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MondaySep 08, 2008 8:39 am

Intraday Check-Up for September 9, 2008

After gapping higher on the open over 350 points, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dramatically pared its gains, at one time up only 110 points. The Nasdaq, after opening up 40 points, or nearly 2%, retreated all the way back to negative territory. The initial euphoria for equities seems to have given way to a more measured analysis of the implications of a federal government that shows no restraint from printing dollars. Many issues that opened higher sold off hard. WM: Friday’s close: $4.27; today’s open: $5.10; intraday low: $3.51 ABK: Friday’s close: $8.52; today’s open: $10; intraday low: $8.56…

MondaySep 08, 2008 8:36 am

Thermoenergy Corp. (TMEN.OB) Finds Present Success in Wastewater Treatment, Future in Clean Energy Systems

Many may have heard the old saying, “throwing out the baby with the bathwater,” or throwing out the good with the bad. In many instances, this is exactly what industry does. It does not see any value except in the primary product it is manufacturing. Fortunately, this concept is quickly passing into history as many companies search for ways to become more efficient with what they have. Saw mills burn sawdust for power and heat-producing industries recapture excess heat for non-manufacturing heating and cooling. As simple as the concept may sound, most industries failed to recognize this until energy and…

MondaySep 08, 2008 7:15 am

Performance Health Technologies Inc. (PFMH.OB) Has a Seasoned Management Team

Performance Health Technologies Inc. (PFMH.OB) develops and markets performance evaluation and rehabilitation products that monitor and guide exercise and give real-time feedback. Over the past nine years, the company's experts have brought together advanced software and medical technology to create the company's proprietary MonitorTrack technology. Performance Health's quality management team has many seasoned executives. The company's management team is led by CEO Robert D. Prunetti, CFO James E. Bartolomei, and Medical Director Dr. Gary N. Goldstein, M.D. Mr. Prunetti was appointed President and CEO of the company on March 15th 2006. He has re-engineered the company, launching new marketing and…

MondaySep 08, 2008 7:01 am

Budget Waste Inc. Is Negotiating $1,250,000 Line of Credit

Budget Waste Inc. ("BWI") (PINKSHEETS: BDGW) is currently in the process and negotiation a $1,250,000 line of credit with a Calgary based commercial lender. Once the line of credit has closed and is in place, the cash infusion will allow Budget Waste Inc. to continue its mandate of growing by acquisition. The Company will focus more on purchasing additional companies outside of the province of Alberta.

MondaySep 08, 2008 6:49 am

Performance Health Technologies Inc. (PFMH.OB) and Virtual Rehabilitation

Performance Health Technologies Inc. (PFMH.OB) is a leader in the developing and marketing of innovative products that guide and monitor exercise and rehabilitation. The company's proprietary MotionTrack technology tracks and monitors motion and movement in real time. One of Performance Health's key products is their Core:Tx rehabilitation device. Core:Tx is a computer-based program that uses wireless motion-sensing technology designed for neuromuscular re-education. Neuromuscular re-education is a technique used by rehabilitation therapists to restore normal movements in patients with neuromuscular impairments. This product can be used for stroke and trauma patients as well as for other uses, such as sports injury…

MondaySep 08, 2008 6:41 am

Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. (PSUN) – Going Beyond the Beach

Trading on NASDAQ, Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. is a leading lifestyle specialty retailer of everyday casual apparel, accessories, and footwear. As part of the Apparel Stores industry, the company has their corporate headquarters in Anaheim, California. Their store concept finds its roots in the youth culture and fashion trends of Southern California. The company began in 1980 as a small surf shop in Newport Beach, California, although under a different name. With California's cooler winter seasons moving beach-goers off the beaches and into the malls, the surf shop moved there as well. They began opening surf shops in malls…

MondaySep 08, 2008 6:38 am

Hawthorne Gold Corp. (HGC.V) is Organizing their Trio to Play for Profit

Headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Hawthorne Gold Corp. (HGC.V) is a gold exploration and development company. Their corporate focus is on three key properties in this Canadian province: Frasergold, Table Mountain, and Taurus. Trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX-V), the company's goal is to become a successful gold company through focused exploration. They are also working to achieve this goal through continued development of their current projects and through the potential acquisitions of other projects. The company's direction comes from well-respected mining leaders Richard Barclay and Michael Beley, together with mining veteran Michael Redfearn. Their mission is to become…

MondaySep 08, 2008 6:15 am

Susan M Ivey – Reynolds American, Inc (RAI)

Company Overview Reynolds American, Inc. was created in 2004 by the merger of R.J.Reynolds Tobacco Holdings and British American Tobacco PLC, and is now the parent company of the operating companies listed below with their specialties. As a holding company, Reynolds American focuses on pleasing the stockholder, while the operating companies focus on pleasing their customers. To please stockholders, the management team at Reynolds American focuses on two things: increasing stock price and increasing dividends. The operating companies are as follows: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company – U.S. market mostly. Sells 1 of every 3 cigarettes sold in the US. Brands…

MondaySep 08, 2008 6:14 am

Irene Rosenfeld – Kraft Foods, Inc. (KFT)

Company Overview James L. Kraft began a wholesale cheese company in 1903 in Chicago, IL. However, the current entity, Kraft Foods, Inc., has roots in companies that were started as far back as 1767. Kraft today is the result of a series of mergers of food product manufacturers including Nabisco, Oscar Meyer, and General Foods. Current well known brands are Breakstone, Chips Ahoy!, Cool Whip, DiGiorno, Jell-O, Kraft, Kool-Aid, Maxwell House, Nabisco, Oreo, Oscar Mayer, Philadelphia, Ritz, Tang, and Velveeta. Kraft produces and distributes its products to 150 countries, with more than 180 manufacturing and processing facilities worldwide. Kraft claims…

MondaySep 08, 2008 6:13 am

Andrea Jung – Avon Products, Inc. (AVP)

Company Overview Avon is one of the United States’ oldest companies. Originally founded as the California Perfume Company in 1886, Avon has always been about marketing. On October 6, 1939, the wildly successful California Perfume,by then with over $4M in sales and more than 25,000 representatives, changed its name to Avon Products, Inc. People believe that the company was re-christened “Avon” for the whimsical reason that Suffern on the Ramapo, the New York State town in which the founder of the company lived, reminded him of Shakespeare’s Stratford-on-Avon1 Avon today calls itself “The Company for Women” and is one…

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