The delinquency rate for
mortgage loans on one-to
four-unit residential
properties in Hawaii
increased 42 basis
points,while the
percentage of mortgages
in the foreclosure
process rose 8
basispoints in the 4th
quarter of 2006.
Amazon Biotech, Inc. (OTC
BB: AMZB) (FRANKFURT:
B2D) announced that it
has secured the services
of Mr. Stanley Fass
tonegotiate a joint
venture agreement between
Amazon Biotech and major
pharmaceutical companies.
Research In Motion
Limited ('RIM' or the
'Company') (NASDAQ:
RIMM)(TSX: RIM) today
provides this status
update pursuant to the
alternative information
guidelines of the Ontario
Securities Commission
(the 'OSC'). These
guidelines contemplate
that the Company will
normally provide
bi-weekly updates on its
affairs until such time
as the Company is current
with its filing
obligations under
Canadian securities laws.
Synergx (Nasdaq Small
Cap: SYNX) received a
Nasdaq Staff Deficiency
Letter on March 28, 2007
indicating the Nasdaq
Staff's belief that SYNX
had failed to comply with
the director nominating
committee requirements
for continued listing set
forth in Marketplace Rule
4350(c)(4).
Selectica today
announced that on March
23, 2007 it received a
letter from The Nasdaq
Stock Market, stating
that the Nasdaq Listing
and Hearing Review
Council (the 'Listing
Council') has called for
review of the February 8,
2007 decision of the
Nasdaq Listing
Qualifications Panel (the
'Panel') regarding the
Company and has stayed
the Panel's February 8,
2007 decision and any
future Panel
determinations to suspend
the Company's securities
from trading, pending
further action by the
Listing Council. As
previously disclosed, the
Panel's February 8, 2007
decision conditioned the
Company's continued
listing on The Nasdaq
Stock Market on the
Company becoming current
in its delinquent
periodic reports, and
filing any required
restatements, by May 9,
2007.
DayStar Technologies,
Inc. , a developer and
manufacturer of
innovative CIGS
Photovoltaic Foil(TM)
products, today announced
that Kevin Flannery has
joined the Company's
board of directors,
increasing its number to
eight.
EDS will provide a range
of information technology
services to federal
government agencies as a
subcontractor to AT&T
Government Solutions, a
business unit of
AT&T, Inc., which has
been awarded one of three
Networx Universal
contracts by the U.S.
General Services
Administration (GSA).
Telemig Celular S.A.
('Telemig') and Amazonia
Celular S.A. ('Amazonia')
announced today that they
have commenced a
solicitation of consents
(the 'Consent
Solicitation') from
holders of outstanding
8.75% Telemig Notes due
2009 (the 'Telemig
Notes') and 8.75%
Amazonia Notes due 2009
(the 'Amazonia Notes'
and, together with the
Telemig Notes, the
'Notes'). The purpose of
the Consent Solicitation
is to amend certain
provisions of the
indenture governing the
Notes (the 'Indenture')
to address the technical
default under financial
ratios caused by
Amazonia's recording of
provisions with regard to
contingent liabilities in
connection with Imposto
de Circulacao de
Mercadorias e Servicos
taxes ('ICMS Provisions')
that are currently the
subject of litigation
with a few of the
Brazilian states (the
'Proposed Amendments').
Each holder who consents
to the Proposed
Amendments will also be
waiving (the 'Proposed
Waivers') certain past
defaults and events of
default under the
Indenture associated with
the ICMS Provisions.
Silver Eagle Mines Inc.
('Silver Eagle') (TSX:
SEG) is pleased to
provide an update on
ongoing exploration
activities being
conducted at its 100%
owned Miguel Auza
Property in Zacatecas,
Mexico. Recently received
assay data is presented
from 39 previously
unannounced surface drill
holes (see table below),
within an area of
approximately 2 square
kilometres and including
the four principal zones
outlined to date:
Calvario, North, East,
and Mill zones.
Viva World Trade, Inc.
(PINKSHEETS: VVWT) (the
'Company' or 'Viva') and
its Mexican subsidiary
Canmex Imports('Canmex'),
the exclusive importer
and national distributor
of the 'mike'shard
lemonade' brand family in
Mexico, is pleased to
announce theappointment
of Mr. Jon Duncanson as
the Company's
Vice-President of
PublicRelations.
Spare Backup, Inc.
(BULLETIN BOARD: SPBU)
announced today that it
has bought back 1 million
shares of common stock
from Robinson Reed at
$1.25 per share. The
purchase was made
pursuant to a put option
exercised by Robinson
Reed whereby Spare had
the option of
repurchasing the stock or
issuing $1 million worth
of shares at $0.30.
Additionally, Spare
issued 2 million warrants
to purchase its common
stock at $1.25 to DSG as
part of their previously
announced marketing and
sales agreement.
Foreword Financial
invites you to join
financial reporting and
data processing experts
in a webcast panel on
Extensible Business
Reporting Language
(XBRL), a new standard in
how business information
is created, processed and
analyzed that will change
the way securities
operations professionals
do business.
