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TuesdayJun 10, 2008 6:26 am

The Sound Business Sense of Crawford & Company (CRD-B)

Insurance is a durable business. No professional enterprise can do without it, in good times and bad. Insurance is also a vital form of security for stock investors. There are abundant and compelling reasons to favor stocks in the insurance business when markets are depressed, under cost pressures, or with uncertain demand trends. Insurance spawns other enterprises, just like most industries. The entities from which retail customers buy insurance are reluctant to take full risks on their own shoulders. There are other financial benefits in reinsurance as well. However, the reinsurance industry is subject to the kinds of derivative risks…

TuesdayJun 10, 2008 6:22 am

Transparency for Better Stock Investing – Part 1 of 5

Most investors will agree that disinformation plagues their stock picks. Business channels on television contrive ways to promote advertisers and anchors. Regulators have drawers full of excuses for the failing states of economies. Management Guru Peter Senge, the celebrated author of ‘The Fifth Discipline’, says that we are all parts of the major problems about which we love to complain. Could this apply to your portfolio? Here is a test that your stock investment advisors and you may like to try: Ask each person in your team to write answers to the following questions on two separate pieces of paper:…

TuesdayJun 10, 2008 6:20 am

FTD Group Inc. (FTD) – Always in Season

You know your company is one with a rich history when your original name had the word "telegraph" in it. That's the case with FTD Group Inc., who we know as the flower people today. The original name of the company, founded in 1910, was Florists' Telegraph Delivery. They were the first flowers-by-wire service in the world then. Today, they are one of the largest floral companies in the world. With headquarters in Downers Grove, Illinois, Florists' Transworld Delivery Inc. (FTD) trades on the NYSE as part of the Specialty Retailer-Other business sector. They are a provider of floral-related products…

TuesdayJun 10, 2008 6:18 am

FuelCell Energy Inc. (FCEL) is Charged Up for Growth

In 1969, Bernard Baker and Martin Klein founded Energy Research Corporation (ERC). Baker, an early fuel cell pioneer, and Klein, a chemical engineer, felt the future in power generation lay in this area of research. In 1999, the company took their battery research division on its own as a separate company, and renamed it FuelCell Energy Inc. Today, FuelCell Energy Inc. develops and produces stationary fuel-cell power plants for commercial, industrial, municipal, and utility customers. Their focus is to produce ultra-clean, safe, and high-efficiency fuel cells. Their "Direct FuelCell" (DFC) generates power at over 60 plants worldwide. Their DFC power…

TuesdayJun 10, 2008 6:16 am

Lantis Laser (LLSR.OB) Upgrades Their Laser Dentistry Imaging System

Lantis Laser (LLSR.OB) is developing and commercializing advanced technologies for applications in dentistry. The company has exclusive rights to the application of Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) technology for dental diagnostic imaging through its licensing agreements with LightLab Imaging and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. These rights do not expire until 2020. Lantis Laser announced an agreement a few months ago with Axsun Technologies, leaders in the design of high-performance OCT laser engines. Axsun's patented swept-source technology enables the highest attainable performance for Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT). Lantis Laser's proprietary OCT Dental Imaging System is a diagnostic aid that provides real-time, high-resolution…

TuesdayJun 10, 2008 6:03 am

Superlattice Power, Inc. (SLAT.OB) is “One to Watch”

Superlattice Power, Inc is focused on using its resources and efforts to develop and market lithium-powered vehicles and products for use in residential and commercial properties. Using its technology, the company is able to covert scooters, bicycles, mopeds, motorcycles, cars and even homes and businesses into zero-emission, lithium-powered vehicles and facilities. To vist the company's website, please click the following link: www.superlatticepower.com The company has made considerable progress in advancing its next generation lithium-powered batteries. It is currently developing a new cathode material that can be integrated into a Lithium-ion polymer battery to substantially increase operating voltage range as well…

MondayJun 09, 2008 7:09 pm

Raven Biofuels International Corp. (RVBF.OB) Expects Production to Reach 100 Million Gallons over the Next Five Years

Raven Biofuels International Corporation (RVBF.OB), a leading producer and distributor of high-quality fuel-grade cellulosic ethanol, recently announced its intention to commence at least two refinery projects in the United States and the possibility of an additional project in Canada before year end. The company is planning to build out 100 million gallons of production over the next five years. Raven Biofuels International Corporation was formed in late 2007 to address the global demand for clean and renewable energy with a focus on high quality fuel-grade cellulosic ethanol. The company’s first biorefineries will initially have the production capacity of 10 million…

MondayJun 09, 2008 5:58 pm

Snap-on Inc. (SNA) Receives Frost & Sullivan’s Technician’s Choice Award for 2007

Snap-on Incorporated (SNA), headquartered in Kenosha, Wisconsin, is a manufacturer of tools, diagnostics equipment, software and service solutions for professional users. The company, co-founded by Joseph Johnson and William Seidemann, began in 1920 and manufactured ten sockets that would “snap on” to five interchangeable handles. Johnson and Seidmann’s original marketing strategy was to demonstrate the product and sell directly to customers at their place of business. The success of this strategy led to the increase of additional partners who, together, helped expand the company to its’ current $2.8B worth. Products and services of Snap-on include hand and power tools, tool…

MondayJun 09, 2008 5:54 pm

Dutton Associates Featured Company: Telanetix Inc. (TNXI.OB)

Telanetix Incorporated is breaking all of the stereotypes previously associated with live video conferences. They are redefining the industry by providing videoconferencing solutions that utilize Internet technology to allow users to interact in a videoconferencing environment from various multiple locations. They provide complete systems, including the monitors, cameras, audio equipment, and the peripheral equipment necessary to enable a “hotspot” in the conference room for the wireless operation of the system controls and data-sharing. Telanetix also offers various related services, including network connectivity, network management, parts warranty and exchange. The goal that Telanetix set out to achieve was to electronically merge…

MondayJun 09, 2008 5:50 pm

The Four HorseWomen of the Apocalypse – Part 1

The soaring prices of our everyday lives – oil, water, energy, and food - otherwise known as the Four Horsewomen of the Apocalypse. Famine, Death, War, and Pestilence have nothing over these chicks. You may not have heard of the HorseWomen, but their pull on your wallet is real. Let’s take an in depth look at each of these foul creatures and their impact on your life and mine. In a later article, I’ll give you tips and tricks on how to outsmart them and keep their hands out of your wallet. Part 1 – She Rode in a White…

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