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Real men have fabs, a semiconductor executive once said, but companies such as Apple and Qualcomm show you can build great electronics companies without manufacturing plants.

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

The Tempe-based solar manufacturer partnered with Phoenix-based Big Green Zero on a project that helped provide solar power for the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation at Taliesin West in Scottsdale.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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)

Hiring slowed sharply in April, with 115K new jobs versus 154K new jobs in March, marking the third sequential month of slowing job gains.

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

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.

NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. announced it has priced an underwritten public offering of 20,000,000 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $5.70 per share.

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

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.

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.