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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
Hemispherix Dead Tired (HEB)	Hemispherx Biopharma, Inc. (AMEX: HEB) lost almost half of its value last night and is still getting crushed this morning. The company announced that the FDA has denied its Ampligen treatment as a treatment for chronic fatigue syndrome. The FDA said the two key studies did not prove the drugs efficacy and recommended that another study be conducted. At 8:08 AM EST we have seen 360,000 shares trade hands and the stock is down 46% at $0.649. Average volume is 3.7 million shares and the 52-...	December 02, 2009
American Express Buying Revolution Money For $300M	American Express (AXP) this morning said it agreed to acquire Revolution Money from founder Steve Case and a group of investors for about $300 million. Revolution provides secure payments over the Internet; AMEX says the company’s online person-to-person payment system is FDIC-insured “and ideally suited for social and instant messaging networks.” Investors in Revolution Money included AOL-founder Case’s company Revolution LLC, as well as Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Ci...	November 18, 2009
John Mack for BofA CEO?	The Finger family is known for its outspoken views about Bank of America. Earlier this year the family, which owns about 1 millions of the banks shares, called for its chairman and chief executive officer positions to be held by different people. Now the Fingers are calling on the bank to reject two of the leading internal candidate to succeed BofA CEO Kenneth Lewis. Bloomberg News John Mack outgoing Morgan Stanley CEO In a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission today, the...	November 03, 2009
Lazare Kaplan Trading Halt (LKI)	Perennial net/net Lazare Kaplan International, which we last profiled on July 8th, is currently in the throes of a trading halt on AMEX, as a result of its failure to file the Company's 10K in a timely manner. In fact, no shares have exchanged hands since September 15th. Yesterday, LKI submitted a plan to NYSE AMEX outlining how it intends to regain compliance with exchange listing requirements.This type of situation is rarely, if ever good news. Lazare did not file its 10K in order to resolve ...	October 09, 2009
Tech expert offers three plays on cyber security	Filed under: Newsletters, Stocks to Buy, Obama PicksWith President Obama highlighting the national importance of cyber security, we turn to technology specialist Gregg Early to find the best investment ideas in the sector. Noting that "cyber security is one of the biggest new sectors in the information technology industry," the editor of Personal Finance offers a trio of buys in the field -- McAfee (NYSE: MFE), Versar (AMEX: VSR), and Unisys (NYSE: UIS). The advisor explains, "In exchange for...	May 29, 2009
Oil stock #3: Cheniere Energy (LNG)	Filed under: Oil, Stocks to BuyCheniere Energy (AMEX: LNG) builds liquefied natural gas terminals and natural gas pipelines. It is a smaller energy company that also participates in oil and gas exploration and development in the Gulf of Mexico. Should oil continue on its current trajectory, demand for natural gas will increase at a greater rate. LNG suffered from increased competition from larger players that entered the space when oil prices were rocketing higher and a large amount of debt on ...	May 24, 2009
American Apparel settles suit with Woody Allen	Filed under: Law, Marketing and advertisingBack in April, I wrote about Wood Allen's decision to file a lawsuit against American Apparel (AMEX: APP). Woody was upset because his image appeared on company billboard that were up for less than one week, and he wanted $10 million in damages. I thought the figure was laughably high and American Apparel lawyers said they did too -- but today The New York Times reports that the matter has been resolved:On Monday morning, as a trial was set to begin in ...	May 18, 2009
Sinovac (SVA): Chinese biotech bet	Filed under: International markets, China, Newsletters, Stocks to BuyThis post is part of a 12-article feature on the best bets for investing in China. To see all the other recommendations in this special report, click here. "One Chinese sector being relatively ignored by Wall Street is the biotech industry," notes Keith Fitz-Gerald. In The New China Trader, he looks to a biotech speculation -- Sinovac (AMEX: SVA). "The government knows that the wheels could fall off the bike rather quickly if a...	May 11, 2009
An ‘Inconceivable’ Rally…..	In March, the world was ending. I am proud of my ‘Beach Call ‘ the morning of March 9th. Today, the stock market will not go down . I am disgusted with my last three weeks of selling and fighting the tape with short sales in the S&P and Retail and my complete miss of the small cap rally. To most, the decline and the rally have been ‘inconceivable’: When I get negative as I have the last three weeks, I miss all kinds of opportunity. I know this, I preach this,...	May 04, 2009
Credibility and transparency in the Pink Sheets market?	Filed under: International markets, Products and services, Next big thing, Nokia Corp. (NOK), BP p.l.c. ADS (BP), BHP Billiton Ltd ADR (BHP), NASDAQWhile stocks listed on the over-the-counter bulletin board (OTCBB) and the Pink Sheets, a privately held daily quote service (not a stock exchange), are known to be lacking in SEC filings, liquidity, and easily obtainable financial information (some have been delisted from major exchanges so brokerages actually make customers sign additional forms re...	April 14, 2009