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Hill International (HIL), with headquarters in Marlton, New Jersey, provides program management, project management, construction management and construction claims and consulting services. Founded in 1976, the company has 2,000 employees and 70 offices in North…

Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) recently announced that despite the status of the economy, especially the banking sector, they as a lender surpassed earning expectations in spite of reporting a serious loss for the second…

Shares of Ceragon Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ: CRNT), a global provider of high-capacity broadband wireless systems for next-generation networks, traded higher earlier this week after the company reported positive results for the second quarter. During the…

MTI MicroFuel Cells Inc. just announced a major milestone in the development of its Mobion® cell phone fuel system. The company has been working toward creating an alternative to lithium ion cell phone batteries, and…

People’s Educational Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEDH) is a publisher and marketer of print and electronic materials for the K-12 school market. The company publishes their own proprietary materials and distributes them for other publishers, and…

Today’s energy markets require flexibility and speed. If a company is not looking down the road a bit they will be a bit late in finding their next big payday. Presently, South America is down…

With headquarters in East Greenville, Pennsylvania, Knoll Inc. is a leading designer and manufacturer of branded office furniture products and textiles recognized for innovation and modern design. Founded in 1938, they trade on the New…

With headquarters in Springfield, Ohio, AdCare Health Systems Inc. acquires, develops, owns, and manages assisted living facilities, nursing homes, and retirement communities in Ohio. They also provide home health care services, dementia/Alzheimer’s units, and sub-acute…

GeoPharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: GORX), a bio-pharmaceutical company with a diversified business model comprising three main market segments – specialty pharmaceuticals, manufacturing and distribution – recently announced the expansion of the company’s distribution agreement with Cura…

Neoprobe Corporation (NEOP) is an innovator in gamma-guided surgery, dedicated to developing and commercializing new biomedical products to improve the diagnosis, treatment, and quality of life of cancer patients. The company’s subsidiary, Cira Biosciences, Inc.,…

Nanogen, Inc. (NASDAQ: NGEN) is a diagnostics company engaging in the development, manufacturing, and selling of medical products for use in the in vitro diagnostics market in the United States, Canada, and Europe. The company’s…

National Coal Corporation (NASDAQ: NCOC) began operations in 2003, engaging in the mining, processing, and selling of bituminous steam coal from mines located in East Tennessee and Northern Alabama. Founded by a former analyst from…

Video Display Corp. develops and manufactures specialized CRT and LCD display screens for use in medical, military and industrial applications. In a press statement released on Friday, July 18th, the company declared that it has…

Airspan Networks Inc. provides WiMAX-based broadband wireless access networks worldwide. The company was recently selected for some of the world’s largest mobile WiMAX deployments for more than 100 commercial projects around the world. The company…

American Soil Technologies, Inc. (SOYL) is a company that works to bring innovative and advanced soil technologies to the turf, home & garden, and agricultural markets. They do this by utilizing new applications of cross-linked…

With headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona, NutraCea is a leader in stabilized rice bran nutrient research and dietary supplement development. They concentrate on the processing and distribution of stabilized rice bran and other proprietary rice bran-based…

A striking consequence of the emergence of China during the last two decades is the potential of its realty business. An agrarian and populous country has begun to urbanize with a vengeance. Multitudes of middle-class…

Revlon, Inc. (NYSE: REV), a worldwide cosmetics, hair color, beauty tools, fragrances, skincare, antiperspirants/deodorants and personal care products company, recently announced preliminary results for the second quarter ending June 30, 2008. In the United States,…

Trimble (TRMB), best known for its GPS technology, is a provider of advanced positioning solutions. The company integrates a range of positioning technologies including GPS, laser, optical and inertial technologies with application software and wireless…

In breaking news, two major pharmaceutical companies – Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and Barr Pharmaceuticals – announced that they have signed a definitive agreement under which Teva will acquire Barr for a total of $7.46 billion.…

