This is what’s in the news for Tuesday, November 8th. Reuters reports that Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) is looking to sell Palm’s webOS mobile software platform, a deal that could bring hundreds of millions of dollars but less than the $1.2B that HP paid last year. The Wall Street Journal reports that Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said the Internet search giant remains committed to offering its Android mobile operating system for free to its handset manufacturing partners. Finally, Bloomberg reports that most of the biggest solar equipment makers may disappear in the next few years as plunging prices erode margins and drive the weakest out of business, says Trina Solar (NYSE:TSL) CEO Jifan Gao, who said that from now until 2015 is the first phase, when about two-thirds of the players will be shaken out.
