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ThursdayFeb 14, 2008 4:57 am

Both Business Segments of DXP Enterprises Inc. (DXPE) Hold Keys to Manufacturing Resurgence

This stock derives value from the support it provides for manufacturing. The latter was an early driver of stock exchange growth, but financial and information technology displaced it in importance for investors over the past two decades. Debates and actions to revive the US economy have rekindled interest in manufacturing excellence as a source of business strength. Quality complaints from China reflect the need to return to American excellence in bulk and continuous production of reliable goods. Maintenance, Repair, and Operating (RMO), as well as Electrical Contracting services, are very important for specialized and high-technology producers. Outsourcing these support services…

ThursdayFeb 14, 2008 4:54 am

China Education Alliance Inc. (CEUA.OB) Has Durable a Business Fit with a National Priority

Education is a vast and growing field for every country, but it has special connotation for the enormous population of China. The country cannot meet its economic and development aims unless both children and adults have access to world-class competence development facilities. The central business of this company is therefore closely aligned with a key national objective for Beijing. The stock derives value through management’s ability to participate simultaneously in the most important and emerging segments of the Chinese education market. The company has its own training center, products to help children do well in tests, online products, and an…

WednesdayFeb 13, 2008 6:24 pm

Toymakers on the Move

Toy stocks had been in the news in the last few months, but it wasn’t always good news. Weaker holiday season sales, the lack of any mega-popular toy for the Christmas season, and growing costs, along with product recalls in a generally softening economy made for some recent troubles. Leading toy maker Mattel, Inc.(NYSE: MAT), with a market cap of $7.9 billion, maker of Barbie dolls, Fisher-Price toys and a slew of other well known toy names such as Hot Wheels, Matchbox, Tyco, Dora the Explorer and many more, had problems with toxic toys being made in China for the…

WednesdayFeb 13, 2008 6:21 pm

Yahoo Vs. Microsoft

“In this corner…we have the challenger…from Sunnyvale, California, weighing in at thirty-nine and a-half billion dollars…” Well, you may not hear Michael Buffer announcing this, though the Microsoft (NYSE: MSFT) proposed purchase of Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) is, while not yet officially hostile, on the verge of joining the “Let’s get ready to rumble!” crowd. It may not bring to mind the latest UFC mixed martial arts smackdown, or an Ali-Frazier heavyweight fight, but it’s shaping up as anything but friendly, with trash-talking and lots of stare downs already. The early favorite in this close quarter’s corporate combat has to be…

WednesdayFeb 13, 2008 6:18 pm

DRS Technologies (DRS) Receives Two Contracts Totaling $69M to Build and Test Improved Bradley Acquisition Systems (IBAS)

DRS Technologies (DRS) announced that it received two contracts totaling approximately $69M from BAE Systems’ Plc, U.S. subsidiary, BAE Systems, Inc. to manufacture, test and deliver Improved Bradley Acquisition Systems (IBAS) for U.S. Army M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicles. The manufacturing and product deliveries have already begun and are being completed by the company’s DRS Sensors & Targeting Systems unit – Optronics Division in Melbourne, Florida. Final deliveries are scheduled for November 2009. To date, DRS has received approximately $180M in contracts from BAE to support these systems aboard the Bradley vehicle. The IBAS provides target acquisition, tracking and engagement, and…

WednesdayFeb 13, 2008 6:16 pm

Neogen Corporation (NEOG) Launches New Test for Tetracyclines in Milk

Neogen Corporation (NEOG) announced that the company has expanded its line of products developed for the dairy industry to include the quickest test available to tetracycline residues in milk. The tetracyclines group of dairy antibiotics is used to treat bovine mastitis, and includes tetracycline, chlortetracycline, and oxytetracycline. Neogen’s new TetraStar® dairy antibiotic test for tetracyclines complements the company’s widely used BetaStar® test for the beta-lactam group of dairy antibiotics, which includes amoxicillin, ampicillin, cephatirin, cloxacillin, and penicillin. Tetra-Star produces clear results in a market-best six minutes, and like BetaStar, is an extremely simple dipstick test that requires only minimal training…

WednesdayFeb 13, 2008 2:54 pm

HearAtLast Holdings, Inc. (HRAL.PK) Enters into Co-Location Agreement with Wal-Mart of Canada

For many companies looking to find a way to breakthrough competitive markets, HearAtLast, a wholly-owned subsidiary of HearAtLast Holdings, Inc., has partnered up with Wal-Mart of Canada. This gives HearAtLast a great advantage over competitors, primarily in the areas of pricing and marketing, and the company looks to grow rapidly in the near and distant future. HearAtLast offers customers affordable, high-quality hearing aids to the hearing impaired of Canada. Currently, the company has five distribution outlets placed within Wal-Mart stores in Canada, and in the months of August and September, the company is planning on opening five more. Within the…

WednesdayFeb 13, 2008 10:59 am

ESPRE Solutions Inc. (EPRT.PK) is Setting New Standard for Online Video Broadcasting

Video conferencing, live interactive, streaming video, online news feed and Podcast are all common words used in today’s technological world. Today many companies and media outlets are making it much easier for consumers to be able to get updated information by automatically downloading video to their PC or portable media player. Thanks to such companies like ESPRE Solutions, we can choose from the list of available programs or information and have it played when and where we need it. ESPRE Solutions, Inc. is a groundbreaking media collaboration provider of broadcast-quality, real-time video over the Internet. The company offers its customers…

WednesdayFeb 13, 2008 7:40 am

Spacehab Inc. (SPAB) Enters into $5.5 Million Stock Purchase Agreement

Spacehab Incorporated announced today that it has entered into a stock purchasing agreement with certain investors for the purchase of 55,000 shares of the Company’s Series D convertible preferred stock for a total price of $5.5 million. An additional 150,150 shares of common stock were also issued upon the announcement of this purchase agreement. The entire agreement is contingent upon NASA awarding the company with a funded Space Act agreement under the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program. The award is scheduled to be received by the middle of February, and must be in the amount of $120 million or…

WednesdayFeb 13, 2008 5:14 am

Integrated Productivity Support Gives Pegasystems Inc. (PEGA) a Valuable Space in all Business Sectors

How can a software and programming company from Massachusetts compete profitably in a sustainable manner against low-labor cost economies such as India? This stock, which is listed on NASDAQ, has an admirable answer in terms of productivity and integration. The business support that this company offers is as relevant for corporations on a high growth path, as it is for others which need to consolidate their overheads. The branded software products of the company can be applied to business regardless of nature or countries of operation. The stock therefore has a broad platform from which it can earn revenues. The…

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