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Silverjet (AIM:SIL) to Land the Deal By This Week?
2008-06-09 15:19:00
The media world has been buzzing recently about the possible new buyers of the troubled business-class only airliner - Silverjet (AIM: SIL) . There are some rumors hanging around that the signatures could be put as early as this week. To be or not to be? A number of potential buyers have been recently visiting Silverjet's headquarters. And their aim is one - to rescue the troubled luxury airline company, which stopped its operations on May 30th . read more in hotstocked.com
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Fortune Market Media (FTMM.PK) Enjoys the Spam Ride
2008-06-09 14:57:00
Spam messages touting Fortune Market Media (FTMM.PK) stock have been showing up. Is this the way the company promotes its business? Let’s investigate! The company is labelled as a pink-sheeter. It means that Fortune Market Media, a diversified media and communications company, does not report its financial data to the regulators. Lately, the company has been releasing a bunch of press-releases. They are not really that interesting. I will mention one of them. read more in hotstocked.com
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SatCon Technology Corp. (Nasdaq: SATC) - how long can it move up?
2008-06-09 14:51:00
SatCon Technology Corp. (Nasdaq : SATC) engages in the design and manufacture of electrical power conversion and control products. The company offers electronics, generators and motors for the alternative energy industry in the United States and internationally. On May 14, 2008, SatCon announced they have launched a line of high-efficiency PowerGate Plus photovoltaic inverters. read more in hotstocked.com
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China Sunergy (Nasdaq:CSUN) Reports First Quarter 2008 Financial Results
2008-06-06 15:44:00
China Sunergy (Nasdaq :CSUN) Reports First Quarter 2008 Financial Results China Sunergy Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq:CSUN) reported that first quarter 2008 revenues were $77.0 million, up 32.3% from the first quarter in 2007. Net income for the first quarter 2008 was $500,000 compared to $5.4 million for the first quarter in 2007. The Company had cash and cash equivalents of $110.4 million as of March 31, 2008. read more in hotstocked.com
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Zix Corporation (Nasdaq: ZIXI) - ready to rock!
2008-06-06 15:37:00
Zix Corporation (Nasdaq : ZIXI) operates as a provider of Internet-based applications for the protection and safe delivery of information primarily in the healthcare, finance, insurance, and government sectors in the United States. The company offers Email Encryption and e-Prescribing services. On June 2, 2008, Zix announced they have reached 11 million email encryption members. This has put the company as industry leader from the encryption point. read more in hotstocked.com
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Are We There Yet? Sportingbet's (AIM:SBT) Profits Up by 143%
2008-06-06 15:34:00
Sportingbet (AIM: SBT) , the AIM-quoted online betting group is showing its strength. Today the company said it saw a whopping 143% spike in revenues. Let's see what reasons fueled such a huge rise. The company said it remains confident about meeting the full year projections. The London-based betting company saw an increase in operating profit to £7.3 million in the quarter. In contrast, in the same period last year, the company had a total profit of £3m. read more in hotstocked.com
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Amex Losers Under $5, (AMEX: ILE), (AMEX:MCU), (AMEX:PAE), (AMEX: KRY), (AM
2008-06-06 15:30:00
It is always interesting to see a stock decline, especially if it's a good company with rather bright prospects of recovery. Today we will take a look at the biggest losers of the week, which stocks are selling under $5 per share. As we all know, such companies are usually very volatile and today's decline might mean tomorrow's profits. But not for all of them... The biggest loser, among the ones we will cover, was Isolagen, Inc. read more in hotstocked.com
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Goldman (NYSE: GS) Is Feeling the Gold Drought?
2008-06-06 15:23:00
Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) must be feeling the heat as recent economic developments haven't generated much-needed optmism. The times, when the company was at the top of the mountain have ended. I do not own shares in Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) and I am not a client of the world's largest investment bank. But I have my own opinion about this company. Have a comfortable seat. Founded in 1869 by German Jewish immigrant Marcus Goldman, the company made its name in the world. read more in hotstocked.com
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Valence Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: VLNC) has hidden cards up their sleeve!
