02-29-2008

by Priya Nigam

World energy consumption just keeps rising! Energy is so very crucial to a nation’s economy as well as an individual’s lifestyle. Today, we are filling four times more gas in our vehicles than we did less than four decades back. Demand from the emerging markets is rising at a phenomenal pace. Global warming is leading to higher heating demand. While all these factors are pushing demand higher, the supply side is still constrained. One company that is making good headway in exploration and development is Heartland Oil and Gas Corp (HTOG: OTCBB). The company is developing coal bed ... Continue

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02-29-2008

by Brian Kline

The oil news is not good. This week, the price per barrel hit a new high. OPEC seems to think today’s prices drive enough profit that they do not intend to raise production levels. A refinery explosion in Texas took 70,000 barrels per day offline and there has not been a significant new refinery built in the Unites States in almost 30 years. Moreover, it is highly debatable if our primary foreign policy is to control terrorism or sustain our dependence on foreign oil. Global warming adds yet another recurring news headline that oil burning needs to be ... Continue

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02-28-2008

by Lester Young

QuoteMedia, Inc. (OTCBB: QMCI), a software developer and provider of real-time financial news and data, has announced that it has entered into a two-year agreement with Zecco Trading, to provide that company with comprehensive financial market information, research data and streaming portfolio management services. Already servicing such organizations as the NASDAQ, the OTCBB, Forbes.com, Southwest Securities, WallStreet*E and others, QuoteMedia offers a number of innovative products – including news and data feeds, dynamic market content systems, interactive stock research tools and real-time wireless applications. Under the terms of the new agreement, the company will provide Zecco ... Continue

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02-27-2008

by Dan Blacharski

Advertising has always been hard to pin down as a business, especially in the old days before the Internet started to give us ways to measure how many eyeballs actually see what advertisers put out there. And as anybody in the ad sales business knows, it’s an up-and-down market. These days, it’s mostly down. The retail market is suffering, inflation is high and consumer spending is down, and so the ad spend is getting cut. Nielsen reported that the US-based ad spend for the first three quarters of 2007 was down 0.1 percent over ... Continue

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02-27-2008

by Priya Nigam

We have witnessed a price rise in oil and gas over the past five years. Despite the surge, this does not appear to be a bubble, and prices are unlikely to cool, at least not significantly. Tight demand and supply conditions boost prices and this is particularly true for oil. While demand has been soaring, especially from emerging countries, supply has not been able to catch up. Even the OPEC has found its hands tied with limited spare capacity for increasing supply. Pantera Petroleum Inc (PTPE: OTCBB) is an Austin, Texas-based oil and gas exploration company. Pantera is engaged ... Continue

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02-26-2008

by Lester Young

The U.S. Patent and Trademark office has issued a patent on the core technology for a new breast cancer diagnostic test, the Mammastatin Serum Assay (MSA). This is the latest of a number of patents in the Mammastatin IP portfolio owned by the University of Michigan. Abviva, Inc. (OTCBB: AVVA), the biomedical company that developed the MSA, owns an exclusive license for diagnostic uses of the protein in the patent portfolio, and also has an exclusive option to license Mammastatin's therapeutic uses for the development of breast cancer therapeutic drugs. Mammastatin is a growth-inhibiting protein recently discovered ... Continue

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02-25-2008

by Brian Kline

The OTCBB trades stock shares for a very wide range of business types. Some are well-established companies raising capital to expand the business. Others are very young companies introducing new technology or applying existing technology in new ways. These vast differences lead to different business strategies. Those trying to bring new medical drugs or treatments to consumers often need to go through test phases to prove effectiveness and assure product safety. Investors expect periodic updates on test results to validate their investment will eventually payoff in profits when sales begin. Others, bringing new technology to the market apply for ... Continue

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02-25-2008

by Lester Young

AlphaTrade (OTCBB: APTD) has announced that it has entered into partnership with Allegro Mobile Solutions for the marketing, sales and distribution of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems and Wi-Fi applications. The exclusive agreement, according to company management, could potentially double AlphaTrade's 2007 revenues and solidify its position and competitive advantage in emerging RFID markets for years to come. Industry numbers have reported that approximately two billion RFID tags were sold in 2005, and estimates show that over one trillion of the units are anticipated to be sold annually by the year 2015 (with accompanying revenues of over $26 ... Continue

