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Biotechnology products are all about timing and testing. There has to be a solid need for the product, and it has to be able to meet FDA standards. Given the rigors of testing and approvals,…

Many stock investors worry about the Biotechnology & Drugs Industry. Scientists start companies and spend years in cash-loss research. Clinical trials seem to take forever, and that is without marketing investments to get doctors to…

Fertilizers, coal, and grain are three top examples of dry bulk cargoes that have to move over long distances. This kind of traffic will not decline, no matter where an economy may be in a…

VanceInfo Technologies (VIT), based in Shanghai, China, is an IT service provider and an offshore software development company. The company’s wide range of IT services include research and development services; enterprise solutions; application development and…

Inter Parfums, Inc. (IPAR), based in New York, New York, develops, manufactures and distributes prestige perfumes and cosmetics as the exclusive worldwide licensee for Burberry, Paul Smith, S.T. Dupont, Christian Lacroix, Quiksilver/Roxy, and Van Cleef…

Quantum Fuel Systems, a fully integrated alternative energy company and leader in the development and production of advanced propulsion systems, energy storage technologies, and alternative fuel vehicles, announced that Quantum-powered Fisker Karma, a high-performance hybrid…

NetSol Technologies, Inc., a multinational provider of global business services and enterprise solutions to the financial service industry, announced that its APAC division will partake in an IT Apprenticeship Program started by the Pakistan Software…

St. Jude Medical, Inc., a worldwide medical device technology and services company addressing cardiac, neurological and chronic pain patients, and EP MedSystems, Inc., a company who develops, manufactures and markets a line of products for…

U.S. based Antigenics (AGEN-NASDAQ) announced on Tuesday that the Russian Ministry of Public Health has issued a registration certificate for the use of Oncophage in the treatment of kidney cancer patients at intermediate risk for…

Investors tread in the Financial Sector with special care nowadays. Caution is also natural in the Investment Services Industry at this juncture. Nevertheless, veteran and patient investors will remain keen on great-value investment opportunities in…

This small capital stock is from the Oil Well Services & Equipment Industry. It is one of the most financially stable parts of the entire Energy sector. The company is in the specialized and valuable…

Regulators have recently approved a new use for one of this company’s products. It relates to monitoring vital signs in neonates (low birth weight and pre-term delivered infants). This critical application will allow doctors to…

Southern Copper Corporation (NYSE: PCU), an integrated producer of copper, silver, zinc, molybdenum and other minerals, is both a thriving company and a stock that is still holding up under difficult market conditions. The company,…

Iomai, a company that discovers and develops vaccines and immune system stimulants, delivered via a novel, needle-free technology, announced it won the Department of Defense one-year grant to develop a stable, patch-based anthrax vaccine. Iomai…

Jaco Electronics, a leading distributor of electronic components to industrial OEMs and contract manufacturers, announced it has been awarded a contract to manufacture about 4,500 voting machines for use throughout New York State. The contract…

Pluristem Therapeutics Inc. (PSTI) is a leading bio-therapeutics company with research and manufacturing facilities located in Israel. The company derives its products from stem cells which are obtained from the placenta, a non-controversial source unlike…

Monogram Biosciences Inc. (Nasdaq: MGRM) today announced that New York Medicaid has established coverage and reimbursement for the company’s Trofile Assay, a diagnostic used to determine whether or not a patient qualifies for Pfizer’s (NYSE:…

The end-use, high technology manufacturing process has to start in a lab. ”High-tech” products that consumers and governments take for granted need to spring from advanced material discoveries, and the companies that start the whole…

UTEK Corporation (UTK) is a leader in the open innovation and technology transfer markets. They offer advanced research and development services for companies, and help colleges and universities receive fair compensation for their intellectual property.…

Imagine using water to cut. Incredibly, this company uses the stuff we drink and wash with to cut metals and fibers. It does this by producing powerful jets through specialized pumps. Aircraft and semiconductor manufacturers,…

