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Global Hunter (GBLHF.PK)

Copper is found in most electrical or electronic-related devices. Copper offers a variety of advantages, making it one of the most widely used electrical conductor in the world. Copper cookware is widely known as being a great conductor of heat and an energy saver. Cooking with copper is preferred by many professional chefs and restaurants because they last a long time and can cook a wide array of foods.

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Rand Logistics, Inc. (Nasdaq:RLOG) announced that it successfully closed its public underwritten offering of 2,800,000 shares of common stock at $6.00 per share. The Company's proceeds from the offering, net of underwriter's commissions, were $16.1 million. Rand expects to use the net proceeds of the offering to partially fund the anticipated acquisition of two dry bulk carriers, one of which is a self-unloader, and for general corporate purposes. With respect to the anticipated acquisitions, Rand also announced that it has entered into agreements to purchase the two bulk carriers for a total purchase price of $25 million.

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Cleantech Transit Inc. (CLNO)

Organic matter manufactured by starts is referred to as biomass. With more and more governments seeking alternative sources of energy not only to protect the environment but also to cut down on their oil imports, biomass turns out to be a fantastic option. The solar power which remains constant caught in shoots is what may be converted into power. Biomass might be applied in a similar way we use fossil fuels, whether it is for generating current for our industries or homes or as fuel for our vehicles. Having said that, biomass can assist in production of liquid-waste fuels that satisfy our requirements.

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Golden Enterprises, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GLDC) declared a quarterly dividend of $.03125 per share payable October 26, 2011 to stockholders of record as of October 3, 2011. Golden Enterprises, Inc. saw an increase in Net Sales from the first quarter of 2011 to the first quarter of 2012 of 4%. Net sales for the first quarter were $33,245,190 compared to $31,956,084 for the same period in the prior year. Despite this increase in sales, increased commodity costs impacted margins resulting in basic and diluted earnings per share decreasing from $.09 to $.06 during the first quarter.

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Nanometrics’ product lines offer an extensive array of proprietary technologies in optics, software and systems integration designed to meet the process control requirements of today’s advanced semiconductor technologies. These process control solutions are implemented on common metrology platforms that can be configured with a variety of measurement technologies, or as a single technology targeted for a specific process control application.

Nanometrics Wins Multi-System Order for Integrated Metrology

Major Korean Memory Manufacturer Chooses Nanometrics for CMP Process Control




Nanometrics Incorporated (Nasdaq:NANO), a leading supplier of advanced metrology systems, announced that its IMPULSE® integrated metrology optical critical dimension (OCD) and film analysis system has been selected by a major Korean memory manufacturer for chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) process control. The decision makes the Nanometrics IMPULSE system “tool-of-record” for CMP control of NAND Flash memory in high-volume manufacturing at the 2x nm node. The IMPULSE was selected over competitive offerings following an extended technical evaluation.

“Today’s demands on CMP process control absolutely require integrated solutions,” said Steve Bradley, Director of Nanometrics’ Integrated Metrology Business Unit. “The selection of the IMPULSE for this leading-edge application is evidence of our product’s high throughput, excellent reliability, extendibility, and seamless integration onto the CMP platform, as well as the customer’s confidence in Nanometrics’ global service and applications support teams.”

“The selection of our integrated metrology product combined with an earlier decision in favor of our fully-automated Atlas OCD platform firmly establishes Nanometrics as the principle supplier of OCD products to this customer for advanced technology process control metrology,” said Dr. Timothy J. Stultz, president and chief executive officer. “By working closely with our customers on product roadmaps and aligning our product development with their requirements, we benefit from long term partnerships while we contribute to their advanced technology development and production ramps.”

More about NANO at www.nanometrics.com.

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Stillwater Mining Company (NYSE:SWC) announced that it has withdrawn its previously announced proposed offering of senior notes due to unfavorable market conditions. Commenting on this decision, Francis R. McAllister, the Company's Chairman and CEO, observed, "The dramatic deterioration of the capital markets during the past week has led us to conclude that it would not be in the best interests of our shareholders to complete a financing under the terms currently available. We have ample cash liquidity available, in addition to our strong cash flow, to fully fund the approximately $165 million net cash portion of the Peregrine transaction, provide for our working capital needs and fund near term capital requirements.

