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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
SunPower Shrs Jump On Deal With PG&E	Pacific Gas & Electric (PCG) this afternoon announced two contracts for a combined 800 MW of solar power. The two deals will provide 1.65 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity, enough to serve 239,000 residential homes. PG&E signed a deal for 550 MW of thin-film photvoltaic solar power with Topaz Solar Farms, a unit of OptiSolar, and a second deal for 250 MW with High Plains Ranch II, a unit of SunPower (SPWR). Both projects are contingent upon the extension of the federal investment tax...	August 14, 2008
The KKR IPO: Is There a Disturbance in the Force?	Some investors in Kohlberg Kravis Roberts’ funds are concerned over a disruption in alignment of interests as KKR’s IPO will put the buyout shop under shareholder pressure to meet short-term goals. “In general, we are somewhat concerned about the possible loss of alignment of interests” between buyout funds–also known as general partners–and their investors–known as limited partners–”when GPs go public and have shareholder pressures that mi...	July 28, 2008
Tidal Power Stocks	Tidal power, not to be confuesed with wave power, is the conversion of the energy of tides into electricity. Tides are the rising and falling motion of the earth's ocean surface caused by the gravitational tidal forces of the Moon and the Sun. Tide mills have been around for a very long time, reportedly since Roman times. Tide power is one of the most renewable sources of energy in existance, since tides last forever.Pacific Gas and Electric (PCG) is building the first American commercial tidal ...	July 13, 2008
Friday's Upgrades and Downgrades	UPGRADES Coldwater Creek (CWTR)- CL King Accumulate » Strong Buy SuccessFactors (SFSF)- Wedbush Morgan Hold » Buy Zoran (ZRAN)- Longbow Neutral » Buy Lincare (LNCR)- Wachovia Mkt Perform » Outperform Pantry (PTRY)- Friedman Billings Mkt Perform » Outperform Check Point Sftwr (CHKP)- Lehman Brothers Equal-Weight » Overweight Corinthian Colleges (COCO)- Lehman Brothers Equal-Weight » Overweight Host Hotels (HST)- Robert W. Baird Neutral » Outperform Cit...	June 27, 2008
Biotech turns to energy	Filed under: Next big thingWhile the long-term, prospects of biotech are strong, it's not an easy business in light of the high capital costs and FDA compliance. The biotech industry is therefore making some changes by applying the concepts to new categories, such as energy. Take a look at Range Fuels. The company has technologies that convert biomass (which includes waste materials and non-food sources) into fuel-grade ethanol. A key is that the process converts all the biomass into fuel (whic...	June 24, 2008
Intel: Creating A New Solar Play	Intel (INTC) has announced plans to spin-off some assets from its New Business Initiatives group into a new company to make and supply photovoltaic cells called SpectraWatt. Intel Capital is leading a $50 million investment round in the new company, along with the Cogentrix Energy unit of Goldman Sachs, PCG Clean Energy and Technology Fund and Solon AG. The deal expected to close in the second quarter. In addition to focusing on advanced solar cell technologies, the company saidm SpectraWatt wil...	June 16, 2008
Top High Yielding Green Stocks	If you are looking for alternative energy oriented 'green' stocks, but you like high yields, you can actually find a combination of both. The following are a group of stocks involved in alternative energy in some way, such as wind power or solar energy or ethanol. They all pay dividends.PG&E Corp. (PCG) This California-based electric and gas utility serves 5 million customers. Their electrical generation comes from natural gas, nuclear, hydro, coal, geothermal, wind, and several other types of r...	June 12, 2008
Surf the Wave Power Stocks	Wave power, is the capture of the energy from waves on the surface of the ocean. It is one of the newer forms of renewable or 'green' energy under development, not as advanced as solar energy, fuel cells, wind power, ethanol, geothermal companies, and flywheels. However, interest in wave power is increasing and may be the wave of the future in coastal areas [no pun intended]. All of the following companies participate in wave power, however for most of the following stocks, wind power is only a ...	May 25, 2008
Jim Cramer's Lightning Round & Final Notes	Lightning RoundBullishMerck (MRK), Schering-Plough (SGP), Temple-Inland (TIN) and Vaalco Energy (EGY).BearishWhole Foods (WFMI), CONSOL Energy (CNX), Abiomed (ABMD), Chindex International (CHDX), PG&E (PCG), Focus Media (FMCN) and Central Garden & Pet (CENT).Final NotesCramer said buy Transocean (RIG) and National Oilwell Varco (NOV) on the news that Petrobras (PBR) is calling for additional offshore oil rigs....	May 15, 2008
Am I Diversified	The first caller's portfolio was made up of the following stocks: Triple-S Management (GTS), Gushan Energy (GU), Petrobras (PBR), LKQ Corp (LKQX) and Mobile Telesystems (MBZT). Cramer blessed this portfolio. The second caller's portfolio had: Pepsi (PEP), Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), Nike (NKE), Johnson Control (JCI) and ExxonMobil (XOM). Cramer called this portfolio "fabulous." The third caller's portfolio had Boeing (BA), Caterpillar (CAT), Southern Copper (PCU), Procter and Gamble (PG) and Wel...	April 11, 2008

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