 at 4:05 pm

Stocks opened higher this morning following upbeat reports on unemployment claims and new housing starts. With a little more than a half hour left in today’s session, all three indexes ...
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Solar Sector Pounded by German Cuts, Bankruptcy (FSLR, LDK, JASO, STP, WFR, ENER, TAN)

Posted: February 14, 2012 at 11:11 am

Shares in solar panel makers are getting a thrashing this morning on the expectation that cuts to Germany’s feed-in tariff will be more severe than previously expected. First Solar Inc. ...
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More Short Covering Exaggerates Solar Rallies (TAN, FSLR, SPWR, ENER, TSL, WFR)

Posted: February 9, 2012 at 3:10 pm

Solar stocks are on fire.  Still, they are so far down from a year ago that celebrating the move it difficult to do.  To show just how powerful this move up ...
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