Boston, MA 03/24/2014 (wallstreetpr) – The reason about why First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) is treading strong lies in its new guidance and technology roadmap that it issued to the investors last week. Some of the main highlights of the outlook presented by the company is that it is no more dependent on big projects like in the past, rather it is relying more on projects of less than 100 MW and commercial installations. The shift in focus comes on the heels of changing trend prevalent in the industry, where First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) is trying to boost its efficiency in distributed energy.
Dex Media Inc (NASDAQ:DXM) surged by over 18% on Friday mainly on account of its solid revenue growth during the fourth quarter, which it reported last week. The provider of mobile,local and social marketing solutions posted operating revenue of as much as $429 million in the fourth quarter, ended on December 31, 2013. The growth is remarkable when compared with $299 million revenue reported in the previous year’s same quarter. As soon as the company had reported its earnings, its shares zoomed by over 25% on the day. During the period, Dex Media Inc (NASDAQ:DXM) reported GAAP earnings per share of ($32.29).
During late last week, Guidance Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:GUID) declared that its EnCase software comes equipped to support point-of-sale (POS) terminals now. The introduction of the software is very critical and comes at a time when the safety of POS terminals from threats and exploits are becoming a growing concern in the industry. The company’s new EnCase software is developed in a way that it has the ability to identify anomalies and reveal unknown threats across the enterprise. Through capture of information, the software can help raise alerts for unauthorized activity on POS terminals as well as accelerate the response to threats that have entered the security perimeter.
