LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Investors hoping that 2011 will mark the return of off-the-charts growth in solar stocks will be sorely disappointed, though the industry’s battered share prices make for good bargains in the meantime.

In 2010 the fast-growing industry logged its biggest sales year ever, yet shares of solar panel makers lagged the broader market significantly.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Investors hoping that 2011 will mark the return of off-the-charts growth in solar stocks will be sorely disappointed, though the industry’s battered share prices make for good bargains in the meantime.

In 2010 the fast-growing industry logged its biggest sales year ever, yet shares of solar panel makers lagged the broader market significantly.

LOS ANGELES, Jan 12 (Reuters) – Investors hoping that 2011
will mark the return of off-the-charts growth in solar stocks
will be sorely disappointed, though the industry’s battered
share prices make for good bargains in the meantime.

In 2010 the fast-growing industry logged its biggest sales
year ever, yet shares of solar panel makers lagged the broader
market significantly.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Erich Kwek’s new office is awash in sunlight and impeccably ordered, with enough space for a desk, small sitting area and a conference table. If you didn’t know better, you might mistake it for a corner office at a successful corporation.

But the long whiteboard on the opposite wall is a reminder that this room was never meant to be an office at all.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Erich Kwek’s new office is awash in sunlight and impeccably ordered, with enough space for a desk, small sitting area and a conference table. If you didn’t know better, you might mistake it for a corner office at a successful corporation.

But the long whiteboard on the opposite wall is a reminder that this room was never meant to be an office at all.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt’s divorce was finalized last month, according to court documents made public on Tuesday, but the question of whether his ex-wife, Jamie, has a stake in the baseball team remains undecided.

A stipulated judgment in the McCourts’ divorce case was entered on October 26, according to Dennis Wasser, the attorney for Jamie McCourt, but that decree has only just been added to the computerized court docket.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Chevrolet Volt plug-in electric car, the centerpiece of a revitalized General Motors Co, was named 2011 Green Car of the Year on Thursday.

The highly anticipated Volt received the industry’s top environmental honor the same day GM shares began trading — the biggest U.S. IPO ever.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California auto startup Coda Automotive is delaying the launch of its all-electric sedan until the third quarter of 2011, the company’s interim chief executive said on Tuesday.

The company will start production of the vehicle next summer to allow time for additional tweaks to the process, Steven “Mac” Heller said at the Reuters Global Autos Summit in Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) and Tesla Motors Inc’s (TSLA.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) forthcoming electric RAV4 sports utility vehicle will go on sale at first in just a handful of U.S. states, a Toyota executive said on Monday.

The company will begin marketing the battery-powered crossover vehicle in U.S. states that have zero-emissions vehicle requirements, such as California, said Bob Carter, the U.S. sales chief for the Toyota brand.

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Mexican pop trio Camila and Dominican merengue star Juan Luis Guerra were the big winners at Latin music’s biggest night on Thursday, picking up three Latin Grammys each in top categories.

Camila’s song “Mientes” won awards for song of the year and record of the year, while Guerra took home the album of the year trophy for “A Son de Guerra.”