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This week was the crest of 2009 third quarter earnings season. We still have a flood of reports next week and picking a mere top ten earnings to watch was very unfair to many key stocks. But the...
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Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) is trying the solar gimmick, yet this is actually just another step on building upon its social already-respectable image. This morning the company announced that...
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Siemens AG (NYSE: SI) is showing that wind energy is not as dead as many might have you believe. This morning the company issued a press release showing that wind power orders are still possible. The...
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The solar sector appears to be lightly benefiting from California legislation efforts that would secure above market rates as a feed-in tariff for small solar power generators. California already...
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The government is putting part of its $787 billion stimulus package into alternative energy and improving the infrastructure of the energy grid. Private foundations have started to put money into...
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The car industry is going green by rapidly developing hybrids and electric cars. Residential and commercial building are adding solar panels. The last place that most people would expect a systematic...
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If any ethanol is supposed to be feasible, it is cellulosic ethanol. One player in that sub-sector is Verenium Corp. (NASDAQ: VRNMD). Unfortunately, its shares are getting crushed this morning as...
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Microsoft’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows 7 will be better than Microsoft Vista. The world’s largest software company has learned from the mistakes it made with Vista which users found too complicated....
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Canadian oil and gas pipeline company Enbridge Inc. (NYSE:ENB) today announced that it would purchase a 20 megawatt solar generation plant from First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR). No purchase price was...
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This morning’s report on unemployment has cooled enthusiasm for shares across the board. Solar stocks are, for the most part, no exception. Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd. (YGE) is down nearly...
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Chinese solar PV maker Trina Solar Ltd. (TSL) has announced a five-year contract extension with another Chinese company that produces polysilicon and solar wafers. Trina plans to use the materials to...
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Shares in MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. (NYSE:WFR) have been downgraded from ‘Buy’ to ‘Hold’ by Citigroup (NYSE:C). MEMC makes crystalline polysilicon wafers used in some photovoltaic solar...
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A123 Systems Inc (NASDAQ: AONE) is still likely going to be one of the highlights of trading activity for the week, but the valuation is all based on the future rather than on the performance of the...
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Ascent Solar Technologies (NASDAQ: ASTI) may have a significant win under its belt in the new Army solar pact. The maker of thin-film solar modules has a new contract from the government that could...
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Mid-American Energy, a holding of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) and a holding of Warren Buffett, is about to get into the U.K. offshore wind power business if the reportsfrom the weekend in...
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