CryoLife, Inc. (CRY), based in Atlanta, Georgia, is a biomaterials, medical device and tissue processing company. CryoLife processes and distributes implantable living human tissues for use in cardiac and vascular surgeries throughout the United States…

Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) today announced results of its tender offer by its wholly-owned subsidiary, Explorer Acquisition Corp., to purchase all outstanding shares of common stock of Encysive Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ENCY) at a purchase…

eCOST.com, a leading company which develops and deploys integrated business infrastructure solutions and fulfillment services for Fortune 100, Global 2000 and brand-name companies, announced that it now offers 170,000 products with expanded “For the Home”…

Curis, Inc, a drug development company that is committed to leveraging its innovative signaling pathway drug technologies to create new medicines, announced that its scientists presented a poster entitled “Design and synthesis of quinazoline derivatives…

This morning, Biopure Corporation (Nasdaq: BPUR) announced that it has received a comment letter from the United Kingdom’s Commission on Human Medicines addressing the company’s application for marketing authorization for Hemopure [(R) hemoglobin glutamer –…

Institutions own virtually all the stock, but retail investors should not feel left out as there are nearly 12 million stocks available for trade. The stock price is very close to the 52-week high at…

Every investor dreams of discovering top small capital stock picks. Here is a possible candidate. The market capitalization is less than $90 million at the end of the first week of April 2008, and shares…

With the economy semi-officially pronounced as in, or on, the verge of a recession, investors are looking for good news. The agricultural business, heavily related to commodities and commodity prices, has seen its difficulties, yet…

Kensey Nash Corp. (KNSY), headquartered in Exton, Pennsylvania, is a medical technology company that provides innovative solutions and technologies for a wide range of medical procedures. The company provides an extensive range of products for…

Shares of DRAXIS Health, Inc. (DRAX), a Toronto, Canada-based provider of specialty pharmaceuticals, jumped nearly 24% to an intraday high of $6.10 Friday after the company announced that will be acquired for approximately $255 million…

DRI, a digital communications technology leader in the domestic and international public transportation and transit security markets, announced April 4, 2008 that the Company’s subsidiary, Mobitec Group, a premier supplier of electronic destination system systems…

Navarre Corp., a publisher and distributor of physical and digital home entertainment and multimedia products such as PC software, DVD, and video games and accessories, announced it appointed Joyce Fleck as President of the company.…

SIGA Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: SIGA) announced it has launched an initiative to produce DNA registration batches of its leading smallpox antiviral, ST-246. The company specializes in the development of pharmaceutical agents effective against biowarfare pathogens.…

The Computer Services Industry may have a comparatively low profile, but it has an essential place in almost all contemporary enterprises. Since automation is so closely linked to productivity improvements, this business can expect to…

The Financial Sector has been full of disturbing news ever since the last quarter of 2007. The Insurance (Miscellaneous) Industry is an exception as far as this small capital stock is concerned. Business has grown…

Capstone Turbine, the world’s leading producer of low-emission microturbine systems, announced April 3, 2008 that the Company received a follow-on $2.6 million C200 turbine order from Verdesis Suisse SA, its Switzerland-based distributor. Verdesis Suisse SA…

ATS Medical, Inc, a company that provides innovative products and services focused on cardiac surgery, announced first quarter 2008 revenue results. ATS expects revenue for the first quarter 2008 to be between $14.6 and $14.8…

Napster, a pioneer of digital music, announced April 3, 2008 that it fiscal year 2008 ended in record revenues of $127 million and expects its fiscal 2008 fourth quarter revenue to total $31 million. Napster…

Standard Parking Corporation (STAN), headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, manages approximately 2,100 parking facilities containing over one million parking spaces in more than 330 cities across the United States and Canada. Last month the company was…

Iomai Corporation (Nasdaq: IOMI) today announced it has inked an agreement with Merck & Co. Inc. to conduct proof-of-principle preclinical studies regarding the company’s Iomai needle-free immunostimulant patch. Per the agreement, Merck will have the…