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02-22-2008

by Dennis Fitter

Conventional wisdom says you should run from any stock whose symbol has been changed because the company is delinquent in SEC filings. I kind-of-like to sniff them out, check around, and see if there is an opportunity lurking about. After all, isn’t it the unusual and opportunistic nature of the Bulletin Board we find attractive? Here is one that might have something in it for you. 180 Connect Inc (OTCBB:CNCTE) has received an unsolicited proposal from Creative Vistas, Inc. (OTCBB: CVAS) to acquire all of the outstanding capital stock of 180 Connect for $3.00 per ... Continue

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02-22-2008

by Brian Kline

Even in a volatile stock market, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and other business mangers move forward with initial public offerings of shares. Investors are always looking to get in on the ground floor of the next Microsoft or Google with the desire to earn millions from a small investment at an initial offering. What follows are summaries of upcoming potential IPOs on the OTCBB. There is always a possibility the offerings will not materialize for several reasons. The actual date of the offerings will be established only after the OTCBB agrees to list the companies. What follows are highlights from each ... Continue

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02-21-2008

by Lester Young

BodyTel Scientific, Inc. (OTCBB: BDYT) has entered into a partnership agreement with Pyramid Professional Services Pvt. Ltd., a successful distributor of medical supplies in India. Under the agreement BodyTel, a German-American company that develops wireless telemedical monitoring and management systems, has granted exclusive marketing and distribution rights for its portfolio of products throughout India to Pyramid for the span of one year. The first product to be offered in the marketplace – beginning in the second quarter of 2008 – will be GlucoTel, the company's blood glucose and diabetes management apparatus. Two other BodyTel products, the PressureTel blood pressure device ... Continue

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02-21-2008

by Priya Nigam

The year has begun with concerns over recessionary trends in the US. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke’s comments earlier this month inspired little optimism. Against this backdrop, it seems prudent to consider companies that have a global presence and those that are making innovative changes to weather the storm. Founded in 1993 and headquartered in California, Worldwide Manufacturing USA Inc (WWMU: OTCBB) is a contract manufacturer and engineering services company with a presence in the US and in China. Last month, the company named Jeff Watson as President. Mr. Watson brought with him more than twenty-three years of manufacturing ... Continue

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02-20-2008

by Dan Blacharski

Telephones are no longer just telephones, and computers are no longer just computers. Two trends will mark the future of these two industries, and these are multifunctionality, and portable high-speed Internet access. Already, smartphones like the iPhone and others have Internet access capability built in, so you can check your email and surf the web from anywhere (but hopefully not while driving or sitting in the theater). But we as impatient consumers have expectations, and we expect our mobile devices to give us the same high speed access we have at home. And so, mobile broadband is already becoming ... Continue

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02-20-2008

by Dennis Fitter

Can a company that has never reported a cent of sales revenue over the course of its four year trading history on the BB warrant a good close look? Even if it presently sits below the signal line of its MACD, is only .08 cents above the 52 week low and 6.00 below the high, and happens to be the proud owner of a negative 2.21 EPS? Houston based Opexa Therapeutics Inc. (OPXA:OTCBB), might well be sitting on the verge of a break-out. Opexa is a biopharmaceutical company developing autologous cellular therapies to treat several major ... Continue

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02-19-2008

by Lester Young

Brendan Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: BDTE.OB) a company that develops and markets innovative analytical software, has announced that several large biopharmaceutical organizations have begun using a pre-release version of its new STATLIA Quantum software. The software, which the company says represents a 'quantum leap' advancement, is used in the computation and analysis of immunoassays and bioassays. The program provides an advanced graphical presentation of the analysis and offers an automated design feature that saves time in the drug development process. Productivity and assay performance are increased through higher analytical accuracy. Immunoassays are highly sensitive and specific chemical analysis tools ... Continue

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