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With an increase in demand for photovoltaic power systems in Europe, Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. (NASD: QTWW) announced that their German solar partner, Asola Advanced and Automotive Solar Systems GmbH, is enhancing their…

Concurrent (Nasdaq: CCUR) provides high performance, real-time Linux software solutions for commercial and government markets. The company’s products are applicable to modeling and simulation, high speed data acquisition, visual imaging, on-demand television, and more. The…

8X8 Inc. (Nasdaq: EGHT) today announced its financial operating results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended March 31, 2008. This provider of voice and video Internet-based telephony services reported increases in revenues for…

When players on the PGA and LPGA use your golf shafts, you know you’re on the right track. Aldila Inc. is a manufacturer of high-performance graphite golf shafts. They provide these top-quality shafts to major…

Waste Industries USA Inc. (WWIN) sees value in waste. So much so that they collect, transfer, dispose, and recycle it on a daily basis. As a solid waste service company, they provide their services to…

In many markets, it is the end producers who get all the attention. The smaller companies that make the “big boys” look good rarely get any attention. These companies make the market go when the…

IHOP Corp. (IHP) has reached an agreement for a $347 million sale-leaseback of all but four company-owned real estate parcels from its Applebee’s unit. A new group affiliated with Drawbridge Special Opportunities Fund LP, Drawbridge…

The Food and Drug Administration Tuesday night approved Adolor Corp. (ADLR)’s Entereg drug designed to help patients regain gastrointestinal function earlier following bowel resection surgery. The condition the drug was developed to treat, known as…

Here is a small capital stock for ‘meat-and potatoes’ investors who prefer hard figures to soft strategic analyses. The Price to Earnings Ratio is 16.51. The Beta is 1.16. Sales have grown by 25.97% over…

Electronic commerce and trucks of the brick-and-mortar age may not have much in common, but this company from Indianapolis, IN has used the Internet to upgrade its traditional business for the modern era. The company…

Small capital corporations can display strategic insights that their much larger kin often lack. This appears to be a business management lesson from an Atlanta, GA member of the low-profile Transportation Sector. This company exhibits…

Ivivi Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: IVVI), a medical technology company, is focused on the design, development and commercialization of its proprietary electrotherapeutic technology platform. Based in Montvale, New Jersey, the company is making significant advances in…

Pacific Ethanol, Inc. (NASD: PEIX) recently announced their first quarter 2008 financial figures. The company produces and sells ethanol and its co-products, which include wet distiller’s grains, throughout much of the western United States. They…

Finisar Corp. (Nasdaq: FNSR) today announced the shipment of its 250,000th SFP+ optical receiver from its 8G and 10G product lines, a remarkable achievement in its 12 months of customer shipments, reaffirming the company’s top…

OpenTV Corp. (NASDAQ:OPTV) today announced that the OpenTV Participate solution has been chosen by NBC Universal to power, centralize and manage cross-platform interactive television applications, including Web, mobile and set-top boxes for NBC Universal’s broadcast…

Papa John’s International Inc. (PZZA) has launched a set of computer desktop widgets – clickable pop-up boxes – that will stream advertisements about product discounts and allow customers to order pizza online. The new “myPapa”…

San Francisco-based Union Bank of California (UB) is looking to Portland, Ore., and Seattle as key growth areas. These two Pacific Northwest cities are seeing population and deposit growth that far exceeds the bank’s Bay…

Offering new efficiency opportunities in any mature market can be difficult. In many instances, the concept of “if it isn’t broke don’t fix it” applies. But when a mature market has reached its capacity to…

Oplink Communications (OPLK:NASDAQ) is a company focused on designing, manufacturing and supplying fiber optic products and services that serve as critical building blocks for the telecommunications industry. The company started in 1995 as purely a…