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October 17,
2008
Technology, Exploration, Financial, Energy & Healthcare
Technology
Hardware/Software
Seamless Corporation (SMWF-OTC: BB)
“Seamless has gone through a transition from a service industry provider,
providing Wi-Fi to the hospitality industries, which we ceased in June of
this year. We are concentrating on our hardware and software products, which
we are now attempting to bring to market currently.” - Albert R. Reda
September 19,
2008
Exploration, Consumer Goods, Healthcare, Services, Financial, Technology,
Energy, Mining & Veterinary Vaccines
Exploration
Metal/Mining
Houston Lake Mining Inc. (HLM-TSXV)
“We hope people would remember that our success to date is predicated upon
early positioning in the right commodity sectors with the right projects.
The next six to twelve months should provide lots of exploration activity
and results which are key steps in building toward Houston Lake’s strategic
goal of gold production at West Cedartree.” - E. Grayme Anthony, P.Geo.
F.G.A.C., M.B.A
Consumer Goods
Textile – Apparel Footwear & Accessories
Tandy Leather Factory Inc.
(TLF-AMEX)
“Our conservative management style has paid off
for us as we have more cash than we ever have in the history of our company,
with very little debt. I think that is a good position to be in and we will
continue to operate that way. As a result, the farthest thought from our
minds is whether or not we will be able to keep the doors open. I wish that
was true for some of the retailers who have made headlines recently with
their bankruptcy filings.” - Ms. Shannon L. Greene
Healthcare
Biotechnology & Drugs
Vical Incorporated (VICL-NASDAQ)
“We are developing a product which grows blood vessels, so you need to make
sure that those blood vessels grow only locally. Not elsewhere. So far, the
uniqueness of our technology has been that it has the ability to express
growth factor proteins locally for a limited period of time, and our partner
has not seen any safety issues so far. The proof of the pudding is that they
applied for approval in Japan. It will go through a very critical review
with the Japanese regulatory authority, which is very stringent. If it gets
approved then they have obviously looked at all the safety aspects. So, I
can sit here and tell you the drug is safe, but the ultimate answer to that
question is approval in Japan.” - Vijay B. Samant
August 22,
2008
Financial, Technology, Basic Materials, Healthcare, Alternative
Infrastructure, Consumer Goods & Energy
Financial
Regional – Southwest Banks
First State Bancorporation (FSNM-NASDAQ)
“To sum it up, this is a very challenging banking environment. Our CEO and I
have been through much tougher markets in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s,
so what we see right now are not necessarily challenges as much as
opportunities. We have an outstanding group of people to work with in our
organization from senior management right down to the front lines; we are
very proud of our people and their ability to get the job done. We are
confident that they are going to help us be very successful over the next
several years. We will work through this current tough environment, and
provide some very nice returns for our shareholders and great long-term
results both for our employees and our shareholders.” - H. Patrick Dee
Financial
Regional – Southwest Banks
Analyst Interview Covering:
First State Bancorporation (FSNM-NASDAQ)
Peyton N. Green, Senior Analyst, Financial
Institutions Group, FTN Midwest Securities Corp.
“First State Bancorporation is buy-rated given a discounted valuation
approximating 65% of tangible book value and our belief that the Company
will get past its recent credit quality woes and return the franchise to
solid profitability and strong EPS growth. Based on our analysis, we believe
that the economy in New Mexico will be stronger than most expect. Also, the
Colorado economy should outperform the national economy.” -
Peyton N. Green
Technology
Business Software & Services
Intelli-Check – Mobilisa, Inc. (IDN-AMEX)
“Given, that Intelli-Check focused on the commercial market, while Mobilisa
focused on the government and military, made it an easy fit. Mobilisa was
doing very well with healthy increases each year in revenue and was
profitable. Intelli-Check however, was not profitable. We saw how we could
combine two companies for the best of both worlds.” - Nelson Ludlow, PhD
August 8, 2008
Energy, Technology, Services, Mining & Basic Materials
Energy
Oil & Gas Exploration
Analyst Interview Featuring: Highpine Oil & Gas Limited (HPX-TSX)
Kim Page, Director – Energy Research
Wellington West Capital Markets, Inc.
