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GTAT posts rare quarterly setback

The slowdown in the solar industry -- particularly in China -- has finally caught up to GT Advanced Technologies, according to the company's last quarterly filing, which explained in detail why sales plummeted and profit margins shrank. The company --…

Sturm Ruger sales soar in 2Q

Sturm Ruger & Co. was getting so many gun orders that it couldn't build them fast enough last quarter, and its quarterly numbers reflect that. Even after suspending orders for the first two-thirds of the quarter the gun manufacturer sold nearly $120 million of firearms, up by half compared to the second quarter of 2011.