Fremont solar tech firm Solyndra to shut down, lay off hundreds of workers
Solyndra intends to file a Chapter 11 bankruptcy in a federal court in Delaware next week, said Dave Miller, a company spokesman. "We will try to sell the company or reorganize its finances," Miller said. Solyndra was founded in 2005 ...President Barack Obama touted Solyndra as a poster child for clean energy after the company received the federal funds.