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Monday August 3, 2009

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Acorn Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACFN) today announced that it expects to report for the second quarter ended June 30, 2009, revenue of approximately $7.8 million, an increase of 116% from $3.6 million in the comparable quarter last year. In addition, the Company is estimating Q2 2009 gross profit of $3.5 million versus $1.0 million in Q1 2008, which represents the effects of increased revenues and an expected improvement in gross margins from 29% to 45%.

Micromet, Inc. (Nasdaq: MITI), a biopharmaceutical company developing novel, proprietary antibodies for the treatment of cancer, inflammation and autoimmune diseases, today announced that it has received Orphan Drug Designation from the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) for BiTE antibody blinatumomab (MT103) for acute

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Investors occasionally use a stock trading technique called 'Buying Dividends,' which is the technique of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend. This technique generally works only in bull markets.If you are interested in buying dividends, there are many stocks in many different industries to choose from. In order to be entitled to the dividend, you have to buy the stock before the ex-dividend date, and you can't sell the stock until after the ex date. The actual dividend may not be paid for another few weeks.All of the following stocks have market caps over $500 million, and yields over 4.5%. The Student Loan Corp. (STU) Ex-dividend date: 11/12/2008 Yield: 12.64% .CIT Group Inc. (CIT) Ex-dividend date: 11/12/2008 Yield: 12.16% ...

Highwoods Properties, Inc. (HIW) is a fully integrated, self-administered real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns or has management interests in office, industrial, retail, and service center properties, including development projects and apartment units. Operationally, the company's properties are performing relatively well; most operating metrics increased in the 2nd quarter and the company is covering is dividend with operating cash.However, the U.S. economy is rapidly declining and office/industrial owners will get hit the hardest due to continued job losses. We think operations will weaken, and suburban office owners will have difficulty maintaining occupancy and increasing rents. We would hold the shares for the above average yield and wait until the credit markets and commercial real estate fundamentals stabilize. At 12.1x 2008 FFO [funds from operations] estimates, HIW trades at about a 5% discount to office REIT peers that we cover. The company now trades ...