Any industry needs the basics to make it run. Technology needs solid minds while manufacturing needs skilled artisans. Exploration needs data of many kinds. A company that can provide that data, at a reasonable and successful rate, is one that will always profit.

Ion Geophysical Inc., a seismic mapping company, works to map subterranean natural gas and oil structures world-wide. The company, based in Huston, Texas, has recently entered into a financial agreement with a Chinese concern to dramatically reduce debt and enable opportunities for expansion.

Although one may assume that subterranean imaging might be rather straight-forward in nature, it is slightly more varied. In this regard, the company operates through four fairly distinct segments: land based, marine, data assessment and data solutions. Given the four varying segments of the company, it may be said that the company is a full one stop shop for assessing opportunity where searching for minerals, of

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Muscle Flex Inc. is into health and fitness in far more ways than just exercise equipment. A great example is their Muscle Flex VATA Brasil Sports & Active Wear Line, a collection of ultra-comfortable active wear that has been designed to provide unparalleled moisture control. The clothing is made from special micro-fiber yarn that is hydrophobic, meaning that it repels moisture as it develops. The unique properties of the VATA BrasilTM OneFitTM fabric actually draw moisture away from the skin, forcing it to the surface by way of millions of specially designed filaments. Once on the surface, the moisture quickly evaporates.

The innovative OneFit VATA Brasil fabric has four times the number of filaments as regular yarn, and is designed to stretch and fit in total comfort from sizes 0-12. The memory-stretch feature keeps garments fitting perfectly every time, with unmatched

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Axial Vector Energy Corp., developer of advanced, high-efficiency energy engines, has access to two important fuel purification technologies associated with Petrosonics LLC, the privately held development stage oil refining technology company that is part of the PETROAVEC joint venture between Axial Vector and Petrosonics.

The first technology uses ultrasound at moderate temperature and atmospheric pressure to reduce sulfur and nitrogen in processed diesel. This is important because there is worldwide legislation aimed at decreasing sulfur emissions to zero, including emissions from off-road use such as marine and locomotive. There is also a shift in demand from gasoline to diesel. Hydrotreatment, the current technology, is not cost effective for mid to small sized refineries, and there is not enough capacity for increasing demand. The Petrosonics patent portfolio covers most of the world’s oil producers and refiners.

The second key technology removes sulfur, nitrogen,

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Knowing what to buy and what to sell is important.

But knowing WHEN to buy or sell could very well be the question of all questions when it comes to trading.

Fundamentals of course are ultimately the key in determining the price or value of a stock. And statistics have shown that companies receiving upward earnings estimate revisions outperform the market, while companies receiving downward earnings estimate revisions underperform the market.

But a quick look at a chart can often times give you insight as to when the market is ready to react to those fundamentals.

Just because you think you've found a solid company, doesn't necessarily mean it's ready to go up as you'd anticipated.

We've all been in this position at one time or another:

How many times have you read about, heard about or researched a certain stock, determined that the fundamentals were bullish (or bearish) only to then take a position and ...

bSummary/bbrbr Scancell is developing a product platform that uniquely stimulates the immune system to treat disease. The corporate strategy is simple – spend the next two years conducting “proof of concept” studies in melanoma patients, run animal trials in parallel targeting angiogenesis to confirm it as a platform technology, and then sell off the technology to the highest bidder. To use a baseball analogy, Scancell is heading to the plate and swinging for the fences. With a differentiated technology and a focused plan, we think this Company has what it takes to circle the bases. pBKey points:/BBRBRul pli type=squarebA high risk, high reward proposition/bbr As history has shown, the path to market for therapeutic cancer vaccines is not going to be an easy one. Many bodies litter the road and the science is still very much evolving, but to the winners go the spoils. Using a conservative set of assumptions and a heavily discounted valuation methodology, we still derived a base case value for Scancell ...

YANGAROO Inc. is a leading provider of secure digital media distribution. YANGAROO is currently working to establish a network of DMDS Certified Senders comprised of professionals with the ability to provide fast and easy delivery of digital files without compromising quality.

The company today announced New York-based Devlin Video International as the first Certified Sender for YANGAROO’s Digital Media Distribution System – DMDS 5.0. Devlin Video is a leading video production and distribution company offering a wide variety of post services, with an impressive lineup of big-name clients such as ABC Sports, BBC, CBS Networks, Comedy Central, the History Chanel, and InDemand, to name a few.

Partnering with Devlin Production will boost awareness of YANGAROO’s services, and allow the company to maintain a competitive edge in the digital marketplace.

“We’ve been working with Devlin to complete a number of deliveries to U.S. television broadcasters,” Richard Klosa, CTO of YANGAROO stated in

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SCOTTSDALE, AZ — (Marketwire) — 08/13/09 — Sunergy, Inc (the “Company”) (OTCBB: SNEY) reports the following update on the planning and preparation for operations on our 150 sq. km. Nyinahin mining concession, located in Ghana, West Africa. During Q’4 2009 we plan to test and evaluate the alluvial gold recovery potential along the Ofin River which runs through the eastern portion of the concession for about 45 km. We plan to do this by bulk sampling the numerous existing artisan pits along the river on our concession. Our planned budget is around $300,000.00 US which could recover an estimated 1,000 oz./gold generating around $900,000.00 of revenue from the program. Our plan involves either leasing a suitable gold recovery plant or joint venturing with another operator with suitable equipment. The permitting for the operation will commence shortly.

The Ofin River is an easterly-flowing waterway in Ghana. It flows through the

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p style="text-align: justify;"spanspanspanspanspanJP Morgan is upgrading span style="font-weight: bold;"Assured Guaranty (NYSE:AGO)/span to Overweight from Neutral and establishing a $23 price target.br /br /According to the analyst they are upgrading AGO to OW on the results of our deep dive, security-level MBS loss analysis for the AGO/FSA combined MBS portfolios. Firm concludes AGO will need to add $745M to combined reserves for mortgage losses over the next few quarters. span style="font-weight: bold;"However, given AGO should generate $1.7B of unearned premium discount from the FSA acquisition completed on July 1, created by purchasing the company well below book value, modeled losses are still well covered by projected earnings./span Based on JP Morgan's FY09 EPS estimate of $2.35, they are upgrading shares to OW and assigning a YE09 price target of $23, which is 10x earnings vs. a historic 10.5x multiple. Although they believe the stock warrants a premium to historic levels due ...