“The area is a massive reef complex containing numerous large light oil
and gas pools. The initial discovery in the oil prone portion of the
resource trend was approximately 8 years ago, and there have been over 30
new pools discovered since. It was the advent of technology and the
refinement of 3D seismic imaging of these Nisku pools that has increased
Highpine’s discovery success rate to over 60%.” - Kim Page
July 11, 2008
Consumer Goods, Energy, Mining, Technology, Services & Healthcare
Consumer Goods
Auto Parts
ATC Technology Corporation (ATAC-NASDAQ)
“We have a great group of investors now and we are looking for more
opportunities to talk to people who are interested in our story; it is one
of significant organic growth, very good returns from our ROI capital point
of view, and profitable growth. We have very good margins as you can see
from our financials. We are excited about continuing that progress as we
move toward our three-year target of $750 million. Just organic growth alone
has been an opportunity for us in tactical acquisitions. I think we have a
winning story going forward.” - Donald T. Johnson Jr.
“Let’s start with our name, because our name doesn’t engender a quick
understanding of what we are. People that might have overlooked us in the
past, think about us as being ahttp://ceocfojournals.com distribution parts company and maybe doing
some transmission remanufacturing. We would like people to focus on the fact
that our logistics business, which is high return on invested capital (more
than double that of our Drivetrain business), is a high growth, low capital
intensive business. It has more than tripled under our leadership in the
last four years and we expect it to continue to grow at high rates into the
future. Note: Since this interview, the Company has changed its name to ATC
Technology Corporation to better reflect who it is today.” - Todd R. Peters
Consumer Goods
Auto Parts
Analyst Interview Covering:
ATC Technology Corporation (ATAC-NASDAQ)
Craig R. Kennisonm, Senior Research Analyst
Robert W. Baird
“Historically, ATC was almost exclusively in the business of remanufacturing
transmissions – so it fit well within our automotive list. Today, more than
half its revenue comes from its logistics business – yet many investors
still see ATC as an automotive play. As this perception changes, we think
the valuation will improve.” - Craig R. Kennison
Energy
Oil & Gas Exploration
Highpine Oil & Gas Limited (HPX-TSX)
As A Consolidator, Highpine Oil & Gas Is The Dominant Player In Both Land
And Facilities In The High Productivity Pembina Nisku Fairway In Central
Alberta, Canada.
June 27, 2008
Basic Materials, Financial, Technology, Communication, Services & Healthcare
Basic Materials
American Pacific Corporation
(AMPAC) (APFC-NASDAQ)
“Investors should pay attention because we are in three areas where I
believe the future of America is. There is no question that healthcare is a
key to all of this. We are participating in sophisticated chemicals that are
used to treat difficult diseases and that will become even more important in
the future. As for aerospace equipment, I think the future is in space. It
may sound corny but what Columbus looked at 600 years ago and wanted to
cross the unknown ocean is today space and the practical use of space.
Satellites are incredible; the ability to be out in the middle of the ocean
and talk to somebody on land without having to worry about a radio signal is
amazing and that is the area that we focus on. Special chemicals is a very
sound business and we have a reliable one. You have two areas out of three
where there is growth and importance in American business generally and a
third one that is stable and provides the platform for the company to
maintain its performance. This year, we anticipate and have given guidance
of $195 million and it wasn’t very long ago that we were only doing
somewhere between 60 and $70 million. That is my view; I hope it can
continue, there is no guarantee ever but I think it is a good story.” - John
R. Gibson
May 30, 2008
Healthcare, Financial, Industrial Goods & Technology
Healthcare
Medical Appliances & Equipment
Accuray Incorporated (ARAY-NASDAQ)
“If you are a patient, you should remember that Accuray’s CyberKnife is an
alternative to surgery. It’s a non-invasive, painless out-patient procedure.
