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SunPower CEO Sees Solar Prospects Still Hot In 2014

Solar energy companies have been shining with investors, amid a view that after years of price cuts the industry is coming of age as an affordable competitor to conventional sources of electricity while still getting government subsidies. To get here, the front-runners had to survive a shakeout. Beset by flux in demand and supply, due in part to subsidy cuts and timing, and the rise of Chinese rivals, the industry fell into overcapacity starting

Cisco Systems Adds Consulting Efforts To Aid Services

Cisco Systems is transitioning more into services — and its services unit is in its own transition, adding its first consulting initiatives. The No. 1 maker of networking gear continues to scramble to boost revenue from areas outside its core network routers and switches, where sales have been slowing. As part of these efforts, Cisco (CSCO) is launching consulting initiatives within its services business, focusing on areas such as security and

Verizon: Broadband Key To Owning Home Market

Verizon’s FiOS service has become pay-TV’s beast in the East, delivering pain to cable TV rivals. With service via its fiber-optic network, Verizon Communications (VZ) has nearly 5.2 million FiOS TV customers, many of them former customers of Time Warner Cable (TWC), Cablevision Systems (CVC) and Comcast (CMCSA). Verizon also has nearly 6 million FiOS Internet subscribers, but many of them are upgrades from Verizon’s slower copper-line DSL