Green Plains Renewable
Energy, Inc.
(the'Company') (NASDAQ:
GPRE) (AMEX: GPRE)
announced today that BUYI
NS.NET(www.buyins.net) is
initiating coverage of
Green Plains Renewable
Energy,Inc. after
releasing the latest
short sale data to March
2007. From March2006 to
March 2007 approximately
3 million total aggregate
shares of GPREhave traded
for a total dollar value
of nearly $98.6 million.
The totalaggregate number
of shares shorted in this
time period is
approximately606,228
shares. The GPRE
SqueezeTrigger price of
$32.54 is the
volumeweighted average
short price of all short
selling in GPRE. The
first ofseveral short
squeezes is expected to
begin when shares of GPRE
close above$20.62, where
just over 20,000 shares
have been shorted. To
accessSqueezeTrigger
Prices ahead of potential
short squeezes beginning,
visithttp://www.buyins.ne
t.
CellStar Corporation (OTC
Pink Sheets: CLST) today
announced that the
Company has completed the
sale of its U.S. and
Miami-based Latin
American operations to
wholly-owned subsidiaries
of Brightpoint, Inc.
Substantially all of the
assets of the U.S. and
Miami operations were
sold for a purchase price
of $88.0 million which
was reduced, pursuant to
the terms of the purchase
agreement, to $62.4
million based on a
preliminary estimate of
net asset adjustments.
The purchase price is
subject to further
adjustments as the net
asset adjustments and
other matters set forth
in the definitive
agreement are finalized.
In conjunction with the
closing, the Company paid
in full amounts owed
under its loan agreements
with Wells Fargo Foothill
and CapitalSource
Finance.
In celebrating 20 years
of creating some ofthe
most outrageously
sexsational tunes on the
planet, My Life with
theThrill Kill Kult (TKK)
are back and darker than
ever with an album of
allnew material titled,
'The Filthiest Show in
Town,' due out on
RykodiscApril 3, 2007.
And, as an extra special
treat for their fans, TKK
willrelease 'Resurrection
of Luna,' featuring a
remixed and re-edited
versionof 2001's
'Reincarnation of Luna,'
along with bonus material
and twopreviously
unreleased tracks, 'Ocean
of Hate' and 'Hallowed Be
My Name.'
MTS - Mer Telemanagement
Solutions Ltd. (Nasdaq
Capital Market: MTSL), a
global provider of
business support systems
(BSS)for comprehensive
telecommunication
management and customer
care & billing
(CC&B) solutions,
today announced that it
has filed its annual
report with audited
financial statements with
the SEC reflecting
revenues for the year
ended December 31, 2006
of $10.5 million and a
net loss of $2.25 million
compared to revenues of
$11 million and a net
loss of $1.5 million as
preliminarily reported in
a press release on
February 7, 2007.
West Hawk Development
Corp. (the 'Company')
(TSX VENTURE:
WHD)(FRANKFURT: H5N) is
extremely pleased to
announce that Dr.
Jinsheng Chen has joined
the company as President
of China Operations. Dr.
Chen has also been
appointed to the Board of
Directors of West Hawk
Development Corporation.
Fit For
BusinessInternational
Inc. (OTCBB: FFBU)
announces the official
release of thepatented
Foot Fridge innersole to
the Australian market.
The productlaunch, on
April 2nd, 2007, will be
celebrated at the Fit For
Business(FFB) corporate
offices in Brisbane,
Australia. The event will
be attendedby FFB account
executives, corporate
clients, and various
media companies.
Linamar Corporation,
McLaren Technologies
Division, was named one
of the finalists in the
'Process' category of the
2007 Automotive News PACE
Award competition, for
its innovative
Opti-Power(TM) design and
production system.
Columbia Metals
Corporation Limited (the
'Company') (TSX VENTURE:
COL) announces the
resignation of Mr. Chris
Carmichael as Chief
Financial Officer
effective immediately.
The Company would like to
thank Mr. Carmichael for
his services.
Grenville Gold
Corporation ('Grenville'
or'the Company') (TSX-V:
GVG) (PINKSHEETS: GVLGF)
is pleased to announce
thatit has retained the
services of Peter
Ellsworth, B.Sc., M.Sc.
for theSilveria project.
Measurement Specialties,
Inc. , a designer and
manufacturer of sensors
and sensor-based systems,
announced today that it
has begun construction of
its new Asia- Pacific
headquarters in Shenzhen,
China. Once complete,
the 220,000 square foot
facility will be home to
nearly 1,600 Company
employees engaging in
development engineering
and manufacturing in
support of both regional
and worldwide sales.
Challenger Energy Corp.
(TSX VENTURE: CHQ) (AMEX:
CHQ) ('Challenger' or the
'Company) of Calgary,
Alberta, Canada is
pleased to announce the
release of its 2006
financial results and the
filing of its Statement
of Reserves Data and
other Oil and Gas
Information with Canadian
securities authorities.
