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Friday May 25 | The Auto Channel

Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, First Solar and Big Green Zero...

May 25, 2012: The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation today inaugurated a new 250-kilowattAC solar photovoltaic power system donated by First Solar, Inc.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Industry, Utility Scale Solar, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Arizona, Solar Energy

Thu May 24, 2012

Business Journal

First solar, Big Green Zero turn on solar at Taliesin West

First Solar Inc.'s project developments usually take years, but one of its efforts came online Thursday that was just a few months in the making.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Industry, Utility Scale Solar, Phoenix, AZ, Scottsdale, AZ

Wed May 23, 2012

Benzinga

Piper Jaffray: Cree vs. First Solar Not a Fair Comparison

Piper Jaffray has published a research report on Cree and First Solar saying that the two companies compared to one another based on raw material cost is not a fair comparison.

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Related Topix: Electronics, Cree, Semiconductors, Healthcare Industry, Utility Scale Solar

Tue May 22, 2012

Benzinga

Should Traders Consider First Solar?

Shares of First Solar have been steadily falling in recent months. First Solar is currently trading near $13.70, far removed from the $49 price shares saw in February.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Industry, Utility Scale Solar

Wall St. Cheat Sheet

Best Buy and 4 Stocks Hitting New 52-Week Lows

Best Buy's Board of Directors Search Committee officially chose Spencer Stuart to lead an in-depth search meant to consider internal and external candidates for the CEO position of Best Buy.

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Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, First Niagara Financial Group, Best Buy, Retail, Startups, Napster, Financial Markets, EPS, Healthcare Industry

Thu May 17, 2012

Business Journal

Solar tariffs on Chinese panels will affect Arizona industry

Tempe-based First Solar will be impacted by new tariffs the U.S. Commerce Department has placed on panels imported from China.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Industry, Utility Scale Solar

Wed May 16, 2012

Wall St. Cheat Sheet

Tech Business Roundup: Google's New Search Trick, First Solar Dumps

Shares of Micron move up, after Raymond James interpret's Apple's obtaining mobile dynamic random access memory from the bankrupt Elpida, as an 'implied endorsement' for Micron's offer for that company.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Industry, Google, Startups, Utility Scale Solar, Semiconductors, Micron Technology, Electronics, ITA Software, Widevine Technologies

Wall St. Cheat Sheet

Chesapeake, Credit Suisse, First Solar Battle 52-Week Stock Price Bottom Blues

Some companies waned in the red by recording 52-week stock price lows on May 15th.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Industry, Insurance, Credit Suisse Group, Utility Scale Solar, Chesapeake Energy, Energy, Oil & Gas

Mon May 14, 2012

AZCentral.com

Pay of First Solar CEO aired

Tempe-based First Solar Inc. will pay its new CEO $750,000, giving him a bump from the $550,000 he was earning before his recent promotion.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Industry, Utility Scale Solar, Tempe, AZ, Mesa, AZ

Wed May 09, 2012

Wall St. Cheat Sheet

First Solar Leads These 4 Stocks Hitting 52-Week Lows

In a conference call today, business advisory firm FTI Consulting reported Q1 earnings per share of 43 cents, falling short of analyst predictions of 61 cents per share.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Industry, Utility Scale Solar, Financial Markets, FTI Consulting, Solar Energy, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

Mon May 07, 2012

Business Journal

First Solar, Enbridge complete 50MW solar plant in Nevada

The Silver State North project was the first built on federal lands, and supplies NV Energy the power under a 25-year agreement.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Industry, Enbridge, Energy, Oil & Gas, Utility Scale Solar, Semiconductors, NV Energy, Electronics, Canada, Alternative Energy

Fri May 04, 2012

Wall St. Cheat Sheet

5 Top Tech Earnings Reports You Must Review

First Solar Inc . Thursday reported disappointing results for the first three months of 2012, spurring a sell-off that has continued into pre-market trading today.A Net sales were $497A million for the period - down $163 million from theA last quarter of 2011, and $70 millionA year-over-yearA -A as prices throughout the industry continued to ... (more)

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Related Topix: Healthcare Industry, Utility Scale Solar, Limelight Networks, LinkedIn, Startups, Rovi Corporation, Software, DivX

MarketNewsVideo

Analyst Moves: FSLR, GM

This morning, Jefferies lowered its price target on shares of First Solar to $21 as the company's new guidance is not realistic.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Industry, Utility Scale Solar, Video, Business News

Silicon Alley Insider

Stocks and Oil Tank After Bad Jobs Report: Here's What You Need To...

Dow: 13,038, -168.3, -1.2% S&P 500: 1,369, -22.4, -1.6% NASDAQ: 2,956, -67.9, -2.2% U.S. companies added just 115k new nonfarm payrolls in April.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Healthcare Industry

Electric Energy Online

MidAmerican Solar and First Solar Announce Start of Major...

Des Moines, IA, May 4, 2012 - MidAmerican Solar and First Solar, Inc. marked the start of major construction at Topaz Solar Farms, located in San Luis Obispo County, Calif.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Industry, Utility Scale Solar, San Luis Obispo County, CA, San Luis Obispo, CA, Alternative Energy, Energy

Wall St. Cheat Sheet

First Solar Executive Insights: Five-Year Plan, JV Partnership

On Thursday, First Solar, Inc. reported its first quarter earnings and discussed the following topics in its earnings conference call.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Industry, Utility Scale Solar

Desert Sun

First Solar posts $449M loss

The Desert Sunlight Solar Project site can be seen in the distance above the Lake Tamarisk Golf Course near Desert Center.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Industry, Utility Scale Solar, Desert Center, CA

Thu May 03, 2012

Wall St. Cheat Sheet

6 Radar Stocks: AIG and Kraft Sink, LinkedIn Surges

Shares of LinkedIn Corp. jumped more than 8 percent in late trading. After the closing bell, the social network company reported net income of $5 million for the first-quarter, compared to $2.1 million a year earlier.

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Related Topix: LinkedIn, Startups, Social Software, Food, Kraft Foods International, Financial Markets, Insurance, American International Group, Healthcare Industry

Contra Costa Times

First Solar restructuring leads to loss of $449 million

A shakeout that is rattling the solar panel industry has sent First Solar, once among the industry's biggest and strongest companies, to a wide quarterly loss.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Industry, Utility Scale Solar, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy, Solar Energy

Business Journal

First Solar reports $450M loss, names James Hughes CEO

First Solar reported a loss of $450 million in the first quarter of 2012, the price it is paying to restructure its business among an increasingly competitive solar panel industry.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Industry, Utility Scale Solar

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