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02/19/08, LSCG.OB : Philips filed patent civil lawsuit against Lighting Science Group; LED Holdings; and LED Effects

Form 8-K for LIGHTING SCIENCE GROUP CORP
29-Feb-2008
Other Events
Item 8.01. Other Events
http://biz.yahoo.com/e/080229/lscg.ob8-k.html

On February 19, 2008, Philips Solid-State Lighting Solutions, Inc. ("Philips") filed (but has not served) a civil lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts against
(i) Lighting Science Group Corporation (the "Company");
(ii) LED Holdings, LLC ("LED Holdings"); and
(iii) LED Effects, Inc., an entity whose assets were acquired by LED Holdings ("LED Effects")

(Philips Solid-State Lighting Solutions, Inc. v. Lighting Science Group Corporation, et al.).

The lawsuit alleges that the defendants have infringed five (5) related patents.
The complaint does not name any product that is alleged to infringe and provides no specific facts in support of the claims of infringement. The lawsuit seeks injunctive relief and unspecified compensatory and treble damages and attorneys' fees for the alleged patent infringement.

The subject patents are owned in the name of Color Kinetics, Inc. ("CK"), which was acquired by Philips in August 2007.
The Company is reviewing Philips' allegations, but believes they are without merit and intends to dispute them in light of, among other things, the following:


• Since 1994, LED Effects has been designing, developing and selling custom-designed, pulse-with-modulation (PWM) controlled, color-changing LED fixtures and components. As successor to the assets of LED Effects, the Company believes it is (and LED Effects has been since its inception) considered a leader in this fixture and component space, and it continues to develop and sell cutting-edge LED-based products today.

• Prior to Phillips' acquisition of CK, a Philips affiliate conducted extensive due diligence relating to the intellectual property of LED Effects. The Philips affiliate subsequently (i) proposed and consummated a joint development agreement with LED Effects and (ii) proposed a minority investment in LED Effects.

• The Philips affiliate previously contracted with LED Effects to develop and manufacture products in accordance with the Philips affiliate's specifications and using LED Effects' proprietary technology. The Philips affiliate then used such products to compete successfully against CK before CK was subsequently acquired by Philips.

• Since the CK acquisition, Philips has continued to purchase and distribute linear products employing the technology of LED Effects, as indicated on Philips' web site. (www.nam.lighting.philips.com/us/luminaires/products.php).

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Genoil Inc. Announces Private Placement
Wednesday February 27, 7:00 pm ET


CALGARY, ALBERTA--(MARKET WIRE)--Feb 27, 2008 -- Genoil Inc. (CDNX:GNO.V - News) (OTC BB:GNOLF.OB - News) (the "Corporation") is pleased to announce its intention to conduct a private placement for total gross proceeds of up to U.S. $2,000,000, whereby the Corporation will issue Units at a price of U.S. $0.66 per Unit, each Unit consisting of one common share and 0.25 common share purchase warrants ("Warrants"). The Warrants are exercisable until five years following their issue date at a price of U.S. $0.99. The common shares issued in connection with this private placement are subject to a four-month hold period pursuant to the rules of the TSX Venture Exchange and Canadian securities legislation. Completion of the private placement remains subject to receipt of all necessary approvals, including that of the TSX Venture Exchange.

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FCoE/iSCSI debate


Posted by Alacritech's Larry Boucher ( blog Larry's Thoughts) on July 19, 2007
http://larrysthoughts.com/blog/2007/07/post.html

..."What is the story with FCoE? Why has it suddenly become the darling of the Fiber Channel world? A closer look at this protocol and where it might take us is probably a worthwhile, and certainly timely, topic for the storage community.

FCoE can be likened to UDP. UDP is a lightweight transport protocol that was used to move data more efficiently than TCP. However, it doesn’t guarantee delivery of data, so to use it, one must wish to send data that if lost, will not be missed or which the application can re-transmit (certainly not practical in the wide area). Whether or not one can accept this tradeoff largely depends upon the application.

In the case of broadcast audio, the use of UDP is frequently not a problem, as in general, our ears are capable of integrating or smoothing out small drop-outs. Video is much more of a problem, as the encoding schemes are not forgiving of drop-outs, and our eyes are far less forgiving as well. In the past, UDP was used for local area transmissions largely because local area connections were of sufficient quality that errors occurred very infrequently. Users could accept the much less efficient means of guaranteeing delivery implemented at the application layer because errors occurred so infrequently.

Today however, with corporate data being transported extensively over both the local and wide area, users simply can’t tolerate inconsistencies in delivery associated with UDP, and its use has consequently been sharply curtailed. In addition, faster processors and TCP offload have obviated the need for a protocol more efficient than TCP. In fact, using TCP offload is more processor efficient than UDP.

The major argument for FCoE is exactly that of UDP—efficiency. FCoE provides Fiber Channel functionality over Ethernet. This means that the robust qualities of TCP are traded off for the less functional but lighter weight upper layer Fiber Channel protocols. In addition to claims regarding Fiber Channel’s efficiency, arguments have been made that FCoE preserves the “look and feel” of Fiber Channel, which is understood by enterprise storage professionals that presently manage the storage infrastructure.

Depending on the agenda of the person or organization that is pushing FCoE, I would add a few other objectives that can be attributed to those advocating its use. At a high level, storage management can be broken into two areas: the management of storage devices and data, and the management of the storage infrastructure. If standard Ethernet protocols were used (as is the case with iSCSI) the storage infrastructure effectively is merged with the Ethernet infrastructure.

As long as sufficient differences exist from Layer 3 and up, between the standard networking infrastructure and the storage infrastructure, separate people and products can be justified to build and support the storage infrastructure. This allows the storage individuals, many of whom have labored hard to master the complexities of Fiber Channel, to feel secure in their jobs, and the storage network suppliers to continue to sell high-margin relatively low-volume products.

I think that one thing that both sides of the FCoE/iSCSI debate would agree on is that FCoE is not designed for use in a large network, and certainly not for the wide area. I suspect that everyone would also agree that like TCP and UDP, there is no good way for a server to support the same data under both protocols simultaneously. Therefore, as remote archival, synchronized remote facilities and consumer demand for remote block level data increase, it will become more and more difficult to use FCoE effectively, and like UDP, it will slowly atrophy.

Gateways from FCoE to iSCSI (or FCIP) will add cost and performance penalties, while iSCSI will have the flexibility to provide any cost/performance required, from a basic NIC to a sophisticated Chimney based accelerator. The network infrastructure in an iSCSI environment can be maintained completely separately from the remaining corporate network if desired, but it is still comprised of components that are understood by standard networking personnel, and are far less expensive than the low-volume storage only infrastructure products.

Because the low cost and high level of functionality of iSCSI, it is hard to imagine how, long term, all storage will not be delivered over conventional Ethernet and TCP/IP. This is likely to happen regardless of the Fiber Channel communities’ move to FCoE. However, it looks to me like FCoE is the camel’s nose under the iSCSI tent. That, combined with the fact that iSCSI is growing very rapidly and will ramp that much faster with the advent of ten gigabit Ethernet, while FCoE is still two years from seeing any product at all would lead me to believe that there is a good chance that FCoE will be still-born."...

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Alacritech's Larry Boucher profile:
http://www.alacritech.com/Company/Boucher.aspx

Jan 2002 Q&A with Larry Boucher by r. Koprowski (Koprowski has been a journalist for 17 years, covering technology and computing for PBS-TV, The Wall Street Journal, and Forbes ASAP, among others.)
http://www.smartcomputing.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles/archive/c0201/54c01/54c01.asp
...Back in 1979 at Shugart Associates, Larry Boucher invented the SCSI standard, the famed "scuzzy" interface. That interface permits PCs to connect to peripherals and storage devices....