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Enzo Biochem Inc. (ENZ)

Biotechnology is a field of applied biology that involves the use of living organisms and bioprocesses in engineering, technology, medicine and other fields requiring bioproducts. Biotechnology also utilizes these products for manufacturing purpose. Modern use of similar terms includes genetic engineering as well as cell- and tissue culture technologies.

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Crown Equity Holdings Inc. (CRWE)

Almost all of the Voice over Internet Protocol providers offer excellent packages ranging from 100 minutes to unlimited minutes every month. With most VOIP providers there is no differentiating between long distance and local. The minutes count the same.

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Peoples Educational Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PEDH) will announce its financial results for the first quarter ended August 31, 2011 on Thursday, October 6, 2011 before the market opens. The Company will hold a conference call the same day at 11:00am Eastern Time to discuss its results. Participating in the call will be Brian Beckwith, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Michael DeMarco, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Conference Call and Webcast Details: Live Conference Call, Thursday, October 6, 2011 at 11:00am Eastern Time, US: 800-638-4930, International: +1-617-614-3944, Participant Passcode: 34921295.

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Crown Equity Holdings Inc. (CRWE)

Once you have a Voice over Internet Protocol system installed in your home, you can start making long distance and international calls, at the rates almost negligible and at times even free.

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Cleantech Transit Inc. (CLNO)

The major advantage of biomass is that it is renewable and considered carbon neural. Unlike fossil fuels biomass is part of the current natural carbon cycle so there is no long term net increase in carbon in the atmosphere when biofuels are burned.

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Majestic Gold Corp. (MJGCF.PK)

Gold is present in our lives in the shape of different jewels, watches or decorations. Men and women are equally aware of the beauty and the value of this metal associating it with fortune, glory, and royalty. But beauty is not the only feature of gold.

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General Finance Corporation (NASDAQ:GFN) announced its consolidated financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended June 30, 2011. The consolidated results include results from majority-owned Royal Wolf Holdings Limited ("Royal Wolf"), the leading provider of portable storage solutions in the Asia-Pacific regions of Australia and New Zealand, and wholly-owned Pac-Van, Inc., a prominent regional provider of portable storage and office containers, mobile offices and modular buildings in the United States.

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“There is a need for the simplification of treatment regimens featuring co-formulated, fixed-dose medicines as patients stay on therapy longer,” said John C. Martin, PhD, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:GILD), a biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes innovative therapeutics in areas of unmet medical need.



Gilead Sciences yesterday announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), the scientific committee of the European Medicines Agency, has adopted a positive opinion on the company’s Marketing Authorisation Application for the once-daily single-tablet regimen, Eviplera®, combining Gilead Sciences' Truvada® (emtricitabine and tenofovir disoproxil (as fumarate)) with Tibotec Pharmaceuticals’ non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor Edurant® (rilpivirine (as hydrochloride)) for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in antiretroviral-naïve adults with a viral load less than or equal to 100,000 HIV-1 RNA copies/mL.

The CHMP’s positive recommendation will be reviewed by the European Commission, which has the authority to approve medicinal products for use in the 27 countries of the European Union (EU). Gilead Sciences expects the European Commission to issue its decision on the marketing authorization for the Eviplera single-tablet regimen later this year.

The regulatory filing for the Eviplera single-tablet regimen is supported by 48-week data from two Phase 3 double-blind, active controlled, randomized studies (ECHO and THRIVE) conducted by Tibotec evaluating the safety and efficacy of rilpivirine compared to efavirenz in treatment-naïve HIV-1 infected adults. Both arms of the studies were administered with a background regimen, in which the majority of patients in the rilpivirine arm received Truvada. A bioequivalence study conducted by Gilead Sciences demonstrated that the co-formulated single-tablet regimen achieved the same levels of medication in the blood as emtricitabine plus rilpivirine plus tenofovir disoproxil fumarate.

For more information about Gilead Sciences, please visit: www.gilead.com

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Enzo Biochem Inc. (ENZ)

The fusion of biology and technology is biotechnology. Biotechnology is the application of biological techniques to product research and development. In particular, biotechnology involves the use by industry of recombinant DNA, cell fusion, and new bioprocessing techniques.

