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The business model behind this stock defies conventional wisdom. Market shares and profits are supposed to be all about moats to keep competition at bay. This small-capital member of the Communication Services Industry from Chicago,…

You must be gifted to understand fashion. Why do some labels succeed when scores of designers fail? Every business person dreams of that wonder product or service that will capture public imagination. Here is a…

MicroStrategy Incorporated (MSTR) is a business intelligence technology company. By providing integrated reporting, analysis, and monitoring software, the company helps organizations make better business decisions. Founded in 1989 and based in McLean, Virginia, the company…

SmartPros (SPRO) is a provider of learning and training solutions for accounting/finance, legal, engineering, securities, insurance, and information technology professionals primarily in the United States. The company’s products are provided via videotape, DVD and streamed…

dELiA*s, Inc. (NASD: DLIA), a direct marketing and retail company comprised of three lifestyle brands primarily targeting consumers between the ages of 12 and 19, recently reported its fiscal second quarter 2008 financial results ending…

Greenfield Online, Inc. (NASD: SRVY), a global interactive media and services company that collects consumer attitudes about products and services, enabling consumers to reach informed purchasing decisions about products and services, recently announced that the…

Adolor Corporation (Nasdaq: ADLR) is a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the discovery, development and commercialization of novel prescription pain management products. The company announced GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) returned to Adolor the worldwide rights related to Entereg…

Following completion of its initial funding phase, Raser Technologies is set to proceed with the construction of its 10 megawatt (MW) Thermo geothermal power project near Beaver, Utah. Tax equity capital has been provided in…

RXi Pharmaceuticals (RXII) is a biopharmaceutical company working towards the development and commercialization of proprietary therapies based upon RNA interference (RNAi). RNAi is considered to be a significant advancement in the field. In 2002, the…

Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. (QTWW) is a diverse alternative energy company engaged in the development and production of propulsion systems, energy storage technologies, and alternative fuel vehicles. Quantum provides solutions, from conception to…

Should you buy into a stock when it is within touching distance of a 52-year price high? Conventional wisdom would suggest otherwise, but there are strong contrary indications for this small-capital member of the Healthcare…

Every professional stock investor longs for stocks from the Basic Materials Sector. There is no better substitute for creating bases of trans-generational wealth. High-technology is a capricious mistress, whereas world demand for basic materials will…

ICOP Digital (ICOP) is a maker of advanced security, surveillance and communications technology used by law enforcement agencies across the United States. As video surveillance technology evolves from analog to digital technology, the industry is…

Health Discovery Corp’s support vector machine technology is the driving element in a new licensing agreement with Smart Personalized Medicine, LLC. Its patented technology is based on pattern recognition, which the company states also has…

With labor and quality costs in China getting more expensive, ZAP (OTCBB: ZAAP) is looking at other places to build its line of electric vehicles. Kentucky has risen higher in consideration with the efforts of…

VeriChip (CHIP) is a maker of radio frequency identification systems (RFID) used to identify, locate and track people across the United States and abroad. The company markets its products through direct sales force and distributors.…

FuelCell Energy, Inc. (NASD: FCEL), the world leader in the development and production of stationary fuel cells for commercial, industrial, municipal and utility customers, recently reported the company’s financial results for its third fiscal quarter…

Asta Funding is a consumer receivable asset management company that purchases, manages, and eventually liquidates both performing and non-performing consumer receivables. These receivables include credit accounts issued by large grantors (i.e. Visa, Mastercard), as well…

Since 1991, Life Partners Holdings, Inc. has worked to become one of the top life settlement agencies in the country. The company prides itself on a stringently upheld code of ethics, which sets it apart…

Linktone Ltd. (LTON), a provider of wireless interactive entertainment and advertising in China, reported second quarter 2008 financial results yesterday afternoon. Investors cheered the news by sending LTON shares 20% higher today, or $0.30, to…

