ThursdayJul 24, 2008 9:58 am

Alanco Technologies Inc. (ALAN) Posts 40% Increase in Q4 Revenues, Spurred by “Unique Technical Achievements”

Advances in personal and asset tracking have set a high bar for tracking technology companies looking to stand out in the expanding market. Alanco Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: ALAN) is a rapidly growing provider of wireless tracking and asset management solutions providing real-time tracking and unique technologies to remain a key player in the technology and data storage industry. The unique focus of its subsidiaries, StarTrak Systems and Alanco/TSI PRISM, contributed to the company’s positive fourth-quarter financial results. Alanco posted unaudited sales revenues for the period ended June 30, 2008, at $4.7 million, up 40 percent from the same period last…

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ThursdayJul 24, 2008 9:56 am

ThermoGenesis Corp. (KOOL) Extends Global Reach with New Distribution Agreement

ThermoGenesis Corp. (Nasdaq: KOOL) announced the addition of 10 new distributors for its BioArchive System, a technology used to cryopreserve and archive stem cells and tissue. Three of the 10 distributors also hold the right to distribute ThermoGenesis’ AutoXpress AXP Platform, which is used to harvest stem cells in a closed system from umbilical cord blood. The distributors will target key geographies outside the United States for the sale of BioArchive, including the UK, Russia, the Baltic region, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, a number of Middle Eastern and African countries, and Central and South America. While ThermoGenesis focuses on…

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ThursdayJul 24, 2008 8:44 am

Mega Media Group, Inc. (MMDA.OB) Finds Tremendous Success with Pulse 87 FM

Mega Media Group, Inc. (MMDA.OB) is a multimedia entertainment holding company that offers a variety of services. Mega’s subsidiaries offer: music recording, production, and distribution; video production; and radio broadcasting. The company is currently best known for its New York radio station, Pulse 87 FM (WNYZ-LP). Since Mega launched Pulse 87 in February of this year, it has become one of New York’s hottest radio stations. The station concentrates on playing top 40 hits, the latest pop songs, and exclusive remixes. With limited commercial interruptions, Pulse 87 has drawn the attention of top DJs from around the world who feel…

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ThursdayJul 24, 2008 6:32 am

China North East Petroleum Ltd. (CNEH.OB) Announces 119% Year-Over-Year Increase in Crude Oil Production for 2Q 08

China North East Petroleum Holdings Limited, a rapidly growing oil producer in Northern China, today announced preliminary crude oil production figures for the second quarter. Crude oil production increased 119% to 135,193 barrels, compared to 61,732 barrels for the same period in 2007. This also represents an 18% sequential increase over 1Q 2008. The company added 27 new wells during the quarter, bringing the total well count up to 192. ''The second quarter was another strong quarter for our business,” stated Mr. Hongjun Wang, President of China North East Petroleum. “We are particularly pleased to report record production results this…

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ThursdayJul 24, 2008 6:31 am

Oil Prices Rebound After Recent Steep Losses

Oil prices have rebounded slightly today after recent steep losses. Yesterday, the latest weekly report from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) showed that gasoline demand over the four weeks ending July 18th was 2.4% lower than a year ago. This data offered further evidence that Americans are cutting back on fuel because of high prices, which drove down the price of oil nearly $4. The economic slowdown and the demand destruction that is occurring in the US, the world's biggest energy consumer, has driven the price of oil down over $20 from its peak in recent weeks. Other factors have…

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ThursdayJul 24, 2008 5:52 am

AXS-One Inc. (AXSO.OB) Named as Top-Ranked E-Discovery Software Provider

The sixth annual Socha-Gelbmann Electronic Discovery Survey has been released, and AXS-One has been named a top e-discovery software provider for 2008. The company was named as a top-five software provider in the identification, preservation and collection categories, and as a top provider for processing, reviewing, production and overall corporate ranking. The annual Socha-Gelbmann Electronic Discovery Survey is an independent survey developed in 2003 by e-discovery pioneers George Socha and Tom Gelbmann, and provides the most comprehensive view into the emerging e-discovery market. The survey comprises data from 115 organizations on the forefront of e-discovery and examines the size, scope…

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ThursdayJul 24, 2008 5:51 am

Gold Canyon Resources Inc. (GCU.V) is Finding all that Glitters

Trading on the TSX-Venture Exchange in Toronto, Gold Canyon Resources Inc. acquires and explores for mineral and precious metal properties. Their headquarters are in Vancouver, British Columbia and they are part of the Gallium and Gold Exploration industry. They control a 100-percent interest in the Springpole Gold-Horseshoe Island Gold Platinum, Palladium Project. They also own a 100 percent interest in the Bear Head Uranium Project, which is next to their Favourable Lake Poly-metallic property. This property is currently under option to Shoreham Resources Inc. The company also controls a 100-percent interest in the Cordero Gallium Project. This project is in…

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ThursdayJul 24, 2008 5:48 am

FX Energy Inc. (FXEN) is Extending Their Reach

Trading on the NASDAQ and with headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah, FX Energy Inc. is an independent oil and gas company focusing their efforts primarily in Poland. The company believes Poland's hydrocarbon producing areas are underdeveloped because the country remained closed to competition from foreign exploration companies for so many years. The area they are concentrating on in the country is the Permian Basin region. Accumulating large land positions in known productive areas, FX Energy Inc. has a $29M exploration program currently in progress. Their corporate goal is to increase production and reserves in their core areas of operation.…

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ThursdayJul 24, 2008 5:27 am

Classic Business Management Tutorials from Ebix Inc. (EBIX) Stock

Neither inflation nor recession concerns this stock. It flies way above any stock market storm. The mid-July 2008 stock price is within touching distance of the 52-week high. The Price to Earnings Ratio is just 21.12 even in the face of meteoric rise in market capitalization. The Earnings per Share are 4.31. Sales have grown by more than 25% over the last five years. The Gross Margin has not only topped 75% during this period, but inches ever upwards as well. The Interest Coverage is more than 45, relatively high Debt to Equity notwithstanding. The company writes code for insurance…

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ThursdayJul 24, 2008 5:26 am

Preventive Medicine for Your Stock Portfolio – Mid-Week Management Mantra

A prominent television business channel scoffs at the thought of asking a doctor for stock advice. That is the provocation for this post. Doctors may not be commerce majors, but diagnosis is right up their collective street. A physician is trained to smell impending disease when a patient feels fit and fine. It is not enough for executives to proclaim that your stocks in their care have done well. It is Freddie (NYSE: FRE) today. Who knows if your Fannie (NYSE: FNM) could be in pain tomorrow? Here are five reliable stethoscopes to find out which stock beats to skip:…

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