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First Solar Earnings… When Bad Is Finally Good Enough (FSLR, SPWRA, STP, TAN)

First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) went ahead and got its earnings report out of the way.  After all, it botched its "CEO exit" so badly yesterday that it was an unfair ...
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Expected Price Gains in Solar Stocks Are Strictly Illusions (AMAT, FSLR, WFR, GTAT, SPWRA, STP, TSL, LDK, JASO)

About a month and a half ago, we looked at several solar stocks to try to determine if there happened to be a good value play in the sector. Given ...
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US Solar Makers Fire a Shot in Chinese Trade War (STP, TSL, JASO, YGE, LDK, FSLR, SPWRA, WFR, RSOL)

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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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (GMCR, HON, STX, STP)

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Friday morning. We are tracking news and  moves in shares of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR), Honeywell International ...
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Solar Adding More Jobs (FSLR, SPWRA, STP)

The number of jobs in the US solar industry has risen by 6.8% year-over-year from August 2010 to August 2011. Over 100,000 people are now employed in making, selling, and ...
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More Downgrading of First Solar… Value Trap (FSLR, STP, TAN)

First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) is supposed to be the best of the best of all U.S.-based solar companies.  It is the leader and is supposed to cross the $1 ...
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GE Challenges First Solar (GE, FSLR, STP, JASO)

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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Solar Stocks: Does the Punishment Fit the Crime? (FSLR, SPWRA, STP, JASO, TSL, LDK, TAN)

Stock prices for the solar PV makers have fallen by -40% to -80% in the past 12 months, with the bulk of the crash occurring since May. The collapse is ...
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Beyond Solar Death… More Federal Loan Guarantees For Solar (UTX, SRE, STP, FSLR, NVE, PLD, BAC)

Despite the debacle with a $535 million loan guarantee to now-bankrupt Solyndra, the US Department of Energy is pressing ahead with loan guarantees to solar projects ahead of tomorrow's deadline. ...
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Google’s Solar Investments Could Be Real Winners (GOOG, FSLR, TSL, JASO, STP)

Last June Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) created a $280 million fund with SolarCity to finance residential solar projects. Yesterday the world's search engine giant created a $75 million fund with ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALKS, AMP, BWA, CSCO, CLB, DD, GTIV, HIG, JASO, JPM, JWN, NSC, ORCL, PFE, STP, TSL, UAL)

These are some of this Wednesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. Alkermes, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALKS) Removed from US 1 List ...
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Is Solar Power Cheaper Than Wind? (FSLR, STP, JASO)

As the cost for crystalline solar PV panels falls toward the magic number of $1/watt, the cost of building a utility scale solar plant approaches the cost of building an ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (CALP, MU, STP)

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Thursday morning. We are tracking news and  moves in shares of Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: CALP), Micron Technology, Inc. ...
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US Military Bases Going Solar (FSLR, STP, YGE, WMT, KYO, SHCAY, RSOL, WEST, GOOG, BAC)

The US Department of Energy has issued a conditional commitment for a partial guarantee of a $344 million loan for solar PV installer SolarCity. The company will install rooftop solar ...
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China’s Leading Solar Player Gets Big Bank Boost (GCPEF, TSL, STP, JASO, YGE, LDK, FSLR, SPWRA, TAN)

The China Development Bank has provided the country's largest polysilicon maker with two new credit facilities totalling $713 million. GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Ltd. (OTC: GCPEF) can add that total to ...
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