Electrical Components & Equipment

First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) shares are soaring after the company announced this morning that it had won loan guarantees worth $4.5 billion from the U.S. Department of Energy for three of its biggest power plants in California. The loan guarantees will allow First Solar to sharply lower the...

By 11:47 am, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 140.88 points, or 1.15%, to 12,402.30, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index had surged 12.56 points, or 0.96%. The NASDAQ composite index rose 32.54 points, or 1.19%. Some of the narrow based indexes that are driving the markets...

RIT Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ: RITT) shares surged 50.29% to $10.25 at 11:38 am. The volume of RITT shares traded was 1361% higher than normal. RITT received several major new orders from one of its largest customers, a top-tier diversified financial services company. First Solar Inc (NASDAQ: FSLR...

Gainers: Incitec Pivot (PINK: ICPVF) is trading up over 18% after appointing a new board member. Edenred (PINK: EDNMF) is trading up near 8.50%. First Solar(NASDAQ: FSLR) is trading up over 8% after an announcement that the company is guaranteed billions of dollars in loans from the government...

These loan guarantees support projects by First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR). At the time of posting, shares of FSLR were at $141.15, up 9.4% from Wednesday's close.

(TheStreet) -- London-based Lloyds (NYSE: LYG) plans to cut 15,000 jobs in an effort to save 1.5 billion pounds ($2.4 billion) a year by 2014. HSBC (NYSE: HBC) said it will cut 700 jobs across the U.K. as the banking giant braces for changes in financial services regulations that could weaken...

Spire Corporation (Nasdaq: SPIR) today announced that JEIS Holdings Co., Ltd. of Ansan-City, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea will represent Spire Corporation's solar products and services throughout the country. “The Korean solar industry has been on the rise for many years,” said Roger G. Little,...

Advanced Battery Technologies (Nasdaq: ABAT) announced that its Board of Directors today unanimously approved a share repurchase program that authorizes the Company to repurchase up to $10 million of the Company's common stock in the open market. Purchases will be made at the discretion of...

Oppenheimer is out with its report today on Acuity Brands (NYSE: AYI), maintaining Perform. In a note to clients, Oppenheimer writes, "AYI produced solid top-line performance, with over 12% top-line growth, including over 8% organic (price and volume), with earnings roughly in line, as growth...

China BAK Battery (NASDAQ: CBAK) today announced that the Company's Shenzhen production facility successfully passed an audit conducted by Samsung, a prerequisite for the use of the Company's prismatic lithium ion battery cells in Samsung cell phones. In May 2011, a Samsung factory audit team...

First Solar Inc (NASDAQ: FSLR) shares advanced 6.86% to $138.30 in the pre-market session. Analysts at Avian initiated coverage of FSLR with a “positive” rating. eBay Inc (NASDAQ: EBAY) shares advanced 4.67% to $32.30 in the pre-market session. Analysts at Citigroup upgraded eBay from “hold” to “...

Hollysys Automation Technologies (Nasdaq: HOLI) announced today that it has signed a contract to supply its ground-based high-speed rail signaling system to Panjin-Yingkou high-speed rail line with a designed traveling speed of 300 km/h and 107km in total length. The whole contract value is...

Gainers: US Airways (NYSE: LCC) is trading up near 12% after an agreement was announced yesterday with Greek airline Aegean. First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR) is trading up near 6% after it was guaranteed 3 loans by the Department of Energy. Dendreon (NASDAQ: DNDN) is trading up near 2.50% after...

  ( click to enlarge ) McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD) recorded a new high in today's session. Short-term outlook for the stock is bullish. Buy the stock in dips with a stop-loss at $81.85. The technical daily chart looks Bullish with both 20, 50 and 200 daily moving averages going up and...

  ( click to enlarge ) McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD) recorded a new high in today's session. Short-term outlook for the stock is bullish. Buy the stock in dips with a stop-loss at $81.85. The technical daily chart looks Bullish with both 20, 50 and 200 daily moving averages going up and...