TuesdayJan 19, 2010 11:24 am

Budget Center Inc. (BDGN.PK) Makes Early Morning Climb

One company investors are starting to notice is Budget Center Inc. An up-and-coming company, Budget Center Inc. is getting attention with the development of their “budget” category domain network in the online travel and related industries. As of 11:10 am, Budget has soared to $0.17, which is monumental for investors considering the company has a 52-week low of $0.01. As for the volume being traded, the number has more than tripled the daily average despite being only a couple hours into trading. Thus far, Budget Center has traded 411,315 shares. Last week, Budget Center announced that they entered into an…

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TuesdayJan 19, 2010 10:04 am

VIASPACE, Inc. (VSPC.OB) Subsidiary Approved for Listing on OTC Bulletin Board

VIASPACE Inc., a clean energy company growing Giant King™ Grass as a low-carbon, renewable energy crop, announced this morning that its majority-owned subsidiary VIASPACE Green Energy Inc. (VGE) has received approval to list on the OTC Bulletin Board. It is anticipated that the shares of VGE common stock will trade under the stock symbol VGREF. According to the press release, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) approved VGE's application for quotation on the OTC Bulletin Board on January 14, 2010. VGE's market maker will file a priced quotation with FINRA, and trading of VGE shares is expected to begin soon.…

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TuesdayJan 19, 2010 8:50 am

Cord Blood America Inc. (CBAI.OB) Announces Corporate Office Grand Opening in Las Vegas

Cord Blood America Inc., an umbilical stem-cell preservation company, Friday announced that the Grand Opening of its Las Vegas, Nevada, corporate office and laboratory will run from noon until 5 p.m., January 22, 2010. The event features a board of speakers, both from the company and others from various state-side positions. Speakers include Brian Krolicki, Nevada's lieutenant governor; Somer Hollingsworth, president & CEO of Nevada Development Authority; and Michael Skaggs, executive director of the Nevada Commission on Economic Development. Dr. Geoffrey John O'Neill, laboratory directory for CBAI, will discuss his extensive experience in the healthcare industry. Dr. O’Neill was part…

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TuesdayJan 19, 2010 8:47 am

VillageEDOCS, Inc. (VEDO.OB) Promotes MVP Platform and Reports Company News

Leading Software as a Service provider, VillageEDOCS, Inc., announced that the company continues to receive encouraging feedback from clients and partners on their MessageVision Platform. The MVP combines electronic information exchange, content and business process management and unified communications for delivery as one unique SaaS in a private or public cloud. Over the last month, VillageEDOCS has achieved significant accomplishments in working on its various projects. With the sale of its Tailored Business Systems unit, the company paid off $927,000 of debt, allowing it to shift its focus on its core business strategy, MVP. Additionally, the GoSolo-MessageVision and the Questys-MessageVision…

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TuesdayJan 19, 2010 8:45 am

Amarc Resources, Ltd. (AXREF.OB) Increases Private Placement Financing to $5.5 Million

Amarc Resources, Ltd., a Vancouver-based mineral exploration and development company whose objective is to discover and develop the next major deposit in British Columbia, recently announced an increase in its private placement financing to $5.5 million, up from the original amount of $5 million announced late last year. An overallotment of 10% has been taken up on the private placement financing, which includes an additional 1 million common shares at a price of $0.50 per share. Approximately 50 percent of the original amount will be flow-through, which will be used in part to fund Canadian exploration expenses. None of the…

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FridayJan 15, 2010 3:42 pm

Beacon Equity Research Featured Company: Sino Agro Food, Inc. (SIAF.PK)

Sino Agro Food, Inc. is an integrated, diversified agricultural technology and organic food company focused on developing, producing and distributing agricultural products in the Peoples Republic of China. The company aims to meet the increasing demand of China’s rising middle class for gourmet and high-quality food items. Current lines of business include the manufacture and distribution of Bio-Organic Fertilizer and Stock-Feed, as well as, fisheries, dairies, and Hylocereus Undatus plantations. In P.R.C., the rapid progress of industrialization of the last decade has unbalanced the needs of developments and activities of the agriculture industry. Sino’s management team has many years of…

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FridayJan 15, 2010 3:22 pm

Aberdeen Australia Equity Fund, Inc. (IAF) Pays Quarterly Distribution

Aberdeen Australia Equity Fund, Inc. paid a dividend of $0.22 per share on January 15, 2010 to all shareholders of record as of December 31, 2009. Since Aberdeen Australia Equity Fund, Inc. is regulated under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The distributable income of the fund must be reported as separate components for tax purposes as follows: Net Investment Income - $0.0593 Net Realized Short-Term Capital Gains - $ 0.0 Net Realized Long-Term Capital Gains - $0.1104 Return of Capital - $0.0503 The Aberdeen Australia Equity Fund, Inc. said that the components above are only estimates and a final…

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FridayJan 15, 2010 2:58 pm

China Facing Google (GOOG) Rebellion

Economic globalization and instant worldwide communication through the Internet have resulted in cultural, economic, and political clashes that could promote human rights and democracy in ways never before possible. The most recent example is the standoff between the centralized government of China and Google over the government’s censorship of search results. China requires all Internet traffic to pass through government gateways, which then filter out anything the government considers subversive. Sites which are blocked by the filters do not show up on searches at Google’s China-based website. Google has reluctantly gone along with the rules, given that China represents the…

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FridayJan 15, 2010 2:08 pm

Icagen, Inc. (ICGN) is “One to Watch”

Icagen, a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on discovering, developing and commercializing novel small molecule drugs that modulate ion channel targets. The company has developed an integrated technology platform that enables the efficient discovery of drug leads. Ion channels are protein structures found in nearly every cell of the human body. These channels span the cell membrane and regulate the flow of ions, charged particles such as sodium, potassium, calcium and chloride, into and out of cells. Currently, there are 35 drugs that modulate ion channels which are marketed by third parties for multiple therapeutic indications. Icagen utilizes a target class approach…

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FridayJan 15, 2010 11:28 am

Bingo.com, Ltd. (BNGOF.OB) Announces Selection of Cozy Games as New Software Provider

Bingo.com, Ltd., operator of the online gaming community http://www.bingo.com, announced this morning that it has selected Cozy Games to be its new core software platform for bingo, slots, and other casino games. The games are now available to everyone at the Bingo.com website after a smooth transition to the new system. "We're excited to be live on the Cozy Games system," stated Tarrnie Williams, Bingo.com's CEO. "We believe that with an improved bingo product, the addition of over 30 new slots games, the upcoming availability of our games over smart phones, and many other advanced features, Bingo.com will experience greater…

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