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With the retirement of 8-year CEO Dennis L. Rediker, the Standard Register Board of Directors appointed current vice president and COO Joseph P. Morgan, Jr. as its acting chief executive. Morgan has been with the…

Oklahoma City-based Tronox Inc. (TRX) is the world’s third-largest producer and marketer of titanium dioxide pigment. Tronox has a 13% market share globally. The company’s five pigment plants, which are located in the US, Australia,…

Fushi Copperweld, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSIN), through their wholly owned subsidiaries, manufactures bimetallic composite wire products, primarily focusing on copper-clad aluminum and copper-clad steel wires. Fushi has established itself as the largest domestic manufacturer and supplier…

Exeter Resource Corporation (AMEX: XRA) is a Canadian-based mineral exploration company focused on the discovery and development of gold and silver properties in South America. The company is primarily interested in the discovery, evaluation and…

Headquartered in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, Charming Shoppes, Inc. is a multichannel specialty apparel retailer. They primarily focus on apparel for plus-size women. The company lists and trades on the NASDAQ and is the parent company of…

Founded in 1995, Star Gas Partners, L.P. is America’s largest retail distributor of home heating oil. They are also a service provider and have their corporate headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut. The company operates three divisions:…

Innospec (IOSP) is a maker of additives and other specialty chemicals to oil refineries and other chemical and industrial companies worldwide. The company’s three primary areas of business are: fuel specialties, active chemicals, and octane…

China Precision Steel, Inc. (CPSL), a cold-rolled steel processing company in China, reported preliminary fiscal year 2008 financial results this afternoon after the close. The company expects to achieve $87.7 million in sales, an increase…

Xethanol Corporation is a diversified renewable energy company dedicated to the production of ethanol and related products. They produce these products in manufacturing facilities close to major urban markets, using raw materials readily available in…

Cell Genesys (Nasdaq:CEGE) focuses on the development and commercialization of novel biological therapies for patients with cancer. The company’s lead product platform, GVAX immunotherapy for cancer, holds the potential to treat multiple types of cancer,…

MISCOR Group, Ltd. (MIGL.OB), the Indiana-based, $75-M electrical and mechanical services company, today announced the opening of a 50,000-square-foot service center in Montreal for the maintenance, repair, and modification of locomotives and rail cars, with…

China Natural Gas (CHNG.OB), one of central China’s leading providers of compressed natural gas (CNG), effectively doubled its natural gas processing capacity through the acquisition of the largest-capacity compressor station in the city of Xi’an…

This past weekend saw the federal government bail out the mortgage agencies, Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE). These two agencies combined either own or guarantee over $5 TRILLION worth of mortgages. Why did…

One of the basic tenants of a free market economy is that it will find balance. It may find balance in a nice sooth way or it may find balance with a chain saw, a…

One stock that has been making noise on the NASDAQ is Allied Motion Technologies Inc. The Colorado-based company is a designer, manufacturer and seller of motor, servo-motion and optical encoder products. Allied is organized into…

When your product lineup consists of numerous premier brand names, you know you’re heading in the right direction. That’s the case with Iconix Brand Group Inc. and their growing portfolio of consumer brands. Trading on…

Headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California, Smith Micro Software Inc. is a leading developer and marketer of wireless and broadband communication. They also develop and market PC utility and diagnostic and ecommerce software products and services.…

Elron Electronic Industries Ltd. (NASDAQ: ELRN) is a high-technology holding company directly involved in facilitating the long-term performance of its group companies. Elron seeks out potential technologies, initiates strategic partnerships, attains financing, and recruits the…

Allied Motion Technologies (AMOT) is a maker of motion control products such as brushless and brush direct-current (DC) motors, drives, and control electronics. Customers of Allied Motion Technologies include companies from the semiconductor manufacturing, industrial…

Animal Health International, Inc. (NASD: AHII), through its wholly owned subsidiaries, is engaged in the distribution of animal health products in the United States and Canada. The company’s management team recently commented on its fiscal…