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TuesdayJun 10, 2008 8:46 am

Destination Television, Inc. (DSTV.OB) Operates Within in a Rapid-Growth Sector

Destination Television implements an array of private TV networks with digital signage solutions in high-traffic locations outside of its client’s respective domains. American Broadcast Group, a wholly-owned Destination Television subsidiary, operates solely for DSTV's exclusive networks. These include GymTV, BarTV, and Hotel TV, and all are targeted to specific industries to provide the company with a continuous stream of ad revenue. According to the company's sales model, advertisers can purchase six-month contracts which facilitate 10-second spots, five times an hour for about $1,000. Destination Television claims to be capable of serving twenty advertisers a year, per screen, per location. The…

TuesdayJun 10, 2008 8:43 am

Vision-Sciences, Inc. (VSCI) Obtains Product Approval

Vision-Sciences, Inc is engaged in the development and manufacturing of advanced, video-based endoscopy equipment. The company's digital endoscope lines are set apart from the competition in that they come with a built-in light source, unlike traditional scopes which must be fitted with a separate camera head and light cable. Perhaps the most significant product offered by Vision-Sciences is its patented Slide-On EndoSheath, a disposable endoscope cover which eliminates the patient's chance of infection. The company has had several breakthroughs in the way of product approvals by various organizations in recent weeks. Health Canada gave Vision-Sciences' scopes the go-ahead, clearing the…

TuesdayJun 10, 2008 8:19 am

Raven Biofuels International Corp. (RVBF.OB) Makes Positive Progress Toward 100 Million Gallon Biomass Refining Goal

Many industrial projects require long lead times and massive amounts of cash. Following and pushing them through to the finish is often taxing and frustrating. If a company can find and retain a group of experienced managers to push through to the end, they will find that the rewards are large and profitable. Raven Biofuels International Corp., a development stage biomass-products refiner, is working to bring waste-product refinery capacity online. The company is currently in talks to secure financing and merge with companies oriented toward developing leading edge bio-mass gasoline products. By all accounts, the company is making positive progress…

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…

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