Power of the Dream Ventures, Inc. (PWRV) is a leading technology holding company focused on supporting Hungarian-based research and start-up companies. Power identifies unique technologies and helps transform these ideas into market-ready products and applications.…

GeoEye Inc. (GEOY) is the premier provider of geospatial information for the national security community, commercial customers, and strategic partners to help them better map, measure, and monitor the world. The company is recognized as…

You know, when your sales for 2007 are $2.2 billion, that you’re doing something right. That’s the case for Cleveland, Ohio-based Ferro Corporation, which garnered those kinds of numbers last year. Trading on the New…

Move, Inc., (NASDAQ: MOVE) operator of Realtor.com, saw a 29-percent increase in site traffic in July. In addition, time spent looking around on the country’s most popular home real estate site increased 26 percent in…

NexMed, Inc. (NASDAQ: NEXM), an innovative drug developer that is leveraging its proprietary drug delivery technology to develop a significant pipeline of innovative pharmaceutical products to address a host of medical needs, recently announced the…

China Finance Online Co. Limited (JRJC), an online provider of financial information and company-specific data in China, reported second quarter 2008 financial results after the close. Revenues surged 154% year-over-year to $14.7 million, a sequential…

NetSol Technologies (NTWK) is a provider of software and services for banks, leasing and finance firms, and other financial services institutions. NetSol’s primary product, LeaseSoft, helps process and manage incoming credit applications. The company counts…

BioDelivery Sciences International Inc. (Nasdaq: BDSI) is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development of innovative products for pain management. The company has two products in development utilizing its patented BEMA oral adhesive film…

Capstone Turbine Corporation (Nasdaq: CPST), the world’s leading producer of low-emission microturbine systems, announced it will ship its first C200 production unit to Integrated Building Technologies (IBT). Though the shipment was originally scheduled for late…

China Security & Surveillance Technology, Inc. (CSR), a provider of digital surveillance technology throughout China, announced this morning the signing of an agreement with the government of Shouguang City worth approximately $44 million. China Security…

Borders Group Inc. is a leading global retailer of books, music, movies, and gift and stationery items. Borders is the 2nd largest US book seller. The company, through its subsidiaries, operates approximately 1,100 stores worldwide.…

Quest Resource Corporation (NASDAQ: QRCP), a fully integrated E&P company that owns the right to develop approximately 130,000 net acres in the Appalachian Basin of the northeastern United States, recently announced the resignation of Jerry…

Star Scientific, Inc. (NASDAQ: STSI), a technology-oriented tobacco company that is engaged in the development of dissolvable smokeless tobacco products, recently announced that the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued its…

Lucas Energy, Inc. is an independent oil and gas company building a diversified portfolio of valuable oil and gas assets in the United States. The company identifies oil and gas assets that are underperforming at…

It takes a domain expert to appreciate this stock, but that does not dilute any true value. This Biotechnology & Drugs Industry small-capital stock is from Cambridge, MA. The geographical base itself should arouse investor…

With their corporate headquarters in Milpitas, California, California Micro Devices Corp. is a supplier of application-specific analog and mixed signal semiconductor products. Trading on the NASDAQ, the company’s products are for the mobile handset, digital…

Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Lancaster Colony Corp. is a diversified manufacturer and marketer of consumer products. They operate in two segments: specialty foods for the retail and foodservice markets; and glassware and candles for the…

Hollywood Media Corp. (NASDAQ: HOLL) sold off its Hollywood.com and Hollywood.com television properties for a starstruck $10 million. R&S Investments bought both through earn-out payments. The company is owned by Laurie S. Silvers and Mitchell…

Semiconductor diagnostics manufacturer LogicVision (NASDAQ: LGVN) has now teamed with Amblot SARL to expand its sales and customer service in Europe. Paris-based Amblot will be able to sell the complete line of LogicVision’s embedded tests.…

WSI Industries (WSCI) is a maker of precision components and primarily serves the metal machining contract business. The company biggest customers are the aerospace, avionics, defense industries, recreational vehicles markets, and computer components and bioscience…