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Cosi, Inc. recently announced the sale of 13 restaurants to Capitol C Restaurants LLC for $8.4M. The restaurants, located in the Washington D. C. market, will function under a franchise operation agreement signed by both…

NetSol Technologies, Inc., provider of global business services and enterprise application solutions to private and public sector organizations worldwide, announced today that it is all set to reveal a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offering for its smartOCI(TM)…

Cirrus Logic Inc. is a leader in high-precision analog and digital signal processing components for a broad range of customers. The company yesterday announced financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year of 2010,…

In the past, Polymet Ming Corp. has been highlighted as a long-term prospect as it moved through a difficult state permitting process. Today, as European bonds and certain countries cope with financial issues, commodity metals…

Barrett Business Services, Inc. reported a net loss in the first quarter of 2010 of $1.7 million, or $0.16 per diluted share. The company lost $3.2 million, or $0.30 per share, in the same quarter…

Natural Resource Partners L.P announced the closing of three acquisitions of aggregates properties in the United States. The company paid $31 million for the three properties, with $21 million paid at closing and $10 million…

Blue River Bancshares, Inc. reported a net loss of $140,000, or ($0.05) per diluted share, in the first quarter of 2010. The bank earned net income of $37,000, or $0.01 per diluted share, in the…

China Security & Surveillance Technology, Inc. reported net income of $3.28 million, or diluted earnings per share of $0.05, for the first quarter of this year. The company earned $2.0 million, or $0.04 per share,…

CIBT Education Group Inc. is an education management company that trades on the NYSE Amex. They focus on the global education market, and own and operate a network of business, technical, and language colleges in…

Paxton Energy, Inc. announced the purchase of oil and gas properties in Texas from DEEJ Consulting LLC for $700,000 in cash and stock. Purchased is in Concho and Menard County, the acreage is said to…

Many investors in the pharmaceuticals marketplace look for companies that are about to release a new drug product. What they sometimes miss, however, is the earnings potential of drugs that have long since been forgotten…

NetSol Technologies Inc., a worldwide enterprise software solutions and services provider, is set to formally launch its newest web-based offering at the SAP SAPPHIRE Conference on May 17 in Orlando, Florida. Called smartOCI™, it’s designed…

Magyar Bancorp reported net income of $279,000, or $0.05 per diluted share, in the first quarter of 2010, ending March 31. Magyar Bancorp earned $409,000, or $0.07 per diluted share, in the first quarter of…

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. reported net income of $6.2 million, or $0.15 per diluted share, in the first quarter of 2010. Net income increased sequentially from the $1.5 million, or $0.04 per diluted share, earned…

Town and Country Financial Corp. reported net income of $316,000, or $0.11 per share, in the first quarter of 2010. This was down slightly from the $343,000, or $0.12 per share, reported for the same…

One may look at the commodity price of natural gas and wonder why anybody would be interested in investing in it. Others look at the investment as a long-term play. One way or another natural…

Reed’s, Inc., a maker of top-selling sodas in more than 10,500 supermarkets and natural food stores nationwide, recently announced that the company has expanded its product placement into Harris Teeter Food Markets, which operates 196…

NeoStem Inc., an international biopharmaceutical company with operations in the U.S. and China, has entered into a collaborative research agreement with ImmuneRegen BioSciences Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of IR BioSciences Holdings Inc. (IRBS.OB). The…

Points International Ltd., known for its Points.com website, where consumers can trade, purchase, share, or redeem reward points from participating rewards programs, today announced that it is again raising its 2010 revenue guidance. The company…

IntelGenx Corp. has secured an agreement with RedHill Biopharma Ltd., a privately held pharmaceutical company, in which RedHill will co-develop and license IntelGenx’s first oral thin-film migraine relief product based upon the company’s proprietary VersaFilm…

Tejon Ranch Co. announced a rights offering that allows existing shareholders to purchase additional shares of common stock. The rights are transferable and will allow purchase at a discount from the market price. Tejon Ranch…

Venoco, Inc. announced the sale of three separate producing oil and gas fields from its United States portfolio. The company will receive a total of $100 million from the sales and expects a closing by…

Citizens Community Bank reported net income of $85,000, or $0.06 per diluted share, in the first quarter of 2010. Citizens Community Bank earned net income of $50,000 or $0.04 per diluted share, in the first…

Southern First Bancshares, Inc. reported a net loss of $322,000, or ($0.10) per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2010. Southern First Bancshares, Inc. earned $367,000, or $0.12 per diluted share, in the same…

NetSol Technologies, Inc., long renowned the world over for providing highly specialized solutions custom-tailored to the given industry of a client via business services and enterprise applications, in accordance with the Company’s proprietary BestShoring™ model,…

Renaissance Learning, Inc. reported net income of $5.8 million, or $0.20 per share, for the first quarter of 2010. This was an increase from the net income of $3.9 million, or $0.13 per share, in…

CNB Financial Corp. reported net income of $2.16 million, or $0.25 per share, in the first quarter of 2010, down slightly from the $2.22 million, or $0.26 per share, in the first quarter of 2009.…

As the lobbying settles down over health care reform one might ask where this battle is actually being fought in the health trenches. Smaller operations with several hospitals is the answer. There are all sorts…

Hilltop Community Bancorp, Inc. reported net income of $173,000, or $0.04 per diluted share, in the first quarter of 2010. In the same quarter of 2009, the bank earned $78,000, or $0.01 per diluted share.…

United Financial Bancorp, Inc. reported net income of $1.8 million, or $0.11 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2010. This was down slightly from the $2.1 million, or $0.14 per diluted share, earned…

Located in Mount Laurel, NJ, MedQuist has grown into a leading provider of medical transcription services and a leader in technology-enabled clinical documentation workflow. Today, MedQuist announced that they have teamed up with their majority…

Indenix Pharmaceuticals Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, works to develop, test and market products directed primarily at infectious and viral diseases in the United States and Europe. The company has been having solid successes with a…

Privately held U.S. Renal Care Inc. (USRC), a leading provider of outpatient dialysis services, recently announced it has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire Dialysis Corporation of America (DCA), a leading provider of…

North American Palladium Ltd. is a Canadian precious metals company focused on the production of palladium and gold. The company’s flagship mine, the Lac des Iles (LDI), is one of North America’s two primary palladium…

Trico Marine Group is an integrated provider of subsea, trenching and marine support vessels and services. Trico’s towing and supply division provides a broad range of marine support services to the oil and gas industry…

VaxGen, Inc. announced a merger agreement with diaDexus, Inc., a private company involved in the diagnostics business. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter of 2010. Post merger the two companies will…

Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. announced that March 2010 sales came in at $5.4 million, an increase of 17% from March 2009. The company said that year to date, sales were $14.6 million through the end…

Today, GlobalSCAPE, Inc. announced that it has welcomed William Buie to its team as the Executive Vice President of Sales. Mr. Buie is an accomplished high-tech industry executive with nearly 30 years of sales and…

Alliance Financial Corp. reported net income of $2.7 million, or $0.59 per diluted share, in the first quarter of 2010. The company earned $2.6 million, or $0.57 per diluted share, in the same quarter of…

Mission West Properties, Inc. announced that Funds From Operations (FFO) for the first quarter of 2010 was $16.5 million, or $0.16 per diluted share. The company reported FFO of $12.1 million, or $0.11 per diluted…