Baltimore — (TFN): Some good friends of mine recently took their TV out to their front yard, put two high-brass shells in their 12 gauge and pulled the trigger.  They rendered the hunk of glass and plastic useless. Called it Alaskan waste disposal.

After last night, I’m ready to get out the 00 buckshot, myself.

I’ve got my eye out for good intentions, gone bad after spending the last three editions of Notes discussing the idea of financial regulatory reform.

During 52-mile commute home yesterday, they were all over the place, anything from idiotic signs to a couple of state cops setting a trap and writing tickets for not moving to the left lane when passing a stopped emergency vehicle.

The gung-ho troopers had rush-hour traffic slowed for over a mile.

But my mind really started spinning when I passed an out-of-state big rig. I could not help but notice the federal and state ID

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Even in the midst of an economic crisis, Yum! Brands Inc. (YUM), the operator of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell fast-food chains, remains largely unruffled by the slowdown and plans to accelerate its expansion in India with an investment plan of about $150 million.   Louisville, Kentucky-based Yum!, which operates about 150 Pizza Hut and 65 KFC outlets in India, plans to increase its restaurant count to 1,000 by 2015 with planned openings across 60 cities, requiring a strength of about 50,000 staff, five times more than the current level. The company plans to open its first Taco Bell restaurant in Bangalore by the end of 2009.   The Indian market has been virtually recession-proof providing ample growth opportunities. Yum! plans to tap India's organized food and beverage market, which is growing rapidly by about 25% to 30% annually, but is even less than 1% of the ...

ArvinMeritor (ARM) showed a loss of $20 million or 28 cents per share, before special items, in the fourth quarter of its fiscal year ended Sep 30, 2009. This is wider than the quarter-ago loss of 25 cents per share and compared to year-ago profit of $26 million or 35 cents per share. The loss was attributed to incremental tax expenses during the quarter due to the inability to recognize the tax benefit of losses in certain countries. However, the loss was narrower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 32 cents per share. Sales in the quarter totaled $984 million, a decline of 36% from the year-ago level of $1.5 billion. This was driven by continued weakness across the global markets. However, sales increased by 4% compared to the previous quarter of fiscal year 2009 due to improved conditions in global markets, particularly in China, India ...

One company that is starting to gain recognition is Valley Forge Composite Technologies, Inc. With their headquarters in Covington, Kentucky, the Valley Forge has become a leader in Counter-Terrorism technology and has started to made major progress in the sales of their Momentum Wheel Products.

Within these lines of products, Valley Forge is a manufacturer and marketer of breakthrough cargo/baggage and people screening technologies. The company was proud to report the fruits of their efforts with the announcement that they have received an additional order of $2,700,000 for its momentum wheel line of products.

Leading the way at Valley Forge is their CEO Lou Brothers. Brothers is a Co-Founder of the company and has more than 20 years of experience in marketing, marketing support, product management and logistics. He has extensive international business experience having worked in Europe, Russia, and Japan. Brothers is a

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Consorteum Holdings Inc. (OTCBB: CSRH) announced that it has proceeded to launch its consumer stored value rebate card. The consumer rebate card program will offer manufacturers and retailers a new way to process mail-in rebates that ensures increased customer loyalty and decreased overhead costs. Consorteum will work directly with manufactures and retailers to reduce the administration costs associated with mail-in rebate programs while providing a new way to increase consumer awareness. Additional revenue and cost-saving opportunities will be

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Nov. 2, 2009 (Business Wire) — SmallCapVoice.com, Inc. announced today that a new audio interview with Adventure Energy, Inc. (OTCBB:ADVE), an energy exploration company with operations in the Appalachian Basin is now available. The interview can be heard at http://smallcapvoice.com/blog/10-30-09-audio-interview-with-adventure-energy-inc-otcbb-adve/.

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Americas Energy Company, a consolidator of high-quality energy properties with projects in both Kentucky and Tennessee, recently announced that the company, along with Trend Technology Corporation, sold the initial production from its first oil well. This oil well is on a timed pumping program in order to extend its production life and is currently producing 15 barrels to 20 barrels of oil per day.

Chris Headrick, president and co-chief executive officer of Americas Energy Company, stated, “The sale of the production from our first oil well to Somerset Energy Refining in Somerset, Kentucky has set the stage for our oil division. We have entrusted the development of that division to Mr. Jimmy A. Dunn Jr., as our vice president of oil and gas.”

Mr. Headrick continued, “Based on the success of the first well, Mr. Dunn and Americas Energy Company have established an aggressive development plan to initiate production on our

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The earnings season beginning today (Tuesday) is shaping up to be an important one, as it could have a significant impact on a struggling stock market rally.

Since the stock market rally reached a pinnacle nearly two weeks ago, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has lost about 3.3% while the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index has fallen about 3.7%. And if this week’s earnings report come in below expectations, the rally that helped stock prices surge more than 50% could come to an abrupt end.

Fortunately, many of the companies set to report earnings this week are traditionally strong performers and for the most part, companies that have weathered the financial crisis. But not all of them have met Wall Street’s expectations.

The quarterly results for five companies in particular – Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM), Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA), Costco Wholesale Corp. (Nasdaq: COST), Monsanto Corp. (NYSE:

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The business world loves a good economic indicator. Chief executives, budget planners, small-business owners, and others who must make assumptions about the health and direction of the economy take a keen interest in popular indicators such as consumer confidence, gross domestic product, housing starts, stock prices, employment data, and even the price of gold.

Economic indicators may take on extra significance when the nation is in a recession and anxious for signs of a recovery because the national psyche plays a key role in business cycles. People who are not experiencing any personal financial problems may nonetheless rein in their spending or alter the timing of major purchases when the news is telling them that the national economy is in difficult straits.

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When investors and economists anticipate that the economy is approaching a turning point, they may look in some unusual places for early indications of a shift in

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MagneGas Corp., a producer of a metal working fuel and natural gas alternative made from liquid waste such as sewage, sludge, manure and certain industrial and oil based liquid wastes, recently announced that the company has secured a new fuel distribution agreement with Tennessee-based Holston Gases. Under the terms of the agreement, Holston Gases will sell MagneGas™ through its 22 locations in Alabama, Kentucky and Tennessee.

This new agreement, the company’s third, will expand MagneGas Corporation’s market share in the $680 million metal cutting fuel industry. MagneGas Corporation’s patented Plasma Arc Flow™ process gasifies liquid waste to create MagneGas™, a clean-burning fuel that is essentially interchangeable with natural gas, but with lower green house gas emissions. MagneGas™ can be used for metal cutting, cooking, heating or powering bi fuel automobiles.

MagneGas president, Richard Connelly, stated, “We are proud to align ourselves with family-owned Holston Gases. With a 50-year history in the

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