The Cyberknife can treat inoperable tumors, and even if operable, you don’t
want to cut open the patient, crack open their rib cage, and deflate their
lungs in order to treat a lung tumor or invasively treat a tumor that is
wrapped around the spine. It may be inoperable in that case. Our technology
offers the means to deliver high doses of radiation with pinpoint precision
sub-millimeter accuracy from hundreds of different angles such that, you can
hit the tumor but not damage healthy tissue and nearby critical structures
surrounding the tumor. That is the real beauty and elegance of the
technology.” - Robert E. McNamara
Technology
Hot Water Heating
Analyst interview covering: Sofame Technologies
Inc. (SDW-TSXV)
Paul J. Resnik, CFA, Dutton Associates
“This is a ‘now’ solution to these problems, not just a ‘this is an
exciting technology that in five years will be wonderful.’ This is a true
solution that we can utilize now to reduce creation of greenhouse gases and
reduce energy use. It is a very exciting story and I really believe that now
that the company is putting together the operational, financial and sales
management it has always needed. We are going to be hearing a lot more about
Sofame in the very near future.” - Paul J. Resnik, CFA, Dutton Associates
May 16, 2008
Technology, Financial, Mining, Services, Energy & Healthcare
Technology
Hot Water Heating
Sofame Technologies Inc. (SDW-TSXV)
“We rewrote the ORG CHART, readjusted the salaries, replaced all the
servers, brought in modern engineering technology - we are designing in
three dimensions now while we used to design in two - and all that has been
done in the last six months. These have been big changes for the
organization to absorb, and we also changed the way we are marketing the
product in the US.” - John Gocek
Financial
Regional – Northeast Banks
Bridge Bancorp, Inc. (BDGE-NASDAQ®/OTC: BB)
“If you look at our returns over the years, we have always exceeded our peer
groups on returns on equity and assets. We operate in a market place that is
somewhat insulated from the general economy, because of the wealth that this
area attracts. We have demonstrated successful steady growth. We are also
poised to take advantage of market opportunities created by the
consolidations in the banking industry creating mega banks. We have grown
judiciously adding branches to create a strong network within the
communities here. We feel we are a preferred employer, attracting the best
and brightest people. I am excited about the future for this organization,
because we have such a strong past to build on. The numbers that we produced
in the 1st Quarter are certainly indicative of strength as we
actually had earnings growth.” - Kevin M. O’Connor
Energy
Security
Money Manager Interview Covering:
Eurocontrol Technics Inc. (EUO-TSX: V)
James Guiang, Senior Portfolio Manager, Managing Director
Millennium Global Natural Resources Fund
Offering What Could Be An Industry Standard Hydrocarbon Marking
Technology For National And International Companies Identifying Their
Products Is Giving Eurocontrol Exceptional High-Growth Potential
May 2, 2008
Energy Security, Services, Technology, Basic Materials, Healthcare & Financial
Energy
Security
Eurocontrol Technics Inc. (EUO-TSX:V)
“Our technology called Petromark™ was developed for the purpose of combating
the financing of terrorism and organized crime amongst other things. The
illicit trade of oil and gas, which is a problem that results in losses
between 100 and $200 billion a year, to oil companies and governments, is
also one of the primary sources of funding for terrorism. Many oil companies
are becoming much more proactive on the subject of protecting their brands.
