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Making the solar industry stronger

Remember how there was a glut of computer chips in 2008, and then the world stopped using computer chips? Yeah, me neither. That’s a good reason to discount your worries about the effects on solar power from recent policy blows on panel manufacturers by the US and Chinese governments. The falls in the share prices of some major producers have ...

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Brexit Britain has noxious new cloud on horizon

The sun has finally brought Britain’s shoppers out of their post-Christmas gloom – a relief of sorts for those who worry about the damage that Brexit might inflict on the country’s economy. But while I’ve argued before that the despondency has been overdone, the recent spike in gasoline prices does leave cause for concern. Still, to stick with the sunshine ...

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Alibaba incubates a health risk for global investors

Jack Ma just sowed the seed of another decacorn – a startup worth more than $10 billion – on the Hong Kong stock exchange. Largely ignored by analysts, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s health unit suddenly woke from a long hibernation last month, soaring 58 percent in two weeks to reach a market value of $8.7 billion. Most of the rally ...

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