WednesdayMay 11, 2011 10:04 am

China XD Plastics (CXDC) Snags Acreage and Construction Project at 20% Market Discount

China XD Plastics Company Ltd. of Harbin, China announced this week that it had acquired, through its subsidiary, Harbin Xinda Macromolecule Material Co. Ltd., land use rights to 50 prime acres and a construction project in South Harbin Industrial Park for $14.6 million USD. China XD said the deal came at a 20 percent discount below appraised market value due to imminent action by the Harbin government to repossess the property. The land and its construction project had been the property of Harbin Shengtong Engineering Plastics Co. Ltd., which ran short of funds. The Harbin Development District helped to facilitate…

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WednesdayMay 11, 2011 9:18 am

VIASPACE, Inc. (VSPC) Provides Investors with Updates on Singapore Business Opportunities

VIASPACE Inc., a clean energy company growing Giant King™ Grass as a low-carbon, renewable biomass crop, today reported that CEO Dr. Carl Kukkonen and VIASPACE Green Energy President Sung Chang each visited Singapore to meet with potential business and research & development partners. Dr. Kukkonen met with Simon Parker, CEO of DP CleanTech, a world leader in biomass power plants with a reference list of 20 operating 100% biomass power plants in China and 30 in Europe. The company has tested Giant King Grass and found it to be nearly identical to agricultural waste such as corn straw and wheat…

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TuesdayMay 10, 2011 4:10 pm

RadNet Inc. (RDNT) Posts Q1 Results, Increases Profit by 17%

RadNet Inc., a national market leader providing high-quality, cost-effective diagnostic imaging services, today posted its financial results for the first quarter of 2011. Revenue for the first quarter increased 17.7 percent to $146.2 million compared to $124.2 million reported in the first quarter of the year prior. Net loss for the quarter was $867,000, or $(0.02) per share, compared to a net loss of $(0.11) per share in the first quarter of 2011. Dr. Howard Berger, president and CEO of RadNet, said the first quarter is generally the most difficult as it is affected by weather in the northeastern United…

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TuesdayMay 10, 2011 3:18 pm

Earth Dragon Resources, Inc. (EARH) Makes Huge Move into Canadian Iron and Manganese Development

Earth Dragon Resources, the mineral developer currently focused on high value gold and silver projects in production stage or later, announced today a significant joint-venture to develop a rich iron and manganese project in Quebec, Canada with OverThrust Mining Corp. Huge news as global demand for steel continues to surge ahead of expectations, with the five year price on iron up some 480% over the last five years since April of 2006 to recent highs of $180 per metric ton. The site has an established mining infrastructure via the nearby town of Schefferville and is accessible via road year round,…

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TuesdayMay 10, 2011 2:02 pm

Blue Earth, Inc. (BBLU) Subsidiary Announces Expansion of Energy Efficient Retrofit Model

Blue Earth, Inc., a company that engages in a merger and acquisition strategy for clean-tech related technology and energy management systems, recently announced that its subsidiary, Castrovilla Inc., is extending its energy efficient retrofit model into Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Idaho, Arizona, Utah, and Southern California. The business expansion will utilize the Blue Earth Management Services (BEEMS) trade name, as the Company will build the Blue Earth brand as a leading company in the multi-billion dollar energy efficient services sector. BEEM is also hiring additional personnel in order to provide energy efficient retrofit services under the leadership of the President of…

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TuesdayMay 10, 2011 1:05 pm

JA Solar Holdings Co. Ltd. (JASO) Posts Solid Q1 Earnings, Strong Q2 in the Forecast

JA Solar Holdings Co. Ltd., a leading global manufacturer of high-performance solar cells and solar power products, today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011. "Despite the seasonally weaker first quarter and uncertainties surrounding Italy's solar policies, our first quarter performance illustrates that our strategic partners continue to recognize our clear market leadership on costs and technology," Dr. Peng Fang, CEO of JA Solar stated in the press release. Total shipments in the first quarter of 2011 were 451MW, a 65.8 percent increase compared with shipments of 272MW in the first quarter of last year.…

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TuesdayMay 10, 2011 1:03 pm

The Brainy Brands Company, Inc. (TBBC) is “One to Watch”

The Brainy Brands Company, Inc. develops and markets an extensive library of early childhood learning products. These products include a full range of puzzles, books, games, toys and audio-visual materials for the U.S. market and international marketplace. The Brainy Brands Company, Inc. has their corporate headquarters in Suwanee, Georgia. The Company's strategy is to support their existing line of high quality educational toys, media, and activities and develop new product and offerings optimizing new technologies, delivery systems, and advances in early childhood education. In 1995, the Brainy Baby® brand pioneered the early childhood educational DVD industry. The Company had extraordinary…

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TuesdayMay 10, 2011 12:58 pm

Tivus, Inc. (TIVU) Taps a Captured Audience

A well-focused captive consumer audience is one of the most valuable things a business can have. It’s something that hotels have been sitting on for years, but with only a limited number of ways to take advantage of. Other than on-site restaurants and gift shops, most hotels and resorts are ineffective at fully monetizing one of their greatest assets, their guests. Now, thanks to ongoing developments in communications, the possibilities available to the hospitality industry have dramatically increased. The complex and expensive in-room entertainment and Internet access systems that have for so long represented a financial drain can now be…

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TuesdayMay 10, 2011 12:09 pm

TraderPower – Empowering Investors to Discover Exceptional Opportunities

TraderPower was established to empower investors with all the resources they need to make profitable trading decisions. Using the vast resources on the TraderPower website, the investment community can discover undervalued small-cap companies, learn how to properly analyze investment opportunities, and utilize free research tools for in-depth evaluation. TraderPower’s #1 focus is on connecting investors with undervalued small-cap companies that are trading far below their true worth. With an estimated 15,000 publicly traded companies, it’s no surprise that these stocks exist. Of course once these neglected equities begin to get noticed, the climb to their fair valuation can be exceptionally…

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TuesdayMay 10, 2011 11:04 am

Phase 1 Study Initiated for Biodel, Inc.’s (BIOD) Insulin Formulations

Biodel, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative treatments for diabetes that may be safer, more effective and more convenient for patients. The company develops it products by applying its proprietary formulation technologies to existing drugs in order to improve their therapeutic profiles. The company announced today that an independent investigator initiated a pump trial of Biodel's two ultra-rapid-acting formulations of recombinant human insulin. Insulin pump therapy is used as a means to provide intensive insulin therapy to patients with diabetes. Currently available prandial insulins are used in pumps, but often are not absorbed…

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