MondayJan 31, 2011 1:35 pm

YesDTC Holdings (YESD.OB) Launches WordSmart Linguistic Technology in China

YesDTC Holdings Inc., a direct-to-consumer marketer and global distributor of consumer goods and products, is launching its Alex Trebek-sponsored WordSmart product into the flourishing Chinese market. The company said it is currently working on a specialized version of its WordSmart English language and vocabulary building software program designed specifically for Chinese students looking to improve their English skills to prepare them for admittance into U.S. universities. According to the company, about 1 million students take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) each year to demonstrate their English language proficiency at the university level. The exam evaluates a…

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MondayJan 31, 2011 1:34 pm

Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (CALP) Enters into Long-term Agreement with Trinean to Pair Complimentary Technologies

Caliper Life Science Inc., a provider of advanced technologies for medical and diagnostics testing, today announced it has signed a long-term, exclusive arrangement with Trinean, a pioneer in automated micro volume spectroscopy systems. Per the agreement, Caliper will distribute Trinean's DropSense platform under the name LabChip DS in North America. The LabChip DS is an automated spectral analysis platform that allows users to analyze the concentration levels of nucleic acid and protein samples within minutes. The product is complementary to Caliper’s LabChip GX, which provides fluorescent, electrophoretic analysis of fragments of nucleic acids and proteins. "Caliper is investing significant resources…

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MondayJan 31, 2011 12:26 pm

Revolutions Medical Corp. (RMCP.OB) Defines New Gold Standard in Prefilled Safety Syringe Technology

Revolutions Medical, www.revolutionsmedical.com – the leading developers of safety-engineered medical devices like the RevVac™ Safety Syringe, as well as revolutionary medical software tools like the RevColor™, RevDisplay™ and Rev3D™ imaging platforms, reported a breakthrough today, advancing the state of automatic retractable prefilled safety syringe technology to the next level. CEO of RMCP, Ron Wheet, explained that the Company, building upon its established proficiency in automatic prefilled syringes, has extended its proprietary vacuum-based technology with what he considers an unparalleled offering that will define a new gold standard in safety syringes. The new enhancements will provide a degree of blanket protection…

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MondayJan 31, 2011 11:51 am

Highway Holdings Ltd. (HIHO) Posts Solid Q3 Results Fueled by Strong Sales

Highway Holdings Ltd., a producer of various electronic products for blue chip original equipment manufacturers, today reported solid results for its third fiscal quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2010, driven by continued sales momentum and increased profitability. The company reported a 59 percent increase in net income for the fiscal 2011 third quarter to $407,000, or $0.11 per diluted share, from $256,000, or $0.07 per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2009. Net sales for the same period increased 51.4 percent to $9.0 million from $5.9 million a year ago. For the nine-month period of fiscal 2011,…

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MondayJan 31, 2011 11:09 am

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (SVA) Files Applications for Vaccine Clinical Trials with Chinese State Food Drug Administration

Sinovac Biotech Ltd. is a China-based biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the research, development, manufacture and commercialization of vaccines that protect against human infectious diseases. Diseases currently targeted include pneumonia, H1N1, bird flu, enterovirus, encephalitis, rabies, meningitis and others. The company announced today the submission of applications to commence human clinical trials for its 23-valent and 24-valent pneumococcal polysaccharides vaccines (PPV) to the Chinese State Food Drug Administration. The preclinical studies were completed and showed good safety and efficacy profile in animal models. The current available 23-valent PPV has shown good protection effects after launching into the Chinese market. But…

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MondayJan 31, 2011 9:54 am

Alloy Steel International, Inc. (AYSI) Reports Results for Fiscal 2010

Alloy Steel International, Inc. reported large year-over-year increases in revenues and pre-tax income for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010 as well as the full year. The company attributed the improvements to strong demand for the company’s products. Alloy Steel International, Inc. reported revenues of $8.8 million in the quarter ending September 30, 2010, compared to revenues of $4.2 million in the same period of 2009. The company’s revenues for fiscal 2010 came in at $24.5 million, triple the $8.8 million in revenues reported in 2009. Alloy Steel International, Inc. reported pretax income of $2.7 million, or $0.16 per common…

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MondayJan 31, 2011 9:25 am

Town and Country Financial Corp. (TWCF.OB) Reports 2010 Net Income of $2.1 Million

On Saturday, Town and Country Financial Corp. reported 2010 net income of $2.1 million, or $0.75 per share. This is in comparison with $1.0 million, or $0.36 per share, generated in 2009. Net income adjusted to exclude gains and impairments of investment securities was $2.2 million, or $0.80 per share, compared to $0.44 in the previous year. The improvement in year-over-year earnings was due primarily to lower loan loss provision expense driven by lower net charge-offs of 0.18% on average loans in 2010 compared to 1.53% in 2009. In addition, contributing to the improvement was net interest income that was…

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MondayJan 31, 2011 9:23 am

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (KERX) Price Down, Not Company’s Potential

Biotech investors are patient people. They are also diligent in their research; looking closely into a company’s compounds and the market potential that surrounds them. Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. is a company that has been the focus of several articles recently due to the dip in share price which is offering an opportunity for value pricing of a company that is pushing forward with late-stage research on its novel compounds. Regarding therapies for end-stage renal disease (ESRD), a more than billion-dollar market controlled by Genzyme (NASDAQ:GENZ) with Renagel and Renvela, there still remains a void that can be filled by a…

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MondayJan 31, 2011 9:13 am

PureSafe Water Systems, Inc. (PSWS.OB) Video Chart for Monday, January 31, 2011

PSWS is in a nice, tight channel between 13 and 14 cents with the moving averages and bollinger bands giving hints that a move is coming. These indicators won't tell you which way, but technical traders are on watch for 13 cents to hold as support and 14 cents to be broken on the upper side of the channel. To view the video chart, visit the following link: http://www.qualitystocks.net/videocharts.php Let us hear your thoughts below:

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FridayJan 28, 2011 2:51 pm

Gold & Silver Prices Ignore the News

As the U.S. National Debt approaches $15 trillion, roughly $60,000 for every man, woman, and child in the country, with the federal government apparently unwilling or unable to do much about it other than wait for an improving economy, the natural assumption would be that gold and silver prices in U.S. dollars would point no place but up. And America’s ongoing economic crisis is not the only fuel available for powering the price of precious metals. Although glimmers of hope are making the news, the continuing housing crisis, increasing political unrest in North Africa, and terrorist attacks in Russia, would…

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