Larry Boucher & others in a 2007 exchange re FCoE and iSCSI
http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ips/current/msg02357.html


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May 2007: "Will server virtualization end the FC-iSCSI debate? There are pros and cons on both sides of the argument -- and the winning answer depends on your enterprise's storage strategy." by Mario Apicella
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/05/04/19OPstorinside_1.html

includes:

..."Back to our two transport protocols. Both FC and iSCSI have many appealing points; the former is field-proven and mature, while the latter claims ease of use and a better future (up to 100G). There is obviously more to both technologies than that succinct comparison, but a conversation I had last week with Dell Storage Technologist Matt Baker reminded me of another selling point that iSCSI storage solutions can claim over rival FC-based products. It has to do with server virtualization and how its requirements may impact your storage acquisitions.
“One of the areas that not very many people talk about is storage for server virtualization,” Baker says, adding that many Dell customers are concerned about the intersection points of server virtualization and storage area networks. “Part of what we found [in our customers’ concerns] is the complexity associated with managing a FC-based shared storage solution in a virtual environment."

Baker enumerates the major challenges that admins face when combining server virtualization and SANs, including facilitating VM mobility while maintaining data integrity and data security. What's the best way to back up data, and how can you take advantage of the benefits of a SAN in a virtualized world?

“As we dug more into it, we started to discover that iSCSI, in many ways, helps to alleviate those challenges,” Baker says.

From a storage network admin point of view, I couldn’t agree more. For example, "...

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April 2007: "A single protocol in your SAN? New FCoE standard proposes to extend native FC transport to Ethernet." also by Mario Apicella
http://www.infoworld.com/infoworld/article/07/04/13/16OPstorinside_1.html

includes:
..."What FCoE proposes is essentially running FC directly over Ethernet, without using another transport layer (TCP/IP serves as this transport layer for FCIP). With FCoE, the FC frame is wrapped inside an Ethernet frame, all with minimal overhead as compared to FCIP.

One of the problems that the new standard has to solve is that it's perfectly acceptable to discard a frame in the Ethernet world, while similar behavior is a mortal sin in FC networks. For example, Ethernet drops frames when the amount of incoming traffic exceeds the capacity of the buffers in a switch. Dropping a frame doesn't cause data loss, because TCP will retransmit frames for which there is no acknowledgement, but that retransmission causes a delay.

By contrast, the obsessively efficient FC protocol never drops a frame. Each end of a FC connection keeps the other party informed of how many buffers are available, and frames are sent only if there is enough buffer capacity at the destination port.

FCoE aims to mimic that behavior via PAUSE frames, a little-known and rarely used extension to the Ethernet protocol that, as its name implies, suspends the flow when there is a congestion point.

It may take years before FCoE products reach our SANs, but I'll speculate that the new standard will make it easier and more affordable to connect your servers to the fabric without doubling with another transport protocol such as iSCSI. You may still need FCIP to bridge remote fabrics, but local connections can speak FC regardless of the medium.

Is the future of iSCSI threatened by FCoE? It's hard to tell at this point, but I think the usual factors such as cost and friendliness of the solutions will determine the outcome.

Perhaps the most interesting aspect of FCoE is that it will make it possible to consolidate FC and Ethernet into a single, reliable, fast fabric -- 10 Gig Ethernet, anyone? "...

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LSCG.OB : Another Overvalued, Overhyped OTC BB Company
by Michael Goode ( who Discloses: I am short LSCG) on SeekingAlpha
http://seekingalpha.com/article/65892-lighting-sciences-group-another-overvalued-overhyped-otc-bb-company?source=yahoo

SeekingAlpha: the above is one of two items in section Opinion & Analysis on LSCG.OB
http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/lscg.ob?source=more_author_symbols
Goode wrote in his blog re Jeff Bishop’s positive review of the company on SeekingAlpha:
..."His article is entirely fluff."..., etc

re Michael Goode : profile found on SeekingAlpha
http://seekingalpha.com/author/michael-goode
....is an independent investor who follows a value investing philosophy. He received his B.A. in psychology from Earlham College and his M.A. in Cognitive Psychology from Washington University. Besides investing, he works as a consultant.
He says visit his blog: Goode Value
Here is the link: (note on the right are links to a longer profile, way to contact him, his portfolios, etc)
http://www.goodevalue.com/


NOTE from ME: ...From past promos, C/W website symbol searches, etc, it appears LSCG is a C/W MicroCap recommendation, however, I do NOT subscribe so I am NOT sure....

ie possible C/W MicroCaps, BUT remember, since the individuals who first asked for the research about T.S. & C/W have moved on to other interest, I am NOT keeping the list up-to-date:
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/cq?d=v1&s=ABP%2c+AIS%2c+BMD%2c+CUR%2c+GNO.V%2c+GNOLF.OB%2c+INO%2c+ITKG.OB%2c+LSCG.OB%2c+MOBL.OB%2c+NXXI%2c+OCLS%2c+OMNI%2c+RPTN.OB%2c+SPPI%2c+TREN.OB%2c+VOYT.OB%2c+XCHC.OB

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C/W MicroCap, CUR at bottom of AllPennyStocks' "Biotech / Medical Sector Special Report"
By: Glenn Wilkins - AllPennyStocks.com News Reporter
http://www.allpennystocks.com/aps_us/special_reports/archives/022408.asp

NOTE: I do NOT subscribe to C/W MicroCap, etc, but have put together that previous list from promos, symbol search on C/W website, etc. I do NOT know if CUR is still one of C/W MicroCap recommendations. MLD38

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Jack Wells (IT @ CafeFX) : re Hollywood, etc

CafeFX is located in Santa Barbara "County"
SO
this may be photo of Jack Wells, ( re Santa Barbara, California Area)
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/434/258



Jack Wells, Filmography: ie Visual Effects & Animation Credits
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1808823481

Stephen King's The Mist (2007)
IT Department (CafeFX)
( Software Engineer(- IT Department) / 2007 / Released / )

Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
Software Developer
( Software Engineer(- Software Developer) / 2006 / Released / )

Sin City (2005)
IT Support (Cafe FX, Inc.)
( Software Engineer(- IT Support) / 2005 / Released / )

The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D (2005)
Senior Network System Engineer (Cafe FX Inc)
( Software Engineer(- Senior Network System Engineer) / 2005 / Released / )

Blade: Trinity (2004)
Data I/ O (CafeFX Inc.)
( Visual Effects(- Data I/O) / 2004 / Released / New Line Home Entertainment )

Hellboy (2004)
Data I/ O (Cafe FX)
( Visual Effects(- Data I/O) / 2004 / Released / )

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
Data I/ O (Computer Cafe Inc)
( Rendering Artist(- Data I/O) / 2003 / Released / )

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Weapons of Vampire Destruction, CaféFX Creates a Catastrophic Climax for Blade Trinity
http://www.dexigner.com/design_news/518.html

ComputerCafe (CafeFX): staff
http://www.computercafe.com/html/profile/staff.html

CafeFX has used BOXXtech:
http://www.hpcwire.com/hpc/1318561.html
..."Long time BOXX customer CafeFX produced the critically acclaimed "magic realism" of "Pan's Labyrinth" on 3DBOXX 7500 Series workstations and renderBOXX 7500 render nodes: "The workflow we achieved when compositing with Digital Fusion on BOXX Technologies' 3DBOXX is unparalleled," said Jack Wells, senior network systems engineer."...


