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There was a day when all a business needed to do in order to enter the computer age was buy an IBM computer and a hire a local programmer to grind out a handful of…

Arena Resources, Inc. said that it would spend $195 million in capital expenditures in 2010 to explore and develop its oil and gas properties. This was an 82% increase from the $107 million the company…

Deer Consumer Products, Inc., a leading designer and OEM/ODM manufacturer of home and kitchen electronics, recently announced that the company has expanded its global sales efforts to include the Chinese domestic markets. “Deer” branded kitchen…

American National Insurance Company reported net income of $34.9 million, or $1.31 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2009. This compared to a loss of $65.0 million, or $2.46 per diluted share, in…

Natcore Technology Inc. is the exclusive licensee of a revolutionary new room-temperature thin-film growth technology, developed at Houston’s Rice University, which is suitable for a variety of silicon oxides and wafers, and which utilizes a…

Lucas Energy and Terra Energy & Resource Technologies have agreed to a joint development of oil and gas properties in the Texas which will enhance the future of both of these corporations. Lucas Energy has…

NetSol Technologies, Inc. announced this morning that it has signed a new agreement with a China-based finance company that has a major European bank and a multi-billion dollar Chinese financial services group as partners. The…

Reddy Ice Holdings, Inc. reported a net loss of $2.0 million, or $0.09 per share, in the fourth quarter of 2009. This was an improvement from the net loss of $9.8 million, or $0.44 per…

Immunomedics, Inc., a New Jersey-based biopharmaceutical company primarily focused on the development of monoclonal, antibody-based products for the targeted treatment of cancer, autoimmune and other serious diseases, recently announced that the company was awarded U.S.…

Petroleum Development Corporation released operational details on its oil and gas development activities for 2009. The company reported total production of 43.3 billion cubic feet equivalent (Bcfe) of natural gas in 2009, an increase of…

Perry Ellis International Inc. designs, distributes and licenses men’s and women’s apparel, accessories and fragrances. The company today released an update for its fiscal 2010 earnings and guidance for fiscal 2011. The company said it…

Yesterday, Document Security Systems, Inc. announced that it has acquired Premier Packaging Corporation, a privately held provider of high quality packaging solutions. Premier’s business model complements DSS in its role as a leader in the…

In today’s economic conditions there are many considerations to think about if an investment in base metals is a good choice. The Chinese option is one area where this consideration is possibly profitable. Money flows…

NetSol Technologies, Inc., a U.S. corporation focused on providing global business services and enterprise application solutions to private and public sector organizations worldwide, announced this morning that it has signed a new upgrade for its…

China Precision Steel, Inc. reported net income of $2.6 million, or $0.06 per diluted share, for its second fiscal quarter of 2010. This was a strong improvement from the net loss of $2.0 million, or…

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc., developer of power and control technology for the solar industry, semiconductors, flat panel displays, architectural glass and many other advanced applications including thin-film manufacturing, announced its 4Q 09 (ended Dec. 31)…

GeoPharma Inc., a biotechnology company primarily focused on nutraceutical and cosmetology oriented products, works to develop, manufacture and market dietary, generic pharmaceutical and health and beauty products. Although the description of company activity may appear…

The business services and enterprise software industry is facing more challenges than ever before. Several years of global financial pressure, along with intensifying competition and acquisitions, has changed the industry skyline, leaving once strong and…

NorthWestern Energy Corp. reported net income of $25.6 million, or $0.70 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2009. This was up from the $21.2 million, or $0.59 per diluted share, reported in the…

Augusta Resource Corp., the base metals company developing the Rosemont deposit near Tucson, Arizona which has an estimated 2012 capacity of 10% of US copper output, announced yesterday the signing of a definitive agreement with…

Biopharmaceutical company Athersys Inc. yesterday announced the addition of two patents to its broad intellectual property portfolio, now consisting of 14 granted patents and more than 120 global patent applications around its stem cell technology…

Eastern Insurance Holdings, Inc. reported net income of $2.7 million, or $0.29 per diluted share, for the quarter ending 12/31/2009. In the same quarter of 2008, Eastern Insurance Holdings, Inc. reported a net loss of…

Established in 2001, SkyPeople Fruit Juice is headquartered in central China’s Shaanxi province, conveniently located in one of China’s primary fruit-growing regions. The company’s processing and manufacturing facilities feature cutting edge equipment used to produce…

One company that is evolving into a global power is Winner Medical Group Inc. Located in China, Winner Medical has grown into a leading manufacturer and the largest exporter by volume in the medical dressing…

Capital Gold Corp. and Nayarit Gold Inc. today jointly announced that they have entered into an agreement with respect to a proposed business combination in an all-share transaction. The board of directors of both firms…

Akeena Solar, Inc., a leading installer of solar power systems and designer of AC solar panels, today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2009. “2009 was a turning…

Magic Software Enterprises Ltd. reported net income of $3.5 million, or $0.11 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2009. This was up from the $1.1 million, or $0.03 per share, earned in the…

Yesterday, Nexxus Lighting, Inc. announced that its Array Par 30 has the highest efficacy of any directional LED replacement lamp tested in the nine rounds of CALiPER experiments conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy.…

Adeona Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a development-stage, specialty pharmaceutical company that is developing orally active, proprietary, late-stage drug candidates for the treatment of autoimmune and central nervous system diseases, recently announced the appointment of James S. Kuo,…

ADC Telecommunications Inc. today posted its unaudited results for the first quarter ended January 1, 2010, reporting solid results it says are driven by operational strength. Because of a change to the company’s fiscal year…

NetSol Technologies, Inc., a U.S. corporation providing global business services and enterprise application solutions to private and public sector organizations worldwide, today reported its second quarter financial results for fiscal year 2010, for the period…

OpenTable, Inc., besides being the leading supplier of reservation, table management, and guest management software for restaurants, is also the operator of www.OpenTable.com, the world’s most popular website for making online restaurant reservations. OpenTable serves…

Some products are just a fact of life. Water, food and warmth are only a few. There are many ways to go about obtaining these realities with some being easier than others. What is not…

Magellan Petroleum Corp. reported net income of $1.6 million, or $0.03 per share, in the second fiscal quarter ending 12/31/2009. This was a strong improvement from the net loss of $525,000 or $0.01 per share,…

NetSol Technologies is a global leader in innovative, customized systems management solutions for manufacturing, equipment distribution and usage in the field, as well as financing and providing retail goods or services. With the capacity to…

China-based Deer Consumer Products Inc. is one of the world’s largest designers and OEM/ODM manufacturers of home and kitchen electronics, which it markets domestically and internationally. The company recently acquired the assets of a leading…

Once a company has a base formed it is in a solid position to set a course of its choosing. This is especially true when a company is operating in a product/commodity area that is…

Global leader in the radiosurgery field, Accuray Inc. announced Friday that its CyberKnife radiosurgery has been used in treatment of over 12,000 courses of lung cancer. The rate continues to climb, demonstrated by a 25…

Unitil Corp. reported net income of $1.2 million, or $0.11 per share, in the fourth quarter of 2009, down significantly from the $3.2 million, or $0.53 per share, reported for the same quarter of 2008.…

Tsodilo Resources Limited is an international diamond and metals exploration company. They engage in the search for economic kimberlites and metal deposits at their Newdico (Pty) Limited and Gcwihaba Resources (Pty) Limited projects in northwest…