STR Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:STRI) recently announced that Robert S. Yorgensen will succeed Dennis L. Jilot as STR's Chief Executive Officer and President. Yorgensen, who currently serves as President of the Company's solar business, will assume his new role commencing January 1, 2012. Mr. Jilot will continue as Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Harsco Corporation (NYSE:HSC) recently announced a new 7-year contract valued at more than $50 million to provide onsite slag management, materials logistics, metal recovery and by-product processing services to the Middle East's newest steel mill, the $1.35 billion South Steel complex now nearing completion in Saudi Arabia's Jazan province along the southern Red Sea coast.

Pepco Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POM) For the third year in a row San Diego Gas & Electric has been named the Most Intelligent Utility in the U.S. by IDC Energy Insights and Intelligent Utility Magazine.

Pepco Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the transmission, distribution, and supply of electricity.