More boring stuff from the Net :|

• Saudi Arabia eyes more cuts to stop oil slide
  The decline in demand because of a slower world economy is likely to be exaggerated in the second quarter when consumption typically weakens after the northern hemisphere winter.

  "Oil prices are likely to come under severe pressure in February and March, so it makes sense for producers to shrink supplies as much as possible before then to try to sustain prices at their current levels," said an oil industry executive.

  (tags: oil)
• Frans King: Getting Stock Prices into Excel
  The next step is to get this data into Excel via a custom function:

  =YF_Price(STOCK SYMBOL, PRICE SIDE)
  =YF_Price("VOD.L", "BID") returns the bid price for Vodafone
  =YF_Price("VOD.L", "ASK") returns the ask price
  =YF_Price("VOD.L", "LAST") returns the last price
  =YF_Price("VOD.L", "CLOSE") returns the close price
  =YF_Price("VOD.L") defaults to the last price

  (tags: excel)
• ReneSola Presses Ahead in Time of Crisis
  “When the price is reduced to US$30 per kg, we will maintain a competitive edge for a long time,” said Li Xianshou. He calculates that ReneSola currently spends about US$2 producing each silicon wafer. But by the end of 2009, the production cost should be reduced to US$1, and power generation costs will be cut down to 0.2 Euro (US$0.26) per watt, equaling that of peak-time fossil-generated energy in Germany. The future of the market looks promising.
  (tags: solar)