ALTERNATE ENERGY: $535m Solar-Plant govt. support

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT NEEDED The Energy Department will give a $535 million loan guarantee to Solyndra Inc. so the solar-panel maker can manufacture photovoltaic panels at a plant that will employ 1,000 people, a person familiar with decision said. The department offered the closely held Fremont, California,...

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CASHING STIMULUS: Details and deadlines

DEADLINES PASSING FAST Critics say that all of the moving parts of the Obama stimulus plan are barely moving at all—that the broad package of economy-goosing goodies isn’t being managed aggressively enough to produce results. The mortgage-modification program has barely scratched the surface of the...