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Peter O'Dowd

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    Troubled First Solar, Inc. To Announce Earnings
    Peter O'Dowd
    One of the main solar companies in the United States, First Solar, is in trouble. Its CEO was forced out in October and its stock prices have fallen dramatically. Thursday the Arizona-based company announces its earnings and investors are going be demanding answers. From member station KJZZ in Phoenix, Peter O'Dowd report.
  • <p>Workers prepare for the opening of a gymnastics center at Bethany East, a Central Phoenix shopping complex that has emerged successfully from the recession.</p>
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    A Sigh Of Relief For A Rebounding Shopping Center
    Peter O'Dowd
    One strip mall in Phoenix was foreclosed on in March, but things have turned around quickly since then. Although it was a big commitment for smaller store owners to move in without the critical large anchor store the complex needed, things are paying off after a gym and popular restaurant came in.
  • Officials from Arizona-based First Solar and a New Mexico power company gather after the dedication of a new solar array in Albuquerque in April.
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    Solar Titan Faces Funding Worries After Solyndra
    Peter O'Dowd
    Analysts say manufacturer First Solar needs federal support to keep its competitive edge and to drive down the cost to produce solar panels, a key factor to industry success. But the kind of federal loan guarantees given to failed energy company Solyndra are increasingly unpopular in Washington.
  • Phoenix Officials Face Development Dilemma
    Peter O'Dowd
    Downtown Phoenix is full of dirt lots. At the peak of the real estate bubble, an acre was selling for about $90 a square foot. Investors and developers thought the city was finally about to grow up. Now, the same land sells for $9 a square foot.