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To that end, there are a pair of companies that are involved in one of the most ambitious aspects of developing a new smart grid. |
Both make high temperature superconducting (HTSC) wire. This is to the traditional powerline like fiber optic cable is to a telephone wire. |
The capacity is so great you could literally back up a small city on one buried HTSC cable. And because they have so much capacity, you can build in other smart systems to help keep the grid functioning and receive real time feedback, chart consumption trends, etc. |
One of the pioneers in this field is American Superconductor (Nasdaq: AMSC). |
The stock has been slammed in recent years because of its wind division. It had a deal with Sinovel, one of China's largest wind companies and then Sinovel walked, leaving AMSC short one gigantic client. |
Now the company is going back to its roots and the HTSC side of the business until the global economy gets back on its feet. |
The company's revenues for the first quarter of fiscal 2012 were $28.7 million, which compares with $9.1 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2011. The year-over-year increase was driven by strong growth in the company's Wind and Grid reporting segments. |
For the first quarter of fiscal 2012, AMSC reported a net loss of $10.3 million, or $0.20 per share. This figure includes a non-cash benefit of approximately $7.3 million for the settlement of adverse purchase commitments with certain vendors (Sinovel more than likely) as well as a $2.4 million non-cash "mark-to-market... |
For the first quarter of fiscal 2011, AMSC's net loss was $37.7 million, or $0.74 per share. |
The company is paring its losses significantly and is making money again as well. Revenue for the first quarter of fiscal 2012 were $28.7 million, which compares with $9.1 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2011. The year-over-year increase was driven by strong growth in the company's Wind and Grid reporting segme... |
This is by no means a quick turnaround story, but if you have some long-term money that you aren't counting on for your grandchildren, AMSC is a good buy under $7/share. |
The second firm is Bruker Corp (Nasdaq: BRKR) a 50-year-old firm that's a leading provider of high-performance scientific instruments and solutions for molecular and materials research, as well as for industrial and applied analysis. |
While its instrumentation division is a compelling story unto itself, this company also has a HTSC division and is also a global player in this sector. Bruker Energy and SuperCon Division (BEST) is a leading manufacturer and developer of HTSC wire products and devices. |
In May, BEST announced a large-scale technology transfer contract for its Bruker HTS GmbH subsidiary to license and transfer know-how for second generation (2G) YBCO ceramic tape high temperature superconductors (HTS) to a subsidiary of the Russian state atomic energy corporation, Rosatom. The contract is valued at $25... |
In addition to providing a license, BEST will also provide training and education services as well as a complete 2G HTS pilot production line to Rosatom, with expected deliveries commencing in 2013. BEST is also very active in the UK, Germany and South Korea. |
The recent turmoil in Europe has hurt Bruker's recent earnings and the company has lowered guidance for the rest of the year, so the stock is at reasonable levels. |
Bear in mind, this isn't a stock where you wait for its quarterly results. This is a long-term growth play that could return orders of magnitudes on your investment or leave you with a few pennies in your brokerage account. |
A high-risk/high-reward high tech proposition, Bruker is a buy below $15.50. |
AMSC is the best deal/company I am aware of… the stock is so cheap I am a buyer, buyer, buyer! |
with growth of green energy mostly dependent on overseas demand, and green energy is very cyclical. |
Who will be the biggest and most profitable company to supply the fuel to keep these smart grid plays alive the longest without the most interference from uncle Sam, in other words will it be those little black briquets or will it be Russian run down your leg uranium that does not make it to there books and be shipped ... |
Aberdeen are hoping to sign Derby County left back Max Lowe on loan before Friday’s transfer deadline. |
The 21-year-old is the third choice left back at Frank Lampard’s side behind recent arrival Scott Malone from Huddersfield and four-times capped Scotland international Craig Forsyth. |
The player has been made available for loan and the Dons are keen to bring the player to Pittodrie. |
Lowe, who made 16 appearances during a loan spell at Shrewsbury last season, came on as a substitute for the Rams in last night’s 4-0 victory against Hull City in the EFL Cup. |
Looking into companies’ misguided Web 2.0 choices, Caroline Waxler discovered a new hobby: watching corporate Twitter feeds talk to one another. “For an adventure in dystopia, you can’t do much better than that,” she says. One of the original writers and an occasional on-air commentator for VH1’s comedy show Best Week ... |
