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Monday August 17, 2009

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Acushnet Company, the golf business of Fortune Brands, Inc. (NYSE: FO), announced that on August 14, 2009, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit granted the company’s request for a new trial and issued other favorable decisions in its patent dispute with Callaway Golf.

Petroleum Development Corporation (Nasdaq: PETD) announced today that it has closed its public offering of 4,312,500 shares of common stock, including 562,500 shares issued upon full exercise of underwriters’ over-allotment option, at a price to the public of $12.00 per share. The net proceeds from the offering were approximately $48.6 million (after deducting underwriting discounts and

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Friday August 14, 2009

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Vestin Realty Mortgage I, Inc. (Nasdaq:VRTA) reported a net loss for the second quarter ended June 30, 2009 of approximately $3.2 million, or ($0.49) per share, on revenues of approximately $0.5 million, compared with a net loss of approximately $4.8 million or ($0.70) per share on revenues of approximately $1.3 million in the comparable period in 2008. In addition, VRTA reported a net loss for the six months ended June 30, 2009 of approximately $4.7 million, or ($0.72) per share, on revenues of approximately $0.8 million, compared with a net loss of approximately $5.3 million or ($0.78) per share on revenues

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Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (...

Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation (SWHC) is one of the top-performing Zacks #1 Rank companies today with shares that are up more than 7%.

< ?DART(15);?> Fueled by an increase in consumer demand for its handgun and tactical rifle products, SWHC announced solid fiscal third-quarter results earlier this month that included year-over-year advances in EPS and sales.

The company earned 5 cents per share in the quarter, reversing a year-ago loss of 4 cents. Analysts were expecting only 2 cents, accounting for a positive surprise of 150%.

Meanwhile, net product sales jumped nearly 26% to $83.2 million, versus $66.1 million last year. Total firearms sales moved higher 27.5% to $78.5 million, including an advance in pistol sales of almost 46%.

SWHC's hunting business is being negatively impacted by the economic downturn, but the company continues to selectively invest in the business

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Sturm, Ruger & Company (Public, NYSE:RGR), who primarily designs, manufactures and sells firearms to domestic consumers in the US, could be a prime target for your portfolio. The reason? Since the November elections, gun sales are up a massive 100-200%. Weapons dealers in much of the United States are reporting sharply higher sales since Barack Obama won the presidency a week ago. Buyers and sellers say the surge is because of worries that Obama and a Democratic-controlled Congress will move to restrict firearm ownership, despite the insistence of campaign aides that the president-elect supports gun rights and considers the issue a low priority. What it ...