Finance. Can LDK Solar's earnings have a turn in the sun this quarter? Analysts have no optimism about LDK's earnings prospects, having widened their loss estimates for the March quarter by about 10% and adding 15% to their loss projections for the full 2013 year. The stock has oscillated wildly, with a drop of about 11% since early March. The big news on the financial front for LDK Solar came in April, when the company partially defaulted on bonds that came due. The company managed to arrange a settlement with holders of about 70% of the outstanding debt issue, but given that the amount due is less than 1% of the total amount of debt LDK has on its balance sheet, it's hard to see how LDK Solar Co., Ltd (NYSE:LDK) can survive without a huge long-term transformation for the company. Even worse for LDK Solar Co., Ltd (NYSE:LDK), European tariffs could exact a huge price that LDK will have to pay.