BOXX Technologies Inc.,
http://www.boxxtech.com/corporate/overview.asp
...headquartered in Austin, Texas, is a leading developer and manufacturer of high-performance workstations and render nodes specifically designed to meet the high-performance and reliability requirements of digital content creators working in the 3D, animation, visual effects, digital film, architecture, game development and broadcast markets. BOXX's rapid integration of cutting-edge computing technologies selected and optimized to deliver the best possible performance when running digital content creation (DCC) applications is reflected in its extensive line of uniquely featured and highly customizable systems, including BOXX APEXX, 3DBOXX and 3DBOXX RTX workstations, and renderBOXX render nodes....
For more information on BOXX Technologies Inc., visit the BOXX website

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VOYT's partner RS : CafeFX, KiteRunner, etc
http://www.cafefx.com/

Appearing in RS's crop circle field:
"RocketStream ensures that we get the most out of our network infrastructure. It’s an immediate ROI.”
— Jack Wells, I.T. Manager, CaféFX
http://rocketstream.com/home/default.aspx

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CafeFX : little bit Pixar and little bit Paramount

Transforming movies - ComputerCafe Group, Santa Maria company, on the cutting edge
Jan. 28, 2008, By Stephen Nellis, Staff Writer
http://www.pacbiztimes.com/index.cfm?go2=articles/wk_012808e

As Hollywood elites descend on the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, the ComputerCafe Group in Santa Maria is notching more visual effects victories and expanding into full-scale film production.

CafeFX, the group’s visual-effects division, transformed a Chinese desert into Kabul, Afghanistan, for the recently released “The Kite Runner,” a film adaptation of Afghan-American Khaled Hosseini’s 2003 best-selling novel.

Also, Jeff Barnes, co-founder and chief executive of the ComptuerCafe Group, has been named to lead the board of the Visual Effects Society, effectively becoming the face of his industry to Hollywood.

Meanwhile, Sententia Entertainment, the ComputerCafe Group’s film production division, has four films and a television mini-series in the works and is bidding on more projects. Sententia, which co-produced the Academy Award-winning “Pan’s Labyrinth,” is part of Barnes’ strategy to diversify his company, making it more independent, both creatively and financially.

Large portions of the “The Kite Runner” unfold in Afghanistan, but because of the dangerous political climate, the film couldn’t be shot there. Instead, CafeFX turned Kashgar, a city in China’s western desert that borders Afghanistan, into Kabul.

One problem: Kabul is a large city surrounded by snow-capped peaks, and Kashgar is smaller and flat. To make the transformation, CafeFX inserted digital matte paintings of mountains into the background and computer-generated buildings to extend the view of the city’s streets and terraced hillsides.

CafeFX also created the film’s extensive kite-fighting scenes, in which children compete by slicing through the kite strings of their opponents. After consulting an Afghani kite-fighting champion on the design of the kites, the Santa Maria firm had to create the textures, lighting and physics of the competitions.

CafeFX is a well-known name in the visual-effects world, counting among its clients Miramax, Universal, Fox, Columbia and Disney. So, it’s little surprise that when the helm of the Visual Effects Society, an industry group with 1,600 members in 30 counties, opened up, the voters elected Barnes.

Some of Barnes’ duties will be technical, such as helping develop white papers and set industry standards. But other aspects of his board position will tap his 15 years of business experience. The group hopes to raise its profile outside of its own industry by reaching out to the Los Angeles Film Commission, the Producers Guild of America and independent commercial producers.

“We’re not a guild or a union, but we still have a lot of soft power,” Barnes said. “We’ll be trying to leverage that to increase our brand recognition with those groups.”

Although he’s been successful in growing his company to about 200 employees at two locations – including a 36,000-square-foot studio in Santa Maria and a commercial and music video division in Santa Monica – Barnes and his company face strong pressure from globalization.

The spread of high-speed Internet connections, cheap foreign labor and strong tax incentives to make films elsewhere means much visual effects work goes out of the country. Barnes hasn’t fought the trend and has subcontracted the services of firms in India, London, Canada and Belgium.

“We prefer to keep it local, but sometimes to stay competitive we have to outsource,” Barnes said of hiring foreign firms, noting that only small portion of CafeFX’s work is subcontracted outside the U.S. “But it’s increasing every year.”

To deal with that pressure and keep his company growing, Barnes has largely one word strategy: diversify.

CafeFX has always undertaken commercial work in addition to its feature film business. Some years, the film work buoys CafeFX through a weak commercial year, and vice versa. But perhaps most importantly, commercial work isn’t fleeing the United States as fast because it requires quick turnarounds.

“We don’t see [outsourcing] happening as much in the commercial industry as we do in the feature industry,” Barnes said. “In feature work, we have anywhere from three months to a year to deliver. In commercial work, we sometimes have two to three weeks.”

The largest component in Barnes’ diversification strategy, however, is Sententia, the production company. It will produce its own feature films, projects for which any effects work could be fed back into CafeFX.

And by using the ComptuerCafe Group’s own funds from the outset, Sententia should help the group develop an independence – both financially and creatively – from the major studios that supply much of its work.

“Later in the year, we’re going to be putting an investment portfolio together. We’re going to try to self invest in a lot of our films,” Barnes said. “We’d like to limit studio involvement if we can, initially. However, studio collaboration is inventible for more effective distribution.”

But Barnes is also careful to point out that his move toward production isn’t only about business. It’s also about tapping the talent he sees overflowing on his staff. “We love collaborating with some of the world’s best directors and producers,” Barnes said. “We’re not minimizing that. But, internally, we have our own creativity that needs to be developed and expressed.”
Barnes is still keeping Sententia’s projects under wraps.

What will the production company’s films look like? Will they stick to the computer-generated wizardry the company is known for? Yes, partly, but at least one of the firm’s in-development projects is all live-action, without visual effects.

“A lot of people ask us if we want to be a little Pixar,” Barnes said. “I would say a little bit of a Pixar and little bit of a Paramount.”

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New Today! : C/W's T.S. re MoneyShow, "A Light Bulb Goes On"
http://www.moneyshow.com/msc/main.asp

Word search on MoneyShow website for ChangeWave:
http://www.moneyshow.com/msc/marketresource/exhibitorprem.asp?acctid=404&dl=true

Items like, but not limited to:

C/W's T.S. re MoneyShow: "A Light Bulb Goes On"
Tobin Smith, founder and chairman of ChangeWave Research,
finds one company likely to profit from the rise of a new, energy friendly light bulb.
http://www.moneyshow.com/msc/investors/article.asp?spn=&aid=tptp022108-14285&scode=008542

Starts off:
..."I know we've discussed the "death of the light bulb" ad nauseam in the past few years, but this transformation is really starting to kick in around the world.

No company will benefit from this transformation more than Cree (NASDAQ: CREE), one of our longtime favorites that, frankly, has tried our patience over the years."...

ends with:

..."Cree still has lots of room to reach our $50 target, but it's currently well above our Buy Under price of $24. (It closed Tuesday above $32—Editor.) For anyone looking to establish a position, we're raising our Buy Under price to $28, but we don't want you to chase Cree. It's best to be patient to see if the stock traces back to its moving averages near $27 before making a move."...

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Scoring the World’s Highest Yields with Canadian Trusts
Roger Conrad, Utility Forecaster and Canadian Edge
World Money Show Orlando
2008 Recorded February 2008
Coming Soon : FREE
http://www.moneyshow.com/msc/investors/webcasts.asp?wcpage=up&details=t&wkspid=58002CDB94CA4FC886A272269D15B177&pg=1&SkipActivation=t


Found in this list:
http://www.moneyshow.com/msc/investors/webcasts.asp?wcpage=up

Also found in list:

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Gordon Pape, The Canada Report
World Money Show Orlando 2008
Recorded February 2008
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Full Session Details: (39:40)
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TO singh: probably CGX Energy (CGXEF on OTC)

singh, you wrote: ..."teaser looks like BQI http://www.isecureonline.com/reports/CST/ECSTJ115/?o=1440486&u=15570528&l=839159 "...

