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TuesdayOct 25, 2011 2:14 pm

Beacon Equity Research: Healtways Shares Plunge on Outlook (HWAY)

Shares of Healthways Inc. (NASDAQ: HWAY), a provider of solutions to help people to maintain or improve their health, are sinking in today’s trading after the company slashed the upper end of 2011 earnings forecast. The company also said that it expects a significant drop in revenue from its contract with Cigna Corp. (NYSE: CI). At last check, Healthways shares were trading 42.16% lower at $6.46, with volume up from daily average of 206,726 to 2.26 million. Healthways said that it expects a reduction in revenue from Cigna, its largest customer, in 2012 due to the winding down of the…

TuesdayOct 25, 2011 2:08 pm

Beacon Equity Research: Peter Schiff Takes-on FX’s John Taylor

Everyone’s favorite Wall Street irritant is out with his latest call for the gold and silver price—as well as calls for every other anti-dollar trade, for that matter. Euro Pacific Capital’s Peter Schiff recommends loading up on your favorite precious metal because the launch in stocks, oil, and even, the euro!, is about to begin. “You’ve got the euro now at about 1.39, and I think you’ve got a head and shoulders bottom in the euro,” Schiff told King World News yesterday. “Our short-term target for the euro, maybe, by year end, will be up near 1.48.” The implications, suggested…

TuesdayOct 25, 2011 1:56 pm

Sky Petroleum, Inc. (SKPI) Shows Serious Oil and Gas Potential in Albania with Recent Report by Schlumberger Consulting Firm Pathfinder

Sky Petroleum, with a focus on E&P in the Republic of Albania and a bench of proven oil and gas professionals at the helm, has exploited a strategy that leverages infrastructural localization and maximized up-time between appraisal/development to carve out a substantial foothold in the region. The Company offered an operational status report, detailing technical data analysis of previously engaged Schlumberger consulting firm, Pathfinder, which has subsequently produced recommendations on three of the ten prospects. According to the determinations of the Pathfinder team, there is potential for more up-dip drilling at oil shows in Palokastra and discrete testing of fractured…

TuesdayOct 25, 2011 1:44 pm

Strategic American Oil Corp. (SGCA) Continues to Grow Production at Galveston Bay

In February, 2011, Strategic American Oil completed what CEO Jeremy Drive termed “a seminal event” for the company, the acquisition of Galveston Bay Energy, a Texas based owner and operator of oil and natural gas properties in Galveston Bay, southeast of Houston. The $9.9 million acquisition, funded with proceeds from a private placement, was immediately accretive to cash flow, production, and reserves, important to the company’s goal of growing production and cash flow through low risk development and workover projects. An independent engineering report from last year estimated net proved reserves of 3.6 million barrels of oil equivalent, together with…

TuesdayOct 25, 2011 1:19 pm

MicroVision (MVIS) Posts Q2 Results, Highlights

MicroVision Inc., a leading provider of innovative ultra-miniature projection display technology, today announced its operating and financial results for the second quarter of 2011. For the three months ended June 30, 2011, MicroVision reported revenue of $1.2 million compared to $2.1 million reported for the second quarter of 2010. As of June 30, 2011, the company’s backlog was $1.7 million. The company reported an operating loss of $9.3 million, or $(0.09) per share, for the second quarter of 2011 compared to a loss of $11.1 million, or $(0.12) per share, for the comparable quarter last year. As of June 30,…

TuesdayOct 25, 2011 1:17 pm

Eagle Oil Holding Company, Inc. (EGOH) Provides Update on Texas Oil and Gas Activity

Eagle Oil Holding Company, Inc. reported an operations update on the company’s oil and gas activities in the United States. The company is actively developing various fields in Texas. Eagle Oil Holding Company owns a majority working interest in a 973 acre section of the Woodbine Oil Field located in East Texas. The company controls 173 oil wells at the field. Eagle Oil Holding Company said that Questus Energy LLC expects to shortly begin work over operations on five wells at the Woodbine Oil Field. The work involved includes well cleaning, submersible pump maintenance and other repairs that will vary…

TuesdayOct 25, 2011 11:00 am

Sharps Compliance (SMED) Reports Revenue Growth in Fiscal 2012 First Quarter

Sharps Compliance Corp. is a leading full service provider of cost-effective management solutions for medical waste and unused dispensed medications generated outside the hospital and large health care facility setting. The company's strategy is to capture a large part of this estimated $2.8 billion market by targeting the major agencies that are connected to medical waste, including the U.S. government, pharmaceutical manufacturers, pharmacies and clinics. The company today reported financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2012, which ended September 30, 2011. Revenue for the period came in at $5.7 million, which was up $500,000 or 9.7% from…

TuesdayOct 25, 2011 9:53 am

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The equity markets are constantly moving and it is imperative that an active trader can find out what is happening in real-time. Even if you aren’t trading all day long – it is important to stay on top of the latest-breaking news. That is why we created our Twitter account just for you. By following us at Twitter, you will be right on top of the action in the micro-cap and small-cap markets. You will receive short alerts regarding stock movements, news releases, and our new “Ones to Watch.” Every day we send dozens of tweets to bring our followers…

TuesdayOct 25, 2011 9:33 am

VistaGen Therapeutics, Inc. (VSTA) Announces Identification of Cell Surface Marker that Permits High-Yield Purification of Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes

VistaGen Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company applying stem cell technology for drug rescue and cell therapy, just announced the publication of original research funded by the Company that identifies an antibody useful in the identification and purification of cardiac progenitors and cardiomyocytes. The research, titled “Novel Use for SIRPA as a Specific Cell Surface Marker for the Isolation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes,” stems from research funded in part by VistaGen and conducted by a collaborative team led by Dr. Gordon Keller at the University Health Network’s McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine in Toronto. The results of these studies…

TuesdayOct 25, 2011 8:24 am

NanoViricides, Inc. (NNVC) Anti-Virus Technology Published in Bionanotechnology II: Global Prospects

Located in West Haven, Connecticut, NanoVircides is a development stage company that is creating special purpose nanomaterials for viral therapy. Yesterday, the young company announced they have had their novel, proprietary anti-virus platform technology published in the book “Bioanotechnology II: Global Prospects.” The chapter, titled “Nanoviridies-A Novel Approach to Antiviral Therapeutics,” provides an in-depth presentation of the NanoVircides platform technology and displays how the technology is having a profound effect on HIV and an array of other deadly diseases. In a statement about the chapter contributed by NanoViricides, the publisher stated, “The impact and importance of nanotechnology continues to grow,…

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