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With their corporate headquarters in Milpitas, California, California Micro Devices Corp. is a supplier of application-specific analog and mixed signal semiconductor products. Trading on the NASDAQ, the company’s products are for the mobile handset, digital…

Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Lancaster Colony Corp. is a diversified manufacturer and marketer of consumer products. They operate in two segments: specialty foods for the retail and foodservice markets; and glassware and candles for the…

Hollywood Media Corp. (NASDAQ: HOLL) sold off its Hollywood.com and Hollywood.com television properties for a starstruck $10 million. R&S Investments bought both through earn-out payments. The company is owned by Laurie S. Silvers and Mitchell…

Semiconductor diagnostics manufacturer LogicVision (NASDAQ: LGVN) has now teamed with Amblot SARL to expand its sales and customer service in Europe. Paris-based Amblot will be able to sell the complete line of LogicVision’s embedded tests.…

WSI Industries (WSCI) is a maker of precision components and primarily serves the metal machining contract business. The company biggest customers are the aerospace, avionics, defense industries, recreational vehicles markets, and computer components and bioscience…

Atwood Oceanics, Inc. (ATW) and its international operating subsidiary, Atwood Oceanics Pacific Limited (and related subsidiaries), engage in offshore drilling of exploratory and developmental oil and gas wells, and related support services. The company, based…

Origin Agritech Limited (SEED), a supplier of natural and genetically-modified crop seeds in China, reported fiscal third quarter 2008 financial results this afternoon during extended trading. Revenues increased 7.7% to RMB 490.7 (US $71.5 million),…

Cimatron Limited (CIMT), an Israeli provider of computer-aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM) solutions for the toolmaking and manufacturing industries, reported second quarter 2008 financial results this afternoon after the close. Revenues rose to $10.7 million,…

Perfectenergy International (PFGY) is a company specializing in the design, development, and manufacture of solar cells, solar modules, and photovoltaic (PV) systems. Although solar power technology has been used for several decades, in recent years…

Pipex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (PP) is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing proprietary, late-stage treatments for central nervous system and autoimmune diseases. The company hopes to complete clinical testing, along with manufacturing and regulatory requirements,…

PhotoChannel Networks Inc. (PN.V) is a leading provider of digital photo finishing solutions, specifically the processing, storing, uploading, and sending of digital photos to retailers for printing. In addition, the company can provide retailers with…

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

Trading on the NASDAQ’s Global Select Market, The Hain Celestial Group is a natural and organic food and personal care products company. Headquartered in Melville, New York, the company offers a broad range of products…

Houston American Energy Corp. is an independent energy company trading on the NASDAQ. They engage in the exploration, development, and production of natural gas and oil. With their interests in natural gas and oil wells…

The base of this company in Milpitas, CA must have something to do with its pioneering spirit. The stock is listed in the Software & Programming Industry, but the nature of the business has a…

This stock is an object lesson in a new way of doing business. It treats losses as investments. The company operates in China, though it is listed on NASDAQ. Do not heap scorn on the…

Satcon’s PowerGate Plus 500 kW commercial solar photovoltaic inverters will provide 20MW for the European utility, Energy 21. Installations for large-scale plants in the Czech Republic and Slovakia are set to begin in Oct. 2008…

Reed’s, Inc. (REED) is a maker of sodas, candies and ice creams with natural ingredients targeted at health conscious consumers. Reeds product line includes various flavors of ginger-brewed beverages such as original, extra, premium, raspberry,…

Memry Corporation (AMEX: MRY), a provider of design, engineering, development and manufacturing services to the medical device and other industries focusing on the company’s proprietary shape-memory alloy and polymer extrusion technologies, recently announced that the…

GT Solar International Inc. (SOLR), a U.S. manufacturer of equipment used in the production of photovoltaic cells, announced first quarter 2009 financial results today after the close. Revenues rose to $57.1 million, an increase of…