I think the stock is probably CGX Energy (CGXEF on OTC):

I added the StockGumshoe article at the bottom of this research under the double line that includes: ..."Working off tips provided on the Stock Gumshoe Forum by Womanwithportfolio and by paid-up Gumshoe Irregular, Streetsifter, the Thinkolater comes up with: CGX Energy (CGXEF: OTC or OYL.U on the TSX)"...

NOTE in the reader comments at the bottom of the StockGumshoe article :
CGX Energy is CGXEF on the OTC, not to be confused with the USA company, Consolidated Graphics, with the ticker symbol CGX.


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Dec 2007 by Christian DeHaemer, Editor, Crisis Trader: Seven-Year Blockade Lifted! U.N. Court Staggers Oil Titans, Awards Coveted “Gunboat Basin” to Tiny $4 Canadian Wildcatter

As global oil supplies dwindle, a bidding war could drive this $4 micro-cap to $45 per share as Exxon, Chevron and Conoco race China for control of South America’s precious oil reserves.
http://www.isecureonline.com/reports/CST/ECSTJ115/?o=1440486&u=15570528&l=839159




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Once again, Streetsifter has scooped the Gumshoe and written up another one for you, this one on a way to “profit from Exxon’s misfortune” and “turn $4 into $45″ — just when the Gumshoe runs short on time, our friend Streetsifter seems to pull a great nicely-summarized sleuth job out of his hat for all of you. The following are mostly his words, with a few edits and minor additions:
The latest teaser ad for Christian DeHaemer’s Crisis Trader has all the necessary elements for a Hollywood action film, to the point where the copy writer must have been licking their literary chops as they composed the ad.

You can imagine the Hollywood agent giving the pitch to the A list movie producer. “The picture opens with this drill crew for a small Canadian energy company trying to commence operations of the coast of South America under grants from Undisclosed South American Country “A”, when suddenly gunboats from neighboring Undisclosed South American Country “B” show up in the middle of the night and force the drillers to evacuate, claiming the site falls within their territorial borders!” Then Country B tows the drill rig from the disputed waters. The two countries amass their military forces along their land border (but they’re small countries, so there’s not many forces to amass), and our offshore drilling crew is prevented from performing any work at ‘Gunboat Basin’, where an estimated $1.35 trillion in oil and gas lies beneath the ocean floor!”

Our imaginary Hollywood agent’s voice becomes more animated, and the producer listens intently as the pitch continues. “So now we segue seven years into the future, and the two countries have finally agreed to turn the dispute over to the United Nations international court. The fate of our Canadian energy company hangs in the balance as the court announces their unanimous decision. And the winner is . . Country A! The energy company now has rights to proceed with offshore drilling operations, and the major oil companies are likely to start a bidding war that will propel the tiny company’s stock, currently selling under $4 per share, up to as much as $45 dollars per share or more!”

And your price of admission for Mr. DeHaemer’s action packed “Gunboat Basin” adventure is a “special rate” subscription fee of $1,750, instead of the usual $5,000 fee. But, if you’re a regular Gumshoe reader, you already know that we can arrange a special pass to this feature at a far more reasonable rate.

Working off tips provided on the Stock Gumshoe Forum by Womanwithportfolio and by paid-up Gumshoe Irregular, Streetsifter, the Thinkolater comes up with:

CGX Energy (CGXEF: OTC or OYL.U on the TSX)

A press release from the CGX Energy website fills in the blanks from the teaser, stating, “the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) award on the maritime boundary dispute between Guyana and Suriname was released at 4:0 pm EST September 20, 2007.” The press release continues, “The decision is extremely positive for CGX, as it concludes that 93% of CGX’s Corentyne Licence and 100% of our Georgetown Licence are in Guyana territory” and it also provides confirmation of the gunboat incident, “In June 2000, a jack-up drilling rig leased by CGX from an American drilling contractor and operating under licence from the Government of Guyana was forced off its Eagle drilling location by gunboats from the Surinamese navy.”

The DeHaemer teaser compares the potential gains for CGX to those of another Canadian oil company, PetroKazakhstan, that was taken over by China National Petroleum Corporation at $55 per share. In bold print, the ad says the CGX is sitting on 30 times as much oil at PetroKazakhstan. CGX’s over-the-counter shares closed at $3.08 last Friday.

But the Gumshoe has covered other DeHaemer mining picks in the past, including Range Resources, which is down 10% since being added to our list of solutions (though “down 10%” is perhaps not a descriptive enough assessment of the wild volatility that stock has shown over the last six months — check out the chart and the announcements from the Somali parliament over the summer if you want to watch a crazy mover that follows wildly unpredictable news).

The GHX website includes a disclaimer, “There have been oil and gas shows in many of the 30 wells that have been drilled offshore Guyana and Suriname, but no discoveries. As a result, there are no hydrocarbon reserves attributable to these properties, only an estimate of resource potential based on wellbore and seismic analysis, and analogy to known reservoirs in the Atlantic margin”. And since the UN ruling only was issued in late September, it will be some time before the company can even commence drilling, much less actually extract oil. This may put GHX in the “lottery ticket” category for investors.

As always, you should perform your own due diligence, and anyone with insight to Guyana offshore drilling operations is welcome to share their knowledge on the Stock Gumshoe Forum. Thanks once again to Womanwithportfolio and Streetsifter for their contribution to this solution.

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In the reader comments at the bottom:

Anonymous Says:
.."I AM NOW THOROUGHLY CONFUSED! I got the teaser from Christian De Haemer. Both you and he indicate the stock is under $4.00. He doesn’t reveal the Symbol, but you tell us it is (CGX), but I looked up the quote on my TD Ameritrade account, and it is $42.62 a share, todays close! What gives here? I was willing to buy a 100 shares @ $4.00 or less, how did it get to $42.62, or is there another symbol for a subsidiary or something. Morris Johnson
I would really like someone to send me an explanation of this."...

StockGumshoe Says: ..."Hi Morris — the company is named CGX, but it trades on the pink sheets at CGXEF.PK if you’re in the US. On the Canadian exchange the symbol is OYL.U (yes — I assume that’s “oyl” as in “Olive Oyl”, for you Popeye fans out there). The company with the ticker symbol CGX in the US is Consolidated Graphics, which I suspect is the one you ran across. Price of CGXEF is around $3.50 last time I checked. That doesn’t mean it’s worth an investment — I know nothing more about it and don’t have an opinion on this one, but of course that’s a decision you can make for yourself."...


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CGX Energy Inc is likely the company you are asking about. They own about 7.7 million net acres of leases offshore Guyana in the Guyana-Suriname basin.

They had a drill rig that was forced to evacuate by the Suriname Navy in 2000 and opted to move the rig to an undisputed location, where they drilled a dry hole.

See:
http://cgxenergy.ca/about.html
and
http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=50490&rss=true
September 20, 2007:
includes, but not limited to:
..."a decision that could set precedence for establishing international maritime boundaries, an arbitral tribunal has awarded the Republic of Guyana sovereignty over a nearly 13,000-square-mile swath of the Atlantic Ocean that had also been claimed by its neighbor, Suriname"...
and:
.."In 2000 Guyana licensed CGX Energy, Inc., a Canadian oil and gas company, to operate a drilling rig within the disputed waters. In June 2000, a gunboat of the Suriname navy forced the oil rig workers to evacuate. Thereafter, international petroleum concerns were suspended in that part of the Guyana Basin, awaiting resolution of what seemed an increasingly intractable territorial disagreement."...

RE : Guyana Basin or Gunboat Basin
...One reason this is hard to find is that "Gunboat Basin" is probably a colloquialism....USGS, scientific publications, and most of the oil industry does not use this term....

