FridayAug 22, 2008 6:53 am

Product Review of Brite-Strike Tactical Illumination Products, Inc.’s (BSTI.PK) RL-150-HLS Flashlight

Recently we received one of Brite-Strike’s high intensity, tactical flashlights for review. To describe the quality crafted instrument in just a few words, it is extremely well built, couldn’t be easier to use, has an extremely small profile, and has up to 180 lumens of brilliant, flawless white light. When first picking up the flashlight, we instantly recognized the sturdiness of the construction. According to the packaging, it is made from a solid billet of high-strength aircraft aluminum and protected with Class II, type II anodized Mil Spec. surface finish. Around the midsection and near the lens, a diamond pattern…

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FridayAug 22, 2008 5:41 am

Sonic Solutions (SNIC) Helps Bring Hollywood into Your Home

Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Sonic Solutions develops and markets computer software related to digital media for consumer and professional end-users. Founded in 1986, and trading on the NASDAQ, their software and services enable the creation, design, management, and delivery of data, photographs, audio, interactive features, and video in digital formats. They enable this for a host of playback modes. This includes Internet, broadcast, mobile, and compact audio discs, digital video discs, and Blu-ray discs. The company operates three divisions. Their Roxio division is their Consumer Products Group. They are the world's leading digital media software provider. Their product lineup…

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FridayAug 22, 2008 5:37 am

Storm Cat Energy Corp. (SCU) is Striving to be the Cat’s Meow for Their Shareholders

Storm Cat Energy is an independent oil and gas company. Trading on the NASDAQ under the symbol SCU and on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol SME, they focus on the exploration, production, and development of large, unconventional gas reserves. They look for these reserves primarily in fractured shales, coal beds, and tight sand formations. On a secondary basis, they look for these reserves from conventional formations. The company has their U.S. and corporate office in Denver, Colorado and their Canadian office in Calgary, Alberta. Storm Cat has their producing properties in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming, and…

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FridayAug 22, 2008 4:43 am

Pricing Fitness for Enterprise Longevity – How to Grow a Business & Stock Investment Mind

Pricing is the most decisive weapon in a management armory. Products and services under price regulations are exceptions, but this is now limited in the post-socialist world. High demand elasticity to price, and competitive substitution, are major deterrents to the exercise of management prerogative to raising selling rates. These risks are often more imagined than real. However, it is difficult to fight fears that loyal customers may be lost because of new sticker prices. It is easier to balance contradictory profit margin and brand share objectives through the following three functional strategies: 1. Keep your cost of funds lower than…

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FridayAug 22, 2008 4:39 am

Cultural Sensitivity for Competitive Advantage

Global markets and the changing demographics of the United States have stereo effects on business. Condescension is no longer adequate, whether you operate throughout the world, or within just one block. Hispanics, Chinese, Asians, and assorted races from distant corners of earth are now just as important as blacks, women, and the good old mainstream. Europe, until now, has fared better than America in doing business with people of all backgrounds. Great Britain, France, Germany, and Spain, have been particularly successful in keeping the wheels of commerce in motion through Africa, the Indian sub-continent, and Latin America. Some top US…

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FridayAug 22, 2008 4:36 am

China Sunergy Co., Ltd. (CSUN) Beats Q2 Earnings Estimates

China Sunergy Co., Ltd. (CSUN), a solar cell manufacturer in China, reported better than expected second quarter financial results this morning. Revenues rose to $111.6 million, an increase of 98.6% year-over-year and 44.9% sequentially. Net income was $3.1 million, or 8 cents per ADS, compared to a net loss of $3.5 million for the same period last year, and an improvement of 520% sequentially from $0.5 million. Analysts were looking for earnings of 3 cents per ADS on revenues of $94.7 million. “I am pleased to report another quarter during which we have grown revenues, improved margins and strengthened our…

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FridayAug 22, 2008 4:30 am

Performance Health Technologies, Inc. (PFMH.OB) is “One to Watch”

Performance Health Technologies, Inc. is focused on developing and marketing performance evaluation and rehabilitation products that monitor and guide exercise while giving instantaneous motivational feedback. For nearly a decade, the company’s computer and medical experts have innovatively combined advanced software and medical technology to create MotionTrack™, a versatile proprietary technology platform. MotionTrack technology is the core of Performance Health’s products and computer software. By creating inventive devices and technologies using MotionTrack, the company’s mission is to transform the way individuals exercise, train, and rehab from injuries, giving users more efficient and controlled therapy, injury recovery, and personal training and fitness.…

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ThursdayAug 21, 2008 6:10 pm

Bioshaft Water Technology, Inc. (BSHF.OB): Quenching Investors’ Thirst for Profits?

Bioshaft Water Technology (BSHF) is a designer and manufacturer of wastewater treatment facilities. The two-year old company conducts most of its business in the Middle East, the United States, Central and Eastern Europe, and Asia. In fact, last month, Bioshaft Water said it signed an agreement with a company in Qatar to help expand Bioshaft's presence in that Middle Eastern country. It is expected that demand for fresh water will only increase as the world's population expands. The bottled-water industry is a $47 billion on its own, and that doesn't encompass the need for water for basic sanitation. Bioshaft's treatment…

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ThursdayAug 21, 2008 6:07 pm

Broadcast International Inc. (BCST.OB): The Electronic Superhighway for Investors?

Broadcast International (BCST) is a provider of wired and wireless network distribution services such as digital satellite, Internet Protocol (IP) and streaming video for the Internet. The company also installs and manages communications networks for Fortune 500 clients. Broadcast International is positioning itself to benefit from higher demand for high-definition television and Internet video, which lead to a need more bandwidth capacity. The company also develops CodecSys, a proprietary video compression technology that converts video content into a digital data stream for transmission over satellite, cable, Internet, or wireless networks. Earlier this year, Broadcast International unveiled plans for the software…

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ThursdayAug 21, 2008 6:05 pm

Implant Sciences Corp. (AMEX: IMX) Discusses Focus on Homeland Security and Growth Opportunities

Implant Sciences Corporation (AMEX: IMX), a high-technology supplier of sophisticated systems and sensors for the homeland security market and related industries, recently discussed the company’s focus on Homeland Security and future expansion plans. Additionally, Implant Sciences announced its first purchase order from the company’s recently awarded General Services Administration (GSA) Schedule Contract. Implant Sciences has developed proprietary technologies used in its commercial portable and bench-top explosive trace detection systems which ship to a growing number of locations domestically and internationally. The company’s main product line is the Quantum Sniffer, which is available in a portable version (QS-H150) and the bench…

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