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Majestic Gold Corp. (MJGCF.PK)

The incomparable value of gold throughout time on this planet is gauged in several ways not just financially but emotionally. Yes most people only see the dollar value of gold when its name is mentioned however there is also the eye opening amazement of a prospector discovering a huge gold nugget, the new wife accepting the ring signifying her union to her husband. Even the cold use of gold in the construction of modern electronics has shown that value also exists in its pure versatility.

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Crown Equity Holdings Inc. (CRWE)

VoIP means using an Internet connection for phone calls. When it first began, the technology was pretty rough but these days, VoIP is rocking the planet!

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Global Hunter (GBLHF.PK)

Copper is one of the oldest and easiest metals to be mined, refined, shaped and used for a variety of purposes. In the beginning, copper served as coinage and decoration. When alloyed with tin, copper led humanity out of the Stone Age and into the Bronze Age. When the heat and electrical conductivity of copper was discovered, the metal helped to lead mankind into the industrial age. Now, copper is used in hundreds of applications, especially in power transmission and in vehicles.

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Crown Equity Holdings Inc. (CRWE)

One of the major advantages of VoIP is the low cost. If you have a broadband Internet connection (DSL or cable) you can make PC-to-PC phone calls anywhere in the world for free. If you wish to make a PC-to-phone connection there is usually a charge for this, but at a much cheaper rate than your regular telephone service would charge you.

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Crown Equity Holdings Inc. (CRWE)

The Voice over Internet Protocol technology has been praised from the very beginning but the laurels it has got is far less than what it deserves. It's such a tremendous find that praising it for as long as a century would be insufficient. This might sound as an overstatement for some, but those who have been really benefited by the Business VoIP solutions would instantly agree. For a flourishing business, VoIP is a stepping stone without which the communication expenses would have hit hard.

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Insight Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ:NSIT) has announced that its U.S. operating subsidiary will acquire Tempe-based Ensynch, a leading professional services firm with multiple Microsoft Gold competencies and solutions across the complete IT stack. Ensynch's 2010 services revenue was $16.2 million. The transaction is expected to close within thirty days. "Ensynch brings a depth of knowledge and expertise that will be a tremendous asset to Insight and elevate our services offerings to the next level," said Ken Lamneck, president and CEO of Insight. "Through a dedicated focus on client service, the Ensynch team consistently ranks in the top 2 percent of Microsoft partners. Combining Ensynch's technical skills with Insight's sales engine will elevate our ability to provide clients with complete software solutions to drive their success. We were excited about adding Ensynch's industry-leading capabilities in Cloud, Identity Management and Virtualization to our existing offerings."

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Cleantech Transit Inc. (CLNO)

Biomass is any organic matter-wood, crops, seaweed, animal wastes- that can be used as an energy source. Biomass is probably our oldest source of energy after the sun. For thousands of years, people have burned wood to heat their homes and cook their food.

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Analogic Corporation (Nasdaq:ALOG) announced results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended July 31, 2011. Revenues of $135.3 million, up 18% from Q4 of fiscal 2010. GAAP operating margin of 5%; Non-GAAP operating margin of 10%. GAAP diluted EPS of $0.45, which includes $0.20 impact of restructuring charge; Non-GAAP diluted EPS of $0.83, up 20% from fiscal 2010. Strong cash flow from operations of $26.0 million.

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Founded in 1993, Red Hat is the leader in enterprise Linux and is the most recognized open source brand in the world. We serve global enterprises with technology and services made possible by the open source model. Solutions include Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, JBoss Enterprise Middleware, and a broad range of management and services: consulting, 24x7 support, Red Hat Network. Red Hat's global training program operates worldwide and features RHCE and JBCAA, the global standard Linux and middleware certifications.


Red Hat Reports Second Quarter Results




Second quarter revenue of $281 million, up 28% year-over-year




Second quarter GAAP EPS of $0.20, up 67% year-over-year; non-GAAP EPS of $0.29, up 53% year-over-year




Second quarter deferred revenue of $813 million, up 25% year-over-year




Second quarter operating cash flow of $77 million, up 20% year-over-year











Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE:RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, announced financial results for its fiscal year 2012 second quarter ended August 31, 2011.