...CGX stock, on the Toronto exchange has hovered around Canadian $1 (low for past 52 weeks was $0.52) for most of the last two years and since September when oil prices rose has moved upward strongly to the Canadian $3-4.00 range....

...They lost $6 million in 2006, and lost $11 million in 2005. They have no quarterly statements posted on their website, so year to date is hard to evaluate. They have no production, and almost no revenue coming in. They also have drilled a number of dry holes. They have been passing out stock options and doing private placements, probably to pay the help and to fund their operations....

See:
http://cgxenergy.ca/investors.html
and
http://www.stockwatch.com/swnet/custom/custom_company.aspx?symbol=OYL.u®ion=C

[usasingh1]

teaser looks like BQI http://www.isecureonline.com/reports/CST/ECSTJ115/?o=1440486&u=15570528&l=839159

[MLD38]

TO vizsla4084: You're welcome. Hope all is well. (eom)

[vizsla4084]

MLD38 - - Thanks. EOM

[MLD38]

TO vizsla4084: GEOY (See Stk Gumshoe Forum)

NOTE from MLD38: GEOY chart
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ta?s=GEOY&t=6m&l=on&z=l&q=b&p=m50,m20&a=vm,m26-12-9,r14&c=


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GEOY = New Navellier teaser/promo: See Stk Gumshoe Forum
http://oneguysinvestments.com/gumshoe/comments.php?DiscussionID=805

Starts off (but also has other comments further down the webpage ----

Sleuth Challenges and Solutions: New Navellier tease
Author womanwithportfolio
Feb 3rd 2008 edited
Report Post# 1

I hadn't seen this one before from Navellier, so I thought I'd share it. (In case you're wondering why I'm not mashing up avocados for Super Bowl guacamole, I've bought some pre-prepared.) Sorry, Blurpie, just saw that you mentioned this one, too.

Here's the tease:

"This company is right in the middle of the defense sector. And it is the kingpin of satellite imagery. Many of these space images are already familiar to you, I’m sure. Type in your name and phone number on Google and it will offer you a photo of your backyard. These photos are provided to military, mining, port security and boarder patrols at such a high definition, I’m told you can count the loose change in a miscreant’s pocket! Located minutes from the Defense Mapping Agency and the Pentagon, and run by ex-military types with lifetime connections to the right people, this tiny company has “tenbagger” tattooed all over it...In a few weeks, our satellite imaging company will announce earnings. Analysts will be thirsty for good news and they’ll be well rewarded. Institutions, desperate to use the cash they’ve taken out of the consumer and financial sectors will be all over this stock like white on rice."

womanwithportfolio concluded:

..."Using my Navellier-bs-navigator machine, I've come up with GeoEye (GEOY), located in Dulles, VA and run by a retired Air Force officer. I'm not quite sure why this should make me an overnight millionaire, or why financial types would be all over it, but I thought I'd just put it out there for you folks to ponder. (I already have my spy stock, so I'm not biting on this one.)"...

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OTHERS wrote:

Here is some date on GEOY-
TTM as of 9/30/2007 Total* Per Share**
Revenues $181,037 $8.24
Income from Continuing Operations $58,195 $2.65
EBIT $74,550 $3.39
Ebitda $104,202 $4.74
Net Income $58,195 $2.65
Cash Flow from Cont. Ops $76,194 $3.47
Free Cash Flow $32,962 $1.50
Cash $229,299 $10.44
Long-Term Debt $246,610 $11.23
Book Value $216,598 $9.86
Enterprise Value $629,581 $28.67
Market Capitalization $612,270 $27.88

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I happen to work for the company that built the imaging spacecraft for GeoEye's main competetor Digital Globe. DigitalGlobe is not public so there is no way to compare stock performence. GeoEyes new spacecraft, GeoEye 1, isn't due to launch until August. Was supposed to be this Spring but has been delayed.

Press release:

..."GeoEye (GEOY) filed an 8K with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) stipulating that the launch of GeoEye-1 has been postponed once again to a 30-day launch window commencing August 22, 2008.

According to the 8K, " GeoEye, Inc. has received a letter dated January 12, 2008 from the Contract Administrator of Boeing Launch Services, Inc., indicating that Boeing and its affiliate, United Launch Alliance, LLC do not expect to launch the GeoEye-1 satellite on the date specified in the Launch Services Agreement between GeoEye and Boeing, set for a 30 day launch window commencing April 16, 2008, with the “nominal launch date” under the contract set at April 16. Boeing has offered in its letter to launch GeoEye-1 during a 30-day launch availability period commencing on August 22, 2008 from Vandenberg Air Force Base."

In the past, delays of GeoEye-1 have been incurred due to Vandenburg's tight schedule window especially with defense satellites. GeoEye stock is down 7% in early trading this morning."...



GeoEye currently has a couple of older lower resolution spacecraft on orbit. DigitalGlobe's latest spacecraft, Worldview1, is about twice as agile as GeoEye1. Both have a similar 60cm imaging system built by ITT. WorldView 1 is panchromatic and GeoEye1 is multispectral. DigitalGlobe's WorldView 2 is currently under construction and will have a larger 100cm multispectral imaging system.

Here is a link to GeoEye1 factsheet
http://www.gd-ais.com/Capabilities/offerings/marketing/GeoEyedatasheet.pdf

So, they don't have a monopoly on the comercial imagery market nor are they first to market. Maybe their stock will get a boost when/if GeoEye 1 gets on orbit sucessfully, but a 10 bagger??????

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From the flyonthewall.com

Louis Navellier's Quantum Growth Update
positive on ATVI, BBD, CHTT, ERJ, NVDA, PETS, PCLN, & WDC;
cautious on BG, GEOY, FSTR, NOK, & TDG.

[vizsla4084]

Email Teaser - - anyone ?

This isn't Toby, but does anyone know or have an educated guess as to the stock being referenced here?

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[MLD38]

Internet Traffic Report (ITR):
...monitors the flow of data around the world. It then displays a value between zero and 100. Higher values indicate faster and more reliable connections....
http://www.internettrafficreport.com/

Internet Traffic Report: Frequently asked questions
http://www.internettrafficreport.com/faq.htm#about

Q: What's all this about?
A: The Internet Traffic Report monitors the flow of data around the world. It then displays a value between zero and 100. Higher values indicate faster and more reliable connections.

Q: How does this relate to me?
A: Your Internet surfing safari may be smooth today, but perhaps you can't reach Yahoo or a few web sites in Europe. This web site will tell you if those regions of the Internet are currently slowed down. By checking the Internet Traffic Report, you can determine if your problems are global or local.

Q: What is the Global Index?
A: The Global Index is the overall average of the response rating from all servers queried in the Internet Traffic report. Higher Index means faster Internet.

Q: How often is this site updated?
A: Every 5 minutes.

Q: How do you measure "Internet traffic?"
A: A test called "ping" is used to measure round-trip travel time along major paths on the Internet. We have several servers in different areas of the globe perform the same ping at the same time. Each test server then compares the current response to past responses from the same test to determine if the response was bad or good on a scale of 0 to 100. The scores from all test servers are averaged together into a single index.

Q: What is a "router?"
A: Routers are traffic cop computers on Internet backbones responsible for redirecting data from sender to receiver. When major routers slow down or stop, it has an adverse affect on Internet data flow in that region.

Q: What is a "traffic index?"
A: The "traffic index" is a score from 0 to 100 where 0 is "slow" and 100 is "fast". It is determined by comparing the current response of a ping echo to all previous responses from the same router over the past 7 days. A score of 0 to 100 is then assigned to the current response depending on if this response is better or worse than all previous responses from that router.

Q: What is "response time (ms)?"
A: Response Time in reference to Internet traffic is how long it takes for a chunk of data to travel from point A to point B and back (round trip). A typical response time on the Internet is 200 ms, which is 200 milliseconds (thousandths of a second) = 1/5th of one second.

