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TuesdayJun 10, 2008 7:30 am

Emerging Media Holdings, Inc. (EMDH.OB) Fills Board Seats

Emerging Media Holdings, Inc. (EMDH.OB) recently appointed two directors to its board. Vivorel Sareboune and Radu Lazar were elected to fill existing vacancies on the board. The newly-elected directors were also appointed as members of the audit committee. Radu Lazar received a Bachelor of Science degree in International Economic Relations from the Academy of Economic Studies in Chisinau, Moldova. Lazar spent a large portion of his career with CNFA in Moldova. He held a number of positions including agribusiness enterprise development coordinator, agribusiness program assistant, and property management/logistics specialist. His last two years at CNFA were as a grant administrator…

TuesdayJun 10, 2008 7:28 am

Amazon.com to Sell Perf Go Green, Inc (PGOG.OB) Products

Perf Go Green, a marketer and distributor of biodegradable plastics, is rolling out their first products later on this month. The company announced this morning that consumers will be able to purchase the company’s 13-gallon kitchen trash bags and 30-gallon lawn and leaf bags on Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) beginning in mid-June. Perf Go Green believes that consumers who want to help save the planet can buy the company’s biodegradable kitchen bags and make a difference because the company’s patented products are made of recycled plastics that are combined with an oxo-biodegradable proprietary application method to produce the film for the bags.…

TuesdayJun 10, 2008 7:25 am

General Electric Co. (GE) Proposal To Be Voted On By Union

Union workers at General Electric Co. (GE)'s Appliance Park in Louisville will vote Wednesday on a company proposal to replace 183 established workers with the same number of workers at a lower wage. Workers at the appliance plant, members of the IUE-CWA, Local 761, will be offered an early retirement package if they are age 55 or older, said Kim Freeman, director of public relations for Louisville-based GE Consumer and Industrial. The 183 jobs that are targeted to be eliminated pay an average of $23.84 per hour with benefits. They would be replaced by 183 jobs that pay an average…

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…

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