TuesdayAug 26, 2008 9:19 am

HotStix Stock of the Week – Sinobiomed Inc. (SOBM.OB)

Sinobiomed Inc. (SOBM.OB) is a leading Chinese developer of genetically engineered recombinant protein drugs and vaccines. Sinobiomed employs a patented, low-cost, high-yield production process to enhance bioactivity and guarantee the highest levels of purity. Sinobiomed currently has 10 products approved or in development: three on the market, four in clinical trials, and three in R&D. The company's products respond to a wide range of diseases and conditions, including hepatitis B&C, surgical bleeding, diabetic ulcers and burns, malaria, cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, acute liver disease, stroke, blood clots and thrombosis, acute pancreatitis, and blood cell regeneration. Sinobiomed has several competitive advantages in…

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TuesdayAug 26, 2008 9:14 am

Star Scientific Inc. (STSI.OB) Wins Round One with RJR Reynolds, Working Toward Low-TSNA Smokeless Tobacco Products

Many investors are of the opinion that investing in morally questionable companies is not an option. Others maintain that morals have little to do with making an investment. If they don’t invest in that company, somebody else will, and profit by it regardless. There are arguments on both sides of the discussion, but in an increasing number of instances, options are beginning to be found. Investors are increasingly being offered alternatives for profitable investments where the underlying moral ambiguity is somewhat less blatant. Star Scientific Inc., a smokeless tobacco and nicotine-reducing tobacco curing equipment manufacturer, works to offer products and…

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TuesdayAug 26, 2008 9:08 am

Affiliated Managers Group (AMG) Sells $460M of Convertible Senior Notes

Affiliated Managers Group, based in Boston, Massachusetts, is a diversified asset management company with approximately $254B in assets. The company’s strategy is in generating growth through the internal growth of its existing affiliates, as well as through investments in new affiliates. Through the company’s innovative partnership approach, individual members of each affiliate’s management team retain or receive significant direct equity ownership in their firm while maintaining operating autonomy. Affiliated announced this month that it has sold $460M of convertible senior notes that were due 2038. As part of the transaction, the initial purchasers exercised an option to purchase up to…

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TuesdayAug 26, 2008 6:28 am

Applied Nanotech Holdings Inc. (APNT.OB) Begins Commercialization Process of Nanotechnologies; Copper Inks for Printed Electronics Lead the Way

In the last several decades, the world has been introduced to several basic technology advances. These advances were the very minimum advances needed to spawn entirely new markets. They were also based on fairly simple premises; premises that had been locked away waiting to be found, understood and utilized. As these basics were understood and brought to market, many ways to profit from them were also found. These opportunities might have included licenses or downstream applications. An investor who can find a company at the right stage of basic discovery advance and commercialization is the investor who will profit significantly.…

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TuesdayAug 26, 2008 6:25 am

Soyo Group Inc. (SOYO) is into Providing Electronics for the Home

Soyo Group Inc. is a consumer electronics and IT products provider. Trading on the OTCBB, they have their corporate headquarters in Ontario, California, along with additional sales offices in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Established in 1985, Soyo forges strategic relationships with premier global manufacturers to deliver state-of-the-art affordable products to consumers. Originally an expert manufacturer of designer motherboards, Soyo saw the need for affordable, high-quality peripheral consumer electronic products. They then began to branch out into the other product lines that are now very much an integral part of their business. Soyo recently signed a licensing agreement with Honeywell Intellectual Properties…

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TuesdayAug 26, 2008 6:21 am

ThermoEnergy Corp. (TMEN.OB) is into Clean and Green

Founded in 1988, ThermoEnergy Corporation is an integrated technologies company that trades on the OTCBB. As part of the Waste Management industry they strive to think 'clean and green' when it comes to their business. They engage in the worldwide commercialization of patented and/or proprietary municipal and industrial wastewater treatment. In addition, they involve themselves in clean energy technologies. ThermoEnergy has their headquarters in Little Rock, Arkansas, as well as offices in Worcester and Hudson, Massachusetts, and New York City. The company serves municipal, industrial, and agricultural markets in the United States. Their wastewater treatment technologies provide cost savings for…

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TuesdayAug 26, 2008 4:57 am

Action Products Intl. Inc. (APII) Acquires Merchant Bank, Names New CEO

In a move designed to enhance its intellectual property access in the United States, Action Products International, Inc. (NASDAQ: APII) completed acquisition of B.E. Overseas Investment Group LLC. Action Products is a global manufacturer and distributor of educational and non-violent children's products. B.E. Overseas is a merchant bank and consulting company focused primarily on the medical field that provides capital to foreign companies. "Through the B.E. Home Medical Products Group, B.E. has agreements to release several electronic home health products from overseas companies," a company news release said. "Bunch of Expressions is a uniquely modeled import and distribution company selling…

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TuesdayAug 26, 2008 4:54 am

Gas Pipeline ConnectedGas Pipeline Connected to New JayHawk Energy, Inc. (JYHW.OB) Wells To New JayHawk Energy, Inc. (JYHW.OB) Wells

Four additional wells in the Kansas Cherokee Basin Project signal progress for JayHawk Energy, Inc. (OTCBB: JYHW). The company is developing 50,000 gross acres. This brings the total to six out of a planned 20 wells for the first stage of natural gas production. The end goal is 100 wells in the southeast Kansas location, where 95 percent of the acreage is owned by JayHawk. Average production in the wells is an initial exit rate of 26 to 30 million cubic feet per day. Current and future wells are designated to have larger compressors and expand to increased multi-zone production…

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TuesdayAug 26, 2008 4:43 am

Remedent, Inc (REMI) Licenses GlamSmile for New Dental Veneer Technology

The smiles are bigger around the offices of Remedent and Den-Mat Holdings this week. The two companies signed an international distribution and collaboration agreement Monday for new cosmetic dentistry products. Den-Mat has acquired exclusive rights to domestically and internationally manufacture, market and distribute GlamSmile technology to enhance its own porcelain Lumineers line. GlamSmile encompasses Remedent's (OTCBB: REMI) single-motion veneer placement tray technology, proprietary veneer fabrication technique, and computer imaging design and digital preview technology. In turn, this will enable Den-Mat to proceed with a November launch to dentistry professionals of LumiTray, a one-tray process for easy, efficient placement of Lumineers.…

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TuesdayAug 26, 2008 4:37 am

A.D.A.M. Inc. (ADAM) Fulfills a Durable Business Need

Intrigue will first draw you to this stock. The price is very close to the 52-week low of $5.80 as August 2008 draws to a close. The Price to Earnings Ratio is at 15.68, with a Beta of 1.10. 39% of the stock is with institutions, and there are less than 10 million shares outstanding. What should one do? You can hardly turn away, for the business evolution appears to be on course. The company started by disseminating information on health issues. However, it showed amazing agility in moving sideways into providing employers with benefit solutions. Suddenly, a pattern emerged…

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