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Tuesday August 18, 2009

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BioSolar, Inc. (OTC BB: BSRC), developer of a breakthrough technology to produce bio-based materials from renewable plant sources that reduce the cost of photovoltaic solar modules, announced today that the company has recently filed a patent application to protect the innovations behind its proprietary BioBacksheetTM-A, a bio-based backsheet featuring an absolute moisture barrier for the thin-film solar cell market.

Orckit Communications Ltd. (Nasdaq:ORCT) today announced that the requisite quorum of two or more shareholders holding at least 25% of the outstanding ordinary shares was not present at its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled to be held on Monday, August 17, 2009 at

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Today we are featuring top-performing "Small Cap" equity mutual funds, which mainly invest in equity securities of companies with market capitalizations of less than $1 billion.

Investors can find such funds by checking out the entire list of Zacks #1 Rank Small Cap Equity Funds.

3 Strong Performers

Artisan Small Cap Value (ARTVX) seeks long-term capital growth. It uses a bottom-up investment process to construct a diversified portfolio of undervalued firms that have attractive business models.

The fund invests primarily in common stocks of small U.S. companies with market capitalizations less than three times the weighted average market cap of companies in the Russell 2000 index.

Maximus Inc. (MMS), Sanderson Farms Inc. (SAFM) and SPSS Inc. (SPSS) are among the fund's top holdings.

Conestoga Capital Advisor Small Cap (CCASX) seeks long-term capital growth

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Today we are featuring top-performing "Small Cap" equity mutual funds, which mainly invest in equity securities of companies with market capitalizations of less than $1 billion.

Investors can find such funds by checking out the entire list of the Zacks #1 Rank Small Cap Equity Funds.3 Strong Performers

Artisan Small Cap Value (ARTVX) seeks long-term capital growth. It uses a bottom-up investment process to construct a diversified portfolio of undervalued firms that have attractive business economics.

The fund invests primarily in common stocks of small U.S. companies with market capitalizations less than three times the weighted average market cap of companies in the Russell 2000 index.

Maximus Inc. (MMS), Sanderson Farms Inc. (SAFM) and SPSS Inc. (SPSS) are among the fund's top holdings.

Conestoga Capital Advisor Small Cap (CCASX) seeks

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MAXIMUS Inc (MMS) shares recorded an unusually low trading volume today. Shares of the Reston-based company were up almost 2% at noon.

Zacks Investment Research

MAXIMUS Inc (MMS) shares registered an unusually low trading volume today. This morning, the company stock advanced less than 1%.

Zacks Investment Research

Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today:

Aaron Rents Inc (RNT) Access National Corp (ANCX) Acxiom Corp (ACXM) American Financial Group (AFG) Amerisafe Inc (AMSF) Applied Micro Circuits Corp (AMCC) ARM Holdings plc (ARMH) AsiaInfo Holdings Inc (ASIA) Baxter International Inc (BAX) Briggs & Stratton Corp (BGG) Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc (BR) Canadian Natural Resource Ltd (CNQ) Capella Education Co (CPLA) Chinacast Education Corp (CAST) Churchill Downs Inc (CHDN) Citi Trends Inc (CTRN) Cooper Companies Inc (COO) Cosan Ltd (CZZ) DaVita Inc (DVA) DTS Inc (DTSI) Energy Recovery Inc (ERII) EZCORP Inc (EZPW) Flanders Corp (FLDR) FPIC Insurance Group Inc (FPIC) HMS Holdings Corp (HMSY) Horsehead Holding Corp (ZINC) Immucor Inc (BLUD) Jarden Corp (...