This month, New York — based writer Robert Levine charts MTV’s many digital-media projects. “My favorite instrument on Rock Band, one of its better-known acquisitions, is the drums,” Levine says. “I’m waiting to download Rush’s Moving Pictures album so I can try to play along with Neil Peart on ‘Tom Sawyer.’ ” He cover... |
“I’m a total social-media junkie,” says Lynne d Johnson, who prefers Twitter and Facebook to email. That quirk serves her well as community director for the Fast Company Web site, where she is launching the Blog Club. A poet, essayist, and winner of the 2006 Black Blogger Achievement Award, Johnson tracks Web, media, a... |
Showing us how things work is illustrator Jason Lee’s specialty. His latest assignment for Fast Company : “Attack of the Green Tech Geeks.” He says, “Anything that makes things more efficient and easier and is at the same time better for the environment, I’m all for it.” Lee’s work has appeared in The New York Times, W... |
Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s much awaited magnum opus and period drama Padmavati has been making waves, more so after its posters and theatrical trailer was out. The film looks rich in emotions, entertainment and action and as expected, the three leading actors of the film – Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone and Shahid Kapoor... |
The promotional strategy of Padmavati too is keenly awaited. And while nothing is known in detail, we have learnt of something that would surely make the fans in the Middle East very happy. Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone and Shahid Kapoor along with director Sanjay Leela Bhansali are all set to attend Asiavision Movie... |
And that’s not all. Nissar Sayed, the managing director of Asiavision, said that during the event, Padmavati team will unveil the teaser of their new song. A day before this event, Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Shahid Kapoor and Sanjay Leela Bhansali are expected to meet the local press at Dubai. |
Apart from Padmavati team, Prakash Raj, Dulquer Salmaan, Manju Warrier, Aditi Rao Hydari, Rana Daggubati and Vijay Sethupathi will be making their presence felt. Dulquer will be given the best actor award for his work in films down South – Jomonte Suvisheshangal, CIA: Comrade in America and Solo. He’s all set to make h... |
40,000 people are expected to attend the AMAs. The price of the ticket will range from 30 AED (Rs. 530 approx) to 2000 AED (Rs. 35650 approx) and will go on sale soon. |
Ranveer Singh powers street fashion industry! |
Finance ministers and central bankers from the 20 leading industrial and developing countries are meeting in Argentina at a summit that has been eclipsed by growing concerns over the potential of a global trade war following US President Donald Trump's decision to slap import tariffs on steel and aluminum. |
G-20 officials are also discussing issues including infrastructure development and the technology behind cryptocurrencies during the two-day meeting that began Monday in the Argentine capital. |
The Trump administration has banned all use by Americans of Venezuelan cryptocurrency, saying that its introduction is intended to skirt US sanctions. The move follows the introduction last month of a Venezuelan cryptocurrency known as the 'petro', for which the government says it has received investment commit-ments o... |
Trump's tariffs - of 25 per cent on imported steel and 10 per cent on aluminum imports - enter into force this week. The European Union's top trade official said on Monday that the EU should be excluded as a whole from the tariffs. The EU has already published a list of American products it plans to tax if it is not ex... |
The tariffs and the EU threat to retaliate with counter measures have escalated the risk of a trade war, in which nations try to punish each other by hiking taxes on goods. Experts say that tends to harm both exporting nations as well as importing countries' consumers, who face higher costs. |
The EU considers itself to be caught in the crossfire of a dispute which is actually intended to punish China for being unfair in its commercial deals. |
The summit in Buenos Aires is the first of five meetings by finance ministers and central bankers scheduled in advance of a main G-20 meeting in Argentina that will be held November 30 to December 1. |
In a large bowl, add the roasted sweet potato, white beans, onion, parsley, lemon juice, and seasonings. |
Using a potato masher, mash the ingredients until thoroughly mixed together. |
Once mashed, add the bread crumbs and mix them in. |
In a pan, heat a small amount of oil over medium heat. Add the patties and cook for 3 minutes on each side. Transfer to a parchment paper-lined baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes. |
Place patties on buns, and top with chipotle mayo, avocado, and red onion. |
In a large bowl add the quinoa, beans, tomato, paste, and seasonings. Using a potato masher, mash the ingredients until thoroughly mixed together. |
Take a quarter of quinoa-bean mixture and shape it into a patty using your hands. Repeat with the remaining mixture to create four patties. |
