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Founded in 1992, NIC Inc. is a provider of outsourced e-government portals. Their focus is on building and managing official government websites and e-government services for state and local governments in the U.S. As part…

Seabridge Gold Incorporated is a mining company that engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The primary target for Seabridge Gold is gold itself, but…

Taiwan has political and business claims on the stock investor community of North America. This tiny island of free enterprise has won the tacit acceptance of Mainland China after decades of bullying and confrontation. The…

Terrance H. Gregg, the chief executive officer of DexCom, Inc. (NASDAQ: DXCM), a developer of continuous glucose monitoring systems for people with diabetes, conducted a presentation earlier this week at the William Blair 28th Annual…

MEDecision, Inc. (NASDAQ: MEDE) announced today that they have reached a merger agreement pursuant to which Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC) will acquire all of the outstanding shares of MEDecision common stock for $7.00 per…

NextPhase Wireless Inc., a traditionally wireless solution space for small businesses through managed services, wireless broadband services, and Network Magic™ (its wireless network solution), announced today it will begin to provide a wired suite of…

MICROS Systems, Inc. (MCRS), headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, is a developer of enterprise applications that service the hospitality and specialty retail industries. The company provides service to both sit-down and quick-service restaurants, hotels, the leisure…

Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (CHD), established in 1846 and based in Princeton, New Jersey, is a producer of sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) products. The company’s consumer products business in divided into two segments: Consumer…

Belden, Inc. (BDC), headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, designs, manufactures and markets high-speed electronic cables, connectivity products and related items for the specialty electronics and data networking markets. In the data networking area, products from…

Workstream, Inc. offers businesses on-demand compensation, performance and talent management solutions and services that help manage their employees’ entire lifecycles from recruitment to retirement. The Company’s TalentCenter, known as the first “Talent Management 2.0” offering,…

AVANIR Pharmaceuticals (AVNR) acquires, develops and commercializes therapeutic products for the treatment of chronic diseases of the central nervous system, as well as inflammatory and infectious diseases. The company today announced the European patent office…

Less than 24 hours after heavy rains and high winds passed through North and East Texas, power has been restored to more than 90 percent of customers affected. Oncor (ONCR) crews and contractors worked through…

AE Biofuels is an advanced energy company that develops, constructs, and operates biodiesel and ethanol facilities in the United States and India. They concentrate on fuel-grade ethanol, biodiesel from ethanol, and biodiesel production facilities. They…

Founded in 1986 by Michael Smolyansky, Lifeway Foods Inc. is America’s top supplier of kefir. A cultured dairy product, Lifeway’s kefir beverage contains Lifeway’s exclusive 10 active probiotic cultures. This is significant, as most regular…

This small-capital company from Fairfax, VA is a vital part of modern warfare. It is a part of the Aerospace & Defense Industry from the Capital Goods Sector. The company makes products for electronic intelligence.…

EntreMed Inc. (Nasdaq: ENMD) is a pharmaceutical company focused on the development of therapeutic pharmaceutical candidates to treat cancer and inflammation. To reach its goals, the company must maintain an experienced and aggressive management team.…

Martin Joyce, CFO and executive vice president of BioSphere Medical, Inc., presented yesterday (June 17th) at Capstone Investment’s Second Annual Investor Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. BioSphere Medical’s main focus is the development of non-invasive diagnosis…

Capstone Turbine Corp (CPST:NASDAQ) is the world’s leading producer of low-emission microturbine systems. The company was the first to market with commercially viable microturbine energy products. The Capstone MicroTurbine has been used in various applications…

France’s Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) says it will buy Austin, Texas automation software firm Motive Inc. for $67.8 million in a cash deal. The $2.23 per share purchase price represents a premium of about 53 percent over…

Headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois, Inland Real Estate Corporation (IRC) is a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT). Established in 1994, they have a current market capitalization of $987.65M as part of the…

Centene Corporation is a multi-line healthcare company which operates in the healthcare plans industry. Located in St. Louis, Missouri, and trading on the NYSE, they provide programs and associated services to individuals who receive health…

Success in the Healthcare Sector makes more stock market news than failures. Investors are fed with dollops of information about blockbuster drugs and regulatory approvals for new ones. The truth is that few candidate products…

Martin J. Joyce, chief financial officer of Biosphere Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: BSMD), a medical device company devoted to embolotherapy – a minimally invasive procedure performed primarily by interventional radiologists and neuroradiologists to treat hypervascularized tumors…

US-based Uranium Energy Corp. (UEC) proudly announced the completion of all test wells in the company’s first production area this week. According to production area authorization (PAA) procedure, UEC will now involve the Texas Commission…

Working on the practical aspects of a potential solution to the world’s power needs can sometimes be a bit more difficult than the average person might think. In the solar power arena, people perceive that…

Beta relates to volatility. We have enough of that even with some celebrity stocks nowadays. Why bother with Beta in small-capital stocks? It is a matter of domain expertise. Stock price trends are affected by…

Astro-Med Inc. is a company that engages in the manufacture of products in three different categories: high-quality specialty printing systems; electronic medical instrumentation; and test and measurement instruments. Their products find use in industrial, scientific,…

Helen of Troy Ltd. is a company that thinks of their customers in a personal way. They are a leading designer, producer, and worldwide marketer of personal care and household consumer products. They market their…

Shares of Arcadia Resources, Inc. (AMEX: KAD), a leading provider of innovative consumer health care services under the Arcadia HealthCare brand, climbed higher on the announcement of the company’s significantly improved financial results for its…

Cryolife, Inc. (CRY), headquartered in both Atlanta, Georgia and San Mateo, California, processes and distributes implantable living human tissues for use in cardiac and vascular surgeries throughout the United States and Canada. The company recently…

3Com Corporation (NASDAQ: COMS) today announced that Alex Dobson will be the new vice president and general manager for 3Com North America. Dobson was the vice president of sales for North America with the company…

The company that gets to market first gets to make all the rules, even if it isn’t technically first. If a good set of rules are made and followed, the first in ends up with…

Colorado’s largest power utility, Xcel Energy Inc. (XEL), will launch one of the biggest energy-conservation efforts in the nation, costing well over $1 billion in the next 12 years — by order of the Colorado…

Corel Corporation is a leading developer of graphics, productivity, and digital media software. Incorporated in May 1985, and headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Corel designs their various software products to help people, and businesses, become…

Kadant Inc. (KAI) is a leading supplier of technology-based systems to the global pulp and paper industry. Located in Westford, Massachusetts, they provide paper machine accessories and systems for stock preparation, fluid handling, and water…

This small-capital member of the Healthcare Facilities industry from Louisville, KY has got its business model just right. Profits during the Most Recent Quarter, one of the most difficult periods in recent times for most…

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. (JKHY), based in Monette, Missouri, is a provider of an array of products and services that allow financial institutions and corporate entities to process transactions, automate business processes, and manage…

AuthenTec, Inc. stock was upgraded from “Outperform” to “Strong Buy” by Raymond James Financial on Thursday (June 12th). The announcement fueled a rapid appreciation of 12.3 percent for the day. AuthenTec itself has been growing…

EnPro Industries Inc. engineers industrial products such as compressor systems and metal polymer and filament wound bearings. They also provide diesel and duel-fuel engines, as well as sealing products to their customers in the processing,…