Oct. 29, 2009 (PR Newswire) — SEATTLE, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Mantra Venture Group Ltd. (’Mantra’, OTCBB: MVTG, FSE: 5MV) is pleased to announce that it has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM) based out of Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Under the terms of the LOI, Mantra and KFUPM’s Center for Refining and Petrochemicals (CRP) have expressed a mutual interest to explore and research new processes that would use Mantra’s Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide (ERC) reactor, a form of carbon recycling.

Current processes developed by Mantra have been demonstrated as effective in converting CO2 into a variety of valuable chemicals, including: formate salts, formic acid, oxalic acid and methanol. While each of these end-products has a significant market value, Mantra is now looking to create additional value in its ERC technology by expanding this list. The CRP Research Institute of KFUPM

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Taxes are going to go up. I’m not happy about it, and I’m sure most Americans are as steamed as I am.

But here’s the stark reality: The money Uncle Sam gets from personal taxes, payroll deductions, corporate taxes and various other duties is a little more than half of the money it’s spending. The difference (deficit) has to be made up either by reducing spending, increasing taxes, or both.

It’s an unpleasant reality, but that doesn’t mean we’re helpless against these changes.

Many don’t know why or how much our Gross Domestic Product (GDP) relates to the taxes we all pay. So let’s take a look at how it’s determined and why it’s important. And best of all, how we can even profit from these charges – I mean changes – and make money in the process.

GDP: What is it and Why Should I Care?

Gross Domestic Product – or GDP as it’s

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Taxes Are Going Up… Here’s Three Ways to Play the Coming Tax Increase

by David Fessler, Advisory Panelist

Taxes are going to go up. I’m not happy about it, and I’m sure most Americans are as steamed as I am.

But here’s the stark reality: The money Uncle Sam gets from personal taxes, payroll deductions, corporate taxes and various other duties is a little more than half of the money it’s spending. The difference (deficit) has to be made up either by reducing spending, increasing taxes, or both.

It’s an unpleasant reality, but that doesn’t mean we’re helpless against these changes.

Many don’t know why or how much our Gross Domestic Product (GDP) relates to the taxes we all pay. So let’s take a look at how it’s determined and why it’s important. And best of all, how we can even profit from these charges – I mean changes – and

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Sanderson Farms (SAFM) is the 4th largest poultry processing company in the U.S. The improved efficiencies at the company's poultry complexes in Georgia and Mississippi, along with the new facility in Waco, Texas, should improve unit operating costs and increase production levels in fiscal 2009.However, grain costs increased substantially in fiscal 2008 resulting in a loss. Even though grain prices have declined, the Hold rating is maintained.Due to the company's volatile earnings and losses reported in fiscal 2006 and 2008, the stock is best valued on a price-to-sales basis. During the last five years, the stock has traded in the range of 0.26 to 0.94 times sales.There is considerable commodity risk involved with the production of chicken products, both on the pricing of end-products and the costs of feed, processing, and storage. With stock currently trading at 0.44 times sales, the target ...

The improved efficiencies at Sanderson Farms, Inc.’s (SAFM) poultry complexes in Georgia and Mississippi, along with the new facility in Waco, Texas, should enhance improve unit operating costs and increase production levels in fiscal 2008. However, grain costs are expected to continue increasing in 2008. As a result, the construction of a new complex in Kinston, North Carolina has been delayed. The Hold rating is maintained.

The company’s new facility, which opened during the fourth quarter of 2007, added 18 percent to the existing capacity. Though construction is currently being delayed, the company plans to build a new feed mill, poultry processing plant, and hatchery in Kinston, North Carolina. The new complex at its full capacity will be equipped to process 6.7 million pounds of dressed poultry meat per week.

Due to the company’s volatile earnings and loss reported in fiscal 2006, the stock is best valued on a price-to-sales basis.

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