Q: What is "packet loss (%)?"
A: Packet Loss measures the reliability of a connection. A known chunk of data is sent to the router and then the router is supposed to send the same data back unaltered (echo). In the case of something like ping, several packets are sent out over the course of a couple seconds. So, if 10 packets were sent out, but only 8 made it back, then that would be 20% packet loss; so the more packets that are sent, the more accurate the picture of what the actual packet loss is. In a perfect world 0% packet loss is what we all want - every packet we send out makes it to where it's supposed to go. In reality, some packet loss is probably going to happen, but as long as it is under 5% or so you shouldn't even notice. So just remember that the higher the packet loss percentage, the slower the connection will work because in most instances it has to send the same piece of information several times.

Q: Can I include this data on my web page?
A: You can include the current Global Traffic Index gif in your web page, but all other data on this web site is proprietary and can not be republished without permission from the site operators.

Q: Why are all seven continents not listed?
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[MLD38]

latest on RPTN.OB from Changewave

If anyone is interested and/or follows T.S. and C/W MicroCaps, I posted bermudalizard messages with links on Raging Bull's QUIETOT board.

7-Feb-08: latest on RPTN.OB from Changewave
re bermudalizard, 7-Feb-08: latest on RPTN.OB from Changewave !
1. RAPTOR: A LITTLE MICROCAP, A BIG UNDERDOG AND A LIKELY WINNER

[MLD38]

2007: BitTorrent & RS in old C/W ZROS MicroCap issue
http://www.changewave.com/microcap/alerts/2007/2-13-07_pr.html
Found this old Feb 2007 item doing a BitTorrent, RocketStream search on Google:
includes
..."solution at a time that no one has any other more elegant or powerful alternative -- including BitTorrent and other peer-to-peer solutions."...

NOTE, as I have said before, I do NOT subscribe to C/W MicroCap newsletter, so I do NOT know what Tobin Smith, etc of ChangeWave are saying now about VOYT (ie ZROS). I just thought since I found the year ago newsletter item, I would share it.

[MLD38]

TO boomerstock: thanks, that was funny (eom)

[boomerstock]

ot; MLD38..from another poster...enjoy

My investment profits:
90 percent I'll spend on good times, women and irish whiskey.
The other 10 percent I'll probably waste

Its from a Homer simpson quote

[boomerstock]

just curious, anyone following ts, ITKG.
or have heard of anything.

last article i saw 11/20/07, he was still following,
any other insight.
had a big run up in '05. and has leveled off now


thanks,
& best of luck
boomer

[MLD38]

"2008 Forecast: WAN acceleration and managed file transfer in software solutions"
Feb 01, 2008, Computer Technology Review (CTR) article by Steffen D. Koehler, chief marketing officer, Rocketstream
http://www.wwpi.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3540&Itemid=44
Starts off:

...."2008 will see accelerated managed file transfer being implemented not just by end users, but also actively marketed as a value-added service by the hosted server companies themselves.

The past several years have seen large increases in data sent over IP networks, including the public Internet. This traffic increase has been the result of not only consumer-oriented media, but also a rise in corporate data transfers. For example, the health care industry transfers high-resolution graphic images such as x-rays; the entertainment industry transfers high-definition films between studios; the financial sector transfers large amounts of account data; and scientific institutions exchange extremely large data sets. Simply for backup and recovery purposes, virtually every industry transfers extreme amounts of data to and from remote servers. In response to this increase in data transfer, companies and Internet Service Providers have been connecting users on higher-bandwidth pipes than ever before."...

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Related websites, etc:

RocketStream:
http://www.rocketstream.com/home/default.aspx
..."a data acceleration solution that makes file transfers fast, easy, secure, and reliable. RocketStream is the ideal way to transfer large files over IP networks, and it doesn’t require any additional hardware"....

RocketStream and Voyant International (VOYT) :

Steffen D. Koehler, Ph.D. : profile
Chief Marketing Officer, Voyant International (VOYT)
http://voyant.net/company/team/default.aspx#steffen


Current Issue of Computer Technology Review (CTR) : Storage Technology & Network Solutions
http://www.wwpi.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=99&Itemid=85

Late on 02/02/08 the "WAN acceleration and managed file transfer in software solutions" article's hits were 87 , early on 02/03/08 they were up to 115


2008 Forecasts articles in current Computer Technology Review (CTR)
http://www.wwpi.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=category§ionid=4&id=99&Itemid=44

See:

2008 Forecast: WAN acceleration and managed file transfer in software solutions
2008: The Year of the Storage Vendor
2008 Forecast: Mid-market Takes Center Stage for Data Protection and Instant Recovery
2008 Forecast: SAS Takes Storage’s Center Stage
2008 Trends: Data Protection, Archiving and Disaster Recovery Challenges for the SMB

[usasingh1]

NTMD wavewire http://www.changewave.com/freecontent/2008/02/freebottomms20080201.html

[usasingh1]

EMKR and AXTI OLD one http://www.changewave.com/freecontent/viewarticle.html?source=/wavewire/2001/2-82874.html

[MLD38]

Trina (TSL) Leads Solar Sell-Off ; Evergreen (ESLR) Bucks Trend
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080131/solar_stocks_sector_snap.html?.v=1

Related Solar Stocks:
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/cq?s=AKNS,AMAT,ASTI,CS,CSUN,DSTI,ENER,ESLR,FSLR,HOKU,JASO,LDK,SOLF,SPWR,STP,TSL,WFR,YGE&d=v1

ESLR, SPWR, and STP: Evergreen's Future, Foretold
By Toby Shute January 31, 2008
http://www.fool.com/investing/high-growth/2008/01/31/evergreens-future-foretold.aspx
More re Toby Shute (sorted by date)
http://www.fool.com/search/index.aspx?q=Toby+Shute+&site=USFree&sort=date%3AD%3AR%3Ad1

NOTE from MLD38: doing symbol search re CW

CW regular newsletter has these solar stocks:
ASTI, ENER, LDK, SPWR, STP
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/cq?d=v1&s=ASTI%2c+ENER%2c+LDK%2c+SPWR%2c+STP

[MLD38]

VOYT & CW MicroCap : Jan 2008

Again, using the old promos, posts on various message boards re CW microcap, etc, the OLD list I pulled together was:
ABP, AIS, BMD, NRLS (now CUR), INO, ITKG, LSGP (now LSCG) , NXXI, OCLS, OMNI, RPTN, SPPI, TREN, VOYT, XCHC

I understand some will probably have been cut and some new ones added, but just to give the board an idea of what is happening, I have checked the following for kicks.

NOTE: Since I do NOT subscribe all I can view are the titles by doing a symbol search on the CW website.

VOYT: CW mention in Jan
01/23/2008 Getting Our Bearings Microcap
01/16/2008 Max-Out With Micros Microcap
01/02/2008 MicroCap Investor's 2008 Outlook Microcap


RPTN: CW mention in Jan
01/23/2008 Getting Our Bearings Microcap
01/23/2008 Fresh Money Microcap
01/16/2008 Max-Out With Micros Microcap
01/09/2008 Daylight for Microcaps in 2008 Microcap
01/02/2008 MicroCap Investor's 2008 OutlookMicrocap


LSGP (pre reverse split symbol) : CW mention in Jan
01/16/2008 Max-Out With Micros Microcap
01/09/2008 Daylight for Microcaps in 2008 Microcap
01/02/2008 MicroCap Investor's 2008 Outlook Microcap
and
LSCG, new symbol after the Jan 2008's reverse split symbol, not mentioned.



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And a few others:

AGAIN, since I do NOT subscribe all I can view are the titles by doing a symbol search on the CW website.
NOTE: AIS appears to have also been mentioned in CW's InnerCircle newsletter items, but none of the others I checked got mentioned. I do NOT subscribe to InnerCircle.

