MondayOct 20, 2008 3:46 pm

Art Technology Group Inc. (ARTG) Caters to the Shoe Lover through Revamped DSW.com Site

Art Technology Group Inc. (Nasdaq: ARTG) specializes in e-commerce for premier brands around the world. The company offers software and platform-independent optimization services for companies looking for avenues to maximize their online business. The company today announced that popular footwear retailer DSW Inc. (NYSE: DSW) used ATG’s Commerce Suite to power its recently launched online store at DSW.com to drive brand awareness and boost online presence in the growing Internet age. Before the company constructed its new Website, DSW used its existing site to provide customers with general information about the retailer, as well as a “store locator” option. According…

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MondayOct 20, 2008 3:45 pm

October 20th CEOcast Weekly Newsletter

Companies featured in the current edition of the newsletter: ACTC, CBMC, CETG, CGXP, CNLG, ENZ, GNBT, HJHO, ICLK, ITUI, LPHC, PCFG, PLKH, SRRY Despite the extremely volatile week, stocks managed to end with gains for the five-session period, which included the Dow's biggest one-day point gain on Monday and the second-biggest point loss on Wednesday. The market's big rallies on Monday and Thursday gave all the major indexes gains of well over 3 percent for the week, but that was just a partial recovery from the devastating double-digit declines of the previous week. The Dow Jones industrial average ended the…

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MondayOct 20, 2008 3:44 pm

Joe’s Jeans, Inc. (JOEZ) Reports Third Quarter Financial Results – CEO Comments on Record Profitability

Joe’s Jeans Inc. (NASD: JOEZ), a leading designer, producer and reseller of apparel and apparel-related products to the retail and premium markets under the Joe's® brand and related trademarks, recently announced its financial results for the third quarter ended August 31, 2008. During the third quarter, net sales increased 16 percent to $18.2 million compared to $15.7 million during the corresponding period one-year earlier. Additionally, the company reported a record quarter of profitability with net income of $2.2 million, or $0.04 per share, compared to $913,000, or $0.02 per share in the third quarter of 2007. Commenting on the recent…

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MondayOct 20, 2008 3:42 pm

Zcom Networks, Inc. (ZCMN.PK) is “One to Watch”

Zcom Networks, Inc. is a diversified media broadcasting and shopping network company involved in the production and licensing of various contents. Through their production studies in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles, California, the company produces content programs, infomercials, and commercials. Zcom is focused on capitalizing in niche media opportunities by providing distribution and production at a low risk, cost effective manner. The company is separating themselves from the major media companies by maintaining low overhead and a cost structure, through their engagement with attentive and responsive client broadcasters, and through their commitment to undertake only those projects that have sound…

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MondayOct 20, 2008 1:00 pm

EV Transportation Inc. (EVTP.OB) is “One to Watch”

Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, EV Transportation Inc. is the parent company of EV Rental Cars, LLC. Founded in 1997, EV Rental Cars exclusively rents hybrid electric and low emissions vehicles. They are the first car rental company in the United States to rent only environmentally friendly vehicles to the public. EV's airport locations include Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, California; in addition to a site in Phoenix, AZ. The company has the distinction of preventing more than 100 tons of air pollution and has passed to their customers over one million dollars…

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MondayOct 20, 2008 12:50 pm

Mine Clearing Corp. (MCCO.OB) is “One to Watch”

Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, and trading on the OTCBB, Mine Clearing Corp. is developing a technology business focusing on the scanning, mapping, and removal of buried landmines. The Company is developing a sensor-based proprietary system that they project will be approximately three times faster and cost fifty percent less than existing best-in-class demining methods. Mine Clearing Corp.'s mission is to free countries held hostage by landmines. They are working to facilitate economic and social re-development of contaminated areas, as well as reclaim non-contaminated areas that are sitting idle. By providing mine removal services to nations, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), and industrial…

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MondayOct 20, 2008 11:55 am

Money4Gold Holdings, Inc. (MFGD.OB) – Cash Paid for Precious Metals

In tough times consumers turn to their old jewelry boxes to cash in on those unused precious metals. Money4Gold increases shareholder value by producing gold, platinum and silver without the risks of mining, large capital costs or the environmental hazards associated with mining. This is a pure recycling play of the 24 karat kind. Gold and silver, which have been enjoying a sustained rising market, shows no sign of decreasing demand. Manufacturers of technology such as computer parts use gold and silver as conducting wires for their purity in data transmission. Recycled precious metals represent 23%-25% of the global supply…

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MondayOct 20, 2008 11:51 am

Utilities Companies Consolidating – Exelon (EXC) Bids for NRG Energy (NRG)

In this time of uncertainty, there is one thing definitely clear – people will continue to need and use utilities. That’s the wager that nuclear power giant Exelon is making as it put in a $6.2 billion bid for NRG Energy. If the deal goes through, Exelon would become the nation’s largest power company. Two years ago, NRG declined an offer from Mirant Corp for $8 Billion. The combined Exelon and NRG would be big enough to power nearly 45 million homes with 47,000 megawatts. It would have a diverse power mix and a market capitalization of $40 billion. If…

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MondayOct 20, 2008 11:49 am

Intraware®, Inc. (ITRA) to be Acquired by Acresso Software in $27 Million Transaction

Acressa, owned by a private equity firm with offices in Chicago’s Sears Tower and in San Francisco’s Transamerica Pyramid, announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Intraware will be acquired in a transaction valued at approximately $27 million. Intraware shareholders will be paid $4 in cash per share in this deal, which should close in December or January. This represents a premium of approximately 29 percent over the closing price of Intraware’s common stock on October 17, 2008. Intraware makes software similar to that of Acresso, used in tracking and managing software and licenses for products…

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MondayOct 20, 2008 11:46 am

Carbon Sciences Inc. (CABN.OB) Gains Key Ingredient for Co2-to-Fuels Process

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the most significant byproduct of fossil fuel usage and a major greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming. We hear about the dangerous levels of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere on major news broadcasts across the globe. Carbon Sciences is tackling this issue, developing a breakthrough technology to transform carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions into the basic fuel building blocks required to produce gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel and other fuels. The key to Carbon Science’s CO2-to-Fuel approach lies in a proprietary multi-step biocatalytic process. The company's approach is based on a low energy biocatalytic hydrolysis process…

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