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Cyberattack Bills Advance In Congress; Stocks Rise

Congress is inching closer to passing legislation that would facilitate more information-sharing on cyberattacks and possibly impose cybersecurity standards on companies that maintain sensitive information. The advancing legislation may be helping stocks in the security software industry group. The group ranked No. 8 out of 197 groups on six-month performance in Friday’s IBD. That’s up from No. 16 three weeks ago. One bill, the Cyber Networks Act,

JA Solar Jumps On CEO Bid; Yingli May Turn A Profit

JA Solar (JASO) shares jumped Friday after the Chinese solar module and cell maker’s CEO offered to take the company private. CEO Baofang Jin said he would pay $9.69 per U.S. share for each share he doesn’t currently own, a 20% premium on Thursday’s closing price. The CEO along with his company, Jinglong Group, already own 15% of JA Solar. JA Solar shares rose 12.3% to 9.07 after climbing as high as 9.36 on the stock market today. JA Solar’s board

Disaster-response robots slow in coming

POMONA, CALIF. – Two dozen of the world’s most advanced robots were placed in a simulated disaster environment at the start of the Darpa Robotics Challenge on Friday. The goal of the competition is to spur technologies that can be used to respond to natural and man-made disasters. But don’t expect such robots to be in the hands of first responders any time soon, says Gill Pratt, program manager for the Darpa Robotics Challenge, which concludes Saturday. The robots at the DRC are only prototypes, designed to show what is possible today, Pratt said Thursday at a media briefing. “I don’t know how long it’s going to take to see the technology used in real-world situations,” Pratt said. The Darpa Grand Challenge and Darpa Urban Challenge, held in 2005 and 2007, respectively, helped kick off interest in self-driving cars and autonomous vehicles. But only now are…