A solar panel company that received $58 million in state aid to build its factory in Massachusetts is now moving jobs overseas.Evergreen Solar is shifting some of its production, currently done at a plant in Devens, to China next year, after posting an... ...full story at digg
from digg on Sat, Nov 07 2009
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