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FORBES: Commit To Purchase MEMC Electronic Materials At $4.50, Earn 18.7%

Overall, I think our tactics here have to be to hold higher cost basis WFR and look to the second half to see if promised improvements start to materialize.

FORBES: Jabusch: Still Bullish on Solar Long Term

Solar power chip maker MEMC Electronic Materials (WFR) announced a series of restructuring steps today to better align the business to current and expected market conditions in the semiconductor and solar markets.

FORBES: MEMC Electronic Materials Announces Restructuring Efforts

The reduction reflects the suspension of operations at two plants: Shin-Etsu Chemnical has stopped manufacturing operations at its facility in Shirakawa, while MEMC Electronic Materials (WFR) has shut its Utsunomiya facility.

FORBES: Japan Quake Knocked Out 25% Of Global Silicon Wafer Production

Among the largest underlying components of TYH, in trading today Tellabs, Inc. ( NASD: TLAB) is down about 0.5%, MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. ( NYSE: WFR) is down about 4%, and Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. ( NASD: BRCD) is lower by about 0.8%.

FORBES: Daily Technology Bull 3X Shares Experiences Big Outflow

This gain was on normal trading volume and completely consistent with the bullish move in other solar-related stocks today such as such as GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT), First Solar (FSLR), MEMC Electronic Materials (WFR), SunPower Corp. (SPWR) and Veeco Instruments (VECO).

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