2008-06-06 15:12:00
On June 2, 2008, Valence Technology , Inc. (Nasdaq : VLNC) disclosed they expect to report approximately $20.7 million in revenues for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008. That would represent a nearly 24% annual revenue growth rate and an astonishing 233% increase in revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2008, compared to the same period a year ago. Of course this doesn't mean the company will be profitable. read more in hotstocked.com
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A FINRA Board Member to Face Fraud Charges
2008-06-05 18:25:00
Fraudsters, like those annoying little bugs live everywhere. Even in an institution, which is supposed to tackle all kinds of fraudsters. A FINRA board member has been charged with fraud and other securities violations. Richard L. Goble, a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) board member, who is the founder of the Florida-based clearing firm, North American Clearing, Inc., ("NACI") and two associates, Bruce Blatman, president; and Timothy Ward, the firm’ read more in hotstocked.com
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Bullish Hawk: Nighthawk Energy (AIM: HAWK)
2008-06-04 15:08:00
Shares in the AIM-traded Nighthawk Energy (AIM: HAWK) have been flying aggressively. What has fuelled such a ride? Booming oil prices are making things a bit easier for Nighthawk Energy. Cash is flowing, new wells are being developed fueling a good ride for the stock. The stock is indeed looking very promising. It has been steadily adding picking up in price. But let's see what the company itself has been up to these days? read more in hotstocked.com
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Storm Cat Energy Corporation (AMEX: SCU) keeps heading up
2008-06-04 15:02:00
Storm Cat Energy Corporation (AMEX: SCU) , operates as a gas and oil exploitation and production company with focus on unconventional gas resources found in tight sand formations, fractured shales and coal seams. Storm Cat commenced operations in Powder River Basin and Fayetteville Shale in the United States and Elk Valley in British Columbia, Canada. The company's stock hit a 52 week high on May 6, 2008 and keeps going up. read more in hotstocked.com
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Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL) Sits Tight
2008-06-04 14:57:00
Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL) , a leading U.S. homebuilder, posted a quarterly net loss on Tuesday. It was quite a surprise, as Toll Brothers was behind analysts' expectations, losing almost $94MM in the second quarter. Hit by the housing crisis, the company lost 59 cents per share, including after-tax write-downs of $174.6 million, or $1.06 a share, diluted. The company managed to generate revenues of $81.3 million, down 30 percent from $1.17 billion in the year-earlier period. " read more in hotstocked.com
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Beacon Power Corporation (Nasdaq: BCON) - still in the game?
2008-06-04 14:42:00
Beacon Power Corporation (Nasdaq : BCON) engages in the development of products and services for the support of stable electricity grid operations. The company offers the Smart Energy Matrix product based on a patented flywheel energy storage technology. Beacon provides sustainable frequency regulation service, which is non-polluting and operates at megawatt levels. read more in hotstocked.com
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Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (NYSE: LEH) The Pinch Gets Tighter
2008-06-03 21:54:00
Just one week ago, on May 27th, one of our contributors, Martinas B., wrote that " Lehman Brothers (NYSE:LEH) is Feeling the Pinch ." Well, today, according to an article in The Wall Street Journal , that "Pinch" is getting much tighter. The article reports that certain Wall Street executives and securities analysts believe that Lehman is about to raise new capital, possibly as much as $3 billion to $4 billion! Based on today's price of $30. read more in hotstocked.com
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Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER) plucks a Bear Stearns survivor from the sea.
2008-06-03 13:07:00
The ship of Bear Stearns sank like the Titanic. Some of the employees managed to get out of this wrecked ship; some of them are still looking for a life raft. Meanwhile, yesterday, a former Executive of Bear Stearns, Fares D. Noujaim found his at Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER). Mr Noujaim will be working as the global head of Sovereign Wealth Funds. Mr. Noujaim will be based in the Middle East and New York, and he will report to Gregory J. read more in hotstocked.com
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GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE: GPX) thinks of its investors?
2008-06-03 13:06:00
GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE: GPX) operates as a provider of performance improvement solutions which include technical staff training, sales and e-learning solutions. The company also provides management consulting and engineering services. GP Strategies reported on May 28, 2008, that they have pre-paid the five year note payable to ManTech International Corporation (Nasdaq: MANT) . The transaction totaled $5. read more in hotstocked.com
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United Consortium (UCSO.PK) Loves Spam
2008-06-03 13:06:00
Every week we've got some new fresh meat at our spammers' section. Today United Consortium (UCSO.PK) is on the spam ride. Let's dig a bit deeper and find out what this company is doing? On its latest press release the company said it foresees a strong expansion. It seems they're full of optimism. Recently, spam messages have been attacking our email accounts globally. Is this a part of that expansion? I wouldn't be surprised. read more in hotstocked.com
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Iteris Inc. (AMEX: ITI) stock bursts up after earnings announcement
2008-06-03 13:06:00
Iteris Inc. (AMEX: ITI) shares surged up 11% after the company announced their financial results for the 4th quarter of fiscal 2008. In their unaudited income statement , the company reported a total of $17 million in sales and contract revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2008. This represents a nearly 10% increase compared to the revenue of $15.5 million a year ago. The net income totaled $7.9 million compared to $1.6 million for the 4th quarter of fiscal 2007. read more in hotstocked.com
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8x8, Inc. (Nasdaq: EGHT) - a hot stock to buy?
