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WednesdayJan 30, 2008 4:58 am

Inflation Could Make a Comeback

After a long period of dormancy, inflation may be heating up again. At the November 2007 reading, the consumer price index posted the largest monthly gain in two years. In the 12 months ending in November, the inflation rate was 4.3%, well above the 20–year average of 3.0%.1,2 The Federal Reserve has helped keep inflation fairly low for the better part of the past two decades: The last time the annual inflation rate rose above 4% for a calendar year was in 1990 (6.1%).3 But current conditions have put the central bank in a bit of a pickle. A New…

WednesdayJan 30, 2008 4:56 am

You've Sold It: What's Next?

What to Do with Your Windfall At any given time, 80% of business owners are thinking about selling their companies. Of this group, three out of four believe they will sell within the next three years.1 Assuming everything goes smoothly, how will the sale of your business affect your financial outlook? With some care and attention, you may be able to reduce your tax burden, preserve your newly acquired assets, and help provide for your family for many years to come. Tax Crunch Time? With current capital gains tax rates well below those of ordinary income, it is important to…

WednesdayJan 30, 2008 4:49 am

Sound Business Reasons to Invest in Ivanhoe Energy Inc. (IVAN)

Unearthing hidden stock value outside of established and large corporations in the global energy sector calls for two fundamental stock investment skills: technology appreciation and evaluation of strategic degrees of freedom. The company under review in this piece, and scores very well indeed on both counts. It has novel technology, and has spread its projects all the way from California to China. The company has many alternatives to leverage the strong world-wide demand and price trends for crude oil and natural gas. The conversion of natural gas to liquid is a key logistics consideration. Such conversion has even more than…

WednesdayJan 30, 2008 4:45 am

Newmarket Technology, Inc. (NMKT.OB) Management Launches Powerful Platform for Profitable Business Growth

It is a sign of stock market irrationality that this stock, which has topped 11% return on average equity over the past two years, should trade at less on a premier stock exchange ring, than a quarter per unit, as January 2008 draws to a close. It would be hard for an investor who had been out of touch with stock price trends to believe that such a proven stock investment opportunity could prevail in the midst of national economic turmoil! It certainly demonstrates that the small capital sector is a treasure trove for those willing to look! This particular…

TuesdayJan 29, 2008 7:07 pm

COSAN, Ltd. (CZZ) – The Largest Brazilian Independent Sugar and Ethanol Producer

COSAN, Ltd. is currently the largest individual group sugarcane byproduct manufacturer in the world with 17 manufacturing units and two port terminals in the city of Santos, Brazil. The company’s manufacturing units are located in São Paulo where the unique conditions of climate, soil and topography allow COSAN to manufacture quality sugarcane products at one of the lowest production costs in the world. COSAN currently represents 12 percent of overall production in the mid-southern region of Brazil and has the capacity to grind more than 40 tons of sugarcane. Additionally, São Paulo’s infrastructure and logistics facilitate the cost-effective flow of…

TuesdayJan 29, 2008 7:04 pm

MedeFile International, Inc. (MDFI.OB) Receives $1.95 Million in Net Cash Proceeds from Private Placement of Restricted Stock and Warrants

MedeFile International, Inc. (OTCBB:MDFI), a company specializing in electronic medical records management solutions, today announced that the company completed three separate private placement transactions totaling $1.95 million. Two transactions closed on November 16, 2007 and January 22, 2008 yielded $1.79 million in gross cash proceeds from the private placement of 11.9 million restricted shares of common stock and warrants to purchase an aggregate of 7.2 million restricted shares of common stock. Detailed terms and conditions of these transactions may be found at www.sec.gov or on MedeFile’s web site at www.medefile.com/corp/secfilings.asp. On January 28, 2008, the Company received an additional $160,000…

TuesdayJan 29, 2008 6:38 pm

Skinny Nutritional Corporation’s (SKNY.OB) Diet Water Squeezes onto Store Shelves

If you are on a diet or just looking for help controlling your appetite, the owners of Skinny Water® recommends drinking a bottle of their bottled water 30 to 60 minutes before each meal. Skinny Nutritional Corp. develops markets and distributes fitness and weight-management beverages to consumers who desire healthier alternatives to the high-calorie, sugar laden and fat-bloated beverages. Under the Skinny brand, the company is the first to offer to consumers a complete line of lightly-flavored bottled waters, Java, Tea and Smoothies that contain the dietary supplements SuperCitrimax and ChromeMate, both of which have been clinically proven to aid…

TuesdayJan 29, 2008 6:32 pm

Debt Resolve, Inc. (DRV) Appoints Kenneth Montgomery Chief Executive Officer

Debt Resolve, Inc. announced today that co-chairman and chief executive officer, James D. Burchetta, has elected to step down from his position, as planned after the one-year anniversary of the company’s initial public offering (IPO), and Kenneth Montgomery will replace him as CEO, effective February 16, 2008. Mr. Burchetta has been appointed chairman of the board and founder and will remain actively involved with senior management. His additional responsibilities will include overseeing investor relations, corporate strategy and product development. With more than 25 years in the financial services industry, Mr. Montgomery has managed assets totaling over $4 billion and has…

TuesdayJan 29, 2008 6:28 pm

Debt Resolve, Inc.’s (DRV) Patented Technology to Resolve Consumer Debt Quickly

Debt Resolve, Inc., a leader and innovator in the asset receivables management industry, develops and markets web collection technology under the brand name DebtResolve®. This private, online patented technology provides lenders and other collectors with a web-based bidding system for the resolution and settlement of consumer debt. The DebtResolve® software system is delivered in an ASP environment and can be private-labeled for use across multiple sectors and various industries for collections activities. This technology brings delinquent borrowers and lenders together over the Internet to resolve outstanding debt. The debtor goes online, chooses one of the options presented by the collector,…

TuesdayJan 29, 2008 4:11 pm

Looking Ahead at Oil: ConocoPhillips (COP)

With oil hovering around the $90 a barrel mark, and share prices of big oil having earlier reached their highs this year, there may be more steam left in these stocks after all. ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP), an integrated oil company based in Houston, Texas, with a market cap of $118.6 billion, last week traded as low as $69 a share, down from its previous year’s high of over $90 a share. Wednesday, January 23, it reported quarterly earnings of $2.71 a share with $4.4 billion in net income, an increase of 37%. For the full year in 2006, ConocoPhillips earned…

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