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One of the harder hit sectors during the current economic situation has been shipping. Ocean or land shipping companies found costs rising and volumes decreasing. Fortunately, the sector is one of those that will always…

Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Inc. reported net income of $3.1 million, or $0.17 per diluted share, for the year ending 12/31/2009. The company earned $4.8 million, or $0.29 per diluted share, in 2008. Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Inc. reported…

Compass Diversified Holdings reported a net loss of $1.6 million, or $0.05 per share, for the fourth quarter of 2009. The company earned $1.2 million, or $0.04 per share, in the same quarter of 2008.…

Blount International, Inc. reported net income of $6.5 million, or $0.13 per share, in the fourth quarter of 2009. This was a small decline from the $6.9 million, or $0.14 per share, reported in the…

China LianDi Clean Technology Engineering Ltd. reported net income of $11.3 million for the first nine months of fiscal 2010. The company earned only $0.8 million in the same period in fiscal 2009. Revenues were…

Headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, Revolutions Medical Corp. develops and distributes new products and tools to the medical industry. Trading on the OTCBB, they operate in the safety-engineered medical devices (SEMDs) arena. The company engages…

Having been in the oil and gas business for so long, many companies have the luxury of planning for cycles of production. As this well drains down another is just about ready to come on…

Standard Motor Products reported earnings from continuing operations of $0.4 million, or $0.02 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2009 ending 12/31/09. The company lost $5.5 million, or $0.29 per diluted share, in…

Rex Energy Corp. reported a net loss of $4.6 million, or $0.12 per share, for the quarter ending 12/31/09. The company lost $40 million, or $1.10 per share, in the same quarter in 2008. REXX…

Yesterday, ExlService Holdings, Inc., a leading provider of outsourcing and transformation services, announced that it has plans to establish two new delivery centers in Noida and Jaipur, India. These centers will expand EXL’s global services…

California-based NetSol Technologies Inc, a global business services and enterprise application solutions provider, continues to grow its client list in the area of Business Intelligence (BI). BI is one of the fastest growing management information…

Clean energy fuel cell provider Ballard Power Systems recently secured a four-year, $6.2 million project in funding with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE); Ballard was also selected as a subcontractor to U.S. technology organizations…

First Citizens BancShares said that it had entered an agreement with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) to purchase Sun American Bank of Boca Raton, Florida. The bank failed on March 5, 2010, and the…

Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. (NOG) reported 2009 net income of $2.8 million, or $0.08 per share. The company earned $2.4 million in 2008. Revenues increased to $15.1 million in 2009, up from $3.5 million…

American Railcar Industries, Inc. reported a sharp drop in earnings and revenue for the fourth quarter of 2009, excluding the impact of investment gains, as the company’s operations suffered from a sharp drop in orders…

American Safety Insurance Holdings, Ltd. reported net income of $6.9 million, or $0.65 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2009. This was a vast improvement from the loss of $8.2 million, or $0.80…

Dana Resources, a U.S. based precious metals exploration and development company, with offices in Peru, today announced signing of a Letter of Intent to acquire the Chota Silver Mine, located in Peru. Under the agreement,…

Having a deep pocketed investor and customer waiting in the wings is always an advantage when a company is working in a less than certain marketplace. It is also an advantage if this investor typically…

China Armco Metals Inc. is engaged in the sale and distribution of metal ore and non-ferrous metals in China. It also is a metal recycler in China. The company maintains customers throughout China which include…

IBERIABANK Corporation priced an offering of 5.2 million shares of its common stock at $57.75 per share, raising gross proceeds of $300 million. The bank said that after offering expenses and commissions, the net proceeds…

SinoCoking Coal and Coke Chemical Industries, Inc. has broken ground on the construction of its new state-of-the-art coking facility in Pingdingshan city, Henan Province, in east central China. The eventual cost of the new coking…

Cano Petroleum reported average production of 1,189 net barrels of oil equivalent per day for the fourth quarter of 2009, ending December 31, 2009. This represented a decline of 1.2% compared to the average production…

China Gengsheng Minerals, Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of a broad range of high-tech industrial material products, including monolithic refractories, industrial ceramics, fracture proppants, and fine-precision abrasives, recently announced that the company has received…

UFP Technologies Inc. is a leading designer and manufacturer of interior protective packaging solutions using molded fiber, vacuum-formed plastics along with molded and fabricated foam plastics. The company also designs and manufactures engineered component solutions…

Sonic Solutions®, the software developer and digital media provider renowned for its solutions, announced yesterday that the Roxio CinemaNow™ platform can now deliver digital movies directly to Windows Mobile. Sonic Solutions, which offers products like…

Delta Apparel Inc., along with its operating subsidiaries – MJ Soffe LLC, To The Game LLC, Art Gun LLC and Junkfood Clothing Company, is an international design, marketing, manufacturing and sourcing company. The company features…

Making a profit in the precious metals world relies on many factors. Commodity price, cost of getting the metal out of the ground and who is buying the metal. This last thought may well lead…

Reed’s, Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of top-selling sodas in more than 10,500 natural food markets and supermarkets nationwide, recently announced that the company has begun production and shipment of its new ginger-based remedy for…

AH Belo Corp. reported net income of $5.6 million, or $0.27 per share, in the fourth quarter of 2009. This was a marked improvement from the net loss of $33.1 million, or $1.67 per share,…

XETA Technologies, Inc. reported net income of $633,000, or $0.06 per diluted share, in the first fiscal quarter of 2010, which ended January 31, 2010. In the same quarter last year, the company earned $2,000,…

Arena Resources, Inc. reported net income of $9.3 million, or $0.24 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of 2009. The company earned $13.5 million, or $0.35 per diluted share, in the same quarter of…

Wesco Financial Corp. reported net income of $11.3 million, or $1.58 per share, in the fourth quarter of 2009. The company earned $ 23.6 million, or $3.32, in the same quarter in 2008. Full year…

Wizzard Media is focused on providing digital media publishing tools, worldwide distribution and monetization services to podcasters. Operating the largest podcasting network in the world with an unprecedented 1.2 Billion podcasts downloaded worldwide in 2008,…

NetSol Technologies, Inc., a U.S. corporation providing global business services and enterprise application solutions to private and public sector organizations worldwide, announced today that Naeem Ghauri, NetSol President and Head of Global Sales, will be…

Pension Worldwide, Inc. reported net income of $4.3 million, or $0.17 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of 2009. The company lost $10.8 million, or ($0.43) per diluted share, in the same quarter of…

Running a semi-communist state is not an inexpensive venture. By its nature the state runs and provides for all. If that state decides it wants to modify its policy by a certain margin, the process…

Brigham Exploration Company reported the results of a recent well completion on its Ross Project acreage in Mountrail County, North Dakota. The company said that the Liffrig 29-20 #1H produced 2,037 barrels of oil per…

Susser Holdings Corp. reported net income of $2.1 million, or $0.12 per diluted share, in 2009, a decline from the $16.5 million, or $0.97 per diluted share, earned in 2008. Revenues were reported at $3.3…

There are certain sectors that bear watching as a poor economy struggles with various issues. These sectors indicate trends that offer a roadway to where the profit may lie, even in a down cycle. As…

United America Indemnity Ltd. reported net income of $74.6 million, or $1.44 per share, for 2009. In 2008, the company lost $141.6 million, or $3.87 per share. United America Indemnity Ltd. also reported strong growth…