First Solar shares soar almost 50% on outlook, efficiency records, acquisition

Solar thin film leader First Solar saw its shares zoom almost 50 percent on rosy guidance for 2013, new records for efficient solar cells and news that the company acquired solar panel tech company TetraSun. Marketwatch reported that the stock rallied so much that it "triggered Nasdaq circuit breakers" (which pauses trades if a stock moves more than 10 percent in five minutes) and trading of First Solar's stock "was halted five times." First Sola ...

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Why First Solar is buying a silicon solar cell startup no one's heard of

First Solar is buying an under-the-radar startup called TetraSun to add expertise around silicon solar cell manufacturing to its technology portfolio, which until now has focused on using the material cadmium telluride to make solar cells. The Arizona-based thin film solar giant announced the pending acquisition on Tuesday during its analyst day - its first since 2009 - in which it laid out a persuasive technology and business development plan fo ...

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