AIS: CW mention in Jan
01/25/2008 ChangeWave Inner Circle Briefing InnerCircle
01/23/2008 Getting Our Bearings Microcap
01/23/2008 Fresh Money Microcap
01/16/2008 Max-Out With Micros Microcap
01/09/2008 Daylight for Microcaps in 2008 Microcap
01/04/2008 ChangeWave Inner Circle Briefing InnerCircle
01/02/2008 MicroCap Investor's 2008 Outlook Microcap


BMD: CW mention in Jan
01/23/2008 Getting Our Bearings Microcap
01/16/2008 Max-Out With Micros Microcap
01/09/2008 Daylight for Microcaps in 2008 Microcap
01/02/2008 MicroCap Investor's 2008 Outlook Microcap


ITKG: CW mention in Jan
01/23/2008 Getting Our Bearings Microcap
01/16/2008 Max-Out With Micros Microcap
01/09/2008 Daylight for Microcaps in 2008 Microcap
01/02/2008 MicroCap Investor's 2008 Outlook Microcap

[kantibhai]

On the MSN board for Strategy Lab hosted by The Strategists, there was a question posted by someone about 10 days back for Tobin Smith reg. one of his Strategy Lab columns "10 reasons a recesssion is coming"
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/StrategyLab/Rnd16/P2/ChangeWaveJournal20080117.aspx
But he doesn't seem to have responded.
I read the column and agree with the reader's skepticism reg. the
wooly math he often puts out unchallenged. The link of that query is:
http://moneycentral.msn.com/community/message/thread.asp?board=moneycentralStrategyLab&threadid=532920&boardname=Hide&header=SearchOnly&footer=Show&linktarget=_parent&pagestyle=money1
and the contents are:

question to Tobin Smith reg. effect of Super Spender retraction
of discretionary buying power
I would like to undertand the math behind your assertion in your
recent strategy lab column that a $1 decline of discretionary
spending by the Super Spenders would results in the equivalent of
$8 decline... presumably of the overall per household
discretionary spending. If these Super Spenders account for 80%
of the discretionary spending, wouldn't a $1 cutback by them
simply add $0.80 to the relatively smaller discretionary spending
cutback by the non-superspending households? What am I missing?

[MLD38]

(OT) VMW: After hours is down about 26%

VMWARE, INC. (NYSE:VMW)
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=VMW

VMWare's Profit, Sales Surge But Shares Fall in Late Trading
After Hours: 60.85 down 22.15 (or - 26.69%) as of 5:31PM ET on 01/28/08

6 month chart: VMW's IPO was Aug 15, 2007
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ta?s=VMW&t=6m&l=on&z=l&q=b&p=&a=vm,m26-12-9,r14&c=


VMware, Inc. is a subsidiary of EMC Corp
VMware, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

VMW & EMC after hours quotes
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/cq?s=VMW,EMC&d=v2

VMW & EMC comparison chart (6 month):
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=VMW&t=6m&l=on&z=l&q=b&c=EMC

VMW profile starts off
...VMware, Inc. and its subsidiaries provide virtualization solutions worldwide. Its virtualization solutions separate the operating system and application software from the underlying hardware to achieve improvements in efficiency, availability, flexibility, and manageability....
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=VMW

[swanlinbar]

Maybe he'll get one right GNOLF.Genoil Interviewed on Bloomberg here is the link

http://video.aol.com/video-detail/oil-outlook-crude-not-getting-cheap-anytime-soon-price-increase-to-continue/1067983690

[Stock Investor]

Toby ain't gonna make you rich

In fact, he's taking y'all to the poor house - while he himself profits:
Ex. VOYT, PUDC etc...countless others

Make sure you have stop losses

[Stock Investor]

more good advise from Toby , sell near the bottom...ROFLMAO

[swanlinbar]

Genoil Interviewed on Bloomberg here is the link,not bad for a penny!

http://video.aol.com/video-detail/oil-outlook-crude-not-getting-cheap-anytime-soon-price-increase-to-continue/1067983690

[usasingh1]

GNOLF i still don't see on Disclousers page on tobin msith

[kjf_flickco]

i am epiq_maestro on the yahoo message board. i post everything i know about EPIQ there.

[swanlinbar]

Thanks for that,looks interesting & will check it out!Good Luck

[kjf_flickco]

Tobin's article from today:
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/StrategyLab/Rnd16/P2/ChangeWaveJournal20080117.aspx?page=1

Notice recommendation #7 on page 2 of the article: “Shift to stocks that benefit from recessions – for example bankruptcy services”.

Now go check out the business description for EPIQ Systems (NASDAQ: EPIQ). There's your play to follow Tobin's lead....

[swanlinbar]

GNOLF is a nice looking chart!New 52 wk high

[usasingh1]

wasn't pUDC buy alert at $ 1.80 first time??

[vizsla4084]

PUDC -

I have it from a good source that PUDC is on Toby's recent list of stocks to sell.

[MLD38]

(OT) PUDC: stk price falling ( down 23.41%)

PUDC stock price is around $0.56 ( down today by about $0.17 )
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=PUDC.OB

Part of reason for PUDC stk price falling?

Does Tobin Smith's alerts hurt or help a stock price?

This might be a clue:

Tobin Smith of ChangeWave issued an update on many of the stocks in his newsletter portfolios. I think PUDC may have been one with a sell recommendation, but you might want to check with other PUDC investors who subscribe to his newsletters for confirmation.

Good luck to you and the others on this message board, MLD38

[swanlinbar]

Interview with Genoil's COO, James Runyan
The Wall Street Transcript – December 2007 http://www.genoil.net/pdf_publications/GenoilTWSTInterviewwJamesRunyan.pdf

[swanlinbar]

Out buying more GNOLF! Good Luck Jerry

[MLD38]

TO singh: re your question

singh, you asked: ..."where else do u post? thhnx"...

I post on several website message boards relating to investing, IPOs, news items, etc..

I think the posters here who in the past wanted information on C/W promos, etc have moved on.

But, for one, I think you might find vizsla4084 on iHub's : Burst.com (BRST), Integral Technologies (ITKG), US Geothermal (UGTH), ERHC Energy Inc. (ERHE), etc

There is a VOYT board, along with some of the other ChangeWave recommended MicroCap stock boards, on InvestorVillage.

I tend not to buy individual stocks, but do research if I am asked on a message board, so I sometimes post on the InvestorVillage VOYT board.

Good luck, MLD38

[usasingh1]

where r u all guys gone?

[usasingh1]

GNOLF looks like teaser i Agree http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/071205/0336226.html

[EDOQ]

My guess would be GNOLF, trading at .55


EDMONTON, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Nov. 7, 2007) - Genoil Inc. (TSX VENTURE:GNO) (OTCBB:GNOLF) and Hebei Zhongjie Petrochemical Group Company Ltd. ("HZ") are pleased to announce the result of the successful test run of HZ's heavy crude and residual oil blend using the patented Genoil Inc. GHU(R) technology.

The results of the pilot plant testing for the proposed Genoil 20,000 BPD GHU(R) upgrader met the goals for the upgraded synthetic crude product. Genoil is very pleased with the results as outlined below and looks forward to completion of the FEED (Front End Engineering and Design study as the next step in moving the project forward. A delegation from Genoil will be in China in December in order to present the final results and work with HZ on the planned integration of the GHU(R) into the existing refinery. During the pilot plant testing, Genoil processed the blended refinery residue and heavy crude through the GHU(R), resulting in a decrease of the sulphur content by 91.6% (0.062% in GHU(R) product stream), a decrease in nitrogen content by 45.9%, and a decrease in metals content by 86.4%. Additionally, the GHU(R) increased the API from 12 API to 22 API before heavy bottoms removal for gasification. Genoil expects the calculated final API of the upgraded crude to be in the range of 27 to 30 once the heavy bottoms are separated and sent to gasification where the syntheses gas will be used in the new facility to produce hydrogen, power and steam.

