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GT Solar International, Inc. (Nasdaq: SOLR) $5.19. Announced Monda that it has formally opened its new Asia Headquarters in Shanghai, China.

GT Solar’s new facility makes it easier for Asian companies to conduct business with GT Solar by reducing the time it takes to obtain products, spare parts and service. The new facility will also be used to provide product demonstrations and training to customers in the region. The facility represents a significant expansion of GT Solar’s presence in Asia, which was first established in 2006.

What They Do: GT Solar International, Inc., based in Merrimack, NH, USA is a leading global provider of specialized production equipment, process technology and turnkey manufacturing services for the solar power industry. The company’s products and services allow its customers to optimize their manufacturing environments and lower their cost of ownership accelerating the drive towards grid parity.

Atheros Communications (Nasdaq: ATHR) $27.98, and Intellon Corporation (Nasdaq: ITLN) $5.00. Today announced that the companies have entered into a definitive agreement for Atheros to acquire Intellon in a stock and cash transaction valued at approximately $244 million, or $181 million net of Intellon's cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments as of June 30, 2009.

The acquisition of Intellon is another significant step by Atheros toward its goal of enabling the very best connectivity experiences across the networking, computing and mobile device markets. Intellon's powerline communications (PLC) technology operates on today's most pervasive wired medium, the home power circuit. By combining Atheros' best-in-class wireless LAN and Ethernet products with Intellon's market-leading PLC products, Atheros will further drive the adoption of universal, easy-to-use, networking solutions throughout the digital home.

What They Do: Atheros Communications is a global leader in innovative technologies for wireless and wired communications. Atheros combines its wireless and networking systems expertise with high-performance radio frequency (RF), mixed signal and digital semiconductor design skills to provide highly integrated chipsets that are manufactured on low-cost, standard complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) processes.

What They Do: Intellon is a market leader in powerline communications, providing HomePlug� compliant and other powerline integrated circuits for home networking, networked entertainment, BPL access, Ethernet-over-Coax (EoC), smart grid management and other commercial applications.

Helicos BioSciences Corporation (Nasdaq: HLCS) $2.50. Today announced that the RIKEN Yokohama Institute Omics Science Center (OSC) has agreed to purchase four Helicos Genetic Analysis Systems. The transaction represents the first multisystem sale of the Helicos system to a large genome center. Shipments are expected to take place in September, with one system remaining in Cambridge to be used in a scientific collaboration between the two parties that began last year.

What They Do: Helicos BioSciences is a life science company focused on innovative genetic analysis technologies for the research, drug discovery, and diagnostic markets. Helicos' proprietary True Single Molecule Sequencing (tSMS)™ technology allows direct measurement of billions of strands of DNA, enabling scientists to perform experiments and ask questions never before possible.

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