WednesdayFeb 03, 2010 8:37 am

General Environmental Management, Inc. (GEVI.OB) Announces Upcoming Proxy Vote for Sale of Waste Management Business

General Environmental Management, Inc. was pleased to announce this morning that its Stock Purchase Agreement with Luntz Acquisition (Delaware), LLC, a subsidiary of PSC Environmental Services, LLC, pursuant to which the Company has agreed to sell General Environmental Management, Inc. (DE) and its subsidiaries, continues to stay on track for a closing date on or prior to March 1, 2010. GEM’s Board of Directors has unanimously approved the Purchase Agreement and adopted resolutions recommending shareholder approval. However, the closing of the sale is still subject to the approval of shareholders and other customary closing conditions. After the proxy vote is…

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TuesdayFeb 02, 2010 4:22 pm

National Automation Services, Inc. (NASV.PK) Is In Control

In much of the desert southwest, the name National Automation Services Inc. is rapidly becoming synonymous with control systems integration, though the company has expanded into a number of different areas. The diversity of their projects gives an idea of their ability to solve almost any kind of processing and systems control challenge, but it also indicates the level of trust major clients routinely place in that ability. • Southwest Airlines – NAS is responsible for maintaining baggage handling for Las Vegas McCarran International Airport, involving extensive use of PLC Controllers, and the integration of numerous monitoring and security systems.…

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TuesdayFeb 02, 2010 3:25 pm

Energy Services of America (ESA) Reports Net Profit and Strong Increase in Backlog

Energy Services of America reported net income of $637,000, or $0.05 per share, in the fourth quarter of 2009. The earnings generated by the company were a strong improvement over the net loss of $2.1 million, or $0.18 per share, in the same quarter last year. Revenues declined to $29.5 million for the quarter, down from $33.6 million in the same quarter in 2008, but higher margins lifted the company to a profit. “With the economic uncertainties that led to 2009 being such a difficult year for the Company, it is great to start 2010 in a positive manner. Our…

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TuesdayFeb 02, 2010 3:12 pm

Starpharma Holdings Limited (SPHRY.PK) is “One to Watch”

Starpharma Holdings Limited is a world leader in the development of dendrimer technology for pharmaceutical, life science, and other applications. Products based on SPL dendrimer technology are already on the market in the form of diagnostic elements and laboratory reagents through license arrangements with partners including Siemens and Merck KgA. Starpharma Holdings has two operating companies, Starpharma Pty Ltd in Melbourne, Australia and DNT, Inc. in the United States. In the pharmaceutical field, Starpharma is developing VivaGel® (SPL7013Gel) as a vaginal microbicide. Its design is to prevent the transmission of STIs, including HIV and genital herpes. Starpharma already has a…

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TuesdayFeb 02, 2010 2:18 pm

Hecla Mining Co. (HL) Reports Record Production and Profit, Goes Debt Free While Maintaining $100 Million in Realized Profit

The metals markets are an interesting beast. Profits are up at one point and disappear the next. Some miners, however, have found their place. Solid veins, markets that seem to buy regularly and a cost structure that is well below market price. Generally, this might make that proverbial bell go off in one's head. In other circumstances it would offer up opportunity. If a company were to present itself, with these thoughts in mind, after being in operation for only a few years the bell might be valid. One that has been in operation, with these same thoughts for over…

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TuesdayFeb 02, 2010 2:04 pm

Soligenix Inc. (SNGX.OB) Announces Publication Concerning Stability of Lead Vaccine, RiVax

Soligenix Inc is a late-stage biotechnology company developing products to treat the life-threatening side effects of cancer treatments and gastrointestinal diseases, as well as vaccines for certain bioterrorism agents. RiVax™ is the company’s proprietary vaccine developed to protect against exposure to ricin toxin, a plant toxin with the potential to be a bioterror threat. RiVax is the most advanced vaccine in the company's portfolio. The company today issued a press release pointing to the February 2010 edition of Vaccine, in which an article describing prelinical formulations of RiVax was published. RiVax is currently being evaluated in phase 1 human safety…

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TuesdayFeb 02, 2010 2:02 pm

HST Global, Inc. (HSTC.OB) to Develop a Clinical Treatment Facility in Ecuador

HST Global, Inc., a leading integrated biotech, health and wellness concern, disclosed today that the Company will be developing a Clinical Treatment Facility in Ecuador, where prevailing conditions present lucrative opportunities for expanding its business model. By developing a network of Wellness Centers around the world focused on late-stage cancer treatments, immunotherapy, and other innovative solutions which the Company is constantly in the process of acquiring, HSTC focuses on treatments which have already undergone significant clinical testing to validate their efficaciousness for late-stage cancer patients. With readiness to utilize the sort of integrative and science-based cancer treatments that HSTC is…

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TuesdayFeb 02, 2010 1:59 pm

Attunity Ltd. (ATTUF.OB) Software Selected by Turkey’s Social Security Institution

Attunity Ltd., the software developer specializing in event capture and real-time data integration that provides users with a customizable service-based framework to enable heightened business sector presence, announced today selection of its Attunity Stream software by the Turkish government's Social Security Institution (SGK). Attunity Stream is a log-based, change-data-capture (CDC) environment that allows for real-time detection of actionable events, and will be employed by the SGK to better serve the 60 million people under its umbrella. Part of an e-government initiative by SGK to develop a persistent data warehousing model with user driven business intelligence, the adoption of Attunity Stream…

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TuesdayFeb 02, 2010 1:54 pm

GenSpera, Inc. (GNSZ.OB) Receives US Patent for Tumor Activated Prodrugs

Today, GenSpera, Inc. announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued the company’s patent application, entitled “Tumor Activated Prodrugs,” as US Patent 7,635,682. The patent covers the composition and potential uses of GenSpera’s G-115 second anti-cancer drug, which is currently in development. GenSpera, Inc. owns and controls all rights to G-115. The company anticipates a strategic partnership to maximize the drug’s value as it progresses through future clinical trials. G-115 can be selectively activated within prostate tumors by an enzyme, Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA), which is active only within prostate tissue and prostate cancer tumors. In preclinical…

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TuesdayFeb 02, 2010 1:47 pm

Consorteum Holdings, Inc. (CSRH.OB) Led by an Exceptional Management Team

Consorteum Holdings Inc. is a leader in the payments and transactions industry worldwide. The company has taken special care in assembling a dedicated management and consulting team that has a diverse base of knowledge in the financial services, payment and transaction processing industry. Together the team has accumulated more than a century of high-level expertise. Director and CEO Craig Fielding has nearly 20 years of global business experience. He previously served in senior management roles in systems, sales and service for Xerox in North America. Mr. Fielding has also successfully developed consulting businesses, sat on the management team at Soft…

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