FridayApr 12, 2013 4:51 pm

Boldface Group, Inc. (BLBK) Expands Board of Directors to 5; Closes on Private Placement Financing

Celebrity beauty licensing company Boldface Group announced today that it is expanding its board of directors to five members. Victor Azrak is joining the board as an independent director, while Frank Peticca has been called upon to provide Boldface with strategic planning, operational efficiencies, and financial management consulting services. Hailing from Brooklyn, NY, Mr. Azrak started American Marketing Enterprises (AME) in June of 1993 with his brother, Elliott. AME developed a portfolio of licenses over the years including Power Rangers, Hello Kitty, Disney, and Marvel, and became an industry leader in the course of five years. Mr. Azrak sold AME…

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FridayApr 12, 2013 2:39 pm

Cardium Therapeutics, Inc. (CXM) Excellagen Commercialization Plans

Cardium Therapeutics, a medical technology company focused on cardiovascular and tissue repair, has developed and is implementing a comprehensive commercialization strategy for Excellagen, the company’s novel syringe-based gel to boost the healing process for all types of wounds, including diabetic ulcers, surgical wounds, trauma wounds, and chronic vascular ulcers. The product’s proven effectiveness, range of application, and ease of use has opened an extensive target market, which Cardium is addressing with a variety of partnership agreements. In January 2013, Cardium announced a distribution agreement with Academy Medical to market, sell, and distribute Excellagen to U.S. government medical providers. Academy Medical…

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FridayApr 12, 2013 2:21 pm

Green Technology Solutions, Inc. (GTSO) Aims to Apply Successful Chilerecicla Business Model in U.S. Operations

Green Technology Solutions, a rare earth minerals and precious metals exploration company, today said that it continues to pursue a possible partnership with Latin America’s Chilerecicla and that GTSO plans on using lessons learned from Chilerecicla’s to apply to its own operations in the United States. Chilerecicla was founded in 2009 and opened the first e-waste recycling plant in Southern Chile. The company specializes in the direct removal of unwanted computers, electronics, and other devices from clients' offices and takes the items for reuse and recycling rather than letting them collect in landfills. GTSO wants to apply this business model…

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FridayApr 12, 2013 10:06 am

Neuralstem, Inc. (CUR) Video Chart for Friday, April 12, 2013

CUR is in an extended flag pattern with the price per share now being pinched between the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Given the length of the pattern and the converging moving averages, the chart is on radar for a larger move one direction or the other. To view the video chart, visit the following link: http://www.qualitystocks.net/videocharts Let us hear your thoughts below:

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FridayApr 12, 2013 9:39 am

International Stem Cell Corp. (ISCO) Scores Major Goal with Parkinson’s Disease Treatment

International Stem Cell Corp. has scored a major goal in the use of stem cells for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s is a debilitating disorder, involving a progressive degeneration of dopamine producing neurons in the central nervous system. Traditional treatments simply attempt to replace the lost dopamine, which can help at first but, as symptoms grow worse, its efficacy declines, leaving many patients severely disabled. In a recent study, positive animal data reported by ISCO has established that Parkinson’s symptoms can be successfully treated with the company’s unique parthenogenetic stem cell derived neuronal cells, a huge accomplishment. Previous moves…

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FridayApr 12, 2013 8:29 am

World Energy Solutions, Inc. (XWES) Procures Huge Electric Savings for Abilene Independent School District

World Energy Solutions, a leading energy management services firm and approved energy services provider in the TIPS/TAPS purchasing program, today announced that the company has successfully procured over 62 million kWh of electricity for Abilene Independent School District (AISD), a public school district serving over 17,000 students in Abilene and Impact, Texas. Abilene ISD was able to test market prices for various electricity terms and products in an efficient and transparent manner through a series of online auctions run on the World Energy Exchange®. The competitive event attracted twelve suppliers overall, who submitted more than 120 bids fir AISD's business…

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FridayApr 12, 2013 8:26 am

StemCells, Inc. (STEM) Reaches Agreement for $19.3 Million in Funding from California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to Help Fund IND for Alzheimer’s Disease

StemCells, a company engaged in the research, development, and commercialization of cell-based therapeutics and tools for use in stem cell-based research and drug discovery, announced that it has reached an agreement with the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) for CIRM to extend approximately $19.3 million in funding for preclinical development and IND-enabling activities of the company’s proprietary HuCNS-SC® product candidate (purified human neural stem cells) for Alzheimer’s disease. The funding will be granted in the form of a forgivable loan and was awarded within CIRM’s Disease Team Therapy Development Award program (RFA 10-05) in September 2012. The research is…

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ThursdayApr 11, 2013 4:13 pm

SmallCapVoice: SANUWAVE Health, Inc. (SNWV) Receives U.S. Patent to Sterilize Blood Using Its Shock Wave Technology

SANUWAVE Health has received a patent issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office entitled “Method and Devices for Cleaning and Sterilization with Shock Waves.” The claims of the patent (patent number 8,343,420) relate to a new method that sterilizes blood by applying external shock waves to destroy blood pathogens contained in bags, pipes and tubes. The patent has a term extending to July 2031. “This marks the first of many patents that we intend to add to our intellectual property portfolio to broaden the use of our technology beyond wound care and regenerative medicine,” commented Joseph Chiarelli, Chief Executive…

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ThursdayApr 11, 2013 4:03 pm

Trans-Pacific Aerospace Company, Inc. (TPAC) Extends China Footprint with Acquisition of 55% Ownership Stake in Godfrey (China) Ltd.

Trans-Pacific Aerospace Company, a designer, engineer, and manufacturer of self-lubricating spherical bearings for commercial aircrafts, has acquired a 55 percent stake in Godfrey (China) Ltd., a Hong Kong corporation. The acquisition is in line with Trans-Pacific’s mission to tap into the Chinese market, which is the world’s largest aviation market outside of the United States. The Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) projects that the country’s commercial aircraft fleet will more than triple by 2031 vs. the number of aircrafts in 2011. "We're very pleased with our majority stake acquisition," Trans-Pacific CEO Bill McKay stated in the press release. "The…

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ThursdayApr 11, 2013 4:00 pm

First Titan Corp. (FTTN) Doubles Down on Growth Strategy, Enters Talks to Acquire 1k Texas Gulf Coast Acres

First Titan is aggressively adding to an already impressive portfolio of domestic hydrocarbon assets (Alabama, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas), with the report of yet another strategic coup today, as news comes out that the company is elbow-deep in negotiations to acquire some 1k acres in prime Texas Gulf Coast territory. This deal would tack on some serious acreage to FTTN's Texas operations, currently consisting of some 640 net acres in Terrell County (West Texas), known as the Big Canyon Prospect. The target properties currently being negotiated for contain both producing assets and considerable development upside, giving FTTN a nice break-out…

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