ThursdaySep 20, 2012 3:04 pm

Firemans Contractors, Inc. (FRCN) Eyes Opportunity to Expand Business in Wake of Hurricane Isaac

Firemans Contractors, a commercial contractor offering B2B commercial franchises and services in the pavement maintenance and parking lot maintenance industry, today said it has the opportunity to expand the company's franchise into Louisiana due to estimates that more than $30 million in aid could be required to repair damaged roads and other state infrastructure cause by Hurricane Isaac. The U.S. Department of Transportation earlier this week said that $3.5 million in quick release emergency relief funds has been made available to the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development to help repair roads and bridges damaged by the hurricane. Firemans Contractors…

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ThursdaySep 20, 2012 2:58 pm

AbTech Holdings, Inc. (ABHD) Receives Key Industry Award for Technological Innovation at Third Annual World Shale Oil & Gas Awards

AbTech Holdings, known throughout the water/wastewater sector for their full-spectrum environmental technology capabilities and engineering prowess, was pleased to report today that the company has been selected to receive the 2012 Technological Innovator Award at the Third Annual World Shale Oil & Gas Summit this year (Sept 18-21) in Houston, Texas. For a company like ABHD, whose AbTech Industries, Inc. and AEWS Engineering subsidiaries collectively comprise a whole host of engineering competencies in the water treatment/remediation area, this award is a serious nod from one of the key industries. The burgeoning global shale oil and gas industry's top decision makers,…

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ThursdaySep 20, 2012 12:12 pm

Oil Falls to Six-Week Low on China and U.S. Supply Surge

The price of oil fell to a six-week low after a couple of negative factors came together with WTI crude oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange falling to the $90-$91 range, This was the fourth consecutive day of declines, making it the longest losing streak for oil since June. A surge is U.S. oil inventories was the first factor affecting oil negatively. Inventories rose by 8.5 million barrels last week as production from the gulf of Mexico resumed following Hurricane Isaac. Analysts had expected a rise in inventories of only 1 million barrels. This gain in overall oil inventories…

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ThursdaySep 20, 2012 8:37 am

Petrosonic Energy, Inc. (PSON) Poised to Commercialize Heavy Oil Upgrading Technology within Fourth Quarter of 2012

Petrosonic Energy is an energy services company presently engaged in providing technologies that upgrade heavy oil in an economical and environmentally friendly way. In August of this year, the company announced that it had acquired 100 percent of the intellectual property for the Sonoprocess Heavy Oil processing technology from Sonoro Energy Ltd., as well as controlling interest in Petrosonic Albania, which included sonic reactors, a plant, and equipment located in Albania. Petrosonic is in the process of commissioning its first standalone heavy oil de-asphalting and processing facility in Albania, with plans to start up the facility and commercialize the Sonoprocess…

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ThursdaySep 20, 2012 8:22 am

LoJack Corp. (LOJN) System in Top 50 New Products Poll

LoJack recently announced that the company's new self-powered Stolen Vehicle Recovery System for construction equipment ranked in an Equipment Today poll titled "Contractors' Top 50 New Products of the Year.” The poll, published annually by the Cygnus periodical, awards products that appear in Equipment Today during the previous twelve-month period. LoJack is focused on the stolen vehicle recovery market. The company states that since its formation, it has recovered nearly $4 billion in stolen assets, including cars, construction equipment, and motorcycles. The LoJack system utilizes a self-powered RF transceiver that, once installed in equipment or a vehicle that is reported…

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WednesdaySep 19, 2012 2:08 pm

Cemtrex, Inc. (CTEI) Teams with Modcon to Revolutionize NA Refinery Infrastructure with their Cutting Edge Analysis and Control Solutions

Cemtrex, a trusted name in the manufacture of sophisticated emission monitoring instruments, gas monitoring/analyzing devices, and process analyzers, both by government agencies and private sector businesses like refineries, power plants, and other types of plants (chemical, cement, etc.), reported signing a key Representative Agreement today with striking market parallel and global leader in analyzers/process control automation solutions for the petroleum industry, Modcon Systems. The competencies in analytical device technology shared by both companies is a natural partnership vector and the burgeoning NA oil/gas space, which is particularly receptive to Modcon's advanced NIR (near infrared spectrometry) and NMR (magnetic resonance) analyzer…

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WednesdaySep 19, 2012 12:37 pm

Support.com, Inc. (SPRT) Surging on Strong Industry Dynamics, Receptive End Markets, and Powerful Support Solutions

Support.com has built a small empire for itself in a short time by providing (primarily to consumers and small businesses) some of the least expensive, yet highest quality remote technology services, software, and cloud-based support solutions available today. While still gaining momentum via their comprehensive suite of tech support capabilities ranging from live online diagnosis and troubleshooting to their extremely popular standalone anti-spyware and anti-malware software, SUPERAntiSpyware 5®, the company is firmly grounded in a rich, decade-old tradition of fixing computer problems for enterprise clients. The company has really evolved into being able to handle essentially all of the troubleshooting…

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WednesdaySep 19, 2012 10:01 am

QualityStocks Video Chart for Wednesday, September 19, 2012

VIIC has more than doubled in value this past month. Tuesday produced another run of nearly 30 percent which puts the indicators firmly in bullish positions and the candles pushing on resistance and the 200-day moving average. Technical traders will be keen to note that this chart can move quickly on low volumes in either direction, but the bullish pressure is in place to try and advance the climb further. To view the video chart, visit the following link: http://www.qualitystocks.net/videocharts Let us hear your thoughts below:

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WednesdaySep 19, 2012 9:56 am

Harris Interactive, Inc. (HPOL) Partners with Google Consumer Surveys to Offer Market Research at Discounted Price

Today, Harris Interactive announced that it is collaborating with Google's recently launched service, Google Consumer Surveys, to develop a new product that allows businesses of all sizes to compare themselves to industry benchmarks for less than the cost of traditional market research. Together, Harris Poll and Google Consumer Surveys will provide industry benchmarks, free of charge, on an ongoing basis. "We are excited to be involved in a venture that has the potential to reinvent the manner in which market research is conducted," said Al Angrisani, President and Chief Executive Officer of Harris Interactive. "This is a unique opportunity to…

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WednesdaySep 19, 2012 8:44 am

Celsion Corp. (CLSN) Announces ThermoDox Presentation at Annual Event in Portugal

Celsion recently reported that a presentation given by Ronnie T.P. Poon on the Celsion's cancer treatment product ThermoDox had been given at the 2012 Annual Congress of the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe, being held September 15-19 in Lisbon, Portugal. Celsion stated that the presentation involved the need to consolidate standards of care in non-resectable liver cancer to improve outcomes. Celsion is focused on the development and marketing of cancer treatment medication, and has research, license, or commercialization agreements with such institutions as the National Institutes of Health, Duke University Medical Center, and University of Hong Kong. Celsion's…

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