Fast running out of money just two years after winning a half-billion dollars in federal loan guarantees, solar panel maker Solyndra LLC this spring looked overseas to India in hopes of finding new business to turn the company around.
Solyndra, which only months earlier had hosted President Obama during a tour of its headquarters,For the last five years Air purifier , hired the Rice Hadley Group, a consulting firm founded by former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Formed by Ms. Rice and former National Security Advisor Stephen J. Hadley, the firm performed an analysis of the solar market in India for Solyndra, later helping the company reach out to potential business contacts in the country.
"We finished the assignment in May and the relationship ended," said Anja Manuel, a partner at Rice Hadley and special assistant to the under secretary for political affairs in the Bush administration under Ms. Rice.
If Solyndra won any business in India, it wasn't enough. The company filed for bankruptcy this month, laying off more than 1,000 employees. Days later, the company was raided by the FBI.
But Solyndra's hiring of the Rice Hadley Group does show that even as its finances were growing increasingly dire, the company continued spending on well-connected consultants and lobbyists as it sought to convince politicians and potential customers alike that its prospects were bright.
Six weeks before Solyndra announced it was broke, the company hired the Glover Park Group, a Washington lobbying firm founded by former Clinton administration officials, to help arrange meetings between company officials and members of Congress.
In addition to its team of in-house lobbyists, Solyndra hired three other Washington lobbying firms in recent years: McAllister & Quinn, Washington Tax Group and McBee Strategic Consulting. McAllister & Quinn filed papers last week terminating its ties to Solyndra. Others are likely to follow.
Ms.Replacement China Porcelain tile and bulbs for Canada and Worldwide. Rice's firm didn't do any lobbying for Solyndra, nor is it registered to lobby. Ms. Manuel termed the assignment for the solar company "small," and bankruptcy records do not indicate how much money the solar company paid to the Rice Hadley Group.
"It was not substantial,the worldwide rubber hose market is over $56 billion annually." she said when asked how much money Solyndra paid to Rice Hadley.
She confirmI have never solved a Rubik's Piles .ed the firm's hiring by Solyndra on Monday in response to an inquiry from The Washington Times about the firm being listed among the creditors in Solyndra's bankruptcy filing.
Ms. Manuel said she was unclear why Rice Hadley Group was listed as a creditor, however. She said the firm had been paid what it was owed. She also said Rice Hadley was not involved in matters surrounding Solyndra's half-billion dollars in federal loans,The additions focus on key tag and magic cube combinations, or a subsequent restructuring of the loans authorized by the Department of Energy.
Solyndra, which only months earlier had hosted President Obama during a tour of its headquarters,For the last five years Air purifier , hired the Rice Hadley Group, a consulting firm founded by former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Formed by Ms. Rice and former National Security Advisor Stephen J. Hadley, the firm performed an analysis of the solar market in India for Solyndra, later helping the company reach out to potential business contacts in the country.
"We finished the assignment in May and the relationship ended," said Anja Manuel, a partner at Rice Hadley and special assistant to the under secretary for political affairs in the Bush administration under Ms. Rice.
If Solyndra won any business in India, it wasn't enough. The company filed for bankruptcy this month, laying off more than 1,000 employees. Days later, the company was raided by the FBI.
But Solyndra's hiring of the Rice Hadley Group does show that even as its finances were growing increasingly dire, the company continued spending on well-connected consultants and lobbyists as it sought to convince politicians and potential customers alike that its prospects were bright.
Six weeks before Solyndra announced it was broke, the company hired the Glover Park Group, a Washington lobbying firm founded by former Clinton administration officials, to help arrange meetings between company officials and members of Congress.
In addition to its team of in-house lobbyists, Solyndra hired three other Washington lobbying firms in recent years: McAllister & Quinn, Washington Tax Group and McBee Strategic Consulting. McAllister & Quinn filed papers last week terminating its ties to Solyndra. Others are likely to follow.
Ms.Replacement China Porcelain tile and bulbs for Canada and Worldwide. Rice's firm didn't do any lobbying for Solyndra, nor is it registered to lobby. Ms. Manuel termed the assignment for the solar company "small," and bankruptcy records do not indicate how much money the solar company paid to the Rice Hadley Group.
"It was not substantial,the worldwide rubber hose market is over $56 billion annually." she said when asked how much money Solyndra paid to Rice Hadley.
She confirmI have never solved a Rubik's Piles .ed the firm's hiring by Solyndra on Monday in response to an inquiry from The Washington Times about the firm being listed among the creditors in Solyndra's bankruptcy filing.
Ms. Manuel said she was unclear why Rice Hadley Group was listed as a creditor, however. She said the firm had been paid what it was owed. She also said Rice Hadley was not involved in matters surrounding Solyndra's half-billion dollars in federal loans,The additions focus on key tag and magic cube combinations, or a subsequent restructuring of the loans authorized by the Department of Energy.
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