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Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Tuesday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of BP plc (NYSE: BP), Cognex Corp. (NASDAQ: CGNX), Concurrent Computer...
An expected 27,000 attendees are spending a few days in Los Angeles at the Solar Power International 2010 conference and exhibit. There are about 1,100 exhibitors, with a few unusual suspects...
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this morning.  We are tracking moves in Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLDX), Gymboree Corp. (NASDAQ: GYMB), Geron Corporation...
The issue of intermittency is well-known in alternative energy circles. Solar panels don’t work when the sun doesn’t shine, nor do wind turbines when the wind doesn’t blow. But there is a more...
Many stocks are on the move this Friday morning.  Active traders and day traders are likely to be watching the moves seen in Capstead Mortgage Corp. (NYSE: CMO), GT Solar International Inc. (NASDAQ:...
Just over a week ago, several solar stocks had a nice jump as the DJIA rose some 200+ points. Not all the gains were made by simply hanging on the Dow’s coat tails. There was some good news from...
We are seeing another mixed bag in the solar sector of late.  Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (NYSE: STP) earnings look soft and there was a loss after items.  Trina Solar Limited (NYSE: TSL) has a...
Investors would much rather see insiders of companies buying up stock rather than selling it.  That is particularly true in a stocks like MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. (NYSE: WFR) where the...
Solar power is great, unless you make the equipment behind all the solar power.  The insatiable and endless growth in demand for solar panels and materials used to make them has posed an investor...
These are some of this Friday’s top analyst upgrades and downgrades seen from Wall Street research calls: Cardtronics Inc. (NASDAQ: CATM) Started as Neutral at UBS. Clean Energy Fuels Corp....
MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (NYSE: WFR) is one of those companies which seems to be just stuck between a rock and a hard place.  Tonight’s earnings will only reflect that further.  The...
There was a time, not so long ago, when thin-film solar PV makers like Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) and First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) had a decisive cost advantage over crystalline...
These are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE: NLY) Raised to Outperform at FBR....
The latest and M&A deal in the world of technology and communications came to ADC Telecommunications Inc. (NASDAQ: ADCT) this week, where Tyco Electronics, Ltd. (NYSE: TEL) is paying $12.75 per...
The government-owned China Development Bank has just made its third massive loan to one of the country’s solar energy makers, bringing its total commitment to about $17 billion. The combined size...