Siemens AG (SI) has targeted orders worth more than 6 billion Euros for intelligent power networks (Smart Grids) over the next five fiscal years. The company is already a leading international supplier of Smart Grids and continues to strengthen this position.

Intelligent power grids, or smart grids, are based on the conventional power grids which transport electricity from large power plants to individual households. However, digital technology allows individual households or businesses to manage their electricity more efficiently, allowing them to receive, or deliver back to the grid, electricity from other sources like wind or solar power facilities, or even from batteries in electric cars.

According to studies, more than a billion tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions could be abated with intelligent power networks by 2020. Smart Grids are essential for integrating renewable power sources into power networks and for ensuring stable power supplies from solar and

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Main Street Capital Announces Monthly Dividends for October, November and December 2009 of $0.125 Per Share

Main Street Capital Corporation (Nasdaq: MAIN) (”Main Street”) announced today that its Board of Directors declared monthly dividends of $0.125 per share for October, November and December 2009. These monthly dividends, which will be payable pursuant to the table below, equate to a total of $0.375 per share for the fourth quarter of 2009. The dividends per share for the fourth quarter of 2009 also equate to an approximate annualized yield of 11.4% based on Main Street’s current share price. Including the dividends declared for the fourth quarter of 2009, Main Street will have paid $3.26 in cumulative dividends since its October 2007 initial public offering.

ABOUT MAIN STREET CAPITAL CORPORATION

Main Street is a principal investment firm that provides long-term debt and equity capital to lower middle market companies. Main Street’s investments are made to

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Siemens Energy, a division of Siemens AG (SI), acquired the majority holding in the Chinese metalworking company Yangtze Delta Manufacturing and the Chinese aluminum foundry GISAP (GIS Steel & Aluminium Products), both headquartered in Hangzhou.   Siemens Energy is expanding its global production capacity for high-voltage circuit-breakers in China and enhancing its value chain proposition from foundry work through machining to final product assembly.   There is a constant robust demand for high-voltage power transmission products in China. The demand for reliable, cost-efficient high-voltage products for the transmission of electrical energy, which minimizes losses, continues to rise.

Siemens has a leading position in China, the world’s largest market for power transmission equipment. The company has involvement as a provider of innovative energy technologies in numerous major infrastructure projects, including projects in the field of high-voltage direct current transmission.

Siemens is a German industrial conglomerate with interests in information services, automation and

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Siemens AG (SI) reported third-quarter revenues of €18.3 billion, down 4% from the year-ago quarter, and earnings of $1.44 per ADR, lower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Order backlog had a stabilizing effect on revenue while new order intake was down 28% and the book-to-bill ratio fell below 1 to 0.94.   On a geographic basis, revenue grew 5% in Asia, Australia on the back of double-digit growth in China. In Europe, Commonwealth of Independent States, Africa and Middle East, revenue declined 9%, including sharply lower revenues in Germany. Order intake was influenced most strongly by Industry segment, which saw demand fall sharply in the Mobility division.   Total Sectors profit declined 21% year over year while income from continuing operations fell 17% year over year. The estimated under funding of Siemens’ principal pension plans as of Jun 30, 2009, was €5 billion, double the amount as on ...

OmniVision's (OVTI) fourth quarter results exceeded the consensus on both the top and bottom lines. Cell phone and notebook inventories are lean and demand is looking up. However, demand for low-end products has the potential to outpace demand for high-end products, with a corresponding negative impact on the gross margin. OmniVision is an OEM of CMOS image sensors and support circuitry used within handsets and applications in other mass markets. Continued innovation has helped OVTI secure a leading market position OmniVision is one of the largest suppliers of CMOS sensors for multiple end markets, with a 30% share of the total image sensor market. The company has consistently delivered new, technologically advanced products. The OmniPixel platform has been expanded to include a range of different array-sized products from VGA to the newest 5.17 megapixel camera chip. Products with greater pixel densities generate higher ASPs, ...

Opportunity in several verticalsNational Semiconductor's (NSM) management strategy appears to be focused on energy, specifically, in energy generation, consumption and storage. Energy savings in each of these areas will be an important driver of growth over the next decade, in not just developing but developed countries as well.To date, the company has been focused on its core strength in power management products. It is now extending these capabilities in power management to alternative energy areas, such as powering for solar panels and LED lighting products.Energy generation:In June 2008, management announced a solar product, which it refers to as the SolarMagic power optimizer module. The product incorporates National's new PowerWise power management technology, and works on both thin film and crystal line glass panels. It significantly increases the efficiency of solar panels, recouping up to 50% of the power lost in ...

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“Broad-based chemical, agriculture, and ’science technology’ company DuPont is about as ‘blue chip’ as companies get,” says Bill Martin.

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“DuPont offers the potential of significant gains once the major weak links in the U.S. economy — namely housing and the automotive sector — rebound from their funks and eventually begin to grow.

“DuPont turned in a solid performance in the second quarter, posting a profit of $1.08 billion, or $1.18 per share, up from $972 million, or $1.04 per share, a year ago.

“The bottom line was enhanced by 7 cents a share as the result of a lawsuit settlement and a lower tax rate that resulted from a one-time tax settlement. The company cited

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