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Cell Therapeutics, Inc. recently reviewed its 2008 accomplishments and 2009 targeted milestones in meetings held with the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco. Today the company shared the details of those meetings with the…

Today, Aurizon announced that its 100% owned Casa Berardi mine for the year ended December 31, 2008 produced 158,830 ounces of gold from the processing of 654,397 tonnes at an average grade of 8.2 grams…

BWI Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: BWIH), operating as Budget Waste Inc. (the “Company”), is pleased to announce that information to be available through Standard and Poor’s Market Access Program: BWI Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: BWIH) announced today…

Today, Lawson Software announced that Wilcon Builders’ Supply has agreed to implement the Lawson M3 Enterprise Management System to help support its business and distribution operations. Lawson’s Management System provides a number of integrated business…

Today, 10 minutes before the opening bell, it was announced that Total (NYSE: TOT), the fifth largest international integrated oil and gas company, will purchase a 50% stake in IDT’s American Shale Oil, LLC (AMSO)…

Endeavour Silver Corp. announced that its silver production in 2008 totaled 2.34 million ounces of silver, up 9% over 2007, marking the fourth consecutive year of record silver production. According to the press release, the…

Valence Technology, Inc. announced this morning that it has celebrated a substantial company milestone – the shipment of 200,000 Valence batteries since 2005. The company’s battery technology powers a variety of applications including hybrid electric…

Today, UCBH Holdings, Inc. announced that it has appointed Ms. Doreen Woo Ho as President of Community Banking, effective January 8, 2009. In this role, Ms. Ho will lead the company’s strategic community banking initiatives…

Today shortly before the opening bell, GE Drivetrain Technologies, a unit of GE Transportation, and A-Power Energy Generation Systems announced that they have inked two Letters of Intent (LOI). One dictates GE Drivetrain Technologies will…

BWI Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: BWIH) operating as Budget Waste Inc. (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded again the prestigious Consumers’ Choice Award for Business Excellence in the Waste Management category…

Not to be limited to undervalued electronic companies, TelcoBlue is now taking on part of the $62 billion US jewelry and watch market. TelcoBlue Inc., a development company focused on acquiring undervalued (primarily electronics) companies,…

Today before the opening bell, Emmis Communications Corp. reported its third fiscal quarter results ended November 30, 2008. For the quarter, net revenue was $85.1 million, compared to $90.6 million for the same quarter of…

First generation products are always a nice “gee-whiz” sort of thing. Following-generation products, unfortunately, need to deal with the realities of a product performing to a certain level. In most instances, making the leap to…

Circuit City Stores, Inc. announced that it is currently in discussions with two interested parties that may either buy the company or provide the funding necessary to keep the electronics retailer in business. “While the…

Anesiva, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) to expand the indication for Zingo(TM) to treat adults’ pain associated with blood draws. Previously,…

BWI Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: BWIH), operating as Budget Waste Inc. (the “Company”), today announced that at the board of directors meeting January 5, 2009 the board approved a forward stock split of five common shares…

Today, Millennium Biotechnologies Group announced that Nutrimedica, S.A., an international nutritional supplement distributor, headquartered in Athens, Greece, has ordered its complete medical line which includes 5 separate Resurgex(r) product lines and 12 SKUs of the…

Today before the opening bell, Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced positive results from the first cohort of an ongoing Phase Ib clinical trial of ANA598, the Company’s investigational non-nucleoside polymerase inhibitor. ANA598 demonstrated potent antiviral activity…

In past natural resources posts, oil and gas exploration companies have been featured. They are generally smaller companies working to make their mark and achieve “going concern” status. These companies, however, are at the beginning…

Today, Zhone Technologies, Inc. announced that its MALC multi-service access platform (MSAP) has been selected by Birch Communications to boost network performance and cut ownership costs. Birch Communications, one of the largest local exchange carriers…

ICO Global Communications Ltd. announced today that the testing of ICO G1 satellite In Orbit (IOT) and the innovative Ground Based Beam Forming (GBBF) system for the ICO Space Segment is now complete. In the…

Today before the opening bell, Tower Semiconductor Ltd. announced that Israel Corp. has invested $20 million in the company, pursuant to the agreement announced in September of last year. As terms of the agreement, Israel…

Cosi, Inc. is a national premium convenience restaurant chain that offers a menu built around a secret, generations-old recipe for crackly crust flatbread. This artisan bread is freshly baked in front of customers all day…

It was once said that “all I know is that I know nothing.” In the world of genetic research, this is a fairly appropriate statement. It does, however, say that investigators are working to be…

Endologix, Inc. announced that it is expecting the revenue generated during last year to total approximately $37.6 million, a 35% increase from 2007 revenue of $27.8 million. The company anticipates reporting Q4 2008 revenue of…

iCAD, Inc. is an industry-leading provider of Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) solutions designed to enable healthcare professionals to better serve patients by identifying pathologies and pinpointing cancer earlier. The company provides a comprehensive array of high-performance,…

Airspan Networks announced today that Okinawa Telemessage Co. Ltd., a leading broadband access service provider in Okinawa, Japan, launched a WiMAX Network using their solutions to capitalize on the fast-growing demand for high-quality broadband services.…

Today it was announced that General Motors will be offering financing as low as zero percent over the next week for several 2008 and 2009 models in an effort to accelerate a big year-end sales…

Today before the opening bell, Northfield Laboratories announced that the U.S. FDA has approved the filing of the Biologics License Application (BLA) for PolyHeme®, the company’s investigative human hemoglobin-based red cell substitute developed to treat…

Today, Sirius XM Radio announced that it will be introducing an extensive lineup of New Year’s Eve programming that encompasses multiple music, talk and sports channels. The satellite radio company will also air exclusive live…

Today, Amazon.com announced that the 2008 holiday season was its “best ever” with more than 6.3 million items ordered and 5.6 million units shipped during its peak day on Dec. 15. The company’s upbeat announcement…

The Relative Strength Index (RSI), a popular momentum oscillator, is extremely useful in the application of technical analysis. It is widely accepted that if the RSI rises above 30, it is considered bullish for the…

Today before the opening bell, DRI Corp. announced that the Company’s Mobitec Group subsidiary in Sweden has received confirmation that it will receive several substantial orders for Mobitec(R) electronic information display systems (EIDS) on behalf…

Looking at the wide variety of companies working to make a go of their business makes one wonder when and if any of them will actually make the leap from development to profitable. So many…

StemCells, Inc. announced this morning that it has received approval from the FDA to begin a clinical trial of the Company’s proprietary HuCNS-SC product candidate (purified human neural stem cells) to treat Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease (PMD),…

Just because a particular market is in a volatile place at the moment, it does not make it a lesser investment opportunity. In past posts, a case has been made for looking at “where the…

Yesterday, very few investors even knew about Dynavax Technologies Corp., but today the company received much attention after announcing a worldwide strategic alliance with GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) to discover, develop and commercialize novel inhibitors of…

Trading on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX), Elixir Gaming Technologies Inc. provides turnkey gaming solutions to venue owners. They work with their major shareholder Elixir International who is part of the Melco Group. Elixir Gaming’s…