ThursdayAug 16, 2012 9:00 am

USA Technologies, Inc. (USAT) Announces Entrance into Mobile Payment Acceptance Market

USA Technologies yesterday introduced ePort Mobile™, an innovative product giving retailers and other merchants the capability of accepting credit and debit cards in a mobile environment through USAT’s highly secure, turnkey ePort Connect® service platform. USAT will leverage its extensive experience, over fifteen years, in transitioning traditionally cash-based, unattended retail businesses to cashless payments to make an efficient, effective entry into the multibillion-dollar mobile payments acceptance market. ePort Mobile will offer: • Three levels of data security – credit card data is encrypted twice and is transmitted using a proprietary communication protocol; • Durable, industrial grade card magnetic swipe reader…

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ThursdayAug 16, 2012 8:44 am

World-Renowned Scientists Join International Stem Cell Corp. (ISCO) as Advisors on Parkinson’s Disease Program

Today before the opening bell, International Stem Cell Corp., a California-based biotechnology company focused on the therapeutic applications of human parthenogenetic stem cells (hpSCs) and the development and commercialization of cell-based research and cosmetic products, announced that Professor Evan Snyder and Dr. Rosasio Sánchez-Pernaute are now scientific advisors on the company’s Parkinson's disease program. Evan Snyder, MD, PhD is a Professor at the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute and director of Sanford-Burnham's stem cell program and research center. Regarded as one of the pioneers of stem cell research, particularly with regard to regenerative medicine applications, Prof. Snyder is an expert on…

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WednesdayAug 15, 2012 3:40 pm

Tanke BioSciences Corp. (TNBI) Turns to Profit in Q2 2012; Announces Sales Increases in Quarterly and Six-Month Results

Tanke BioSciences, a China-based agritech company, today announced its financial results for the second quarter and first six months of 2012, reporting a quarterly turn-to-profit and a 49 percent improvement in sales vs. the second quarter of last year. Tanke recorded net income of $272,411, or $0.01 per share, compared to a loss of $1.65 million, or a loss of $0.12 per share, in the second quarter of 2011. Revenues for the 2012 quarter came in at $7.43 million vs. revenues of $4.98 million in the comparable quarter of the year prior. For the first six months ended June 30,…

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WednesdayAug 15, 2012 3:11 pm

Skinny Nutritional Corp. (SKNY) to Get the Message Across and Grab Consumers with New Packaging

When it comes to consumer goods, one of the most important forms of product advertising has nothing to do with television, billboards, or social media. It’s the product packaging. Developing product packaging to present a clear and unique message to the consumer is one of the most effective ways to get them to buy. Why go to all the trouble of getting hard-to-win shelf space for your product and not use it to maximum advantage? Think about it: The consumer is already in the store or other point of sale, they are already thinking of buying something, and they will…

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WednesdayAug 15, 2012 1:33 pm

Duma Energy Corp. (DUMA) and the African Connection

When Duma Energy, an aggressively growing Houston-based oil and gas exploration and production company, recently announced an agreement to acquire Namibia Exploration, Inc., a company that holds the rights to a 39% working interest in an onshore petroleum concession of roughly 5.3 million acres in northern Namibia on Africa’s southwest coast, it represented a major step forward. Until this time, Duma had focused on domestic oil and gas, with major production coming from off-shore wells in the shallow waters of Galveston Bay and Trinity Bay near Houston, Texas. But Duma’s African acquisition did not diverge from the company’s clearly stated…

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WednesdayAug 15, 2012 12:15 pm

Calpian, Inc. (CLPI) is “One to Watch”

Calpian, the Dallas headquartered company focused on acquiring the revenue streams created between ISO providers (independent sales organizations who contract with credit card processors and sell processing services to merchants for the acquiring banks) and the small to mid-sized retailers served thereby, has created a stable revenue footprint in the electronic payment processing sector by becoming a vital link in this merchant processing/ISO chain. By going directly to the ISOs that created the contracts with the merchants in the first place and underwriting every potential deal via the company's highly-evolved internal processes, CLPI has rapidly accrued a handsome set of…

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WednesdayAug 15, 2012 11:55 am

SmallCapVoice: PositiveID’s (PSID) Chairman and CEO William J. Caragol Discusses $5.7 Billion BioWatch Opportunity

SmallCapVoice.com, Inc. announced today that a new audio interview with PositiveID Corporation (OTCBB:PSID), an emerging growth company and developer of airborne bio-threat detection systems for America’s homeland defense industry as well as advanced technologies for diabetes management, is now available. The interview can be heard at http://smallcapvoice.com/blog/8-14-12-smallcapvoice-interview-with-positiveid-corporation-otcbb-psid. SmallCapVoice.com is a recognized corporate investor relations firm, with clients nationwide, known for its ability to help emerging growth companies build a following among retail and institutional investors. SmallCapVoice.com utilizes its stock newsletter to feature its daily stock picks, audio interviews, as well as its clients’ financial news releases. SmallCapVoice.com also offers individual…

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WednesdayAug 15, 2012 8:23 am

CONMED Corp. (CNMD) to Acquire Viking Systems, Inc. (VKNG) for $22.5Mln

Medical technology company CONMED Corp. and Viking Systems, Inc., a 3D and 2D visualization solutions company, have reached an agreement under which CONMED will acquire Viking for $0.27 per share in cash, representing a 42 percent premium over the closing price of Viking’s common stock on August 13 for a total purchase price of approximately $22.5 million. Viking's lead product is the Viking 3D-HD Vision System, an advanced 3D vision system used by surgeons during complex minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery, and is believed to be the only stand-alone 3D laparoscopic vision system on the market that is both FDA-cleared and…

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WednesdayAug 15, 2012 8:18 am

Smith Micro Software, Inc. (SMSI) QuickLink Mobility Selected By DC Police

Smith Micro Software announced that its enterprise connection management software, QuickLink Mobility, has been chosen by the District of Columbia Office of Unified Communications (OUC). The QuickLink software will be deployed by the DC Metropolitan Police Department (MPDC). Smith Micro is focused on providing client and server software applications and software systems that are intended to improve the mobile experience. The company's QuickLink Mobility is a core component of Smith's Mobility Command Center, and helps members of the mobile communications industry provide products that are secure, while optimizing network and device resources. Within the MPDC, QuickLink will be used to…

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