James Runyan, Genoil's Chief Operating Officer, stated: "The blended feed was upgraded and contaminants such as sulphur and nitrogen were reduced, delivering a suitable product for the new distillation columns downstream of the GHU(R) upgrader and will ensure adequate vacuum gas oil (VGO) feed supply to HZ's new No. 2 Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit (FCCU). We expect this to add 20,000 BPD of capacity and ensure feed stock for the new FCCU now under construction. We are very pleased with the test results from our laboratory and we have also sent separate samples to a laboratory in China for a second round of testing and verification of the GHU(R) upgrading results."

Yu Guo Chen, Vice President Hebei Zhongjie Petrochemical Group Co. Ltd., stated: "We are very excited about the results of the pilot plant testing and laboratory results. We are looking forward to completing the work now underway and towards Genoil's visit to China in December, where we anticipate finalizing the design and impact on our refinery and petrochemical factory."

About Genoil

Genoil Inc. is an international engineering technology development company based in Alberta, Canada, that develops innovative hydrocarbon, oil and water separation and marine technologies for the oil and gas and commercial marine industries.

ADVISORY: Certain information regarding the company, including management's assessment of future plans, contract values, completion dates, operations, profitability and the uses of the company's technology, may constitute forward-looking statements under applicable securities law and necessarily involve risks associated with oil and gas technologies, including production, refining, marketing and transportation such as loss of market, volatility of prices, environmental risks, competition from other technologies, the effectiveness of the company's technologies and ability to access sufficient capital from internal and external sources; as a consequence, actual results may differ materially from those anticipated. The company assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements or to update the reasons why actual results could differ from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements.

Statements included in this release may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Further information on potential risk factors that could affect the company's financial results can be found in the company's Reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and with the Canadian Securities Administrators.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

Genoil Inc.
James Runyan
Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President
[phone]


Website: www.genoil.net

The TSX Venture Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved of the information contained herein.


Source: CCN Matthews (November 7, 2007 - 10:43 AM EST)

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[riprising]

Toby has a new tease out. Who knows what it is?

Fellow Investor,

I’ve known about this tiny company for a few years now.

Back then, its chairman gave a presentation at an investment conference, and my impression was that if this company could accomplish its goals, then the stock would trade at $100 someday.

Well, the company has moved light years ahead in its research and development since that day. And in 2007, management took several key steps to prepare for the full commercialization of its technologies — which will lead to a big jump in revenue.

But the stock is still trading under Wall Street’s radar — something we expect to change in 2008.

So you can still pick it up for under $1 per share. And someday, I still believe, we may see that $100 stock.

Opportunity from disruption

As I write, oil prices are stuck stubbornly high — and we see little change in the years ahead.

If you’ve been with me for a while at ChangeWave Investing, you know we’ve made some nice, fat profits from the disruption caused by our oil crisis — in solar stocks, traditional oil services and the “tar-sands” stocks like Suncor (+99%), Connacher (+87%) and UTS Energy (+149%).

I mention tar-sands, because it relates, in a way, to the tiny company I want to tell you about today.

The tar-sands companies took an “unusable” product — oil-soaked sands — and developed various technologies to release the good oil trapped inside these sands. And we’re going to need more and more innovative technologies like these.

You see, whether we want to hear this or not, Peak Oil is very real — the world’s oil production will soon be on a downward spiral, while the worldwide demand for energy just continues to grow.

In fact, with the developing world enjoying rapid economic growth, energy demand will SOAR for decades to come. That guarantees oil prices will continue to rise.

It’s a dire situation. Conservation and alternative energy sources will help some. But oil will remain our primary energy source for many years to come.

But of the world’s proven reserves, some 70% of that — 900 million barrels — is in the form of much less useful “heavy crude.”

And that’s where your next huge wealth-building opportunity is coming from. I’ll share the highlights here. For all the details, click any link to join me at ChangeWave MicroCap Investor.

Making heavy oil light

Heavy oil is very thick; it doesn’t flow easily. Plus, it is badly contaminated with undesirable compounds like sulfur and heavy metals. It’s nearly useless in its natural state.

As you might imagine, with the world running low on the “good stuff,” a whole industry has sprung up to turn heavy oil deposits into the sweet crude our economies crave.

So why should this little company become one of that industry’s winners?

1. Because it holds a couple of key competitive advantages over the rest of the field. The company focuses on crude right out of the ground, using its proprietary technology to upgrade the crude before it is shipped to the refinery. And unlike competitors, its technology processes the heavy crude in one single pass — keeping capital costs low.

2. The technology works exceptionally well — getting rid of the sulfur, getting rid of the contaminants — and turning thick, heavy crude into light, usable transportation fuels.

Frankly, this stock is an undiscovered gem — but it won’t stay that way for long. And just a small investment now — just a little risk capital — could become a small fortune over the next couple of years… and perhaps a very large fortune in later years as well.

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Ready for prime-time

This company has taken its technology through years of testing, and now it’s ready for prime-time.

In fact, in November 2007, management announced stellar test results, working with a major Chinese oil producer. Now they’re working with their Chinese partners to integrate their technology into the overall refining process. The engineering and design study will soon be under way — with a startup date of 2010 for China’s first major heavy oil upgrader.

What’s more, management has smartly partnered with a major engineering and construction firm — giving this tiny company the ability to tackle multiple complex projects at once. Plus, they get immediate access to the global market through this major firm’s marketing efforts.

That’s why I say the time to buy is now — right at the inflection point where a proven superior technology turns into a viable commercial enterprise.

Management has been working towards their payoff for years — now we get to tag along on their rocket ride.

No effort required — just a little risk capital.

Note the word “risk.” This is, after all, a tiny microcap we’re talking about. Nothing’s guaranteed.

But as I said earlier, you can still buy it for under $1 a share. And I still believe — if management executes this right — the company could be worth $100 a share someday.

In any event, as commercialization of this technology — along with revenues and profits — starts getting noticed on Wall Street, we could easily see 300%-500% gains sometime in the next two years.

[MLD38]

Best wishes for the holidays & 2008 (eom)

[MLD38]

Market Closing Reminder :
...equity and bond markets close early at 13:00 E.T. today. All U.S. markets are closed tomorrow for the Christmas holiday. Regular trading hours resume on Wednesday...

[usasingh1]

Tobin teasing again December 22, 2007

Fellow Investor,

The light bulb, as we know it today, is doomed to extinction.

In an age of soaring energy costs and environmental fervor, incandescent bulbs are headed for the trash heap of history. Way too much of the electricity they consume goes up in heat.

That’s why incandescent bulbs are banned in Europe as of 2009… banned in Australia as of 2010… banned in Canada as of 2012.

And now, even United States lawmakers — laggards that we are in issues like this — have just passed a bill that phases out most incandescent lighting by 2014.

So how will we light our homes? Fluorescent light fixtures to start. But if you’ve been with me for a while at ChangeWave Investing, you already know that light-emitting diodes, or LEDS, will be THE choice in the future.

And that future is coming at us fast.

We already banked 94% gains when Philips Lighting bought out our Color Kinetics; and I believe we’ll double our money in Cree as well.

But if you’re looking for even bigger profits, now’s the time to buy our favorite LED play in the land of microcaps. You can pick it up for around 30 cents a share right now. And I’m projecting a 5-bagger for us over the next 24 months.

Read on for details. And to accept a risk-free trial subscription to ChangeWave MicroCap Investor, simply click on one of these links.