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MondaySep 29, 2008 6:45 am

Brite-Strike Tactical Illumination Products, Inc. (BSTI.PK) Strikes Again

The Massachusetts-based Brite Strike has struck another blow in the war on danger. Brite Strike, which is in the business of bringing safety to police officers and private citizens, offers an array of safety products that help everyday citizens protect themselves from unlawful attacks. One of the company’s premier products is the “Lightning Strike”, a high-powered flashlight designed to help protect women and college students from attacks. “Lightning Strike” has been a major success, giving Brite Strike national attention and allowing the young company to become a major player in the burgeoning market for personal self-defense systems. These successes have…

MondaySep 29, 2008 6:24 am

RedChip Featured Company: EnterConnect, Inc. (ECNI.OB)

EnterConnect, Inc. (ECNI.OB) is a company focused on delivering customers a reduced cost, accelerated time-to-value, increased productivity portal. EnterConnect assists clients in consolidating intranets, extranets, and internet sites into a single portal platform. This consolidation effort allows clients to recognize an immediate reduction in IT costs, see improved collaboration efforts, maximize business processes with better control of content and assets, and optimize results with a sustainable competitive advantage. Since it was founded in 2006, the San Jose-based company has proven itself to be a pioneer in the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) marketplace. Through the EnterConnect platform, partners, employees, and customers are able…

MondaySep 29, 2008 6:20 am

Red Chip Featured Company: Golden West Brewing Company, Inc. (GWBC.OB)

Golden West Brewing Company, Inc. (GWBC.OB) is a company that specializes in the production and distribution of certified organic craft beers. Under its subsidiary, Butte Creek Brewing Company, Golden operates a regional craft brewery in Chico, California. Through a network of wholesale distributors, Golden West distributes its line of products to liquor stores, taverns and bars, restaurants, convenience stores, warehouse stores, and supermarkets. Mark Simpson was appointed president of Golden West in late 2007. With 20 years of experience in brewing and winemaking, Simpson’s extensive background includes experience with product development, supply chain and purchasing, public relations, quality assurance, and…

MondaySep 29, 2008 5:37 am

FreightCar America Inc. (RAIL): Helping Enterprises Ride the Rails

Trading on the NASDAQ, FreightCar America manufactures railroad freight cars with a specific expertise in coal-carrying rail cars. The company has corporate headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, and is the largest North American manufacturer of aluminum cars for moving coal. FreightCar America also has manufacturing facilities in Danville, Illinois, and Roanoke, Virginia. Along with aluminum rail cars, the company manufactures steel and stainless steel coal cars. Their aluminum BethGon® II rail car is a 42,000-pound lightweight, which enables it to carry a 244,000-pound payload. This rail car has a patented longitudinal, double tub floor design, which carries an extra 36,000 pounds…

MondaySep 29, 2008 4:44 am

September Marks a Busy Month for MyECheck Inc. (MYEC.OB)

MyECheck Inc. (MYEC.OB) has had a busy few weeks. The patented technology in MyECheck's software payment engine allows payment processing through all US-based checking accounts, even those accounts that ACH cannot access. The company has signed agreements with a number of e-commerce merchants who feel that the MyECheck system is a key element in reaching a larger group of customers. The latest companies to acquire the MyECheck services provide a wide range of client services and products. Online Commerce Group, LLC (OCG) was the first company to sign an agreement to utilize the MyECheck system this month. OCG will deploy…

MondaySep 29, 2008 4:05 am

ClickSoftware Technologies Ltd. (CKSW): Software to Monitor the Mobile Workforce of the 21st Century

ClickSoftware Technologies (CKSW) is a provider of workforce and service management software products and solutions that allow companies to monitor employee schedules and whereabouts, among other applications. The company's ClickSchedule product enables companies to optimize service scheduling and routing by balancing customer, service and asset resources, and organizational preferences, while its ClickPlan suite of products offers workforce planning solutions for staffing and deployment of off-site workers. ClickSoftware has developed and marketed its products with some of the largest players in the software industry, including International Business Machines Corp., Accenture Ltd., Microsoft Corp. and SAP AG. Customers include retail giant Best…

MondaySep 29, 2008 4:01 am

How Did US Financial Institutions Get Themselves Into Such a Mess?

One of the biggest mistakes that executives running the major US financial institutions made is a simple one. It's a mistake even a novice investor wouldn't make. They assumed that all US assets would always go up and never down - a perpetual bull market. To make money off of this "fact", Wall Street created all types of strange, new derivative instruments. Wall Street sold these derivatives, making hundreds of millions of dollars in the process. Wall Street ignored all warnings about these derivatives. One of the most famous of these warnings was delivered in 2003 by famed investor, Warren…

SaturdaySep 27, 2008 6:34 am

Nuvelo, Inc. (NUVO) Discusses Merger Agreement with ARCA Biopharma

Nuvelo, Inc. (NASD: NUVO), a privately held biopharmaceutical company developing genetically targeted therapies for heart failure and other cardiovascular diseases, announced that the company has entered into a definitive merger agreement with ARCA Biopharma, Inc. The merger of the two companies is expected to create a biotechnology organization with a near-term commercial opportunity named Gencaro (bucindolol hydrochloride), as well as a mid-stage pipeline asset (a novel, short-acting anticoagulant NU172) to drive long-term growth. Dr. Ted W. Love, chairman and chief executive officer of Nuvelo, commented on the merger stating, "We believe this combination brings both immediate and longer-term value to…

SaturdaySep 27, 2008 6:33 am

SEDONA Corp. (SDNA.OB) Helps Bank Marketing Efforts in Current Down Economy

SEDONA Corporation (OTCBB: SDNA), a provider of customer and member relationship management for financial services organizations, reports that its CRM solution, Intarsia, is helping them retain and grow customers. In a news release, SEDONA points to the success of Central Bancshares, an independent bank in central Kentucky. The bank, with 100,000 customers, saw revenues and earnings increase in the first half of 2008, based partly on programs and initiatives organized through Intarsia. The Intarsia system can, for example, help existing customers by letting banks know when their timed deposits mature. That in turn that allows bank officers to contact them…

SaturdaySep 27, 2008 6:32 am

ASAT Holdings Ltd. (ASTTY.OB) Reaches 20 Twenty Years as a Semiconductor Packaging Service

ASAT Holdings Ltd. announced it has reached the 20-year landmark as a company providing semiconductor package design, assembly and test services. "From the beginning of our existence, ASAT focused on being an advocate for the semiconductor packaging, assembly and test technologies industry," said Tung Lok Li, acting CEO of ASAT. "Looking ahead, we remain committed to our corporate legacy of providing our customers with the service and solutions they require for another 20 years and beyond." ASAT has been an industry innovator for the semiconductor packaging and assembly market. This includes being the first to introduce the Leadless Plastic Chip…

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