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USEC Inc. (NYSE: USU)

USEC Inc. (USU), a global energy company, supplies low enriched uranium (LEU) for commercial nuclear power plants worldwide. LEU is a critical component in the production of nuclear fuel for nuclear reactors to produce electricity. Through its subsidiary, the United States Enrichment Corp., the Company operates the only uranium enrichment facility in the U.S. and supplies more than half of the U.S. market and more than a quarter of the world market. USU is the U.S. government’s executive agent for the Megatons to Megawatts program, a 20-year, $8 billion U.S.-Russian agreement to convert uranium from warheads into nuclear fuel. The Company also performs contract work for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and its contractors at the Paducah and Portsmouth gaseous diffusion plants (GDPs); provides transportation and storage systems for spent nuclear fuel. In addition, the Company provides nuclear and energy consulting services. Read more

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Cirrus Logic Inc. (Nasdaq: CRUS)

Cirrus Logic Inc. (CRUS) develops high-precision, analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits for a broad range of innovative customers. Building on its diverse analog and signal-processing patent portfolio, CRUS delivers highly optimized products for a variety of audio and energy-related applications. The Company delivers optimized products for consumer and commercial audio, automotive entertainment and industrial applications. The Company also develops ICs, board-level modules and hybrids for high-power amplifier applications branded as the Apex Precision Power line of products. It also provides system reference designs based on its technology that enable the customers to bring products to market in a timely and cost-effective manner. Read more

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Capstone Turbine Corp. (NASDAQ: CPST)

Capstone Turbine Corp. (CPST) develops, manufactures, markets and services microturbine technology solutions for use in stationary distributed power generation applications, including cogeneration combined heat and power (CHP), integrated combined heat and power (ICHP), combined cooling heat and power (CCHP), and resource recovery and secure power. Its microturbines can be used as battery charging generators for hybrid electric vehicle applications. CPST offers microturbines from 30 kilowatts up to 1 megawatt in electric power output, designed for commercial, industrial and utility users. Its 30 kilowatt (C30) microturbine can produce enough electricity to power a small convenience store. The 60 kilowatt and 65 kilowatt (C60 Series) microturbine can produce heat to provide hot water to a 100 room hotel while also providing about one-third of its electrical requirements. In addition, it remanufactures microturbine engines; and provides after-market parts and services, scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, and factory and on-site training services. The Company’s microturbines are fueled by various sources, including natural gas, propane, sour gas, landfill or digester gas, kerosene, diesel and biodiesel. It sells its products primarily through distributors, original equipment manufacturers, and end users in North America, Asia, Europe and the Russian Federation. Read more

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Chimera Investment Corp. (NYSE: CIM)

Chimera Investment Corp. (CIM) is a specialty finance company that invests in residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS), residential mortgage loans, real estate-related securities and various other asset classes. It invests in agency and non-agency RMBS; whole mortgage loans comprising prime, jumbo prime and Alt-A mortgage loans; and ABS, including debt and equity tranches of CDOs, consumer and non-consumer ABS, commercial mortgage backed securities and various other asset classes in the United States. Read more

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ReneSola Ltd. (NYSE: SOL)
ReneSola Ltd. (SOL) is a manufacturer of solar wafers. As of December 31, 2008, SOL had 306 monocrystalline furnaces and 64 multicrystalline furnaces installed. As of December 31, 2008, it had annual wafer manufacturing capacity of approximately 645 megawatt, consisting of monocrystalline wafer manufacturing capacity of approximately 325 megawatt and multicrystalline wafer manufacturing capacity of approximately 320 megawatt. It offers monocrystalline wafers and multicrystalline wafers of various sizes and thicknesses. The Company is one of the wafer manufacturers in China capable of slicing wafers with a thickness less than 180 microns. It also offers ingot and wafer processing services to certain customers. In December 2008, SOL announced that it has sold its 49% interest in Linzhou Zhongsheng Semiconductor Silicon Material Co. Ltd. In May 2009, it acquired 100% equity interest of Wuxi Jiacheng Solar Energy Technology Co. Ltd. (JC Solar).
Committed to technology innovation and with a corporate mission dedicated to developing clean energy, SOL remains focused on wafer production, while establishing long-term relationships with leading international suppliers and customers. The Company is well on its way to achieving its corporate objective of becoming a world-class company in the photovoltaic industry. Read more

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Alliance One International Inc. (NYSE: AOI)

Alliance One International Inc. is a global independent leaf tobacco merchant. The Company selects, purchases, processes, stores, packs and ships tobacco grown in more than 45 countries, serving manufacturers of cigarettes and other consumer tobacco products in more than 90 countries around the world. The Company processes tobacco through a mechanized threshing and separating operation and then dries it to meet precise moisture levels in accordance with the customer’s specifications. The processing of leaf tobacco facilitates shipping and prevents spoilage. It offers flue-cured, burley and oriental tobaccos. AOI also provides processing and related services to manufacturers of tobacco products. Read more

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