Chief Executive Mark Quinn announced this morning that the company has appointed Dale Shepherd as its Chief Financial Officer and Abillish Kamti as the Chief Executive of Clenergen India Private Ltd.

Working from 1973 to 1991 for one of the world’s premier global networks, the General Electric Company, Dale’s career has focused on hands on problem resolution, acquisitions, joint venture start ups and entering new business areas. During his time at GE, he held the positions of Director of Finance, GEM Polymers Ltd. Vice President, GE Plastics Japan Ltd. and Managing Director, GEM Chemicals, Inc. From there he joined Kawasaki LNP NC in the Engineering Plastics subsidiary of Kawasaki Steel Corporation. Kawasaki Steel Corporation appointed Dale as Vice President Business Planning and Corporate Secretary to drive entry into the plastics industry by way of acquisitions. Over the 8 years he was at

Consorteum Holdings Inc. owes much of its success to plastic. Not the plastics industry, but to plastic cards, like the ones that every American seems to carry twenty of whenever they go to the store. If you could use a time machine to bring someone from the 1950s to the present, one of the first things they would notice is the almost total replacement of cash and checks with plastic cards. Cards are easier to use, less messy, quicker, and generally more efficient for everyone involved, including the consumer, the merchant, and the bank.

Banks, of course, have a special love for debit cards, which have exploded in use, and now exceed credit card purchases. Banks like them because they can get a fee from merchants whenever they are used. As a result, there are now countless bank-sponsored rewards programs enticing

BASF (BASFY) is witnessing sales and earnings growth due to better end-markets. All segments are experiencing improvements with the Oil & Gas segment depicting the strongest sales growth due to higher crude oil prices and increased natural gas production.

However, the company is susceptible to the harsh cyclicality of the chemical industry. Slowdown in the U.S. economy and rising feedstock costs are likely to limit the top-line growth of the company. Hence, we rate the stock a Hold and set a six-month target price of $53.

The company is executing its share purchase program successfully. It completed its 3 billion ($4.7 billion) share repurchase program for 2007 and 2008 ahead of schedule. A total of 33.7 million shares were repurchased at an average price of 88.91 ($138.52) per share. Recently, the company launched its new repurchase program for 3 billion ($4.7 billion), which will continue until mid-2010.

Recently, the company announced its

BASF (BASFY) is witnessing sales and earnings growth due to better end-markets. All segments are experiencing improvements with the Oil & Gas segment depicting the strongest sales growth due to higher crude oil prices and increased natural gas production.

However, the company is susceptible to the harsh cyclicality of the chemical industry. Slowdown in the U.S. economy and rising feedstock costs are likely to limit the top-line growth of the company. Hence, we rate the stock a Hold and set a six-month target price of $53.

The company is executing its share purchase program successfully. It completed its 3 billion ($4.7 billion) share repurchase program for 2007 and 2008 ahead of schedule. A total of 33.7 million shares were repurchased at an average price of 88.91 ($138.52) per share. Recently, the company launched its new repurchase program for 3 billion ($4.7 billion), which will continue until mid-2010.

Recently, the company announced its