TuesdayApr 01, 2008 8:14 am

Metallica Resources Inc. (MR.TO), New Gold Inc. (NGD) and Peak Gold Ltd. (PIK.V) Announce Proposed Merger

Today, in a new and somewhat shocking announcement, three solid players in the gold industry announced they have signed a letter of agreement to complete a business combination, creating a new globally diversified intermediate gold company. The combination of Metallica Resources Inc., New Gold Inc. and Peak Gold Ltd. will create a new company that retains the name, New Gold Inc., and has a market cap of approximately $1.6 billion. The newly formed company will assume ownership of three operating gold mines in Australia, Brazil and Mexico, in addition to developmental stage projects in Canada and Chile. Once the merger…

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TuesdayApr 01, 2008 7:50 am

HotOtc Featured Company: Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) Sees 5-10% Growth by Year-end 2008 on Exceptionally Strong International Sales, Currency Realizations and Finance Products

When times are bad, they can be very bad. When times are good, they can be very good. Many people fail to follow the cycles that business brings. When a company is down and out, those who are smart stick with it if there are fundamental ties to the economic cycle. When that company flies, these same people profit handsomely. In the world of heavy equipment, this is about as true a statement as there could ever be. Caterpillar Inc., a heavy equipment and finance company, offers every aspect of owning/operating a piece of heavy equipment. Generally, one might associate…

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TuesdayApr 01, 2008 7:16 am

mPhase/AlwaysReady, Inc. (XDSL.OB) is Set To Demonstrate a Possible Revolutionary Breakthrough In Battery Technology

On March 26, 2008, mPhase/AlwaysReady, Inc. (OTCBB: XDSL) announced that it successfully fabricated nano-structured separators, which are critical to the production of its Smart NanoBattery. The company also stated yesterday that it is set to make battery history on Thursday, April 3rd at 9:00am EST. mPhase/AlwaysReady will demonstrate, for the first time, a significant breakthrough in battery technology enabled by microfluidic technology. Credit Suisse, a global research and investment-banking firm, recently talked about the company’s mPhase Technologies Smart NanoBattery in a report called, "Nanotechnology for Energy Systems of the Future". “This microfluidic phenomenon serves as the basis for a new…

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TuesdayApr 01, 2008 4:07 am

Multiple Lanes for Ultrapetrol Limited’s (ULTR) Business Expansion

The Water Transportation Industry has so many facets that investors have often used it to stabilize the financial viability of their portfolios. The fixed assets required to be a significant player in the entire Transportation Sector make it a favorite for large capital stocks. That is why this stock, with a market capitalization of less than $500 million, is so appealing. Broad participation across multiple segments of the water transportation industry is another particular strength of this stock. The company has four business units. One operates in each sector of the industry, which can be roughly divided into: river barge…

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TuesdayApr 01, 2008 4:03 am

Trimeris Inc. (TRMS) Could Revolutionize the Health Care Business

Celebrities and the media have raised awareness of viruses. The term virus, sometimes used to denote illicit and prying computer software operating in cyberspace, also refers to a sub-microscopic organism that lives in human bodies, and its effect in the real world is far worse than any code running rampant in cyberspace. Viral diseases are the scourge of our times. North America has gotten away lightly so far; seasonal influenza can kill, but it is more often an inconvenience, producing sniffles and aches. The real viral threats, Avian influenza and HIV/AIDS, are currently more prevalent in distant continents, but who…

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TuesdayApr 01, 2008 3:57 am

OTCReporter Featured Company: SIPP Industries, Inc. (SIPP.PK) Introduces New Line of Alcoholic Drinks

The alcoholic beverage industry is making way for a new player - SIPP Industries, Inc. (OTC.PK: SIPP). SIPP markets a new, flexible-pouch packaged mixed drink in the Ready-To-Drink (RTD) Spirits Beverage Market, and operates in the non-alcoholic beverage market as well. The company's "No Bartender Needed" mixed drinks are authentic cocktails that can be purchased individually or in Party Pax of ten. Recently, the company introduced a flexible pouch packaging method that uses a more cost-effective filling machine than traditional flex packaging. Some of the benefits the new pouch provides are portability, a shatter-proof container, and a container that can…

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MondayMar 31, 2008 5:57 pm

China Voice Holding Corp. (CHVC.OB) Subsidiary Phone House Inc. Signs Exclusive Supplier Agreement with Sarah Enterprises Inc.

China Voice, a public holding company of next-generation communications products and services, announced March 31, 2008 that its wholly owned U.S. subsidiary, Phone House Inc., a Master Distributor of prepaid calling cards and other telephony related products and services, signed an Exclusive Supplier Agreement with Sara Enterprises Inc., which is a distributor of prepaid telecommunication products. Phone House offers a large collection of cards that are intended for major ethnic groups. Its products are marketed through an extensive and rapidly expanding national distribution network. President and CEO of CHVC, Bill Burbank said, “We are very excited to have completed negotiations…

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MondayMar 31, 2008 5:55 pm

Global Med Technologies®, Inc. (GLOB.OB) Signs Purchase Agreement Acquiring InLog, SA and Its German Subsidiaries

Global Med, an international e-Health medical information technology company, announced March 31, 2008 that it has signed a purchase agreement to acquire Inlog, SA, and its German subsidiaries for a maximum of USD $11.5 million in a combination of cash, stock and earn-out. Inlog’s shareholders are to use $500,000 USD of the cash proceeds to purchase Global Med common stock in the open market within three months of the closing. Global Med will utilize a combination of existing cash and debt to pay for the transaction. Inlog’s unaudited revenues for the fiscal year were about 7.3 million in Euro (11.4…

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MondayMar 31, 2008 4:29 pm

Tamm Oil & Gas Corp. (TAMO.OB) Receives Research Note from Ernest C. Schlotter, SISM Research Analyst

Ernest C. Schlotter, a senior analyst with SISM Research - a private investment research firm offering high-quality, independent, fundamental research on public companies - has released a Research Note on Tamm Oil & Gas, an emerging junior oil and gas exploration and development company based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, dated March 28th 2008, stating the company’s Sawn Lake Project “holds 3P recoverable reserves and up to 175 million barrels of oil.” Tamm Oil & Gas intends to add corporate asset value through the drilling and production of heavy oil. Tamm has obtained 21 contiguous pieces of land, or 13,440 acres,…

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MondayMar 31, 2008 4:22 pm

A Strange Tale in Chocolate Land

What could be more innocuous than making candy? You would think that the Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY), with an almost mythic simplicity, its wonderfully personable origins, and an equally redoubtable brand of chocolate, could be an unassailable business. The late Milton Hershey, who founded the company over 100 years ago and built “The Sweetest Place on Earth” - Hershey, Pennsylvania (the all-in-one company town, resort and fantasy place for chocoholics) - might be troubled at how making and selling chocolate confections has become such a troublesome business, with the sweetness mostly gone. The largest chocolate maker in the U.S., maker…

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