Companies featured in this edition of the newsletter: ACTC, CVM, CHIP, ENZ, HYTM, IWEB, ONEZ, PHC, SIHI, SRCO

Markets continued their strong performance this week in the absence of any major market driving earnings or economic reports, as the broad based buying that characterized the previous week continued and led to gains in all of the major indices. All told, the Dow added 2.5% on the week, gaining 247 points to close at 10,270, up 17.0% on the year. The Nasdaq posted a 2.6% gain on the week, closing at 2,167 to extend its yearly gains to 37.5%, while the S&P 500 and Russell 2000 gained 2.3% and 1.0% respectively, bringing their yearly gains to 21.1% and 17.4%.

Equity markets carried the momentum from the previous week’s session, as the thin economic calendar and lack of significant earnings reports provided little incentive for investors to slow their buying activities.

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STB hopes to attract more high net worth individuals to Singapore SINGAPORE: The tourism stakes are high and Singapore is trying to woo more visitors. It is betting on the two integrated resorts due to open next year, and also spinning for a more diverse crowd. The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) said that it is on track to meeting its target of attracting 9 to 9.5 million visitors to the city this year. Despite the economic downturn, 6.2 million tourists visited Singapore in the first 8 months of this year. STB’s strategy ahead is to woo more high net worth individuals, or those with at least a million US dollars to invest. “Singapore is limited by its size and capacity and therefore, in that case, we need to make sure that we attract the right kind of audience,” said Chew Tiong Heng, director, Destination Marketing, Singapore Tourism Board. “While we will not neglect people with ...

Qatar is a red-hot economy. Last year it grew around 18% and this year it ought to grow another 16%. We saw the headlines in the Gulf Times in the lounge while waiting for our transfer to Dubai.

Qatar’s greatest asset is its natural gas reserves. In fact, the largest gas field in the world is here. Its discoverers were disappointed when they found it in 1971. They were looking for oil.

The boom Qatar now enjoys is the result of some daring investments in liquefied natural gas (LNG) back when people thought doing such a thing was a little batty. Faisal Al Suwaidi, the head of Qatargas, deserves the props for his wager, which have paid off handsomely. Today, Qatar produces about one-quarter of the world’s natural gas.

Qatar supplies such faraway customers as Japan, India and China. Qatargas also operates the largest LNG terminal in Europe at South Hook on

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Sony Corp. (NYSE ADR: SNE) is facing the first consecutive annual loss of its 63-year history.

The Tokyo-based company lost $1.1 billion (98.9 billion yen) last year, and it expects to lose another $1.4 billion (120 billion yen) in its fiscal year ending March 31.  That would be Sony’s first back-to-back annual loss since the company went public in 1958.

And despite renewed optimism within its ranks, Sony still faces a plethora of challenges, including a questionable direction, cost-conscious consumers and a strengthening yen.

The onetime bellwether of the electronics industry has seen its market share crumble in almost every category: Nintendo Co. Ltd.’s (OTC ADR: NTDOY) Wii game console has supplanted Sony’s PlayStation brand, Sony has given up its lead in portable media players to Apple Inc.’s (Nasdaq: AAPL) iPod, and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is now the world’s largest seller of televisions.

Hoping to turn the

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Oct. 5, 2009 (PR Newswire) — SEATTLE, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Mantra Venture Group Ltd. (Mantra, OTCBB: MVTG, FSE: 5MV) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Jae Choon Ryu as Vice President of Corporate Finance, Korea. Mr. Ryu has over 17 years of experience in the investment industry in Korea, and has raised capital in excess of $50 million USD through public offering and private placement deals.

With the appointment of Mr. Ryu, Mantra started its Phase 1 of a two-phase approach for its expansion into Korea. Mr. Ryu will be responsible for managing partnerships in Korea and securing additional financing for the development of Mantra’s CO2 recycling and other technologies. Mantra’s regional office is scheduled to open on the first week of November 2009 and it will be located in the Investment Korea Plaza at the KOTRA head office in Seoul.

