Duke Energy Corporation (DUK) reported its third quarter 2009 earnings of 40 cents per share, compared to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 38 cents and the year-earlier earnings of 33 cents. Before adjusting for one-time items, the earnings were 8 cents versus year-earlier earnings of 17 cents. While the company’s results came in above expectations driven by better cost control and operational excellence, a weak economy sapped the demand for electricity and caused lower electricity sales. The U.S. Franchised Electric and Gas (USFE&G) segment posted third-quarter earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) of $716 million, down more than 1% year over year. This fall in earnings was due to unfavorable weather throughout the service territory, partially offset by reduced operating and maintenance costs. EBIT for the Commercial Power segment was a loss of $234 million, compared to a loss of $108 million in the third ...

New Generation Biofuels, Inc. holds an exclusive license for North America, Central America and the Caribbean to commercialize proprietary technology to manufacture alternative biofuels from plant oils and animal fats. The company then markets these products as a new class of biofuels for power generation, commercial and industrial heating, etc.

The company today announced that it has signed a letter of intent with Ace Biofuels of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Under this letter of intent, Ace Biofuels would license product formulations, manufacturing technology and know-how from New Generation with the intent of constructing a biofuel manufacturing facility and marketing the company’s fuel in Puerto Rico. Ace Biofuels will pay New Generation Biofuels a licensing fee per gallon of biofuel produced and sold.

Edgardo Fabregas Rios, president of Ace Biofuels, is pleased with the deal. He said, “The whole of Puerto Rico is in the process of exploring a number of alternative and

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The much-hyped next-generation (4G) technology of WiMAX is quickly losing ground to the alternative technology of Long-Term Evolution (LTE). Large telecom infrastructure equipment makers are gradually shifting from WiMAX to LTE, and as a result the WiMAX field is getting less crowded day by day.

This gives the smaller gear makers like PureWave Networks and Airspan Networks a chance to enter the WiMAX market.

Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) has scaled back its WiMAX R&D expenditures and now concentrates only on fixed WiMAX infrastructure deployment, rather than the complex mobile deployment. Nokia-Siemens Network, a joint venture of Nokia Corp. (NOK) and Siemens AG (SI), has taken a strategic decision to shift its focus to other next-generation wireless technologies, such as LTE and HSPA+, and decided to outsource the WiMAX technology from Alvarion Ltd. (ALVR). Fujitsu Ltd. has entirely stopped the development of WiMAX radio technology. Motorola (MOT) is also

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“I’m Brazilian. I have gold. And I’ve just arrived from Rio richer than anyone…” Thus sang one of the characters in an operetta by Jacques Offenbach. But that was in the mid-19 th century. But hey… what goes around…

Guess what happened last year? According to a study from Boston Consulting Group, the only area of the world that got richer last year was Latin America… led by Brazil!

The rest of the world got poorer. By 11%, according to BCG. Down in the rum and sun zone, on the other hand, they got 3% richer.

So maybe our investments in South and Central America will turn out all right after all.

Meanwhile, back in the developed world… what’s going on? There are two main schools of thought. Ours. And theirs.

Who’s right? You decide.

They say – the crisis is over. We can thank our lucky stars – and the feds.

Now, we’re getting back

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The much hyped next-generation (4G) technology of WiMAX is quickly losing ground to the alternative technology of Long-Term Evolution (LTE). Large telecom infrastructure equipment makers are gradually shifting from WiMAX to LTE, and as a result the WiMAX field is getting less crowded day by day. This has given the smaller gear makers like PureWave Networks and Airspan Networks a chance to enter the WiMAX market. Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) has scaled back its WiMAX R&D expenditures and now concentrates only on fixed WiMAX infrastructure deployment rather than the complex mobile deployment. Nokia-Siemens Network, a joint venture of Nokia Corp. (NOK) and Siemens AG (SI), has taken a strategic decision to shift its focus to other next-generation wireless technologies like LTE and HSPA+ and decided to outsource the WiMAX technology from Alvarion Ltd. (ALVR). Fujitsu Ltd., has entirely stopped the development of WiMAX radio technology. Motorola ...

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ICBS Ltd. (OTCPK: ICBT), announced today that it will be targeting U.S. and Canadian regulatory bodies for the sale of the TOGS(TM) 9000 bio-photonic incubation detection systems. “BioSpec Global Solutions will be moving to target regulatory agencies in both the U.S. and Canada” said Don Saunders, President and CEO. “Given the advantages not only on time advantage (10 Hours for test results) but the accuracy of these machines, can equip agencies with the technology needed to insure safe drinking water for their citizens”

EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC), the world leader in information infrastructure solutions, today announced it has doubled the capacity and throughput of its

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Royal Gold, Inc. acquires and operates precious metals royalties, most of which contain gold and silver deposits. Royal Gold stands out from others in the industry due to its ownership of large portfolios of active, developing and exploration style royalties, located in some of the world’s most prolific gold regions.

The company owns royalty interests in various producing, development, evaluation, and exploration stage projects. The countries in which Royal Gold holds royalty interests includes the United States, Canada, Mexico, Africa, Argentina, Chile, Australia, the Russian Federation, Finland, Columbia, and Central America.

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AUY, Yamana Gold, Inc.

ESYM, EcoSystem Corp, ESYM.OB

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Our Picks at PennyOmega.com for Wednesday August 5, 2009 are:

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AUY, Yamana Gold, Inc.

AUY is a leading Canadian-based gold mining company with significant gold production, gold development stage properties, exploration properties, and land positions in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Mexico and Central America.

AUY is producing gold and other precious metals at intermediate company production levels in addition to significant copper production. The company plans to continue to build on this base through existing operating mine expansions and throughput increases, the advancement of its exploration properties and by targeting other gold consolidation opportunities in Brazil, Argentina and elsewhere in

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Suspect Detection Systems is a leading developer of proprietary counter-terror and crime prevention technology. The company’s technology is intended to identify threats in real-time by detecting the hidden ‘hostile intent’ of assailants before they commit their intended acts.

The company’s COGNITO technology is an automated interrogation system that enables investigative agencies to rapidly screen and interrogate suspects. The Cognito mobile system is small enough to fit in a handheld suitcase and allows for interrogations to take place in the field. This is in addition to traditional usage at police stations and interrogation rooms.

Suspect Detection Systems announced in mid-June the sale of its COGNITO4 Mobile Interrogation System to a federal law enforcement agency in Central Asia which was a former member of the Soviet Union. This was the company’s first sale in this part of the globe.

In discussing this sale, company CEO Shabtai

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Suspect Detection Systems, Inc., producer of what some consider the world’s most sophisticated criminal/terrorist screening system, is faced with a world of potential applications for its product. The system allows people to be questioned, using sophisticated software and biometrics, to determine possible hostile intent. It consistently achieves a high success rate, with relatively few false alarms.

As such, it can be applied to an almost unlimited range of commercial and government situations; anywhere preliminary screening could provide valuable information.

Potential markets include the following:

• Law Enforcement - Police - Customs - Immigration - Prison - Border Control - Airport Security

• Intelligence - Internal Security - Secret Service - Military Intelligence

• Commercial Enterprises - Security Companies - Financial Institutions - Insurance Agencies - Diamond Industry - Critical Infrastucture - Human Resources - Oil & Gas Industry - Casinos

Various configurations of the system are already deployed around the world, including the New York City Police Department, government and law enforcement agencies in India

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