As he works to energize the conservative base ahead of the general election, Mitt Romney came to the annual gathering of the National Rifle Association seeking support from a powerful group that has not always embraced him.

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The Caucus: Romney Warns Gun Lobby of a Second Obama Term

Uwe T. Schmidt, chief executive of Solar Trust, says he is a fan of the Energy Department’s loan-guarantee program . He met with Energy Secretary Steven Chu and the program’s director, Jonathan Silver, when his company was seeking support for a 1,000-megawatt solar thermal plant it wanted to build in the California desert in Riverside County. Read full article > >

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Some clean-energy firms found U.S. loan-guarantee program a bad bet

Campaigning in the Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election is in its final day, with parties frantically seeking support ahead of Thursday’s vote.

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Oldham campaign reaches a climax