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TuesdayApr 15, 2008 7:20 am

Smoky Market Foods Inc. (SMKY.OB) Providing Great Tasting Foods to your Table Straight from the Heart of the Midwest!

Smoky Market Foods Inc. has come a long way since founder and CEO Edward Feintech opened his first barbeque restaurant in Des Moines, Iowa in 1977. More than thirty years of trials and tribulations have taught Eddie to be a true artist at his craft. Smoky Market Foods still uses the same wood-burning oven techniques to create an authentic, hickory-roasted flavor in fresh meats and fish - a technique that has put their name on the map - but now the process is accomplished using economies of scale that allow Smoky Market Foods to efficiently produce up to 15,000 pounds…

TuesdayApr 15, 2008 5:43 am

Fund.com, Inc. (FNDM.OB) – Leaving its Footprint in the $10.6 Trillion Mutual Fund Industry

The Internet has created a demand for convenience and ease in every aspect of our lives, from shopping and banking to research and trading. Vertical marketplaces provide consumers with that desired ease, delivering a wealth of information for a specific niche to consumers wanting higher quality leads and advertising opportunities. Fund.com (OTCBB: FNDM) is a vertical marketplace centering on the large fund industry, delivering a combination of fund-related content, aimed at presenting unbiased, relevant and in-depth information to the $10.6 trillion mutual fund industry. “By focusing on funds with Fund.com we believe we will have an advantage over general financial…

TuesdayApr 15, 2008 5:36 am

Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (PPHM) Studies Indicate New Therapy Reduces Tumors Up to 95% and Reduces the Metastatic Spread of Tumor Cells

Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: PPHM) announced this morning preclinical data presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). The data shows that a mouse equivalent of Peregrine's anti-phosphatidylserine (anti-PS) vascular targeting antibody bavituximab administered in combination with the chemotherapeutic agent docetaxel demonstrated excellent signs of efficacy in a preclinical model of hormone-refractory prostate cancer. This new data confirms and extends the results of previous studies of Peregrine's anti-PS antibodies in models of prostate cancer. Specifically, in the study 2aG4 administered with docetaxel reduced primary tumor burden by 95%, an anti-tumor effect that was significantly…

TuesdayApr 15, 2008 5:26 am

Synvista Therapeutics Inc. (SYI) Stock Could Set New Standards for Healthcare

The management of diabetes is one of the largest therapeutic segments of the Healthcare sector. Surveys have repeated established that modern diets and lifestyles tend to impair glucose metabolism in people. Moreover, some ethnic groups prevalent in emerging economies are genetically more vulnerable to diabetes than mainstream Americans. The business implication is that diabetes management is a large and growing worldwide healthcare segment. Neuropathy and acute cardiac events are serious side-effects of diabetes. The disease may have no apparent symptoms, so large numbers of patients may suffer from the condition without timely detection. This company has a focus on detecting…

TuesdayApr 15, 2008 5:26 am

Culp Inc. (CFI) is an Object Lesson in Business Development

The stock market has always known that excellence in Business Management distinguishes the best corporations. Marketing, Finance, and Human Resources Development are the key functional areas which the best-run corporations use to thrive in challenging business environments. Here is a small capital stock case of Business Management application for superior performance in the Textiles-Non Apparel Industry. The company is in the business of mattress ticking, box springs, and upholstery for offices and for homes. It would therefore appear to be vulnerable to the difficult business conditions that have prevailed for most of the last 12 months. However, the company has…

MondayApr 14, 2008 4:03 pm

April 14th CEOcast Weekly Newsletter

Companies featured in the current edition of the newsletter: ACTC, CBAI, CGXP, CLXS, GNBT, GCEH, GERS, HYTM, IASCA, ILNS, MBND, PLKH, PSTI, SMGY, TKO, XCR The major indices slipped appreciably this week in the wake of some familiar concerns. In particular, there were fears surrounding the specter of further write-downs in the financial sector, rising inflation and deteriorating profit prospects. After recording strong gains in the previous week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 284 points, bringing its year to date loss to 7.1%. The technology heavy Nasdaq continued its poor performance with a loss of 81 points and a…

MondayApr 14, 2008 2:25 pm

Spongetech Delivery Systems, Inc. (SPNG.OB) is Showing Great Promise

Spongetech Delivery Systems, Inc. (SPNG.OB) designs, produces, markets and distributes vehicular cleaning products utilizing patented sponge technology containing hydrophilic foam polyurethane matrices. This technology is specially configured to hold wash and wax fluids into the sponge until activated with water. SpongeTech’s system saves time and money with more than eight washes per sponge. In addition, the sponges are self-cleaning and are safe for all vehicle finishes. The SpongeTech Delivery Systems, Inc. was recently featured on QVC and sold out (more than 12,000 SpongeTechs) in less than five minutes. The product will also be featured on the well-known television series, The…

MondayApr 14, 2008 2:23 pm

OTCPicks Featured Company: USA Video Interactive Corp. (USVO.OB)

USA Video Interactive Corporation was founded in 1986 as First Commercial Financial Group Inc. and eventually became USA Video Interactive Corp in 1995 to focus on the digital media business. The company operates through five wholly-owned subsidiaries: USA Video Corp., USA Video (California) Corp., Old Lyme Productions Inc., USA Video Technologies, Inc., and USVO, Inc. Operating through these subsidiaries, USA Video Interactive designs and markets technology for delivery of digital media. Their products add anti-piracy solutions to existing distribution channels and extend distribution into interactive channels with Video-on-Demand. Its products and services include MediaSentinel, a digital watermarking technology used to…

MondayApr 14, 2008 2:20 pm

Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (SIRT) Receives Orphan Drug Designation from FDA for Treatment of MELAS

Sirtris Pharmaceuticals (SIRT), based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing proprietary, orally available, small molecule drugs with the potential to treat diseases associated with aging, including metabolic diseases such as Type 2 diabetes. The company’s drug candidates are designed to mimic certain beneficial health effects of calorie restriction, without requiring a change in eating habits, by activation of sirtuins. Sirtuins are a recently discovered class of enzymes that Sirtris believes control the aging process. The company is also engaged in a human clinical trial for MELAS, a mitochondrial disorder. The company was recently granted…

MondayApr 14, 2008 2:17 pm

Senate Approves the Clean Energy Tax Stimulus Act of 2008 Supporting Wind and Solar Companies

The U.S. Senate announced it has approved legislation renewing the incentives which encourage the implementation of wind and solar energy projects. The Clean Energy Tax Stimulus Act 2008 was passed in large part by bi-partisan support in an 88 to 8 vote. The wind and solar industry lobbied for months to renew the tax credits which helped to stimulate record growth in both industries over the past five years. The American Wind Energy Association's Gregory Westone said, “With 116,000 jobs and $19 billion in clean energy investment at risk from the looming expiration of renewable energy tax credits, and the…

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