Andrew Meier has penned an epic, wide ranging profile of the second trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky in The New York Times Magazine, which captures a sense of the courtroom, the personalities, and the historical context of the affair.  For readers of this blog it is unlikely to have new information, but it represents an important item of reference for those who want to learn about the case. Moscow would soon grow famous for operatic oligarchs and Byzantine intrigues, but Khodorkovsky never got caught in a compromising position -- never snared at an Alpine resort, a Moscow casino or on a Riviera yacht. Girls, power, even the money, seemed to hold no magic. Where others basked in pomp, he was shy and painfully soft-spoken; ...

Nov. 4, 2009 (Business Wire) — SmallCapVoice.com, Inc. announced today that a new audio interview with PowerVerde, Inc. (OTCBB: PWVI) is now available. The interview can be heard at http://smallcapvoice.com/blog/11-2-09-audio-interview-with-powerverde-inc-otcbb-pwvi/.

SmallCapVoice.com is a recognized corporate investor relations firm, with clients nationwide, known for its ability to help emerging growth companies build a following among retail and institutional investors. SmallCapVoice.com utilizes its stock newsletter to feature its daily stock picks, audio interviews, as well as its clients’ financial news releases. SmallCapVoice.com also offers individual investors all the tools they need to make informed decisions about the stocks they are interested in. Tools like stock charts, stock alerts, and investor fact sheets can assist with investing in stocks that are traded on the OTC BB and Pink Sheets. To learn more about SmallCapVoice.com and their services, please visit http://www.smallcapvoice.com/services.html.

About PowerVerde, Inc.

PowerVerde has designed, developed and patented a unique gas

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The driving philosophy of corporate America used to be based on the principle of in-house development. If it wasn’t made in-house, companies simply weren’t interested. Companies wanted things over which they had full control, and from which they could enjoy 100% of the profits. Total independence. Total control. If a good idea came along that wasn’t developed in-house, the temptation was to find some way to tweak it and claim that it was developed in-house.

All of this led to some pretty nasty lawsuits. One of the best known cases, popularized in the movie Flash Of Genius, was that of Robert Kearns. Kearns was a Detroit engineer who developed the electronic intermittent windshield wiper for automobiles, getting his first patent for it in 1967. When he failed to get the major automakers to buy his idea and then saw them come

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URS Corporation (URS) announced that an alliance between URS and PBS&J has been awarded a contract by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to assist the agency in providing temporary housing and mass care solutions for the survivors of the disaster. The five-year contract has a maximum value of $375 million for the alliance, in which URS is the managing partner. The joint venture will be responsible for hauling and installing, the maintenance and deactivation of temporary mobile housing units, as well as the construction of temporary housing communities, as necessary. Additional responsibilities could include providing support for mass care initiatives, such as base camp development, food preparation and distribution and other life support functions as requested by FEMA. URS Corporation provides engineering, construction, and technical services to the power, infrastructure, Federal, and industrial and commercial market sectors in the United States and internationally. Its ...

Headquartered in Shanghai, China Energy is an international leader in designing, fabricating, implementing and servicing energy recovery systems. With state-of-the-art technology which captures industrial waste energy to produce low cost electrical power, the company enables industrial manufacturers to reduce their energy costs, shrink their emissions footprint, and generate sellable emissions credits. With a growing reputation, China Energy caught the attention of investors globally with the announcement that it has completed a major contract for the Hubei Yangfeng Group which has a total value of $1.42 million.

This completed project will not only represent growth in the economy but will also help the environment. For example, while the $1.42 million will help China Energy Recovery embrace a new financial spectrum, the completed systems are designed to generate 120 tons of steam per hour, which translates into nearly 24MW of thermo power generation capacity. These systems will help Yangfeng achieve

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Today we are going to venture into foreign lands, unknown and esoteric places that most of us are only faintly familiar with. Let's take a trip to the Greeks! Greece, that little group of islands in the Mediterranean, has provided the world with some pretty impressive things: mythology, the Olympics, famous thinkers, groovy architecture...and a funky alphabet full of symbols that are applied in various ways around the globe. A handful of these symbols have come to be known in the Options world simply as "The Greeks".

< ?DART(15);?> Delta, Gamma, Vega (which is technically not one of the Greek symbols, but is an old car...go figure?), Theta and Rho are the representations of various aspects of option pricing that we call the Greeks. Each one addresses a particular variable in the movement of an option premium. We will walk thru Delta, the most popular of the

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For Immediate Release

Chicago, IL – August 26, 2009 – Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Bank of America (BAC), Wells Fargo (WFC), KeyCorp (KEY), U.S. Bancorp (USB) and D.R. Horton (DHI).

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Here are highlights from Tuesday’s Analyst Blog:

Obama's Right Call on Bernanke

Though Bernanke's actions have at times been controversial (e.g. the Bank of America [BAC] takeover of Merrill Lynch), reappointing the Fed Chairman is the right move. Bernanke inherited a bad set of financial circumstances and moved boldly in his attempts to limit

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President Obama is reappointing Ben Bernanke as Fed Chairman. Though there will be those in Congress who disapprove, it is highly probable that Bernanke will keep his job after January 31st. The move is part of a broader plan to keep the Obama economic team in place. A White House official told Politico.com, "The president wanted the team that has been working to rescue this economy together...This continuity is crucial." Though Bernanke's actions have at times been controversial (e.g. the Bank of America [BAC] takeover of Merrill Lynch), reappointing the Fed Chairman is the right move. Bernanke inherited a bad set of financial circumstances and moved boldly in his attempts to limit the damage. We may never know whether his actions prevented a depression from occurring, but in a crisis situation, action is always better than no action. The next challenge for Bernanke will be ...

As an added Guest Blogger bonus, Bill McCready from Futures Trading Secrets, has a very informative article on the mental aspects of trading, that I think we ALL can learn a little something from. Bill’s been trading for a long time, and a long time successfully, and his knowledge and wisdom is widely appreciated. Bill also hosts widely attended webinars that I think you’d appreciate, learn about the webinars here.

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I have decided that after ten years of posting the same trading patterns and working with hundreds of students, that the trading signals are not the problem. Most students have trouble trading mentally and emotionally.  Here are the topics that are the most important.

Learning the Trading Game The basics are the basics.  Here is what you absolutely must know and master.

1.    Goal Setting that is realistic and possible

2.    Finding your trading edge with patience and discipline

3.   

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DAVIS, CA — (Marketwire) — 07/09/09 — Octus Energy (OTCBB: OCTI) today announced the addition of two energy industry executives to its management team, strengthening the company’s commercialization of the Octus Smart Energy Platform (OctusSEP). Joining the company are Tobin J.M. Richardson as Senior Advisor, Energy Markets, and Siva Gunda as Senior Engineer, Smart Energy Solutions.

“Smart energy is a dynamic space, and Tobin and Siva are dynamic energy industry executives,” said Chris Soderquist, Octus CEO. “They bring a wealth of relevant, seasoned and contemporary experience and relationships to Octus that we believe will catalyze commercialization of OctusSEP and spring innovation within the company.”

Richardson has 15 years’ experience in strategy and business development with energy and technology companies. He is Director of the ZigBee Smart Energy Initiative, where he drives adoption of energy efficiency technology in key smart energy markets. In 2008, Richardson directed Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s

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