Certainly, nobody wishes to be seen as complacent about terrorism and the
financing of organized crime. This is a novel technology, significantly
better than what is available from others. There are three important
distinguishing factors to our technology, firstly we do not have to take the
fuel sample to a lab, we take the lab to the fuel. Which is to say, we have
a mobile laboratory, that is an ISO accredited laboratory, 17025 accredited,
which is the highest lab accreditation you can receive. - W. Bruce Rowlands
April 18, 2008
Industrial Goods, Consumer Products, Healthcare, Basic Materials, Utilities
& Mining
Industrial Goods
Waste Management
ThermoEnergy Corp. (TMEN-OTC: BB)
“A recent milestone that really altered the entire dynamic here at
ThermoEnergy was the acquisition of CASTion Corporation. CASTion is a
25-year old, award winning company based in Worcester, MA, that manufactures
custom-designed, turnkey water treatment technologies with approximately
150 industrial systems operating in the US, Canada, Mexico and Japan. With
the acquisition ThermoEnergy has gone from a virtual company with only ten
employees and three technologies to approximately forty people and forty
clean water process systems. We are also developing an advanced power plant
design that improves plant efficiency and includes carbon capture. The
company has changed almost 180% since we started; however, our original
vision is still there for cost-effective and environmentally responsible
solutions for waste-water treatment. It is just that our market has
developed into many markets now.” - Dennis Cossey
Consumer Products
Automotive Aftermarket
Steadfast Holdings Group, Inc. (STHG-OTCPK)
“Our vision for the next 12-18 months is to extend our brand out and the
game plan is to extend the brand out through licensees. Steadfast is a
three-part company. Number one we are a commercial coating company. We coat
bridges; we do a lot of military work, a lot of metal reinforcement. The
second half of it, is we have an automotive store and we do spray on bed
liners and we sell a variety of parts and accessories. The third part is
licensees. We currently opened up two stores in Florida that are our first
two licensees and we project to open up another 30-50 more within the 12-18
month period.” - John Calash
March 21, 2008
Energy, Utilities, Mining, Industrial Goods, Services, Financial,
Healthcare, Technology & Consumer Goods
Energy
Renewable Energy
Western GeoPower Corp. (WGP-TSXV)
“Western GeoPower has been quietly building up the project in California
first of all as a 25 megawatt size project and over the past five months we
have extended the leasehold from six hundred acres to a thousand acres which
now enables us to increase the capacity up to 35 megawatts. That is one
reason why the project value in California has appreciated over the past few
months. Other factors to consider are the power prices in California has
increased approximately 13% over the past twelve months which makes our
project even more valuable than it was when we started the feasibility
report over a year and a half ago. We are looking at expanding within
California and other countries and we have been aggressive in identifying
projects in these various jurisdictions so that our shareholders will be
able to participate not just in one project in Canada and one in California
but numerous projects in various market segments in three or four areas
throughout the world.” - Kenneth MacLeod
February 22,
2008
Financial, Mining, Basic Materials, Industrial Goods, Services, Technology,
Water Products & Healthcare
Financial'
Savings & Loans
Naugatuck Valley Financial Corp. (NVSL-NASDAQ)
“In 2004, we reorganized Naugatuck Valley Savings and Loan, which was
originally established in 1922 as a mutual savings and loan association into
a stock bank with a mutual holding company structure then we formed
Naugatuck Valley Financial Corporation as the mid-tier holding company. In
2006, we opened de novo branches in Southbury, Waterbury and Cheshire,
Connecticut. We have grown now to $461 million in assets as of the end of
2007, and have become a more formidable competitor in our marketplace.” -
John C. Roman
January 11, 2008
Healthcare, Metals/Mining, Semiconductor Specialized,
Conglomerates, Services, Security Technology & Financial
Healthcare
Biotechnology
Cyplasin Biomedical Ltd. (CYPL-OTC: BB)
“The vision of the founding members of the company is to work within the
cancer field and to develop therapeutic products therein. That vision
stemmed from the discovery of a protein isolated from a sea organism called
the Sea Hare (Aplysia Punctata). This protein was found to have high
therapeutic effect and activity in its various forms of cancer cell lines.
From there we proceeded to perform the proof of concept studies and the
company and the vision was born from there.” - Garth Likes
Metals/Mining
Gold & Silver Exploration
Nayarit Gold Inc. (NYG-TSXV)
“On Value and Vision, we believe at current share
prices we are undervalued, we have a significant amount of blue-sky
potential, we have exceptional results from our initial drill program, and
we have the experience in building companies and creating shareholder value.