2008-06-02 13:01:00
8x8, Inc. (Nasdaq : EGHT) operates as a developer of video and voice based telecommunication technologies and IP telephony. The company offers Packet8 broadband voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) and video communications and Packet8 Virtual Office services as well as videophone equipment. The Packet8 technology enables users to fully utilize their high speed internet by adding the digital voice and video communication services. The company currently serves over 11,000 other companies. read more in hotstocked.com
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Silverjet's (AIM: SIL) Apocalypse
2008-06-02 13:00:00
Here at HotStocked we've been following Silverjet (AIM: SIL) very closely. The troubled jet airliner was fighting hard to keep its business alive, but on late last week , news hit that the AIM-listed company shut down its operations. Let's see what went wrong? The group said that it will continue to seek new investment options and if one is agreed upon, it could re-launch its operations. read more in hotstocked.com
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Bear Stearns is feeling comfortable in JPMorgan's nest
2008-06-02 12:59:00
JPMorgan is getting closer to the finish line of closing the deal of the Bear Stearns buyout. On Friday the Bear stockholders said 'YES' to the deal. Despite this, JPMorgan still has many hurdles to sort out. According the media, it is going to cost about $2.3 billion. $1.4bn will be spent only to the firm and $900 million will be spent on buying Bear Stearns stock. The meeting took only 10 minutes and was orchestrated by Bear Stearns' chairman James Cayne and CEO Alan Schwartz " read more in hotstocked.com
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Alfacell Corp. (Nasdaq: ACEL) still has chances of recovery?
2008-06-02 12:59:00
Alfacell Corp. (Nasdaq : ACEL) , a development stage company, engaged in the development of drugs for the treatment of cancer and other pathological conditions, announced on May 28, 2008, that their late stage trial of Onconase, the anticancer drug, had failed. The drug was developed to treat unresectable malignant mesothelioma (UMM). However latest trials showed the drug was rather ineffective as patients showed no significantly increased survival rate. read more in hotstocked.com
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Varioptic seeks to change the world of optics with their liquid lenses
2008-06-01 01:32:00
Varioptic SA engages in the development and manufacture of auto focus liquid lenses used in certain cameras. The company emphasizes their liquid lens has many advantages over the conventional lens technologies. Among those, the most important ones are fast and close response, low power consumption, no moving parts, small size and the most important - low cost. Liquid lens is also presented as having better focus performance during filming, because there are no mechanical parts. read more in hotstocked.com
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Does Quality Restaurant Ventures (QRVS.PK) Serve Spam?
2008-05-29 14:47:00
Spam messages touting Quality Restaurant Ventures (QRVS.PK) stock have been popping up in our email accounts recently. Is spam on their menu? Let's find out! Quality Restaurant Ventures (QRVS.PK) is on a mission to establish a quality chain of restaurants in America. It focuses on franchising in order to expand rapidly. Earlier in May, the company announced plans to launch a new food brand, called Caffe Porta Via. "We've made Caffe Porta Via very easy to own and operate," read more in hotstocked.com
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Angstrom Microsystems (OTCBB: AGMS) Takes a Spam Route
2008-05-29 14:41:00
Someone has been running a spam campaign, which promotes Angstrom Microsystems (OTCBB: AGMS) stock. It has been just eight days since we featured Bio-Clean International (BCLN.PK) . Anyway, let's see what we have here. Angstrom Microsystems (OTCBB: AGMS). Sounds interesting... Angstrom Microsystems apparently is dedicated to make the world a greener place to live, like other zillion companies. read more in hotstocked.com
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Is the end of the rally over for Gran Tierra Energy Inc. (AMEX: GTE)?
2008-05-29 14:34:00
Gran Tierra Energy Inc. (AMEX: GTE) is an oil and gas exploration and production company with interests in properties in Colombia, Argentina and Peru. The company operates in 7 out of 8 properties in Argentina they have interest in, 9 blocks in Colombia and two areas in Peru. For the three months ended March 31, 2008, Tierra reported revenue of $20.7 million which was 385% more than over the same period a year ago. Net income totaled $4.68 million compared to a net loss of $6. read more in hotstocked.com
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Stylo (AIM: STYL) Can't Find Its Second Shoe
2008-05-28 13:49:00
High street shoe retailer Stylo (AIM: STYL) , whose shares are traded on the AIM, said its profits and turnover sank, due to the unpredictable shoe market. Losses exceeded £10m, as the ongoing financial crisis contributed to the poor sales. Last year the company sustained a loss of £7.1m for the same period. The company's turnover had fallen by 3.8% to £223.3m. Group chairman and chief executive Michael Ziff said: " read more in hotstocked.com
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A Stockbroker, Who Betrayed His Best Friends for Money
2008-05-28 13:42:00
Friends and loyal clients trusted him. They gave him millions expecting him to put the money into the right bank account and deliver the results. Instead he put the investors' money into his pocket. A retired stockbroker stole $16 million from his friends and colleagues promising them he would invest their money in the stocks. David Holzer, 58, was arrested at his home in New City, N.Y., on Thursday. read more in hotstocked.com
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ImmunoGen, Inc. (Nasdaq: IMGN) - a company with bright prospects!
2008-05-27 14:22:00
ImmunoGen, Inc. (Nasdaq : IMGN) , engages in the development of at least 4 different drugs for the treatment of various forms of cancer. The company operates in partnership with Genentech Inc. (NYSE: DNA) , Biogen Idec, Inc (Nasdaq: BIIB) and Biotest . The development process is based on Tumor-Activated Prodrug (TAP) technology . TAP allows the delivery of tumor-targeting antibodies right to the cancer cell, thus killing them. read more in hotstocked.com
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