Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Commerce Department opened an anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigation of solar cells imported from China, acting on a petition from companies led by SolarWorld AG’s U.S. unit.

The department announced the investigation today in a press

release.

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