Place the patties on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Top with mozzarella, and bake for 12-15 minutes. |
Place the patties on buns, and top with tomato sauce, shredded Parmesan, and fresh basil. |
In a large bowl, add black beans, rice, corn, seasonings, and egg. Using a potato masher, mash the ingredients until thoroughly mixed together. |
Once mashed, add the bread crumbs and mix to combine. |
Take a quarter of the mixture and shape it into a patty using your hands. Repeat with the remaining mixture to create four patties. |
In a pan, heat a small amount of oil over medium heat. Add the patties and cook for 4-5 minutes, flip, top with a slice of pepper jack, and cook for another 4-5 minutes. |
Place patties on buns, and top with sliced tomato, red onion, avocado, and fresh salsa. |
cord of multiple failure? The curious thing is that these two UK property developer partners appear to have gone to the Caribbean, Burney to Nevis, Whitton to St. Lucia where his Freedom Bay development, within the World Heritage Pitons area could cause the removal of that sought after classification. You and I might b... |
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Join your undergraduate and graduate student representatives to the UC Davis Chancellor Search Advisory Committee. The discussion will be facilitated by GSA Chair Katrina Brock and ASUCD President Alex Lee. |
This event is open to students only. |
The former Argentinian president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was indicted on Tuesday in a corruption case involving public works. |
Federal judge Julian Ercolini approved charges of illicit association and fraudulent administration against Fernández, and two former aides: ex-planning minister Julio de Vido and former public works secretary José López. |
Also named was businessman Lázaro Báez, whose Austral Construcciones company allegedly benefited from irregular contracts. |
The judge’s order froze the equivalent of up to $633m of each defendant’s assets, though it was not clear they have that much. |
The ruling published by official Center of Judicial Information said the defendants are accused of associating to illegally take public funds meant for public works between May 2003 and December 2015. |
Fernández made no immediate comment on the charge, but she has repeatedly denied wrongdoing. |
Since leaving office in December 2015, Fernández has alleged that she is the victim of persecution by her conservative successor, Mauricio Macri. |
In May, a judge indicted Fernández on charges of manipulating currency exchange futures markets, allegedly causing economic damage to the government. |
A judge is also seeking to revive an investigation into Fernández over an alleged cover-up on behalf of Iranians suspected in the 1994 bombing of the Argentinian Israelite Mutual Association, which caused its main building to collapse and killed 85 people. |
No one has been convicted of the crime but in January 2015, an Argentinian federal prosecutor accused Fernández of attempting to cover up Iran’s involvement. |
The prosecutor, Alberto Nisman, was found shot in the head just before he was to present the case to congress. His death remains unsolved. |
Had you forgotten about them? |
The 2010 MTV Video Music Awards aired last night on--you guessed it-- MTV. With the exception of "Mad Men," "True Blood," the Redskins-Cowboys game, and the "Boardwalk Empire" premiere, it was unquestionably the television event of the evening. Whether the show could match the buzz generated by last year's Taylor Swift... |
Not Quite The spat-filled VMAs of yesteryear seemed like a distant memory during last night's ceremony, writes The Washington Post's Chris Richards. Rather, "it was time to let bygones be bygones, and let insipid awards shows be insipid awards shows." As a result, Richards observes, the ceremony felt "less meaningful t... |
The New Kanye West Show Entertainment Weekly's Brad Wete argues Kanye West's performance of his new single, "Runaway," was the evening's unquestioned highlight, and should do wonders for rehabbing a public persona that has taken a few dings since last year's show. "It was a complete victory," Wete writes of the ceremon... |
Turning Tide After a year of basking in the public's sympathy, the Taylor Swift backlash could be underway, suggests The New York Times' Jon Caramanica. Caramanica agrees with Wete that West's performance was hugely compelling. He also opines that Swift's earlier performance of a new single based on the incident "felt ... |
Winner by Default Swift's performance was a disaster, says NPR's Linda Holmes. Pacing the stage barefoot in a "filmy white dress," Swift looked less like a pop star and more like a character "slowly dying in a Nicholas Sparks movie." West's "Runaway" was overwrought, Holmes concedes, but it had the ring of an instant c... |
Movies, Not Music Laugh all you want, writes Reuters's Leslie Bruce, but the VMAs used to mean something. "Now it's just a delivery mechanism for promoting soon-to-be released movies appealing to the network's teen demographic," observes Bruce. "MTV may have killed the video star, but it's breathing life into movie sta... |