Upon completion of Phase 1, Mantra

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Sep. 28, 2009 (PR Newswire) — SEATTLE, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Mantra Venture Group Ltd. (’Mantra’, OTCBB: MVTG, FSE: 5MV) is pleased to announce that it has just signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with KC Cottrell Co., Ltd. (KC Cottrell), a global leader in air pollution control based out of Seoul, Korea. Under the terms of the LOI, Mantra and KC Cottrell will enter into a strategic alliance with the purpose of carrying out the engineering, construction, testing and deployment of a 100 kg-per day Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide (ERC) reactor.

KC Cottrell is currently in the construction phase of a pilot project that captures and purifies 1/2 tonne of CO2 per day from an industrial power plant. With completion scheduled for December 2009, the company is now looking for an end-use for the concentrated CO2. ERC, Mantra’s CO2 recycling technology, represents an ideal candidate for the project

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Sep. 21, 2009 (PR Newswire) — SEATTLE, WA, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Mantra Venture Group Ltd. (’Mantra’, OTCBB: MVTG, FSE: 5MV) is pleased to announce the success from its Korean business development mission as ENTECH 2009 draws to a close. Over the course of the past several days, Mantra executives met with numerous business representatives and government officials, and several strategic relationships and financing opportunities have been identified.

Over the weekend, Mantra was personally invited by Director Sung from Gyung Buk Province to visit local power plants, tour facilities in Pohang city’s state-of-the-art techno-park complex, and to discuss current trends and environmental challenges faced by industry today. In commenting on the visit, Shawn Kim, Vice President of International Business Development for Mantra, noted: “I have seen the capacity of government and large industry leaders to get behind the new technologies and accelerate their pace toward commercialization. We see Mantra’s

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Aquentium To Open Office in Seoul South Korea

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Tuesday August 11, 2009

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Aquentium To Open Office in Seoul South Korea for Waste-To-Energy Plants

Aquentium (OTCBB: AQNM) announced yesterday that the company expects to open an office in Seoul South Korea within the next 30 days. The office in Seoul South Korea will be used for the development of waste-to-energy plants throughout the country.

Aquentium has already begun its feasibility study for implementation of a waste-to-energy plant in the country of South Korea. The study is based on building a 1,000 metric ton per day waste to energy processing plant.

“Our Waste Elimination Energy Factory (WEEF) will be an environmentally friendly green technology program that will eliminate garbage and eliminate landfill dumps while producing

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Maguire Properties Inc. (MPG) Maguire Properties, Inc., a real estate investment trust (REIT), engages in the ownership, management, acquisition, and development of office and real estate properties primarily in California. Web Site: http://www.maguireproperties.com

Recent News: Maguire to unload six Orange County properties, one Los Angeles property Maguire not considering bankruptcy

AMCORE Financial, Inc. (AMFI) AMCORE Financial, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for AMCORE Bank, N.A., which provides various consumer and commercial banking, and related financial services. The company operates through four segments: Commercial Banking, Retail Banking, Investment Management and Trust, and Mortgage Banking. Web Site: http://www.amcore.com

Recent News: AMCORE FINANCIAL INC Files SEC form 10-Q, Quarterly Report

Aquentium Inc. (AQNM.OB) Aquentium, Inc., a diversified holding company, owns various subsidiaries along with the manufacturing operations of structural insulated panels (SIPs) for commercial and residential buildings. Web Site: http://www.aquentium.com

Recent News: Aquentium To Open Office in Seoul South Korea for Waste-To-Energy Plants

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Aquentium To Open Office in Seoul South Korea

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Monday August 10, 2009

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Aquentium To Open Office in Seoul South Korea for Waste-To-Energy Plants

North Palm Springs, CA - (WORLD STOCK WIRE) - August 10, 2009 — Aquentium (OTCBB: AQNM) announced today that the company expects to open an office in Seoul South Korea within the next 30 days. The office in Seoul South Korea will be used for the development of waste-to-energy plants throughout the country.

Aquentium has already begun its feasibility study for implementation of a waste-to-energy plant in the country of South Korea. The study is based on building a 1,000 metric ton per day waste to energy processing plant.

“Our Waste Elimination Energy Factory (WEEF) will be an environmentally friendly green

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