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Here are highlights from Monday's Analyst Blog:

Extended Stay Hotels Bankrupt

The current owners of Extended Stay Hotels (private) acquired the chain in June of 2007, near the peak of the market for hotel assets, for $8 billion. The deal was highly leveraged, reportedly consisting of $7 billion in debt and only $1 billion in cash. With

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Patriot Scientific Corp. announced today that Roper Industries, Sarasota, Florida, (NYSE:ROP) has purchased a Moore Microprocessor Patent(TM) (MMP) Portfolio license from the TPL Group, Patriot Scientific’s exclusive MMP licensing partner.

The portfolio patents cover techniques that allow for higher performance and lower cost microprocessor designs, and are fundamental to consumer and commercial digital systems ranging from DVD players, cell phones and portable music players to communications infrastructure, medical equipment and automobiles.

“Roper Industries joins an expanding list of global industry leaders, including Nokia, Sharp, Hewlett Packard, Fujitsu, Sony, Robert Bosch and other major corporations that have become MMP licensees within the last three years,” commented Rick Goerner, Patriot Scientific President and CEO. “Roper Industries is a further example of the wide range of products that can benefit from an MMP Portfolio license.”

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The Japan-based TV maker Sharp has signed a CNY1 billion LCD TV supply and marketing contract with Chinese Electrical Appliance retailer Gome at the retailer's headquarters in Beijing. Liu Wei, vice general manager of Sharp, said Sharp would continue to supply Gome. He said that Sharp's LCD TV sets were the biggest seller in the Chinese [...]

Trident Microsystems (TRID) is a leader in integrated circuits for Digital Television. While its products are used in all kinds of displays, LCD television is its most important growth market as LCD televisions take share from plasma in the market for larger screens as well as traditional CRT television sets of all sizes. Trident has design wins with major television manufacturers, including Sony (SNE), Toshiba, and Sharp and has added Philips (PHG) to the list.While there have been concerns of late that the market is slowing, we feel very confident that the market will grow very rapidly over the next few years. Trident expects to have greater than a 60% share at Sony and claims that its share at Samsung could reach 80%.The LCD TV market continues to grow, but the poor economic environment and the normal price declines has reduced the ...

  SAN DIEGO, September 26, 2008 - - Small Cap Pulse, an independent provider of financial news, analysis and content for the alternative energy and China markets, today announced an interview with leading downstream solar company Premier Power Renewable Energy (OTCBB:PPRW) CEO, Dean Marks,  to discuss his views on several key issues on the current environment for the downstream solar market, and how Premier is positioned to benefit.    SCP: What is your perspective on key legislation (Prop 7) which will be up for vote in November, whether it is good or bad for the downstream solar segment in general, and specifically, how it impacts Premier’s business outlook?   Dean R. Marks: I oppose Proposition 7 because it redefines eligible solar projects in a way that excludes solar projects that are less than 30 MW from participating in the Renewable Portfolio Standards program (RPS) The plain reading of Proposition 7 is that only those ...

  SAN DIEGO, September 26, 2008 - - Small Cap Pulse, an independent provider of financial news, analysis and content for the alternative energy and China markets, today announced an interview with leading downstream solar company Premier Power Renewable Energy (OTCBB:PPRW) CEO, Dean Marks,  to discuss his views on several key issues on the current environment for the downstream solar market, and how Premier is positioned to benefit.    SCP: What is your perspective on key legislation (Prop 7) which will be up for vote in November, whether it is good or bad for the downstream solar segment in general, and specifically, how it impacts Premier’s business outlook?   Dean Marks: I oppose Proposition 7 because it changes the definition of eligible solar projects (known as eligible renewable energy resources) in a way that excludes solar projects that are less than 30 MW from participating in the RPS program. The plain reading of Proposition 7 is ...

On May 21 I opened a position in Ultrashort Oil & Gas [May 21: Oil Looks Toppy to Me - Starting Ultrashort Oil & Gas (DUG)] I wroteThis type of run simply looks overextended and toppy to me - I believe sooner rather than later (probably within a week or two) we are going to see a sharp reversal in oil to the downside. And it will take the commodities with it. Things have now moved to purely speculative mode - who else is left to buy and who is not on this train? I doubt very many....I am going to buy Ultrashort Oil & Gas (DUG) as a "trade", not investment. This ETF has destroyed so many people but when it reverses I believe it will be powerful (this does not short oil directly but shorts a whole bunch of exploration companies) And ...