We are working on an analysis of First Solar for our clients, and have not finished our work, but we have done enough research to be able to say that Bill Alpert’s negative article in Barron’s last weekend raised red flags for all the wrong reasons (subscription required for access to the Barron’s article).
Alpert charges [...]

Things that caught our eyes this morning:
- Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com Fame is trying to teach climate change skeptics who use local weather observations (e.g.  “sure been a cold summer, global warming is bunk”) a lesson in statistics with his wager challenge.
- Super-material to watch: Graphene.
- At the request of Republican Senators Saxby Chambliss (GA) [...]