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LDK Tumbles on Weak Results (LDK, STP, TSL, JASO, YGE)

Posted: June 26, 2012 at 10:22 am

It’s hard to say that things got worse for solar panel makers today, but it’s easy to say that things did not get better. LDK Solar Co. Ltd. (NYSE: LDK) ...
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JinkoSolar Loss More than Double Consensus (JKS, LDK, STP, TSL, JASO, FSLR, SPWR)

Posted: June 20, 2012 at 9:04 am

Chinese solar PV maker JinkoSolar Holding Co. Ltd. (NYSE: JKS) reported results for the company’s first fiscal quarter today, and the results were not pretty. The company, once positioned as ...
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More Action in Solar Stocks (TSL, STP, GTAT, YGE, LDK, FSLR)

Posted: June 15, 2012 at 2:58 pm

Shares of several of the solar PV makers are trading higher today, most likely due to today’s options expirations. Shares of Trina Solar Ltd. (NYSE: TSL) are up more than ...
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Solar Share Buybacks Won’t Stop the Bloodletting (JASO, LDK, JKS, GTAT, FSLR, SPWR)

Posted: June 14, 2012 at 8:45 am

Chinese solar panel maker JA Solar Holdings Co. Ltd. (NASDAQ: JASO) this morning announced an ADS repurchase plan for up to $100 million by the end of September. The strangeness ...
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First Solar Gets Bounce from German Demand (FSLR, SPWR, TSL, YGE, STP, TAN)

Posted: June 12, 2012 at 1:10 pm

Solar panel maker First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) is trading up nearly 15% today following the company’s announcement that it will now keep its German manufacturing facility open until the ...
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Solar Sector Responds to China Moves (LDK, TSL, YGE, JASO, STP, FSLR, SPWR)

Posted: June 4, 2012 at 10:39 am

Last week China’s State Council adopted a plan to further develop seven industries that the government has declared strategic, even as the country’s economy slows down. The plan includes the ...
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China to Offer More Help to Struggling Solar Companies? (LDK, STP, YGE, TSL, JASO, FSLR, SPWR)

Posted: May 29, 2012 at 3:23 pm

A story in today’s Taiwan-based Digitimes claims that some of China’s top solar panel makers are having trouble repaying their bank loans. LDK Solar Co. Ltd. (NYSE: LDK) is the ...
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Solar Panel Prices Continue Free Fall (FSLR, TSL, LDK, STP, HSOL)

Posted: April 13, 2012 at 3:02 pm

Prices for solar PV panels have continued to slide this year, dropping to $0.80-$0.85/watt, a decline of -10% on top of the the -50% drop in panel prices last year. ...
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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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Solar Tariff Would Cost 50,000 US Job Losses (FSLR, SPWR)

Posted: January 30, 2012 at 4:07 pm

A US industry-group that opposes the trade case filed against Chinese solar panel makers commissioned a study to provide an estimate of the number of job losses such a tariff ...
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US Solar Makers Fire a Shot in Chinese Trade War (STP, TSL, JASO, YGE, LDK, FSLR, SPWRA, WFR, RSOL)

Posted: October 21, 2011 at 11:44 am

The blossoming trade war with China has just been warmed-up a notch. Led by a German solar PV maker with operations in the US, seven US-based companies have filed a ...
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GE Challenges First Solar (GE, FSLR, STP, JASO)

Posted: October 14, 2011 at 1:27 pm

Last April General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) announced that it would build a thin-film solar plant with a capacity of 400 megawatts of annual production, but it did not specify where the ...
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US Solar Industry Posts Trade Surplus (WFR, AMAT, GTAT, FSLR, SPWRA, LDK)

Posted: August 29, 2011 at 9:45 am

The US solar industry needs some good news. Rising capacity, falling margins, and weakening economic conditions in developed countries have taken a heavy toll on US makers' share prices since ...
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