BlackBerry 10 smartphones, slated to come in early 2013, will rely heavily on improved BlackBerry Messenger social networking tools, including new video chat capabilities, Research in Motion CEO Thorsten Heins told shareholders ...
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Commentary:China government needs to create projects with sufficient IRRs to save solar industry Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Tuesday 19 June 2012]Some China-based solar firms have been falling into bankruptcies since the ...
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The large turbulences in the solar market have caused abnormal conditions in the industry.The contract price of polysilicon has reached an all-time low,nearly as low as the spot prices.Solar equipment firms have been forced to engage in ...
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Limited funds and lack of capacity expansion plans plague solar equipment sector Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Monday 18 June 2012] On June 13,the world's second largest solar equipment firm,Germany-based Centrotherm,issued a ...
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China firms plan to acquire Europe-based solar peers As solar firms in Europe suffer financial losses due to lack of competitiveness against China-based solar firms,according to a June 3 article by The Financial Times,China-based energy ...
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Many China-based solar firms facing financial troubles As many China-based makers of polysilicon,solar wafers and cells have faced financial difficulties,a financial crisis may lead to some of them following the case of LDK ...
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A new company, backed by an Anglo-German partnership, has been formed to continue the business of German laminated board and doorblank specialist Moralt Tischlerplatten GmbH, which filed for insolvency last summer. Moralt AG has acquired ...
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The financial problems facing the Central European sawmill industry since 2010 have continued during 2011 as well. Additional major players in the sector reported significant financial problems early in the year, which sometimes led to ...
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The global solar PV system installations in 2011 continued to grow by 15% on year, reaching 23.4GW. By regions, Italy has surpassed Germany to become the largest solar market in the world. Together, Italy and Germany accounted for 50% of ...
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Some China-based solar firms are expected to shutdown operations and exit the market due to low demand. Industry sources indicated the firms that are experiencing problems are those without government support. Firms with government support ...
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Italy's financial problems are having an impact on plastics machinery suppliers. Most of the large delegation of Italian plastics firms that had planned to attend Thailand's Tiprex trade show pulled out after Italy canceled government ...
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