As at December 31, 2006
the Company is debt free,
its working capital is
Cdn$8.4 million and its
cash on hand is Cdn$8.5
million. During the year
ended December 31, 2006
we completed the raising
of Cdn$19.5 million in
equity financing and
funded Cdn$10.1 million
towards our exploration
activities in Trinidad
and Tobago. The
'Management's Discussion
and Analysis' and
financial statements for
the year ended December
31, 2006, and the
reserves filing required
by NI 51-101 can be
reviewed in its entirety
on SEDAR (System for
Electronic Document
Analysis and Retrieval,
www.sedar.com).
Challenger Energy is
poised to commence
drilling of its first
exploration well in a
back to back three well
exploration program in
Trinidad and Tobago with
Canadian Superior Energy
Inc. (AMEX,TSX:SNG) in
the second quarter of
2007. The
semi-submersible drilling
rig contracted for the
drilling program, the Kan
Tan IV, which has been
undergoing a US$60
million retrofit in
Brownsville, Texas is
scheduled to be under tow
for Trinidad in April
2007. Challenger will be
at the American Stock
Exchange on April 23,
2007 to ring the opening
bell in celebration of
achieving its listing on
AMEX on January 29, 2007.
Gumstix, Inc., maker of
the world's smallest
full-function miniature
computers, today announce
their verdex motherboards
with a Marvell(R) PXA270
CPU offering USB host,
CCD camera input,
improved power management
along with the twice as
much memory and 50% more
processor speed. These
tiny motherboards power
fully functional network
servers yet fit in the
palm of one's hand.
CN announced today it
will construct a
C$20-million transload
operation and intermodal
rail terminal in Prince
George, B.C., for the
export of containerized
products to and from
Asian markets through the
new Port of Prince
Rupert, B.C.,
rail/maritime intermodal
facility.
The Wicks Group of
Companies, L.L.C. (the
'Wicks Group'), a New
York-based private equity
firm, today announced
that its affiliate, Penn
Foster Holdings, LLC
('Penn Foster' or the
'Company'), has completed
the acquisition of
Education Direct, Inc., a
leading correspondence
education provider from
The Thomson Corporation
(NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC).
The terms of the
transaction were not
disclosed.
Focus on the Family
Senior Analyst for Media
and Sexuality Daniel
Weiss issued the
following statement today
after the Internet's key
oversight agency voted
not to give pornographic
Web sites their own .xxx
domain:
Today, Family Research
Council (FRC) praised the
Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and
Numbers (ICANN) for
rejecting a proposal that
would create a '.xxx'
domain address to house
pornographic websites.
The ICANN board voted 9-5
to reject the domain,
which is the third
rejection within the last
seven years.
Clarence W. Karney, chief
executive officerfor
Produce Safety &
Security International,
Inc. (PINKSHEETS: PDSC),
todayannounced that Jerre
Maxwell, vice president
of operations, is leaving
theCompany to pursue
other interests.
Molycor Gold Corp.
'Molycor' (TSX VENTURE:
MOR)(PINK SHEETS:
MLYFF)(FRANKFURT: M1V)
announces that the Board
of Directors have
approved the issuance of
225,000 stock options to
AGORACOM Investor
Relations ('AGORACOM').
This grant of stock
options is pursuant to an
agreement between Molycor
and AGORACOM in which
AGORACOM will provide
investor relations
services to Molycor for a
period of twelve months
in return for $2750.00
per month and the grant
of stock options. The
stock options are set at
an exercise price of
$0.25 per share. The
options have a term that
ends two years after the
date of grant and vest:
BELTSVILLE, Md., March 30
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/
Spherix Incorporated
reported record revenue
of $24.8 million for the
year ended December 31,
2006, up 8% over 2005.
The strong increase
between years was the
result of continued
growth from InfoSpherix's
(the Company's wholly-own
subsidiary) popular
Government Campground
Reservation Business.
The reported revenue
numbers are exclusive of
an additional $6 million
the Company received as
part of its settlement
with the U.S. Department
of Agriculture (see
Spherix news release
dated October 26, 2006),
which the Company
recorded as 'Other
Income' and which
contributed significantly
to the $6.3 million
improvement in net income
(loss) between years.
has formed a newband
called Spinnerette, which
will begin recording
their debut album inLos
Angeles in 2007. Alain
Johannes, who has worked
with rock luminariessuch
as PJ Harvey, Eagles of
Death Metal, Chris
Cornell, and No Doubt,
willproduce and play on
the album.
Colizer Inc., a San Diego
company specializing in
Internet marketing
solutions, announced
today that the completion
of Series A Convertible
Preferred financing.
Investors include Seattle
based Six Degrees Capital
as well as two private
investors.
Today, the California
Public Utilities
Commission (CPUC)
formally approved
AT&T California's
application for a
state-issued
authorization to provide
video service in
California as part of
'The Digital
Infrastructure and Video
Competition Act of 2006,'
which became law on
January 1st, 2007.
About Newsfeeds / Video Feeds
