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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…

When you have a dream, you run with it. That’s what Rick Rosenfield and Larry Flax did in 1985. They left their jobs as attorneys to begin to realize their dreams of being in the…

With a significant online and bricks-and-mortar presence, Books-A-Million Inc. (BAMM) is the premier bookseller in the Southeastern United States. They also rank as the third largest bookseller in the country. They currently have over 200…

The management, after spending $15 million to buy back shares, has decided to spend another $30 million for the same purpose. Institutions already hold almost all of the nearly 14 million shares. The move signals…

Many mature industries find it hard to deal with new environmental conservation standards. Specialist producers that are new market entrants also value outsourced pollution abatement solutions. Regulatory and social pressures to protect the environment grow…

Optical Cable Corp.’s stock price appears to be an incredible bargain at merely $5.11 a share at the beginning of the third week of May 2008. The Price to Earnings Ratio is less than 13.…

Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: WW), a leading international human capital and financial management consulting firm, recently announced financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2008, which ended March 31, 2008. Watson Wyatt…

Dynegy, Inc. (NYSE: DYN), through its subsidiaries, engages in the production and sale of electric energy on a wholesale basis from its natural gas-fired, coal-fired, and oil-fired power generation facilities. The company recently announced a…

DryShips Inc. (DRYS), the largest publicly traded global operator of dry bulk carriers, reported first quarter results that topped analysts’ estimates. The company reported net income of $176.3 million or $4.61 per share, which included…