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In general, the relatively small increases in short interest in solar stocks during the during the two weeks to October 15 indicates that there is probably not a lot of room left at the bottom.
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Wynn Resorts Ltd. (NASDAQ: WYNN) reported third-quarter 2012 results after markets closed today. For the quarter, the resort and casino owner posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.48...
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Consumers and businesses in Russia, India, Brazil and Canada must be faring unusually well. Because China has to be sending its factory goods somewhere. China’s factory activity based on the HSBC...
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Steelmaker AK Steel Holdings Corp. (NYSE: AKS) reported quarterly earnings today and the results that were better than expected, but earnings per share (EPS) still came in negative. AK Steel joins...
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The Canadian government is nearing a ruling on the proposed $15.1 billion acquisition of Nexen Inc. (NYSE: NXY) by China’s Cnooc Ltd. (NYSE: CEO), and the government is apparently seeking...
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Saying that he is not convinced that a sale of Canada’s Progress Energy Resources to Malaysia’s state-owned oil company, Petronas, “is likely to be a net benefit to Canada,” the country’s...
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Bankrupt U.S. battery maker A123 Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: AONE) today got permission from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court to use $15.5 million of “debtor-in-possession” financing from a total of $72.5...
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After struggling through the financial crisis, massive recalls that harmed its reputation, and an earthquake and severe floods that crippled production, Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) seemed to be...
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China bashing by U.S. politicians is not akin to warships on alert and bitter arguments over the fate of the relatively small Senkaku Islands, to which China and Japan each lay claim. But the...
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The World Trade Organization (WTO) ruled today that the U.S. did not illegally dump a type of specialty steel into the Chinese market beginning in 2010. China imposed 19.5% tariffs on the...
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China GDP rose only 7.4% last quarter, a disaster by the standards of the People’s Republic. Analysts put on a brave face. September was OK, they said. Industrial production moved higher by 9.2% in...
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The fall-off in China’s factory activity may be beyond what Chinese central government officials have admitted so far. Pockets of pessimism have begun to crop up across the country. Zhou Dewen,...
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Chinese officials announced that inflation rose only 1.9% in September, a low based on recent standards. Economists viewed the data as proof that gross domestic product would drop below 8% this year,...
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China must be selling its exports somewhere, although it is hard to guess who the buyers might be as most of the world’s economy is mired in recession, or nearly so. The Wall Street Journal...
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The trade and business battles between China and the United States were ratcheted up again as the American government set tariffs on China made solar panels that will be as high as 30%. The action...
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