Beacon Power Corp.’s (Nasdaq: BCON) primary business strategy is to commercialize its patented flywheel energy-storage technology to perform frequency regulation services on the grid through design and development to provide advanced products and services for…

VeriChip Corp. (Nasdaq: CHIP) develops and markets radio frequency identification devices (RFID) to identify, locate and protect people and assets. The company’s implantable microchips have gained popularity as a revolutionary way to track and protect…

In a press release on Thursday (July 17th), ON Semiconductor Corporation (“OSC”) officially announced its intent to acquire Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. in an all-stock transaction with an equity value of around $115 million. Investors are…

The past week has been simply brimming with new developments in the national mortgage crisis. On Sunday, industry giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac received clearance from the government to tap into the Federal Reserve’s…

Entercom Communications Corp. (ETM), based in Boston, Massachusetts, is a radio broadcasting company with a nationwide portfolio of 110 stations in 23 markets. Though its radio stations are concentrated on the East coast, from Massachusetts…

Hyperdynamics Corp. (HDY) is an independent oil and gas company with corporate headquarters in Sugar Land, Texas. They also have a West African office in the Republic of Guinea, as well as a Louisiana office.…

Founded in February of 2002 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, i2 Telecom International Inc. provides telecommunications services employing voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) technology. i2Telecom’s switching centers in Atlanta, Georgia provide full access to global…

Gull Holdings, Ltd. and Unity Acquisition Corp. recently announced that they have terminated their acquisition offer to purchase all of the outstanding shares of USANA Health Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: USNA), a developer and manufacturer of…

Convergys Corporation (NYSE: CVG), a leader in relationship management that provides solutions to optimize interactions between customers and employees, and Intervoice, Inc. (NASDAQ: INTV), a provider of converged voice and data applications and tools and…

OPNET Technologies, Inc. (OPNT) is a provider of solutions for managing networks and applications. Those solutions address: application performance management; network planning, engineering, and operations; and network R&D. Based in Bethesda, Maryland and in operation…

ITI World Investment Group is an Investment Holding Company that owns part, all, or a majority of other companies’ outstanding stock. Currently, the company owns a 100% equity interest in First Choice Products Inc. (www.firstchoiceproductsinc.com),…

Standard Microsystems Corp. (SMSC) is a semiconductor company which specializes in the design and sale of hardware devices implemented on semiconductor chips. Headquartered in Hauppauge, New York, they list on the NASDAQ as part of…

Headquartered in San Francisco, California, Thomas Weisel Partners Group (TWPG) is an investment bank founded in 1998. Their corporate focus is to secure investment opportunities in growth sectors of the economy. As part of the…

Knowledgeable investors will be delighted to stumble on this stock. It is no mirage in the investment desert of July 2008. This corporation has embarked on a voyage that we can justifiably compare with the…

Asyst Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASYT), a leading provider of standards-based factory automation solutions, customer-focused software products and formal systems integration processes, recently announced that the company received an unsolicited letter from Aquest Systems Corp. expressing…

For more than 22 years, SatCon Technology Corp. (Nasdaq: SATC) has delivered utility-scale renewable energy solutions for solar photovoltaic, fuel cells, wind turbines and energy storage systems. Addressing rising demands in the European and Asian…

In today’s workplace environment, professionals are no longer working decades at one company until they retire. Instead, people are looking at new opportunities to develop their careers to get to the next level. As qualified…

Businesses in virtually every sector of our economy are certainly struggling at the present time, but you couldn’t tell by looking at Polaris Industries. The company reported better-than-expected second quarter financial results this week, including…

Pluristem Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: PSTI; DAX: PJT) is a bio-therapeutics company working to commercialize non-personalized cell therapy products for the treatment of a variety of severe degenerative, autoimmune disorders for situations where current therapies are…

Getting “new” technologies off the ground and to market is a difficult process, even when the new technology has been available for some time. In many instances, government help is needed to coax along a…