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Dutton Associates Featured Company: American Software, Inc. (AMSWA)

QualityStocks (October 24th, 2008) Writes:

American Software, Inc. is a software developer and marketer, and supports one of the industry’s most comprehensive offerings of integrated business applications, including enterprise-wide, supply chain management, Internet commerce, financial, warehouse management and manufacturing packages.

American Software is the single source for value-based e-business solutions for the enterprise and the supply chain. American Software operates through their subsidiaries. American Software owns 86% of Logility, Inc. (NASDAQ: LGTY), a leading supplier of collaborative supply chain planning solutions via the Internet. New Generation Computing, Inc. (NGC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of American Software, is a global software company that has 25 years of experience developing and marketing applications for apparel manufacturers, brand managers, retailers, importers and other businesses in the sewn-products industry.

American Software’s e-Intelliprise™ is a total ERP/supply chain management suite that leverages Internet connectivity and includes multiple manufacturing methodologies, full global capability and integrated data marts.

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Dutton Associates Featured Company: Amarin Corp. (AMRN)

QualityStocks (October 22nd, 2008) Writes:

Amarin Corporation (NASDAQ: AMRN) is a neuroscience company focused on the research, development and commercialization of novel drugs that address unmet patient needs. Amarin is committed to improving the lives of patients suffering from central nervous system and cardiovascular diseases.

Amarin continues to focus their efforts on employing a novel, proprietary platform based on knowledge of the chemical nature and highly vascular environment of the brain to develop pharmaceuticals in the area of neurology. The company’s unique technology of lipophilic drugs is predominately fat-soluble, which helps facilitate transportation across the blood-brain barrier. This is a crucial component since the majority of drugs that are currently available to treat neurological and psychiatric disorders have mechanisms of action targeting receptors of the brain or neurotransmitters located in the brain’s makeup.

The company has initiated a cardiovascular development program to capitalize on the known therapeutic benefits of

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Dutton Associates Featured Company: Hong Kong Highpower Technology, Inc. (HPJ)

QualityStocks (October 20th, 2008) Writes:

Hong Kong Highpower Technology, Inc. (HPJ) is a holding company specializing in the development, research, and manufacturing of nickel metal hydride (Ni-MH) rechargeable battery cells through their production facilities in China. The company’s rechargeable batteries provide both high-energy density and long life, and are well-suited for use in both consumer electronics and industrial applications.

The Ni-MH rechargeable batteries have been developed to meet the demands of a number of specific market requirements including recyclability, high power, high energy density, long life, low cost, and other important characteristics for consumer and original equipment manufacturer applications. These batteries can be used for almost all applications where high currents and deep discharges are specified.

Through their wholly owned subsidiary, Shenzhen Highpower Technology Co., Ltd., Hong Kong Highpower is able to manufacture Ni-MH rechargeable batteries for both consumer and industrial applications. The company produces A, AA and AAA-sized batteries in blister

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Dutton Associates Featured Company: 21st Century Holding Company (TCHC)

QualityStocks (October 20th, 2008) Writes:

Through their subsidiaries and their contractual relationships with their independent agents and general agents, 21st Century Holding Company (NASDAQ: TCHC) is an established insurance company that controls and generates revenue from substantially all aspects of their insurance businesses.

The company is fully authorized to underwrite homeowner’s property and casualty insurance, commercial general liability insurance, personal automobile insurance, and commercial automobile insurance in various states implementing various lines of authority, and does this primarily through their wholly owned subsidiaries, Federated National Insurance Company and American Vehicle Insurance Company.

Federated National Insurance Company (FNIC) was created in January of 1992 and was later acquired by the shareholders of 21st Century Holding Company. The purpose of the acquisition of FNIC was to provide a means to better control the business and underwriting risk, as well as to improve operating margins. Their core business consists of the writing of homeowners insurance in

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Dutton Associates Featured Company: A.P. Pharma, Inc. (APPA)

QualityStocks (October 9th, 2008) Writes:

A.P. Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: APPA) is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments utilizing their proprietary polymer-based drug delivery systems.

The company’s proprietary Biochronomer™ technology, featuring bioerodible polymers intended to create controlled-release pharmaceuticals that improve treatments for diseases or health-threatening conditions, is their primary focus as they continue to advance the technology. The company’s lead product candidate is APF530, which is currently in a pivotal Phase III clinical trial for the prevention of acute and delayed onset chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, or CINV.

