Companies featured in this edition of the newsletter: ACTC, CUR, CVM, DKAM, ENZ, IMUC, MFGD, NXOI, OMCM, ONEZ, PSID, XSNX

Markets continued to carry momentum during the early stages of last week, as the absence of significant economic news led to a continuation of the upward trend characterizing the past few weeks, until an earnings miss from Dell on Thursday led to a selloff in the technology sector which caused the major indices to end the week mixed. All told, the Dow ended the week in positive territory, gaining 47 points to close at 10318, up 0.5% on the week and 17.6% on the year. The Nasdaq surrendered 1.0% to close at 2146, paring its YTD gains to 36.1%, while the S&P 500 and Russell 2000 lost 0.2% and 0.3% respectively, reducing their yearly gains to 20.8 and 17.1.

Things got off to a strong start on Monday, with the

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Raser Technologies Inc. (RZ) reported a loss per share of 5 cents, less than the Zacks Consensus loss per share estimate of 13 cents in the third quarter of fiscal 2009. Also, net loss of 5 cents per share is less than half compared to the year-ago loss of 13 cents per share.  The improvement in earnings came despite shares outstanding increasing to 74.9 million in the reported quarter from 57.8 million in the year-ago quarter. The revenue front, the company reported revenue totaling $0.8 million as compared to $0.03 million during the year-ago quarter. The improvement was due to the initiation of a revenue stream from selling electricity generated by its geothermal power plant to the city of Anaheim.  During the reported quarter, the company generated and sold approximately 9,819 MW hours of electricity. Similarly in the reported quarter, cost of sales rose to $2.9 million ...

AvalonBay Communities Inc. (AVB), a leading real estate investment trust (REIT), reported fiscal third quarter funds from operations (FFO) of $87.7 million or $1.09 per share, compared to $99 million or $1.28 per share in the year-earlier quarter. Funds from operations, a widely used metric to gauge the performance of REITs, is obtained after adding depreciation and amortization and other non-cash expenses to net income.   Total revenues, including discontinued operations, increased 0.3% year over year to $224.2 million. Same-store rental revenues decreased 4.8% due to a 0.2% decline in economic occupancy and 4.6% dip in average rental rates. Same-store net operating income (NOI) during the quarter decreased 8.5% year over year to $98.9 million.   AvalonBay completed development activities in three communities during the quarter, totaling 614 apartment homes at an aggregate cost of $173 million. These include Avalon Anaheim Stadium located in Anaheim, California; Avalon Charles ...

Raser Technologies Inc. (RZ) yesterday provided an update on its geothermal activities and its PHEV project. The company is gradually transiting from a developmental stage company towards a geothermal power producer.   Raser is progressing rapidly on the Lightning Dock No. 1 geothermal project. Recently it bagged final approval from the New Mexico Oil Conservation Division (OCD) for injection of geothermal fluids. The company is also in the process of negotiating a revision to its power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District. The revision is expected to include an increase in the expected output from the Lightning Dock project as well as an increase in the price of energy under the PPA.   Raser is now in the final stages of testing the fifth production well that is needed for the completion of its first geothermal plant Thermo No. 1 as ...

  Raser Technologies Inc. (RZ) is gradually transiting from a developmental stage company towards a geothermal power producer. As of now, only its first geothermal plant Thermo No. 1 Plant (Hatch Plant in Utah) with an annualized capacity of 10MW is generating revenues by selling electricity to the city of Anaheim since April 2009. The company plans to add 40MW annually to its capacity over the three year period 2010 – 2012 to bring its total geothermal power generation annualized capacity to 130MW. Raser Technologies, however, is facing financial constraints. Earlier this month, Raser’s loan guarantee application was denied by the Department of Energy (DOE). If approved, DOE would have provided 80% of the approximately $190 million project cost for Raser’s 42MW – East Thermo geothermal project. The company’s hopes now rest on governmental funding in its quest to become a commercially viable geothermal power producer. Also, ...

The Walt Disney Co. (DIS), one of the largest entertainment companies in the world, plans the biggest ever expansion of its Fantasyland at Florida in 2010. The expansion is based on the popularity of the Disney Princess and Fairies franchises that have generated $4 billion in global retail sales. The planned expansion of the two franchises will be carried out in two phases, one to be completed in 2012 and the other in 2013.  The expansion plan mainly involves inclusion of four Disney characters namely Cindrella, Sleeping Beauty, Belle from 'Beauty and Beast' and Ariel from "The Little Mermaid". Management believes that these characters would be ideal for a place where visitors usually engage in dancing, story telling, or organize a birthday party with costumed characters of favorite cartoons.  In addition, Walt Disney also plans to set up two new dining places - Gascon's Tavern and ...

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Monday July 27, 2009

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First Savings Financial Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:FSFG), the holding company for First Savings Bank, F.S.B. (the “Bank”), today reported net income of $153,000, or $0.06 per diluted share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2009, compared to net income of $41,000 for the same period in 2008.

Southern National Bancorp of Virginia Inc. (Nasdaq:SONA), the holding company for Sonabank, announced today that net income for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 was $23 thousand and $549 thousand for the six months ended June 30, 2009 compared to $450 thousand and $951 thousand during the second quarter and the first six months of 2008. Earnings were adversely

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Hate thy neighbor? Giveth his children money; that will fix them all. Few things are as costly as free money.

When the Spanish Galleons came back from the New World with cargoes of gold and silver coins, the Spaniards thought they’d hit the jackpot. All of a sudden, Iberia had plenty of money. Historians report that the Spanish neglected their fields and their manufactures; now they had easy money to spend. Prices rose quickly. Then, when the treasure ships stopped coming, the Spanish were broke. Spain – and Portugal too – went into a decline that lasted four centuries.

In the late 1990s, America got in the habit of getting shiploads of stuff from Asia – and paying for it only with pieces of green paper. Pretty soon, Americans too neglected their own factories – though not their fields. Let the Asians sweat, they said. We’ll think!

Not much serious thinking has taken

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nbsp;nbsp;January 15, 2009 - More than half of all electrical energy consumed in the United States is used by electric motors. So improving efficiency for electric motors is one of the most basic and fundamental ways that businesses, consumers and the government can save energy, reduce operating costs and improve productivity.There are multiple approaches to doing this: making more efficient motors is an obvious one. But in many cases, motor inefficiency is a consequence of the load which the motors are powering. Cases where motors have to have enough power to drive a load at full capacity but where the load is, in fact, often light. These are some of the most frequent cases of motor inefficiency.One company that that is addressing this market is Power Efficiency (OTCBB: PEFF ), which has developed technologies which result in up to 40% savings to client firms in the industrial markets and has ...

Trading on the OTCBB, and headquartered in Anaheim, California, Location Based Technologies Inc. designs and develops personal locator devices and services. They are the developer and manufacturer of the PocketFinder™ Personal Locator and the Pocketfinder ™ Network.

The company’s products are both switch and network-based and use wireless data services. They also use voice recognition, and location-based tracking capabilities. A user can monitor the location of their PocketFinder™ and other PocketFinder Personal Locator devices.

The company’s People-PocketFinder is a small location device that allows a user to locate a family member’s device location at anytime from almost anywhere via the internet, cellular phone, or a fixed-wire telephone. It is suitable for outdoor enthusiasts, extreme sports participants, scouting organizations. It is also valuable for caretakers of persons with Autism, Down Syndrome, or Alzheimer’s.

The company’s PetFinder® product receives radio signals from Global Positioning Satellites. The PetFinder® service network begins receiving a

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