Shares of All Fuels and Energy Comp (AFSE.PK) stock rose 11.58% Wednesday, as 4,350 shares were traded. AFSE is a developmental stage ethanol company organized to operate as an ethanol producer, focusing on the production and sales of ethanol and its co products.
As medical technology moves further and further away from the tools of the past, companies are developing new technologies to make life easier for people suffering from diseases that once led to extreme discomfort, or at least a severe crippling of one's lifestyle. One of these companies, Aradigm Corporation (OTCBB: ARDM) is working on an interesting branch of drug delivery that few other companies have really paid any attention to - inhalants."We are developing treatment for severe infections associated with chronic respiratory diseases," Igor Gonda, CEO of Aradigm, recently told MN1. "So we're developing an antibody treatment using an old…
Shares of ERF Wireless Inc. (OTCBB: ERFW) jumped up today after news of its $1 million contract with First Federal Bank of Louisiana. In early trading today, ERFW was up 6 cents (21 percent) to 41 cents per share on volume of 545,405 shares.ERFW announced today that its ERF Enterprise Network Services subsidiary has contracted with First Federal Bank of Louisiana to supply bandwidth transport across US-BankNet, ERF Wireless' new, fault-tolerant encrypted enterprise-class wireless banking network. First Federal's seven-year US-BankNet contract, which also includes a number of renewal provisions that could extend it up to 25 years, is in addition…
Share prices for the Invicta Group Inc. (OTCBB: IVGR) took a tumble today, dropping 29 percent after market open from $0.012 cents a share to $0.008 cents a share.While drops like these aren't unusual on the Bulletin Board, it is unusual considering the huge jump the stock took yesterday afternoon when it soared more than 600 percent after the company announced it had added Apple's i-Tunes to its music and entertainment site, www.invictamusic.com. Although the drop is unprecedented, neither investors nor the company's CEO, Bill Forhan, seem too concerned about it. "We've just announced a new product ... the reception's…
With everybody talking about green alternatives for engine fuel these days - namely biodiesel and ethanol - some other energy alternatives are slipping through the cracks. Thankfully, the U.S. Energy Initiatives Corporation (OTCBB: USEI) is starting to get the attention it deserves, thanks to its recent work with General Motors Thailand for the company's dual-fuel C190 Colorado pick-up program.According to a recent press release, GM Thailand converted a C190 Colorado pick-up truck using USEI's modified dual-fuel natural gas/diesel engine technology, then drove the vehicle for 100,000 kilometers (62,317.119 miles). At the end of the test the engine was dismantled and…
The state of economy growth appears to be a concern with even more economic data following the current downward trend. Although the decline in the orders for durable goods was down 2.8 percent, which was larger than the overall expectation and was down for the first time since January, the major markets were able to rally for the first time this week.The Dow, Nasdaq, and the S&P 500 all finished the day on a positive note and in the green. The rise in crude oil price to $68.97, up a $1.20 from yesterday, was able to help lead the climb…
Catering to the growing number of China-based companies, StarInvest Group Inc. (OTCBB: STIV) said it will make a formal application this week with the Shanghai, China Municipal Government of the People's Republic of China to form a China Representative Office.The company said the establishment of an operation in Shanghai will allow it to offer its services to China-based companies wanting to extend their business reach to the United States. StarInvest Group is a business development company providing financing, management and strategic partnerships to micro-cap companies. The company invests in other companies and works with them so they can become publicly…
Ever since the stock market started up, energy and oil companies have been on the forefront of investor interest. After all, any industry that deals so intimately with the resources that drive our society has to be attractive to even the most casual of investors. That's why Platina Energy Group Inc. (OTCBB: PLTG) is so intent on expanding its resources these days - to attract investors."Our general overall business mode is that we are aggressively growing and getting ready to develop our leases we've acquired over the last year," Blair Merrian, Platina's CEO, told MN1. "We drill them and produce…
Share prices for Index Oil and Gas (OTCBB: IXOG) edged up ever so slightly today over yesterday's closing price of 78 cents a share, starting out high at 85 cents a share and then quickly dropping to 79 cents a share after market open.While it's still too early to tell how the shares will do for the rest of the day, there's been enough news from the company in recent days to raise investor confidence - such as yesterday's announcement that IXOG has entered into joint operating agreements for the drilling of the Cow Trap well in Brazoria County, Texas.…
Neoprobe Corporation (NEOP.OB), a diversified developer of innovative oncology and cardiovascular surgical and diagnostic products, reports positive preliminary results from a multicenter Phase 2 clinical study of its lead clinical candidate, Lymphoseek®. (Technetium Tc99m DTPA-mannosyl-dextran). Lymphoseek is a proprietary radioactive targeting agent being developed for use with handheld gamma detection devices, such as Neoprobe's neo2000® system, in a surgical procedure known as Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy (SLNB). The primary endpoint of this multicenter, single-arm, open-label, within-patient, single-dose, multi-stage trial measured the rate at which Lymphoseek localized to lymphoid tissue with a goal of achieving 90% localization. In results reported today, localization…
