FridayFeb 20, 2009 9:08 am

Stream Global Services, Inc. (OOO) Appoints Senior Vice President of Business Development for EMEA Region

Stream Global Services, Inc. announced that it has appointed Arno Millenaar as Senior Vice President of Business Development for its EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region. Millenaar will be responsible for increasing revenue and expanding service solution offerings for clients in the EMEA region through relationship building. In his new position, he will spearhead the company's efforts to identify new and existing business opportunities and provide clients with customized service solutions. Millenaar has nearly three decades of experience in the outsourcing services industry. Previously, he held various senior sales and business development positions with various technology companies including i2…

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FridayFeb 20, 2009 8:52 am

The Mint Leasing, Inc. (MLES.OB) Secures Additional Property, Announces Expansion Plans

Today, The Mint Leasing, Inc. announced that it has secured an adjacent property to expand the company’s headquarters, enabling growth in operations. The company’s customers primarily consist of brand-name automobile dealers that seek to provide leasing options to their customers. "We are very pleased to have secured the property next to us," stated Jerry Parish, President and CEO of The Mint Leasing. "This will allow Mint to expand its current operations and provide us room to add twenty-four employees in the near future, primarily in the account verifications and collections departments.” He added, “Given that we are located so near…

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FridayFeb 20, 2009 8:40 am

Beacon Equity Research Featured Company: China Energy Recovery Inc. (CGYV.OB)

China Energy Recovery Inc. is an international leader in energy recovery systems, with a primary focus on the Chinese market. Headquartered in Shanghai, the Company designs, fabricates, implements, and services energy recovery systems. Their technology captures industrial waste energy to produce low cost electrical power. Their system can capture and reuse over 90 percent of the energy that would otherwise be lost. This allows manufacturers to reduce their energy costs, lessen their emissions footprint, and generate sellable emissions credits. China Energy Recovery Inc. focuses their efforts on the petrochemical, paper manufacturing, coke processing, steel, cement, and refining/power generation industries. Their…

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FridayFeb 20, 2009 8:36 am

Beacon Equity Research Featured Company: Nanometrics Inc. (NANO)

Nanometrics Inc. is focused on designing, manufacturing, selling and supporting process control metrology systems used in semiconductor manufacturing and compound semiconductor substrates, devices and integrated circuits. The Company’s systems monitor film thickness and dimensions that are essential to control the manufacturing process and enable semiconductor manufacturers to improve yields, increase productivity and performance, as well as lower their manufacturing costs. Nanometrics’ metrology systems measure various thin-film properties, critical circuit dimensions and overlay registration accuracy of successive layers of semiconductor patterns on wafers in the photolithography process. The company’s metrology systems also measure electrical and material properties, including composition, crystal structure,…

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FridayFeb 20, 2009 8:14 am

Ophthalmic Imaging Systems (OISI.OB) Recognizes Potential Impact of U.S. Government’s Stimulus Package on Electronic Health Records Market

Today, Ophthalmic Imaging Systems (OIS) commented on a portion of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (popularly known as the stimulus package) that pertains to healthcare IT. It has been estimated that more than $20 billion will be spent on financial incentives for doctors who become meaningful users of a certified EHR solution by 2015. Those who implement a solution and become meaningful users between 2010 and 2012 will be eligible for $44,000 in incentive payments. “We believe the portion of the Stimulus Package that offers incentives to users for utilizing a certified EHR solution has tremendous potential…

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FridayFeb 20, 2009 8:01 am

Hunt Gold Corp. (HGLC.PK) Valuation Soars as Gold and Silver Prices Ascend

With Gold prices now close to $1,000 an ounce, Hunt Gold Corp.'s gold mining properties are substantially increasing in value. In fact, Jeffrey Nichol, head of American Precious Metals Advisors, claimed yesterday that Gold Prices could rise higher than $2,500 per ounce in the future. Hunt Gold also retains interest in Silver Mining through its stockholding in a Silver Company. Silver has also done extremely well the past few months, rising from $8.40 an ounce to more than $14 an ounce. The company's valuation will continue to rise as precious metal prices benefit from investors' demand for "safe haven" investments.…

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FridayFeb 20, 2009 7:39 am

Bald Eagle Energy (BEEI.OB) Works toward American Energy Independence

Bald Eagle Energy, Inc., (BEEI.OB), a Texas based oil and gas exploration company, has its eyes on Alaska’s North Slope. The company is actively acquiring leases in the area, based upon two important facts: • National and world demand for oil and gas will inevitably continue on an upward slope for years to come, in spite of the current economic slowdown, and in spite of efforts to move to non-fossil fuels. • Alaska’s North Slope, and surrounding regions, represent America’s best major source of new energy, and will continue to play a major role in reaching the country’s goal of…

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FridayFeb 20, 2009 7:22 am

Review of Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. (KBLB.OB) Recent Progress in the Labs

In the past four weeks, Kraig Biocraft Laboratories has had two significant announcements. Exactly a month ago, the company announced that its scientific team succeeded in activating fluorescent marker gene sequences which the researchers incorporated into spider silk DNA packets. This means that the DNA insertion packets are working and that Kraig Biocraft has succeeded in obtaining chromosomal insertion and expression. CEO Kim K. Thompson had this to say after the success, “Not only are the DNA packets incorporating themselves into the silkworm chromosome as expected, the silkworms are actually producing the fluorescent proteins as they are instructed to do…

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FridayFeb 20, 2009 6:49 am

Cord Blood America Inc. (CBAI.OB): President Obama Guarantees Stem Cell Work

Cord Blood America's focus is on preserving stem cells, taken from the blood remaining in the umbilical cord and placenta after birth, to combat life-threatening illnesses. Research and development has shown that cord blood stem cells have tremendous future value for treating blood disorders and genetic diseases because the concordant stem cells in blood can be developed to match a patient’s own blood. Earlier this month President Obama guaranteed lawmakers that he will sign an executive order overturning President Bush’s embryonic stem cell research policy. Mr. Obama said the executive order would be coordinated with Congress on timing and that…

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FridayFeb 20, 2009 5:06 am

Axial Vector Energy Corporation (AXVC.PK) Meets Energy Concerns with a Variety of Engine and Generator Solutions

Energy is in the forefront of discussions in the US government and with consumers. Everyone seems to be seeking information on how to conserve energy, find alternative sources of energy, and new methods to store energy. Axial Vector Energy Corporation (AXVC.PK) is a company that owns, develops, and licenses proprietary intellectual property. The company has applied the technology to create smaller and more-lightweight internal combustion engines that produce more horsepower and three-times more torque than traditional engines of the same size. At this time, Axial is developing the client-base for four separate technologies: a multi-fuel engine, a marine/aviation “gas cam”…

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