WednesdayMay 23, 2012 9:47 am

World Energy Solutions, Inc. (XWES) Wins Three Year Spartech Contract

Yesterday, World Energy Solutions announced that it has won a three year contract for energy management with plastics company Spartech. The contract will cover a range of services that will assist Spartech in areas such as lowering the company's energy consumption and commodity costs. World Energy Solutions is focused on energy management services for businesses, institutions, and governments, and has transacted more than $30 billion in energy, demand response, and environmental commodities on behalf of its customers. In turn, this has created over a billion in value for their clients. World Energy also supports the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative's (RGGI)…

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WednesdayMay 23, 2012 9:34 am

GeoVax Labs, Inc. (GOVX) Second Generation HIV Vaccine will be Subject of HIV Vaccine Trials Network Phase 1 Trial

GeoVax Labs, an Atlanta-based biopharmaceutical firm developing vaccines to prevent and fight Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections, announced that enrollment has opened for a Phase 1 trial for the company’s second-generation HIV vaccine. The second-generation is identical to the first except for the addition of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) to boost vaccine responses. GM-CSF is a naturally occurring human protein that encourages the initiation of immune responses. The second-generation vaccine co-expresses GM-CSF with HIV proteins in the DNA priming vaccinations. GM-CSF is not included in the MVA boost for the GeoVax DNA prime-MVA boost regimen. The trial, designated HVTN 094,…

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WednesdayMay 23, 2012 9:19 am

Quantum International Corp. (QUAN) Reaches Out to New Robotics Targets

Quantum International, an emerging company focused on developing the next generation of robotics technology, announced earlier this morning that it has begun contacting a new list of robotics targets regarding potential joint ventures and other cooperation agreements. If negotiations go well, Quantum is prepared to present each of its new targets with an option agreement to begin due diligence and work towards a definitive agreement. The company is specifically targeting early-stage robotics innovators ready to move their ideas and designs past the conceptual and prototyping stages to the production phase. “The innovators we’re contacting range from university research teams to…

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TuesdayMay 22, 2012 2:13 pm

Ace Marketing & Promotions, Inc. (AMKT) Provides Mobile Content Solution to Boston University Cosmetic & Laser Center

Today, Ace Marketing & Promotions announced that the Boston University Cosmetic & Laser Center will utilize Ace's Mobiquity Networks over a 20-week period to promote their services and treatments to mall visitors in Boston's historic Back Bay. The center is located in Boston Medical Center's beautiful new Shapiro Center. Mobiquity Networks allows advertisers to deliver mobile content and rich media via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi to on-the-go shoppers' mobile devices. Mobile devices with Bluetooth set to "visible" or "discoverable" are detected and prompted with an opt-in message to receive the rich media content from the advertiser; those answering "Yes" will receive…

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TuesdayMay 22, 2012 1:38 pm

Colombia Energy Resources, Inc. (CERX) Stands to Massively Benefit as Columbia Revitalizes Rail/River Infrastructure

Colombia Energy Resources, which was formed in 2010 to develop the rich coal resources in South America for export sale to global markets (especially the U.S., for whom 42% of all energy in 2011 came from coal), reported today that the company can look forward to some serious savings as transport costs come down amid the planned infrastructural renovation by the Columbian government and private industry. The Columbian government’s recently released plan to put some $7.5B into refurbishing and upgrading the country’s rail and river barge system will directly benefit CERX, who will see improved cost structure as both methods…

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TuesdayMay 22, 2012 12:55 pm

ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc. (CNET) Q1 Revenues Double; Projects Significant Growth for 2012

ChinaNet Online Holdings, a leading B2B Internet technology company providing online-to-offline sales channel expansion services for small and medium-sized enterprises as well as entrepreneurial management and networking services for entrepreneurs in the People's Republic of China, today reported its financial results for the first quarter 2012. Revenues for the three month period increased by 113% to $14.9 million from the $7.0 million reported for the same period a year earlier. The company attributed the increase primarily to the sale of TV and internet advertising and marketing services on the company's web portals. TV advertising revenue skyrocketed to $10.4 million for…

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TuesdayMay 22, 2012 12:34 pm

Misonix, Inc. (MSON) Enters New Three-Year Distribution Agreement for Baltic Countries

Misonix is a surgical device company that designs, manufactures, and markets innovative therapeutic ultrasonic products worldwide. The company's products are used for spine surgery, skull-based surgery, neurosurgery, cosmetic surgery, laparoscopic surgery, and other surgical applications. The combined market that the company serves is estimated to be $3 billion annually. The company announced today that it has entered into a new, three-year, exclusive distribution agreement with Apex Medicus, which is based in Vilnius, Lithuania, for the distribution of the company's SonaStar Ultrasonic Surgical Aspirator and the BoneScapel Ultrasonic Bone Cutter. The agreement grants Apex with the right to sell products throughout…

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TuesdayMay 22, 2012 12:20 pm

Sunshine Biopharma, Inc. (SBFM) Announces Better-Than-Expected Results of Pharmacokinetics Studies for Lead Anti-Cancer Compound

Sunshine Biopharma announced today that it has completed the pharmacokinetics studies in live rats for its lead anti-tumor compound, Adva-27a. Pharmacokinetics studies deal with the determination of the fate of substances administered to a living organism; more specifically, pharmacokinetics studies deal with the study of the mechanisms of absorption and distribution of an administered drug and the rate at which a drug action begins and the duration of the effect. Sunshine Biopharma’s recently completed pharmacokinetics studies analyzed the properties of Adva-27a and Etoposide in the plasma of live rats under a single intravenous bolus injection. While both had a mean…

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TuesdayMay 22, 2012 11:52 am

Have You Heard of QSTwits?

In 2009, QualityStocks introduced QualityStocksTwits (“QSTwits”), a Web 2.0 site that collates Twitter’s investment discussions in real-time, enabling investors to track the web’s savviest investors as well as build their own following. QSTwits gathers data from Twitter on any company, big or small. With QSTwits, users can eavesdrop on what traders are talking about right now or contribute to the conversation and build their own reputation. It also allows anyone to search the Twitter universe for tweets relating to a particular stock and use Twitter’s features directly within the application. Investors will also be able to quickly see which stocks…

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TuesdayMay 22, 2012 9:13 am

Green Technology Solutions, Inc. (GTSO) Advances to Negotiations with Alaskan Mining Company

Green Technology Solutions today announced it is progressing with discussions on a potential partnership or joint venture with Diamond V Associates. With the due diligence period almost completed, Green Technology Solutions aims acquire and develop new tungsten prospects in the U.S. and around the globe. The company believes Diamond’s extensive mining experience could be a huge asset as it moves forward to bring new sources of tungsten online. Diamond’s president, W. Kirk Bastian, has accumulated 21 years of experience in the mining and excavation business. The company has extensive contacts in Alaska, the West African nation of Ghana, and other…

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