Total revenue for the quarter was $281.3 million, an increase of 28% from the year ago quarter. Subscription revenue for the quarter was $238.3 million, up 28% year-over-year.

“The combination of strong sales execution and customer demand led to second quarter revenue that was above our guidance and represented our fourth straight quarter of accelerating revenue growth,” stated Jim Whitehurst, President and Chief Executive Officer of Red Hat. “We continued to win and strengthen relationships with enterprise customers who partner with Red Hat to reduce costs while modernizing their IT infrastructure to enable applications to run on bare metal, virtualization and in the cloud. Based on the strong first half results, we believe Red Hat remains well positioned to finish fiscal 2012 as the first billion dollar open source software vendor.”

GAAP operating income for the second quarter was $52.5 million, or 18.7% operating margin. After adjusting for stock compensation and amortization expenses as detailed in the tables below, non-GAAP operating income for the second quarter was $76.4 million, up 41% year-over-year. Non-GAAP operating margin was 27.2%, up 250 basis points from the year ago quarter.

Net income for the quarter was $40.0 million, or $0.20 per diluted share, compared with $23.7 million, or $0.12 per diluted share, in the year ago quarter. After adjusting for stock compensation and amortization expenses, non-GAAP net income for the quarter was $56.5 million, or $0.29 per diluted share, as compared to $36.8 million, or $0.19 per diluted share, in the year ago quarter. Both GAAP and non-GAAP net income for the quarter included a discrete tax benefit of $2.1 million, approximately $0.01 per diluted share. Excluding this tax benefit, GAAP earnings per share would have been $0.19 and non-GAAP earnings per share would have been $0.28 for the quarter.

Operating cash flow was $77.1 million for the second quarter, as compared to $64.3 million in the year ago quarter. At quarter end, the company’s total deferred revenue balance was $813.2 million, an increase of 25% on a year-over-year basis. Total cash, cash equivalents and investments as of August 31, 2011 was $1.3 billion.

Learn more: http://www.redhat.com.

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Global Hunter (GBLHF.PK)

One of copper's advantage over aluminum is its higher electrical conductivity; copper conductivity is nearly 2x that of aluminum. Higher conductivity drives higher efficiency, as less of the power that the motor generates is lost due to heat and resistance. Copper rotors need less material than aluminum rotors to achieve the same performance levels.

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Crown Equity Holdings Inc. (CRWE)

You can take your Voice over Internet Protocol with you anywhere that the internet protocol is available. Whether you use a portable ATA ("Analog Telephone Adapter") with a regular phone, or your laptop configured for soft phone, it makes no matter. You can take your phone number, calling service, and features on the road with you on your next business trip.

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Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. (NYSE:AHT) declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 per diluted share for the Company's common stock for the third quarter ending September 30, 2011. The dividend, which equates to an annual rate of $0.40 per share, is payable on October 17, 2011, to shareholders of record as of September 30, 2011. The Board declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.5344 per diluted share for the Company's 8.55% Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock for the third quarter ending September 30, 2011. The dividend, which equates to an annual rate of $2.1375 per share, is payable on October 17, 2011, to shareholders of record as of September 30, 2011.

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Duff & Phelps Corporation (NYSEUF) announced that it will present at the JMP Securities Second Annual Financial Services and Real Estate Conference on Monday, September 26, 2011 at the St. Regis Hotel in New York City. Duff & Phelps' presentation is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. EDT. Investors and other interested parties can listen to a live webcast of the event by accessing http://ir.duffandphelps.com/ a few minutes in advance of the scheduled time.

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Xyratex Ltd (NASDAQ:XRTX) will release its financial results for the fiscal third quarter ended August 31, 2011 after the market closes on Thursday, September 29, 2011. Conference Call Information. The company will host a conference call to discuss its results at 1:30 p.m. PT/4:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, September 29; 2011.The conference call can be accessed online via the company's website www.xyratex.com/investors.

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Xyratex Ltd (NASDAQ:XRTX) will release its financial results for the fiscal third quarter ended August 31, 2011 after the market closes on Thursday, September 29, 2011. Conference Call Information. The company will host a conference call to discuss its results at 1:30 p.m. PT/4:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, September 29; 2011.The conference call can be accessed online via the company's website www.xyratex.com/investors.

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