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Monthly Archives: March 2010

Mesa Labs, Inc. (MLAB) Signs Partnership Agreement with Masy Systems

Mesa Labs Inc. manufactures instruments and disposable products utilized in connection with industrial applications and healthcare. One product is the company’s Data Trace data loggers which are used for quality control applications in pharmaceutical, food and medical device manufacturing. Other … Continue reading

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Baltic Trading Ltd. (BALT) Completes Initial Public Offering

Baltic Trading Ltd. completed the sale of 16.3 million shares of its common stock at a price of $14.00 per share. This was the company’s initial public offering, and Baltic Trading Limited raised a total of $228.2 million in gross … Continue reading

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Look Out Below! AP Pharma’s (APPA) Drug “APF530” Denied Approval from FDA

AP Pharma, Inc. had a great day yesterday closing up 32.05% at $2.06 on strong volume of 6,300,000 traded shares in anticipation of news from the FDA on its leading drug candidate, “APF530”. APF 530 is developed for the prevention … Continue reading

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International Coal Group, Inc. (ICO) Raises Capital in Equity and Convertible Offering

International Coal Group, Inc. reported that it has successfully raised capital through two separate offerings of common stock and convertible notes. The company will use the proceeds from both offerings for general corporate purposes and to redeem part of an … Continue reading

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PSB Holdings Inc. (PSBH) Quietly Goes About Generating Respectable Earnings

As the larger banks go about digging themselves out of the mess they have made, and the US government haggles over this and that, there are several smaller banks that are quietly going about making a nice little return without … Continue reading

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Blockbuster Inc. (BBI) Bankruptcy Rumors

Shares of Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) took a nosedive yesterday dropping more than .11 (approximately 29%) on rumors of bankruptcy being in the near future for the video rental giant. From a business perspective, Blockbuster is doing all that it can … Continue reading

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Abraxis BioScience (ABII) Tops Taxol in Cancer Study

Abraxis BioScience Inc. (ABII), a California based global biotechnology company focusing on cancer treatments, announced today that its chemotherapeutic compound ABRAXANE® has demonstrated a significant improvement in overall response rate in the treatment of the most common form of lung … Continue reading

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Akeena Solar (AKNS) to Provide AC Installation Service for Lowe’s

California is known for its hot summers, which is why Akeena Solar has teamed up with Lowe’s to provide residential installation services of AC solar power systems in the state. The announcement comes just a few months after Lowe’s Energy … Continue reading

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Harvest Natural Resources, Inc. (HNR) Powers Higher Net Income through Venezuela Operations

Harvest Natural Resources, Inc. reported net income of $5.1 million, or $0.15 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of 2009, a vast improvement from the net loss of $16.8 million, or $0.51 per share, the same quarter in 2008. … Continue reading

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Mannatech, Inc. (MTEX) Reports Higher Fourth Quarter Net Income

Mannatech, Inc. reported net income of $2.2 million, or $0.08 per share, in the fourth quarter of 2009, compared to net income of $620,000, or $0.02 per share, in the same quarter of 2008. Mannatech, Inc. said that fourth quarter … Continue reading

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