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By Matt Daily NEW YORK | Thu Jul 29, 2010 6:50pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) – First Solar reported better-than-expected quarterly profits on Thursday, but trimmed its 2010 sales forecast because of weaker prices. Its shares fell 4 percent in after hours trading. The company, the biggest photovoltaic solar maker by market value, also raised it earnings forecast for the second time in three months and said it expected robust demand to continue into 2011
Thank the deities! The Sad Keanu Reeves meme is back — and this time instead of a sandwich, everyone’s favorite Little Buddha is sporting a helmet. (Yup. He was just asking for it.
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If you know what this is and where it’s located, you could win a prize in the CNET Road Trip Picture of the Day challenge. (Credit: Daniel Terdiman/CNET) Sorry about this grainy image, it is highly zoomed in.
By Jody Thompson Last updated at 3:05 PM on 29th July 2010 They recently returned from a summer break in Italy, looking golden brown and refreshed.
Squirrel meat is proving popular in a north London supermarket. Photograph: Mike Hutchings/Reuters The owner of a local Budgens supermarket has defended selling squirrel meat as a sustainable way of feeding people and says it has a “lovely” taste.
Local deal goliath Groupon is launching a major new feature today: deal personalization, giving the site the ability to send you the deals it thinks you’ll be most interested in.
Ivy Bean is going to go down as a legend where Twitter users are concerned – after all, this is no ordinary lass and certainly won’t come across as an avid Twitterer. She has just passed away at a ripe old age of 104 years, amassing nearly 57,000 Twitter followers worldwide as they follow her daily routine which ranges from eating the traditional English meal of fish & chips, while pottering around her garden during her spare time. She manages to convey warmth and friendliness in nearly every message, and will also correspond regularly with her followers.
By Jody Thompson Last updated at 4:37 PM on 28th July 2010 James Cracknell’s wife Beverley Turner has spoken for the first time about the cycling accident that nearly killed her husband – and has revealed he’s been left brain damaged. She added that the Olympic rowing champion could take six months to recover from his injuries after his skull was fractured when a truck ploughed into him as he cycled across America
If you know what this is and where it’s located, you could win a prize in the CNET Road Trip Picture of the Day challenge. (Credit: Daniel Terdiman/CNET) Ringing this bell looks very tempting, especially on that lush grass where it looks so peaceful. If you know what this is and where it’s located, you could win a prize in the CNET Road Trip Picture of the Day challenge .