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Speculators Pile Up Against Euro
02/28/2010 – 10:50 pm PST | Comments Off
Speculators Pile Up Against Euro

The Wall Street Journal’s coverage of the Greek dent crisis has focused less on the crisis itself, and more on the markets’ reaction to it. With headlines like “Hedge Funds Try ‘Career Trade’ Against Euro” …

Beyond The Summit
02/28/2010 – 9:07 pm PST | Comments Off

What are the lessons learned from this week’s White House health care summit, and how should reform efforts proceed from here?
House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, said: “The thing I have heard more than …

Obama’s Health Plan: New Federal Role for Insurance Regulation
02/28/2010 – 9:07 pm PST | Comments Off

Updated at 10:17 a.m. on Feb. 22.
President Obama this morning released a health care proposal that he will bring as a starting point for the bipartisan health care summit he is hosting Thursday. The plan …

Sizing Up The Gingrich/Goodman Plan
02/28/2010 – 9:07 pm PST | Comments Off

Is a new health care proposal by Newt Gingrich and John Goodman worth considering? Here are the highlights.
(Gingrich is former speaker of the House and founder of the Center for Health Transformation, and Goodman is …

The Bloom Box Is No Holy Grail, Not Even Close
02/28/2010 – 8:33 pm PST | One Comment
The Bloom Box Is No Holy Grail, Not Even Close

By Chris Nelder of GreenChipStocks.com (reprinted with permission)Get  your Free Cleantech Report Today!
Judging by the excitement around the unveiling of the Bloom Box, you’d think it was the Second Coming.
The green blogs fell all …

Pickens (CLNE) Expects Natural Gas Act To Be Passed By Memorial Day
02/28/2010 – 8:33 pm PST | Comments Off
Pickens (CLNE) Expects Natural Gas Act To Be Passed By Memorial Day

T. Boone Pickens told the Houston Chronicle yesterday that he expects Congress to pass the Natural Gas Act by Memorial Day.  If it’s passed, the act would greatly increase the use of natural gas as …

Big Insider Selling At First Solar (FSLR) & Cree Inc (CREE)
02/28/2010 – 8:33 pm PST | Comments Off
Big Insider Selling At First Solar (FSLR) & Cree Inc (CREE)

First Solar (FSLR) and Cree Inc (CREE) are two stocks moving in opposite directions, but they have one thing in common -  the Chairman of both companies, Michael Ahearn at FSLR and Chuck Swoboda at …

China Solar Stocks Green On Deutsche Bullish Call, GT Solar (SOLR) Order
02/28/2010 – 8:33 pm PST | Comments Off
China Solar Stocks Green On Deutsche Bullish Call, GT Solar (SOLR) Order

China solar stocks have been crushed over the past month, but today are green on a day when the market is down significantly.  This is the kind of relative strength that indicates that perhaps they …

E-Trade to Drop CD Accounts, Transfer Complete Savings to Discover Bank
02/28/2010 – 6:01 pm PST | 6 Comments
E-Trade to Drop CD Accounts, Transfer Complete Savings to Discover Bank

E-Trade has continued to cut back on its banking services, after announcing last week that it will transferring its Complete Savings Accounts to Discover Bank in March.
Moving Away From Banking
This follows a series of actions …

Canadian Women’s Hockey Team Earns Gold On (and Off) the Ice
02/28/2010 – 6:01 pm PST | Comments Off
Canadian Women’s Hockey Team Earns Gold On (and Off) the Ice

The Canadian Women’s Hockey team is in some trouble after they celebrated their gold medal over the US in an overwhelmingly normal manner: drinks and cigars.   Shamed by the press and the IOC, Canada’s …