When people look at our company vs. others, I think that the underlying
theme is that we have the team, the experience, and a property that is in a
prolific district with a significant amount of potential. If you are a long
term shareholder and want to get involved in an exciting story what we
believe has a significant amount of growth potential, then I think you
should take a hard look at Nayarit Gold.” - Colin P. Sutherland, CA
November 23,
2007
Uranium Exploration, Energy,, Services, Telecommunications, Technology,
Financial, Apparel Manufacturers & Healthcare
Uranium Exploration
Metals/Mining
New Horizon Uranium Corporation (NHU-TSXV)
“Our team experience, our joint venture partners and other affiliations in
the industry and our geologic and geographic diversity position us to move
out in front of many of our peer uranium companies.” - William R. Wilson
November 9, 2007
Services, Exploration, Energy, Airlines, Healthcare, Financial, Communications, CATV
Systems & Telecommunications
Services
Business Services
Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. (APDN-OTC:
BB)
“It is an opportunity for our company and investors to do well by doing good. What I
mean by this is we can be successful as a company while using the technology to do some
good, to help people throughout the world. Recently there have been many articles in the
news about counterfeit and tainted products, many coming from the Orient including food
products and pharmaceuticals. One area that I personally feel strongly about is the
pharmaceutical market where a counterfeit or diverted product can lead to physical injury,
complications and possibly even death.” - Dr. James Hayward
Exploration
Mining/Resources
Grenville Gold Corporation (GVG-TSXV, GVLGF-OTCBB,
F9I-Frankfurt)
“Silveria is a rich mineralized area; it has poly-metallic vein systems. We have
mapped 44 different veins. Of those, fourteen have been mined and 50% of their ore has
been extracted, so we think that there is a huge amount of potential. Our resource target
is between 40 and 100 million ounces of Silver based on the veins that have been stopped.
We can get production out of it immediately. The previous group had not taken everything
out but they have built the infrastructure, roads and tunnels.” - A. Paul Gill
Energy
Oil & Gas
Cygam Energy Inc. (CYG-TSXV)
“What differentiates Cygam from other junior companies, especially juniors that
decide to conduct international exploration, is that we have a very large number of
prospects. Even though these are all exploratory prospects, we have a good balance between
low risk and high risk/high reward with the potential for substantial discoveries. I would
say that five or six of these prospects could have the potential of discovering a field in
the order of one billion barrels. It would be very difficult to find a field like that
onshore North America. I was in London with our CFO in
April and May (2007), when we were visiting potential investors to raise $10 million for
the company and the comments that we received were “yes, you are different from other
companies because you have several prospects.” If a company just has one prospect and
they drill a dry hole, then it is game over. Here we have a situation where we have nine
prospects at the present time and we plan to have more in the future, and that is what
makes us different.” - Dario E. Sodero
October 26, 2007
Basic Materials, Industrial Goods, Services, Mining, Technology, Telecom, Financial &
Natural Resources
Basic Materials
Oil & Gas Drilling & Exploration
EnerJex Resources, Inc. (EJXR-OTC: BB)
“As of a couple years ago, the state of Kansas was the fifth largest oil producer in
the country, yet there are 23,000 independent producers of which 5,000 account for 30% of
the production. It is a very fragmented business and in the instance of this part of the
country, you had folks who have 500 to 10,000 acres, and have only drilled a few wells.
Therefore, it is primarily the local landowners who have made money over the years. Most
of these landowners do not have the capital, have not been keeping up to date on
technology and do not have what we consider operational expertise, therefore, most of
these properties just sit there. What EnerJex brings to the table is our ability, now that
we are a publicly traded company, to attract capital to fund the drilling operations. We
also bring operational expertise and the ability to apply new technology to locate and
drill for oil. In addition, we can buy these properties at relatively inexpensive prices
because we are buying them at 25 or 50 barrels a day. It is small production, where the
majors would not be interested at this point; it just makes a combination of facts, like a
perfect storm. This scenario allows us to aggregate properties at fairly low cost.” -
Steve Cochennet
October 12, 2007
Financial, Services, Healthcare, Technology & Exploration
Financial
Regional-Southeast Banks
Community National Bank of the Lakeway Area
(CNLA-NASDAQ)
“We just wanted to be a local, friendly, back to the old way of banking kind of bank
and that is what we have done.” - Samuel F. Grigsby, Jr.
