By Kerry A. Dolan, Forbes Staff

Five years ago, the promise of getting superrich from clean tech was in the air. Startup biofuels companies were getting funded at a rapid pace, new solar companies were growing like weeds and the economy was humming. Flash forward to today and most of the solar billionaires that were created in that short boom – primarily at a small number of Chinese companies — are no longer billionaires. Many solar stocks have crashed, taking their founders’ net worth south along with them.

From: http://www.forbes.com/sites/kerryadolan/2013/04/21/worlds-greenest-billionaires-2013/

By Steve Schaefer, Forbes Staff Five mostly positive sessions put U.S. stocks at five-year highs to end the week, and while short-term hiccups can’t be ruled out a plan to punt the fight over spending until April and avoid another debt ceiling debacle may just pave the way for more gains ahead.
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