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China Pledges Support For Solar Development Beijing will create 13 industry zones and pay up to half the price of equipment for solar power projects, the Finance Ministry said. It said other costs will be covered by a subsidy of 4 to 6 yuan (60 to 90 U.S. cents) per watt of generating capacity. (tags: … Read more

Gold Imports by China Soar Almost Fivefold as Inflation Spurs Investment – Bloomberg China’s gold imports jumped almost fivefold in the first 10 months from the entire amount shipped in last year as concern about rising inflation increased its appeal as a store of value, said the Shanghai Gold Exchange. (tags: gold inflation China)

PV Module Industry: Volume is Vanity, Profit is Sanity warns IMS Research | Solar Feeds News Network Despite shipments of PV modules set to grow in 2011, rapid price erosion may see a decline in market revenues next year according to the latest analysis from IMS Research. A detailed analysis of key industry metrics revealed … Read more

A Chemist Explains Why Gold Beat Out Lithium, Osmium, Einsteinium …: Planet Money : NPR The periodic table lists 118 different chemical elements. And yet, for thousands of years, humans have really, really liked one of them in particular: gold. Gold has been used as money for millennia, and its price has been going through … Read more

Germany's unspoken plan: A smaller euro zone – The Globe and Mail If Germany insists that investors in sovereign euro zone bonds share the pain in the future, why would these investors buy such risky bonds? Why lend to Greece, Ireland or Portugal when those sovereigns come back to the market in 2013, begging for … Read more