ALBANY, N.Y. (WKBW) — A new Sienna College poll gives Governor Cuomo and Senator Schumer their lowest rating ever. |
Cuomo's favorability rating now stands at 43-50 percent, that's down from 51-43 percent last month. His job performance rating fell to 35-64 percent, down from 43-56 percent. |
Senator Chuck Schumer saw his favorability rating drop to 47-46 percent, down from 53-39 percent in January. |
According to Sienna pollster Steven Greenberg, "Politically, Cuomo's ratings drop is across the board, as he fell with Democrats, Republicans and independents. Geographically, his drop was much bigger downstate – New York City and the suburbs – than upstate, where his ratings were significantly lower previously." |
He goes on to say, "The 43 percent of voters who view Cuomo favorably matches exactly the 43 percent of voters who view the State Assembly favorably, and the State Senate." |
A prosecution witness in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case told a Delhi court on Friday that Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Balwa, an accused in the case, was pursuing the licence and spectrum issue of the firm and co-accused Vinod Goenka had nothing to do with it. |
Testifying as a witness, Vinod Kumar Budhiraja, Chief Regulatory Officer of Etisalat DB Telecom (P) Ltd, said Shahid Balwa was authorised in 2007 by the Board of Swan Telecom to deal with the authorities in connection with the Unified Access Services (UAS) Licences. |
"It is correct that it was Shahid Balwa who was acting on behalf of the company in connection with application for UAS licences, pursuing the same and obtaining licence and spectrum and matter connected thereto. Vinod Goenka had nothing to do with this telecom business," he told Special CBI Judge O P Saini. Both Shahid... |
Budhiraja said Goenka looks after only realty business and Goenka and Balwa had never asked him to fix their meeting with former Telecom Minister A Raja, a key accused in the case. |
"It is correct that Vinod Goenka looks after only realty business and does not look after the telecom business. It is correct that a meeting of Goenka and Balwa in the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology was to be fixed only through me but it was never fixed. |
".... To the best of my knowledge, they (Goenka and Balwa) have never gone to the Ministry.... Goenka and Balwa never asked me to fix a meeting with A Raja," he said, adding, "as far as I remember, they never visited A Raja". |
Posted by Monique Garcia and Hal Dardick at 3:56 p.m. |
One day after the latest fatal shooting of a Chicago police officer, Gov. Pat Quinn today signed a new law that would require at least a year in prison for an adult convicted of illegally carrying a loaded gun. |
The new law, which takes effect next January, is aimed at taking away the ability to give someone probation for unlawful use of a weapon in cases when the gun is loaded and the person doesn't have a Firearm Owners Identification Card. It does not apply to minors. |
Quinn signed the bill at a solemn press conference at Nat King Cole Park on the city's South Side, just blocks from where Chicago police officer Thomas Wortham was gunned down in May. The ceremony took on added meaning because of Sunday's shooting death of fellow officer Michael Bailey, who was killed outside his home ... |
"We've had a heartbreaking summer," Quinn said. "We cannot let violence, the epidemic of violence...overcome us. I think yesterday's events woke us all up that we must double our efforts to make sure that we, law abiding citizens, prevail." |
The new law was championed by Mayor Richard Daley, who attended the bill signing. Daley said it will deter violence but added that penalties must be combined with increased involvement by parents, schools and other community groups to keep kids off the streets and away from drugs and gangs. |
Wortham's father, Thomas Wortham, called the new law a "start" but he said "we have to go further than the legislation." |
"We cannot continue to raise a generation of kids who grow up and think they can kill people at will," Wortham said. "What we need is more money, more things involved in the community, to help these kids when they are young. To keep them from going this route... To keep from creating more monsters than we have on the s... |
LAHORE - Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif has urged the world to play its role in resolution of Kashmir issue. |
Talking to AJK President Masood Khan, who called on him here Friday, the CM strongly condemned unprovoked firing by the Indian army on the Line of Control and the consequential deaths of the civilians in AJK. |
“The world attention must be drawn to these gross violations of the international laws by the Indian army. Incidents of unprovoked firing at the Line of Control by the Indian army and targeting of innocent civilians are highly condemnable,” he said. He said the world should wake up to Kashmir where India is using bruta... |
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