PetroChina (PTR) Surpasses ExxonMobile (XOM) Written By: Miranda Marquit 2007-11-05 11:36:32 PetroChina doubles its stock value in Shanghai debut, surpasses ExxonMobile in capitalization.
Politicians Take Solar's Sexy Back Written By: Eben Esterhuizen 2007-11-20 02:13:17
Good ol' Jay Leno once said that "politics is just show business for ugly people". And thanks to the politicians the sexy solar sector just got ugly. Solar investors have been driving up valuations as if solar was going to take over the world tomorrow, and these investors have now been forced to wake up to reality and smell the coffee. Why? “Poli” - a Latin word meaning “many,” and "tics" - meaning “bloodsucking creatures”. That's why.
Polysilicon Shortage - Investors Shouldn't be Swimming Upstream Written By: Eben Esterhuizen 2007-05-14 23:09:51 I like to catch up on my reading while on the subway on the way to work (Warren Buffet once said that Wall Street is the only place that people ride to work in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take the subway). I came across an interesting article discussing the polysilicon shortage choking the growth of the solar industry.
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