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Some Think SunEdison Is Planning To Buy Evolve Solar To Get Closer To The Residential Market
Monday, April 6, 2015 - 5:26pm | 215According to an article published on GreenTechMedia.com, sources informed the outlet that Sunedison Inc (NYSE: SUNE) could be planning to acquire Evolve Solar, America’s #1 full-service direct solar provider. To advance its footprint in residential solar, the rumor says Sunedison plans to...
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SolarCity Earnings Reflect Bookings and M&A
Wednesday, March 19, 2014 - 12:59pm | 394On Tuesday, SolarCity (NASDAQ: SCTY) reported its fourth quarter results. The company handily beat the consensus EPS by reporting a loss of $0.46 share and reported $47.30 million. Analysts were looking for the company to report a loss of $0.56 per share on revenue of $45.27 million. SolarCity...
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Will Transformers 3 Become the Biggest Movie that Sucks, or the Best Movie that Flops?
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 12:02pm | 1182There is precedent for both outcomes. Which one is most likely to befall the sequel to Revenge of the Fallen? Tonight at midnight, movie theaters all across the country will begin showing Transformers: Dark of the Moon, the long-awaited third installment to the Transformers movie franchise....
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Will Super 8 Be "Super" at the Box Office?
Friday, June 10, 2011 - 2:23pm | 700The long-awaited JJ Abrams epic* finally hits theaters today. With teaser trailers running since early last year and numerous full-length trailers and TV spots airing for the past six months, Super 8 is one of the most hyped films of the summer movie season. But it is the writer and director (JJ...
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The Green Lantern: Destined To Flop? (TWX)
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 - 3:32pm | 686There has been a lot of hype for this summer's “blockbuster” comic book movie. But all signs point to a flop for what is sure to be hailed as a blasphemous attempt at mainstream filmmaking. While the trailers and ridiculous movie posters have received a ton of buzz, curious critics and excited...
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Rango: The Video Game Provides Family Entertainment Where The Film Misses The Mark
Monday, March 7, 2011 - 9:51am | 659Is it possible for a video game that's based on a movie to turn out better than the original source material? It's not unprecedented. The Nintendo 64 version of GoldenEye 007 was definitely more entertaining than the film of the same name. But it is a relatively rare occurrence. After seeing Rango...
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Rango At Number One, But Is It Any Good? (VIA)
Monday, March 7, 2011 - 9:39am | 856Is Gore Verbinski's animated western worth its $38 million (estimated) gross? Since the first trailer debuted last year, Rango has been hyped as a different kind of movie. First it was promoted as a semi-silly action-comedy. Then it was promoted as an animated feature for adults. During the Super...
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Movie Theaters Brace For Profit-Slashing Winter Storm (CNK, RGC, IMAX)
Tuesday, February 1, 2011 - 1:44pm | 355It looks like the number-one movie in America is getting a new competitor this week: a major snow storm. The Rite (from the Warner Bros. division of Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX)) landed the top spot at the box office with $15 million. No Strings Attached (from Paramount (NYSE: VIA)) earned just...
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Desperate For A Twilight Replacement (LGF)
Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 4:15pm | 488Twilight – the final frontier. At least, that's what Hollywood thinks of this book-turned-movie franchise. Whereas most studios have apparently given up on finding the next Harry Pottery – failure after failure in the department of magical films (Percy Jackson, etc.) will do that to you – Hollywood...
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Saw 3D Leads The Weekend Box Office, Wunderlich Securities Reports
Monday, November 1, 2010 - 10:08am | 101Wunderlich Securities reports (via Hollywood.com) that receipts for the top-12 releases rose 4.5% to $86.6mm. “Lionsgate's (NYSE: LGF) Saw 3-D was the #1 movie, grossing an about-as-expected $24.2mm and considerably ahead of the lackluster $14.1mm tally for 2009's Saw VI,” Wunderlich Securities...
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Samsung Strikes Deals For Galaxy Tablet Sales in U.S. (005930.KS)
Friday, September 17, 2010 - 10:39am | 156Samsung Electronics (KSE: 005930.KS) has reached agreements to sell their upcoming Galaxy tablet computer with Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ), Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S), T-Mobile, and AT&T (NYSE: T) in the U.S. The tablet, running on Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android operating system, is aimed for a...