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WednesdayJul 03, 2013 8:42 am

Stevia First Corp. (STVF) Announces Signed Agreement with GRAS Associates for Product Regulatory Approval Process

Stevia First, an early-stage agribusiness based in California's Central Valley growing region, today announced that the company has entered into a non-disclosure agreement with GRAS Associates, LLC. The agreement will apply mainly to discussions intended to expedite the regulatory approval of the company's stevia extracts, particularly those manufactured through fermentation-based processes. GRAS is an acronym which stands for "Generally Recognized As Safe". Originally used in the 1958 Food Additives Amendment to the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act), the phrased made exempt certain food ingredients from the definition of food additive. Having already successfully prepared and submitted 17…

TuesdayJul 02, 2013 5:14 pm

Jillian Mansolf of Overland Storage (OVRL) Hailed as Marketing Executive of the Year by The American Business Awards

Trusted global provider of effortless data management and data protection solutions, Overland Storage, announced today that the company's Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing, Jillian Mansolf, has been honored with the Stevie Award for "Marketing Executive of the Year" in the 2013 American Business Awards. The American Business Awards is well known as the nation's premier and exclusive business awards program. Mansolf was recognized specifically for her flexibility as a leader and establishing creative branding initiatives that greatly expanded Overland's brand recognition within the storage marketplace. With the use of clever educational and marketing campaigns, Overland has opened…

TuesdayJul 02, 2013 12:54 pm

Recon Technology, Ltd. (RCON) Buys Up 32.22% of Avalon Oil and Gas as Part of International Expansion Effort

Recon Technology, a non-state owned oil field services company in the PRC, with an established track record of providing highly specialized proprietary software and hardware designed for improved efficiency and automation of the oil extraction process in real-time, reported making a sizeable investment today in Avalon Oil and Gas, Inc. (AOGN). The deal sees RCON exiting a 2.8M share purchase with 32.22% ownership of all outstanding shares in this domestic developer of oil and gas properties, which also maintains its own noteworthy lead in production enhancement technologies via majority-owned tech group, Oiltek, Inc. Yes, Avalon is not just constructing a…

TuesdayJul 02, 2013 12:46 pm

Globalwise Investments, Inc. (GWIV) Leverages Intellevue™ Cloud Technology to Operate in Multi-Billion Dollar ECM Market

Globalwise Investments, through wholly owned subsidiary Intellinetics, is focused on the rapidly growing Enterprise Content Management (ECM) industry, which is expected to top $5.1 billion this year, boasting a compound annual growth rate of 9.5 percent. GWIV’s strategy is to focus on the underserved and compliance-laden Tier 3 and Tier 4 markets (small to mid-size business) while other major players in the ECM space focus their resources on Tier 1 and Tier 2 markets (large businesses). The company leverages Intellinetics’ flagship platform, Intellivue™ cloud platform, which offers a game-changing approach by taking advanced virtualization and automated content management and combing…

TuesdayJul 02, 2013 9:51 am

Single Touch Systems, Inc. (SITO) Secures First Client; to Launch Pilot FollowMe Ad Service

Single Touch Systems, a technology-based mobile media solutions provider, has signed its first client, Peter Piper Pizza, for its newly launched FollowMe(SM) location-based ad service. The pizza and entertainment restaurant chain based in the Southwestern U.S. will use Single Touch's FollowMe(SM) mobile solution to send targeted ads to the smartphones of people within close proximity of their pizzerias, raising brand recognition and aiming to create customer loyalty. The initial pilot will test in several locations throughout Texas. "Delivering a coupon or ad to a customer certainly increases brand awareness. However, delivering that coupon or ad to a customer who is…

TuesdayJul 02, 2013 8:48 am

Solar Wind Energy, Inc. (SWET) Captures a New Wind

Wind power has traditionally been dominated by a single basic approach, multiple giant wind turbines spread over the land or offshore, each one depending upon the wind to provide enough spin to generate a meaningful amount of energy. Now imagine a wind energy system that is completely different. Instead of dozens of giant windmills covering the prairie or offshore, imagine a single impressive tower, similar to a power plant cooling tower but larger, standing alone in the desert. While a single wind turbine may generate 5 megawatts or more on a good day, imagine a wind powered unit that is…

MondayJul 01, 2013 2:19 pm

Cardium Therapeutics, Inc. (CXM) Tackles Three Major Markets at Once

Ask any physician or health care professional what America’s biggest single health problem is and you will likely get an answer that points to cardiovascular disease and the lifestyle issues that promote it, such as obesity. Heart disease has long been the number one killer in the U.S., and various lifestyle factors have increasingly been implicated as a principal cause. Specifically, poor eating habits and a sedentary lifestyle have been shown to encourage obesity and type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes, in turn, can lead to a number of serious problems, one of which is cardiovascular disease. The link between…

MondayJul 01, 2013 1:20 pm

Award-Winning Mobile Design Director Recruited by Virtual Piggy, Inc. (VPIG)

Virtual Piggy, innovator in safe youth payments, announced today the appointment of Ivo Weevers to Creative Director of Mobile Design. He will oversee and lead the mobile consumer experience team. An accomplished design leader, Weevers brings 15 years of experience in creating highly successful device, mobile, web, and other desktop products across multiple platforms. With a strong background in directing design work and leading international design teams in a variety of industries, some of which include social media, telecom, device, banking, travel, entertainment, and medical. Most recently Weevers headed up the design team for the Ubuntu operating system, where he…

MondayJul 01, 2013 1:15 pm

QualityStocks Production Team Captures Significance of Rafarma Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (RAFA) World Class Production Facility

Rafarma Pharmaceuticals has made a significant investment in a 270,000-square-foot state-of-the-art production facility in the economic development zone in Terbuny, Lipetsk Region, south of Moscow. This sprawling, multi-profile pharmaceutical plant has the capability and space to produce all types and forms of medical drugs of various pharmacological groups. The facility was designed to accommodate a fair share of the burgeoning Russian pharmaceutical market, which is growing in tremendous leaps and bounds following an aggressive development campaign launched by the Russian government in 2010. Upon full production, which is expected to commence later this year, Rafarma anticipates being one of the…

MondayJul 01, 2013 12:23 pm

Oxygen Biotherapeutics, Inc. (OXBT) Enrolls First patients in Phase IIb Clinical Trial of Oxycyte

Oxygen Biotherapeutics is a company developing medical products that efficiently deliver oxygen to body tissues. The company has developed a proprietary perfluorocarbon (PFC) therapeutic oxygen carrier, Oxycyte, for intravenous delivery for indications such as traumatic brain injury, decompression sickness, and stroke. The company reported today the enrollment of the first patient in the second cohort of its global Phase IIb clinical trial to investigate the safety and tolerability of Oxycyte in patients with severe, non-penetrating traumatic brain injury. The first patient was enrolled at Israel's Rambam Health Care Campus. This neurotrauma center treats approximately 200 severe brain injuries annually. The…

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