Foxconn Technology Group, best known for assembling Apple
Inc's iPhones, will decide by year-end whether to branch off into
unconventional new territory: making solar panels in China.
It is an industry plagued by overcapacity that outstrips
demand, and panel prices have tumbled by more than two-thirds in the past two
years. Yet some analysts say Foxconn may end up timing it right, ready to make
a move just as the sector shows some signs of stabilizing.