Technology
Internet Information Providers
Global Sources Ltd. (GSOL-NASDAQ)
“In October, we are launching the next generation of our flagship online marketplace
at globalsources.com. The site will offer buyers two major advantages. First, it is a
vertical search engine, which will deliver the largest selection of export suppliers and
products anywhere on the web. Secondly, it will enable buyers to identify ‘verified
suppliers’ who have all been pre-qualified through face- to- face visits and
capability assessments.” - Merle A. Hinrichs
Services
Business Services
On2 Technologies, Inc. (ONT-AMEX)
“Our vision for On2 Technologies is formed around the mantra of ‘any video,
anywhere’. This is something we have been doing for some time, but now it is a
mainstream industry trend. What this represents is that we enable any video to be
delivered anywhere, meaning to any device, for any application, over any network. What is
happening with video today is that consumers want to view video on their PC, TV, mobile
phones, and portable devices --basically any device. New and established media companies
are launching services to offer download and streaming services, but also traditional
broadcasters are embracing new mediums to reach a wider spectrum of users. We call this
convergence or cross platform applications, but the reality is that there is a sea change
underway in the video industry. We have been involved in such cross platform video since
early days of the company, by applying our technologies for multiple applications, device
and delivery platforms. It is therefore in our DNA, in a manner of speaking, to bring
solutions and innovations to this transformation that is going on in the industry. We
provide everything from core video compression technology to tools, and system solutions,
and are building our company’s operations around this capability to deliver any
video, anywhere – in the most efficient, easy and affordable way for our
customers.” - Bill Joll
September 28, 2007
Transportation, Services, Healthcare & Financial
Transportation
Technology Systems
RailPower Technologies Corp. (P-TSX)
“We are replacing 50 year old technology. If you replace a 10 year old automobile
with one of today you would gain a few percent in terms of emissions, because it is
slightly cleaner. However, if you replace something that is 50 years old, you gain a lot
and in addition, the old single engine runs all of the time, whereas with our locomotives
we have 3 engines and there is a very sophisticated computer and software that powers them
only when they are needed. Most of the time you can do the work with 1 or 2 engines and
sometimes you may start the 3rd one, but may not need it. Therefore, that makes
the locomotive much more fuel efficient and much more friendly for the environment.”
- Jose Mathieu
August 31, 2007
Services, Basic Materials, Healthcare, Financial, Manufacturer, Industrial Specialists
& Technology - 10
Services
Business Services
Data Call Technologies, Inc. (DCLT-OTC: BB)
“Digital signage replaces television. Television has not been changed in fifty years;
well, maybe the box that displays it; whether it be color, or now they are plasma and LCD.
These are large screens as well. Actually, television is finally changing and I am proud
to say that Data Call is on top of the industry. Data Call is just going to get bigger and
bigger.,,, TV was the last thing to be changed; well now it has. With the networks, you
could never control data on your TV; you were forced to look at what they thought you
should look at. With Data Call, and our partners, we have changed that. Utilizing
television for the benefit of your business absolutely makes sense.” - James Ammons
May 20, 2004
Consumer, Consumer Non-Cyclical,
Healthcare, Financial & Technology
Healthcare
Orthodontics
TC Orthodontic Lab (Privately
held)
“The Truax Correctors are removable functional/orthopedic appliances. The TC II
appliance will correct large overjets, overbites and TMD. The TC III appliances will
correct large underbites (Class III malocclusion). Surgery is seldom necessary.” -
Lloyd H. Truax, DDS, MSD
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