links for 2009-10-25

…economic conditions‚ a lengthy recession that has hurt retailers as much as anyone‚ are part of the formula that is making retail foreclosures a new part of the economic landscape in Atlanta. According to several retail experts, banks are beginning to foreclose on retail projects as they see little hope for the current owners to keep them stable…

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s next government eased threats to slash subsidies for solar power in its final policy program for the next four years, the German Renewable Energy Federation BEE lobby group said.

European solar equipment makers are slowly emerging from the crisis that has hit the sector, quarterly results will show, but the outlook beyond 2009 will be uncertain due to tight credit and oversupply.

China’s ENN gets its factories from Applied Materials in the U.S. and will work with Duke to build power plants here.

You’ve said that you’re worried we’re already sowing the seeds of the next crisis.

The new Ontario requirement that grid-connected solar projects include a minimum amount of local content is causing a stir in Germany, where manufacturers say Canada is breaching its obligations to the World Trade Organization.

Here's a startling conclusion by Perry Drake of database marketing firm Drake Direct: Facebook accounts for 25% of U.S. online pageviews.