Just months after launching its first “yieldco,” SunEdison is planning another. First Solar, SunPower and Trina Solar all are considering their first. Yieldcos are gaining traction among solar companies as a way to appeal to investors they might not otherwise attract. Yieldcos represent an alternative financing option that could have a significant impact on how solar and other renewable energy projects are developed, financed and sold, SunPower
Skyworks Solutions late Thursday reported fiscal Q4 sales and earnings that handily beat Wall Street estimates, as did the company’s outlook for the current quarter. Investors, however, apparently wanted more upside from the Apple (AAPL) supplier, as Skyworks (SWKS) stock was flat in after-hours trading, after the company released results for the quarter ended Oct. 3. Skyworks said that its Q4 revenue jumped 51% from the year-earlier quarter to
Investors don’t necessarily flock together when it comes to software investments. The recent volatility in tech stocks and a slowing IPO market are unlikely to slow down the robust market for mergers and acquisitions of both publicly traded and private software firms and the record amounts of venture capital funding in privately held software companies, analysts say. Venture investing in software companies soared beyond $3.7 billion in Q3,