Companies featured in this edition of the newsletter: ACTC, CHIP, CVM, DKAM, ENZ, IWEB, MBCI, MFGD, PHC

Markets rebounded last week, on the strength of upbeat productivity and manufacturing reports that led to solid gains in all of the major indices. Despite news that the unemployment rate had hit its highest levels in 25 years, the Dow managed to end the week up 310 points, gaining 3.2% on the week to close at 10,023, up 14.2% on the year. The Nasdaq posted a gain of 3.3%, closing at 2112 and extending its yearly gains to 34%, while the S&P 500 and Russell 2000 advanced 3.2% and 3.1% respectively on the week to bring their YTD performance to 18.4% and 16.2%.

Several better than expected economic reports provided buying incentive throughout much of the week, as investors managed to shake off the previous week’s negative bias to send indices into positive territory

Companies featured in this edition of the newsletter: ACTC, CVM, CUR, DKAM, ENZ, IMUC, IWEB, PHC, SVUL, SRCO, SVUL, XSNX

Markets extended their winning streak yet again this week, as all ten sectors of the S&P 500 finished in positive territory and markets hit fresh highs for the year once again, despite the lack of any significant developments on either the corporate or economic fronts. All told, the Dow ended up 2.2% on the week, gaining 214 points to close at 9820 on the week, up 11.9% on the year. The Nasdaq performed slightly better, gaining 2.5% on the week, closing at 2132, up 35.2% on the year, while the S&P 500 and Russell 2000 gained 2.5% and 4.1% respectively, up 18.3% and 23.7% on the year.

While it was a relatively quiet week as far as headlines were concerned, there were some positive economic developments in the form

Suspect Detection Systems Inc., a leading developer of counter terror and crime prevention technology, announced after the closing bell yesterday that it has sold the Cogito rapid interrogation system to a federal law enforcement agency in India. This sale was made after the agency’s extensive evaluation of Cogito technology over a period of several months.

According to the press release, the federal agency will utilize the automated rapid interrogation system to gather pre-crime and post-crime intelligence. The system’s interrogation of suspects and consequent gathering of information will be used to help solve crimes that have already been committed, as well as to help prevent potential crimes and terror attacks from taking place in the future.

Situated in an often volatile region bordering Pakistan, China, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Myanmar, India has distinctive crime and terror prevention needs. The country has suffered many terror

Suspect Detection Systems Inc., a leading developer of counter-terror and crime prevention technology, announced this morning that multiple units of the Cogito(TM) system recently sold to a large Federal Agency operating in a major Latin American nation have been installed successfully.

An automated interrogation system, Cogito detects and exposes the hidden intent of criminals and terrorists. The system has multiple applications in addition to interrogating individuals suspected of committing crimes. Other applications include pre-employment and employee screening, fraud prevention, and military intelligence collection.

The Cogito system will be utilized by the federal agents to combat a wave of criminal activity in the country. The company anticipates that the installation of these first units will yield additional unit sales to the same agency later this year. The successful implementation of Cogito technology may also lead to sales at other agencies fighting crime and terror throughout the

Suspect Detection Systems Inc., a leading developer of counterterror and crime prevention technology, announced this morning that it has sold the Cogito(TM) system to a large Federal Agency operating in a major Latin American nation. This crime prevention system will be used by federal agents to combat a wave of criminal activity in the country.

According to the press release, the first Cogito units have already been successfully installed and it is anticipated that additional units will be sold to the agency later this year. Moreover, the successful implementation of Cogito technology by this agency is expected to lead to additional sales at other agencies operating in the same country.

Cogito is an automated interrogation system used to detect malicious intent of criminals and terrorists in various settings and scenarios. The system has multiple applications in addition to interrogating individuals suspected of committing crimes. Other

President-elect Barack Obama yesterday (Thursday) named Mary L. Schapiro – a strong proponent of protections for individual investors – to head the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission when his administration takes office next month, the biggest of three nominations with potential financial crisis implications.

And in the latest addition to his Obamanomics plan, the president-elect has also proposed a massive stimulus package of as much as $775 billion over the next two years as part of a historic infusion that’s aimed at overhauling America’s infrastructure, schools, broadband networks and energy use, a Congressional source told MarketWatch.com yesterday.

But making the Schapiro nomination official was considered a key move. In its Thursday morning issue, Money Morning reported that Schapiro had been chosen and that an official announcement would be made later in the day. And that’s just what happened.

Obama named