The company has made significant investments in the development of their bioerodible drug delivery technologies, which have produced tangible results. Specifically, A.P. Pharma has developed a broad family of polymers consisting of unique attributes referred to as poly (ortho esters), under the trade name Biochronomer. This technology has been designed for use in drug delivery applications

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Dutton Associates Featured Company: GoldSpring, Inc. (GSPG.OB)

QualityStocks (September 19th, 2008) Writes:

GoldSpring, Inc. (OTCBB: GSPG) is a North American precious metals mining company that holds contiguous property in the Comstock Lode District and a fully permitted gold and silver mine. Since 2005, the company has been acquiring additional properties around their Comstock Lode project in northern Nevada, expanding their presence and creating opportunities for further exploration.

As a company that is relatively new in the mining industry, GoldSpring has aggressively pursued potential opportunities, secured the proper permits, built an infrastructure, and brought the Comstock Lode project into production. The company believes in optimizing production, continuing to grow their reserve base through exploration and acquisitions, establishing a strong footprint in the Comstock, and maximizing shareholder value.

The Comstock Lode exploration project is located between Carson City and Virginia City, Nevada, just 30 miles southeast of Reno in an area known as American Flat. The company’s Gold Canyon and Spring Valley placer

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Dutton Associates Featured Company: Global Alumina Corp. (TSX: GLA.U)

QualityStocks (September 19th, 2008) Writes:

Global Alumina Corporation (TSX: GLA.U) is a low-cost supplier of alumina with a management team dedicated to being socially responsible and creating long-term shareholder value as they build and operate their world-class alumina refinery in the Republic of Guinea, West Africa.

Founded in 1999, the company has positioned itself to become one of the largest companies focusing solely on alumina production. They offer an opportunity for socially conscious investing in a country that holds one-third of global bauxite resources, yet is one of the world’s poorest countries. The company has commenced a consultation process at the village, state and national levels, and seeks to adhere to the highest social and environmental standards.

Global Alumina’s principal project is the development of an alumina refinery that has the capacity to produce 3.2 million metric tons-per-year located in the Sangaredi region of Guinea, along with the requisite energy, water, and transportation and social

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Dutton Associates Featured Company: General Steel Holdings, Inc. (GSI)

QualityStocks (September 18th, 2008) Writes:

General Steel Holdings, Inc. operates a diverse portfolio of Chinese steel companies. With 4.8 million tons aggregate production capacity, their companies serve various industries and produce a variety of steel products including rebar, hot-rolled carbon and silicon sheets, spiral-weld pipe and high-speed wire. The company is headquartered in China, and has steel operations located throughout all of China in Shaanxi province, the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, the Tianjin municipality, and Guandong Province.

The company intends to become one of the largest and most profitable non-government owned steel companies within China. Their principal activity is manufacturing hot rolled carbon and silicon steel sheets that are mainly used on tractors, agricultural vehicles and in other specialty markets. The company’s “Qiu Steel” is the registered trademarked name under which they sell their products. General Steel sells their products primarily to distributors, service centers or manufacturers who further

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Dutton Associates Featured Company: Gastar Exploration, Ltd. (GST)

QualityStocks (September 18th, 2008) Writes:

Gastar Exploration Ltd. (AMEX: GST) is an independent energy company engaged in the exploration, development, and production of natural gas and oil in the United States and Australia. The company focuses their efforts on identifying, acquiring, and exploring possible natural gas and oil properties that show the potential to produce significant product. Their emphasis rests on prospective deep structures identified through seismic and other analytical techniques, as well as unconventional natural gas reserves, such as coal bed methane (CBM).

The company’s primary coal bed methane properties are found in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming and Montana, and in the Gunnedah and Gippsland Basins of Australia. Their drilling activities are focused on exploiting their multi-year inventory of drilling locations in the Deep Bossier Sands and Knowles Limestone plays in the Hilltop area of East Texas, as well as the emerging Marcellus Shale play in Appalachia.

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Dutton Associates Featured Company: Fushi Copperweld, Inc. (FSIN)

QualityStocks (September 18th, 2008) Writes:

Fushi Copperweld, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSIN), through their wholly owned subsidiaries, manufactures bimetallic composite wire products, primarily focusing on copper-clad aluminum and copper-clad steel wires. Fushi has established itself as the largest domestic manufacturer and supplier of bimetallic composite products in the People’s Republic of China. The company’s two subsidiaries, Fushi Internatioanl (Dalian) and Copperweld Bimetallics, LLC, allow them to conduct business operations around the world and enter richer markets.

Copper-clad aluminum (CCA) is the company’s core product, which combines the conductivity and corrosion resistance of copper with the light weight and relatively low cost of aluminum. It has proven to be a commendable substitute for single copper wire in a wide variety of applications such as coaxial cable for cable television (CATV), signal transmission lines for telecommunication networks, distribution lines for electricity, and wire components for electronic instrument and devices.

Copper-clad steel (CCS) brings together the high

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