Posts Tagged ‘Trough’
Skyline Solar Gets Fast-Tracked Through the USPTO Green Tech Program
We had high hopes when the U.S. Commerce Departments Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced in December a pilot program to fast track certain green tech patent applications. So what kind of crazy, innovative technology is the USPTO approving as quickly as possible? Nothing too outlandish, as it turns out--one of the first patents to be fast-tracked is Skyline Solar's Dual Trough ...
Deutsche Bank Upgrades Itron (ITRI) To Buy: “Numerous Positive Catalysts”
Deutsche Bank is out this morning upgrading Itron (ITRI) to Buy and raising the price target to $70. Hat tip to StreetInsider.com for the following analyst comment: “We encourage investors to accumulate shares as we believe 1) sentiment and forward est’s will trough within the next month, 2) there are numerous positive catalysts on the horizon and 3) Itron’s valuation is attractive (14.5x CY11 EPS). While there is risk to the Street’s 3Q est, we believe investors will increasingly look thr
Opinion: Why I now see house prices falling ‘only’ 15%
By Bernard Hickey Let’s get this out of the way up front. I was wrong to predict a 30% fall in house prices by the end of 2010. I now expect house prices to fall 15% between the November 2007 peak and a trough in mid 2012, which means prices have a further 11% or so to fall from here. It’s clear now that the housing market has not slumped as badly as I predicted it would back in March 2008 when I first forecast a fall of 20% to 30% over the next couple of years . I firmed up that fore