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ThursdayJan 31, 2008 6:28 pm

Hill International, Inc. (HINT) Awarded Contract to Modernize the Museum of the City of New York

Hill International (HINT) announced that it has been awarded a contract from the New York City Department of Design and Construction to provide construction management services for the $17M modernization and preservation of the Museum of the City of New York (MCNY). The 2 ½ year contract has an estimated value of approximately $1.6M. In addition to managing an earlier phase of the modernization project, which entailed the installation of a new slate tile roof and mechanical and electrical upgrades, MCNY’s contract with Hill International includes major alterations to office and administrative space as well as the entire south wing…

ThursdayJan 31, 2008 6:23 pm

Canadian Oil

Canadian Oil stocks are not quite behaving in tandem with their American counterparts, as evidenced by less robust share prices and more modest earnings growth prospects. Slightly more than two weeks ago, according to a CNN Money story, a Credit Suisse analyst recommended that investors take a “defensive” stance where major Canadian oil stocks were concerned, due to the strength of the Candian dollar and the limited prospect of positive upside growth. In a recent related CNN Money-Dow Jones Newswire story, Canada’s Syncrude production was halted due to freezing conditions in the Canadian oil-sands mines, which are expected to produce…

ThursdayJan 31, 2008 6:20 pm

Emerging Media Holdings (EMDH.OB) Announces Expansion with Acquisition of TNT-Bravo

Emerging Media Holdings (OTCBB: EMDH) recently announced a signed agreement to acquire “TNT-Bravo” channel, a popular mix of programs customized to fit a target audience. “TNT-Bravo” channel (Mediatopprim LTD) is the sole operator in Moldova of Russian TNT programs owned by Gazprom Media, one of the many subsidiaries of Gazprom Corp. Emerging Media, parent company of Media Alianta and Analiticmedia-Grup subsidiaries, focuses on radio and television broadcasting. The company has risen to become the market leader in the Republic of Moldova through its subsidiaries, which advertise and produce their own shows. The addition of “TNT-Bravo” brings a loyal audience, ages…

ThursdayJan 31, 2008 6:18 pm

UOMO Media Inc. (UOMO.OB) Gets Profile Coverage from OTCPicks

OTCPicks.com – an online resource for small cap and micro-cap investors – announced yesterday that it would begin providing Profile Coverage for UOMO Media Inc., a multi-channel entertainment and media company. UOMO simultaneously announced the launch of its Music Publishing Division, UOMO Publishing. This new UOMO division will be charged with obtaining copyrights through both acquisitions and contracts with individual composers. These strategic acquisitions will then be developed into a catalogue of musical offerings for use by individual recording artists, on television, in commercials or other entertainment venues, or added to the sound tracks of video games. By this process…

ThursdayJan 31, 2008 6:14 pm

PeopleSupport, Inc. (PSPT) Rejects Acquisition Proposal from IPVG and AO Capital

PeopleSupport, Inc. (PSPT), based out of Los Angeles, California, is an offshore business process outsourcing (BPO) provider that offers customer management, transcription and captioning as well as additional BPO services. The company has centers in the Philippines, Costa Rica and the United States and its services are designed to reduce costs, improve performance and increase revenues by delivering high quality, value-added, multilingual voice and text services. A majority of the company’s services are performed in the Philippines where People Support is one of the largest outsourcing companies, employing approximately 8,400 college-educated, fluent English speaking personnel. The company announced recently that…

ThursdayJan 31, 2008 6:11 pm

PURE Biofuels Corp. (PBOF.OB) is "One to Watch"

PURE Biofuels Corp., a development-stage company engaged in the production, processing and distribution of biodiesel, is poised to become a leader in Latin America's emerging biofuels industry. PURE's flagship project near Lima, Peru – the Callao Port refinery – is complete and will begin production in the first quarter of 2008. Together, the Callao Port and the recently acquired Interpacific Oil facility (12/5/07) will provide a combined biofuel capacity of 62.5 MMgy (million gallons per year) to the marketplace. PURE Biofuels, founded in 2006, has secured written assurances (MOUs) from local fuel distributors for the full Callao Port annual production…

ThursdayJan 31, 2008 6:06 pm

Investors on Board With Rails

Even throughout all the subprime mess and the credit concerns that snaked their way through the markets, there were groups, sectors or parts of sectors that more than held their own. One such group, the rails, have reacted better than other transports such as trucking or airlines, despite facing both industrial and consumer slowdowns, and in the case of trucking and airlines, another large whammy with fuel cost increases. The rails, led by such names as Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC), Burlington Northern Santa Fe (NYSE: BNI), Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP), and CSX Corporation, (NYSE: CSX), hung in there…

ThursdayJan 31, 2008 6:01 pm

Cord Blood America, Inc. (CBAI.OB) Reports 500% Increase in Customer Base, Goal to Reduce Debt

Cord Blood America, Inc. (OTCBB: CBAI) is focused on saving lives through umbilical cord blood stem cell preservation. Matthew Schissler, the company’s CEO, recently took part in a StoxRox.com interview to discuss achievements and the future outlook for the company. Schissler said the focus of the Cord Blood America is to significantly reduce its debt and position itself to operate off its own cash flow. According to Schiller, the company is outpacing every blood company in the industry, executing the company’s promise to shareholders that it would grow rapidly in 2006 and 2007. "We have grown faster than any other…

ThursdayJan 31, 2008 5:58 pm

Extreme Networks, Inc (EXTR) Provides Enhancements To North American Channel Partner Program

Extreme Networks, Inc. (EXTR) announced that the company is to debut significant enhancements to their North American Channel Partner Program in 2008. The company hopes that these enhancements will be able to entice partners into granting higher investment yields. Such investments will be able to increase corporate growth, market development, and consumer loyalty rewards. Currently, Extreme Networks offers channel partners an award-winning family of network products and support, resulting in solutions that enable enterprises to solve their toughest challenges. Extreme is to debut their enhanced Channel Program on April 1, 2008. The company seeks to stimulate channel growth through rewarding…

ThursdayJan 31, 2008 1:25 pm

OTCstockexchange Featured Company: Budget Waste Inc. (BDGW.PK) Signs Letter of Intent to Work with Broadband Communication Services

Recently Budget Waste Inc, a waste solutions company in Western Canada that provides complete waste and recycling services to commercial, industrial, construction, homebuilding, oilfield and residential clients, announced the signing of a letter of intent to acquire Broadband Communication Services Inc. (BBCS). A closing to this deal is anticipated to be completed by the end of the first quarter of 2008. In the deal Budget Waste will acquire approximately $3.2 million in assets from BBCS and inherit several existing long term contracts valued between $15-20 million over the next 3 years. Broadband Communications Services Inc. is based in Nebraska City,…

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