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Alternative Energy - Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Sulfurcell Closes First Deal in Asia

Thin-film solar module manufacturer Sulfurcell announced that it has landed supply agreements in China and India totaling over 16 megawatts (MW). The German-based manufacturer did not announce the exact terms of the deal. Sulfurcell will be supplying over 10 MW of solar panels to an unnamed company in China. According to Sulfurcell, the company will be utilizing the solar panels on large construction projects and building integration applications in mainland China. The sale is Surfacell's first... Full Story

Enterprise Software - Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Content Management's Day Software Gets $240M Buyout From Adobe

We understand the Swiss economy is humming along - at least by European standards. Today it could some notice in the technology arena as Day Software was bought by Adobe for $240M. Day Software is an enterprise content management software company wi... Full Story

Games - Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Coverage Breakdown: Disney Pays $563M+ For Social Gaming's Playdom

We count 200+ news and blog posts about Disney's announcement today that it will pay $563M + $200M in earnout for Playdom. It's a big story no doubt, but its a bit disappointing to see so much coverage with very little analysis of what this means. F... Full Story

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Creative Financing Helps Complete SunPower's Yolo County Project

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Solarfun Wins Two Solar Module Contracts

Tuesday July 27, 2010

Arguably one of solar's hottest stocks, Solarfun Power Holdings (SOLF:NASDAQ) announced today that it has signed two contracts to supply a total of 12 megawattts (MW) of photovoltaic modules for projects in Italy. Solarfun will be delivering 6 MW to... Full Story

Indian Travel Site MakeMyTrip Files $100M IPO

Tuesday July 27, 2010

Indian online travel portal MakeMyTrip has filed for a $100M IPO and plans to trade on the Nasdaq. The company reports a $6.2M loss for the fiscal year ending March 31, on $83.56M in revenue. MakeMyTrip shareholders include Softbank Asia Infrastructu... Full Story

Game Retailer's GameStop Hedges With Purchase of Online Gaming's Kongregate

Tuesday July 27, 2010

Video game retailing giant GameStop is buying San Francisco-based Kongregate, a social gaming site. The purchase price was not disclosed. Kongregate allows users to upload games they have created in Adobe Flash. Via its API, flash developers can inte... Full Story

Broadband's 2Wire Gets $475M Buyout

Monday July 26, 2010

San Jose-based 2Wire is being acquired by UK-based Pace. The deal is worth $475M in cash. 2Wire is is backed by Alcatel-Lucent, AT&T, Telmex, Oak Investment Partners, Meritech Capital Partners, and Technology Crossover Ventures. The company develops... Full Story

Porsche To Push Electric Sports Car In Near Future

Monday July 26, 2010

Tesla Motors (TSLA:NASDAQ) is going to have some competition as Porsche announced today that it will be offering electric sports cars in the near future. Currently the legendary German sports car manufacturer has developed three all-electric-drive B... Full Story

A-Power Adds Production Capacity With New Partnership

Monday July 26, 2010

Seeking to build upon its success, A-Power Energy Generations Systems (APWR:NASDAQ) announced today that one of its subsidiaries has entered into a strategic partnership with Baoding Huide Wind Power Engineering. While the term "strategic partnershi... Full Story