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Actually worrying does some good. When you start to worry, you're more likely to pick up a phone, write an email or letter or get involved in the company. The same goes for anything. I don't worry about the deadly chemicals being pumped into the ground to extract natural gas on the east coast until they start doing it in California. Then I get worried and low and behold, I start writing my congressman, representative, signing petitions and going to town hall meetings. Worrying does get people off their azzes. No worry, no reason to confront management on their poor performance.
Now worrying helps the lethargic. If you're a proactive type and do these things before you begin to worry about them, then you're among a small group of people especially if you're taking up a cause that doesn't directly affect you.
Useless worry is damaging, useful worrying can be motivating.
all Sloth's opinion of course.
Good Morning all.
Sloth
Don't worry but concern yourself with your investment and question management.
I don't think I got any at 2 but the 3s yes.
What the heck right? We will see eventually if it was smart. Do you know if there are still people that used to post on these boards involved in the company nowadays? I think Ray was one. I liked that guy.
Sloth
Cyberlux's GSA Contract Terms and Conditions:
https://www.gsaadvantage.gov/ref_text/GS07F9409S/GS07F9409S_online.htm
Sloth
What does that mean? I don't think being in the reverse merger report sounds very good. I would imagine it's covering companies that have done reverse mergers in the past but S3 is old news in that sense.
I would rather see "S3 Investment Looks to Rebrand" in a Share Buy Back Report if you know what I mean? lol
Sloth
Sales of Products:
"the sales of Products totaled $11,177,368 and $4,956,947, respectively, compared to $871,758 and $48,505 for the corresponding periods in 2009."
This is an Increase of 1,282% & 10,219% respectively.
I understand your point but they were selling something. Their sales in 2009 were most like just for testing and preliminary small markets.
This is interesting too from Supply Side on the Yahoo board:
"Last PR said 44k units of the X-3100 node for Duke. This PR said 51,650. Who bought the extra 7,000 nodes? There is little chance the Duke would order 20k-30k nodes in early September and then place an order for 7k nodes more; especially when the shipping rate last quarter was 5k-6k units. It has to be a new customer. I hate gag orders!!!!
PR should be soon. That is why the quarterly statement came so early. The PO should already be in!!! I am betting BGE or ConEd. The quantity makes sense for first shipment. Duke’s rollout was larger and their initial order was 11k units. A 7k unit first order is about the right size for ConEd."
Sloth
"Revenues for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2010 were $11,233,949 and $4,975,807 respectively, compared to $918,260 and $61,077 for the corresponding periods in 2009."
My calculations give me:
An increase of 1,224% over the comparable 9 month period and,
An increase of 8,147% over the comparable 3 month period.
Ambient is just beginning to receive orders for their products which is the big difference between the 9 month and 3 month percentages. The last three months' revenues account for 44% of the 9 month revenues.
Don't get me wrong jjj, I trust what your reporting but I don't get how the numbers add up or why it doesn't make sense.
You've been straight on this board as far as I'm concerned.
I'm out. Good night,
Sloth
That's interesting. It was 127,900,711 as of 11.02.2010 when I called in the morning. According to business weeks historical prices:
11/1/10 1.0M (day before I called)
11/2/10 621.1K
11/3/10 198.7K
11/4/10 106.0K
11/5/10 968.9K
11/8/10 861,607K
http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/historical.asp?ticker=CYBL:US
These (I even threw in the extra million from the 1st, the day before I called) add up to about 3.8 million and the increase is over 6 million.
I don't know about that transfer agent unless the business week numbers are off.
Sloth
And don't get me wrong. I really want to get excited about S3 again. There's lots of parts of S3 that make it potentially a great investment for us. The problem is that we're missing an essential part that has stalled the whole company. Maybe it's more than one thing but the company has been broken down so long, it's tough to be excited about the woulda, coulda, shoulda stuff.
I'm really hoping that it's just a big puzzle and that JB has needed all these years to put together all the pieces to set it up for huge appreciation.
More people is more money to run the business that is doing nothing with the people it has. Some of the people it has now were added to get more business but that hasn't worked so I'm skeptical that these people will do anything either.
We need the tides to change and change for good here.
Sloth
At this point, it's just annoying. Another couple of mouths to feed off investors teats. If we saw good things out of the hiring of the other previous people then I would be excited but we're still begging for just one closed deal and some investor updates.
So they're hiring two more people and buying back shares. How is this?
I feel like a friggin beggar with this company. Wishing for just a morsel of food while JB travels around the world, making statements about the successes of his 2 or 3 closed deals while his own company is basically failing and is unaffected in any positive way from the successes of these companies.
S3's Yahoo board has good DD there too.
http://messages.finance.yahoo.com/Stocks_%28A_to_Z%29/Stocks_S/messagesview?bn=74262&vmode=1
Sloth
I bought some more last week Carp but not at .075. I figure when the whining and complaining hits a high and when I see certain posters saying they're selling, that's my queue to buy.
It's a total gamble at this point since we have no idea what's going on. I'd rather gamble on stocks than my annual Vegas run. Stocks are a wager you can enjoy the whole year, are legal in all 50 states and are editable after you do them. Can't say that for Vegas.
Sloth
Thanks but I can't take credit. It's from Myth.
It might not fly though. Check this out.
There's some class action suits being filed:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Finkelstein-Thompson-LLP-bw-3010849961.html?x=0&.v=1
Their 10Q is due out mid November but they always file the NT form for an extension. That will tell the story most clearly as to what the current status is. It was filed on Nov. 23rd last year.
We wait to see if we're progressing or not.
Sloth
Jaime, not as rosy as it looks but it looks better than it ever has. Cyberlux did a 200:1 RS which put it's OS at about 85million and the stock at 2 cents.
They've diluted the OS to 127m and the stock shot up after the RS to 4 cents and has meandered down to these levels. The dilution seems to have slowed if it hasn't stopped. I would be happy to slowed to a crawl.
The company has received its biggest order from the National Guard and you can find the details on their website:
http://www.cyberlux.com/listings.php?id=2800&cid=1550
The Ibox here is not maintained so don't even bother there. The info is all outdated.
Still risky here but definitely shaping up nicely,
Hope that helps some. That's really a very small recent summary.
Sloth
Guaranteed 10% profit on S3's first client!! (Proposal to be considered - Not a done deal yet)
Fushi Copperweld, Inc. Announces Receipt of 'Going Private' Proposal at $11.50 Per Share
Press Release Source: Fushi Copperweld, Inc. On Wednesday November 3, 2010, 7:30 am EDT
BEIJING, Nov. 3, 2010 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Fushi Copperweld, Inc. ("Fushi" or the "Company") (Nasdaq:FSIN - News), the leading global manufacturer and innovator of copper-clad bimetallic wire used in a variety of telecommunication, utility, transportation and other electrical applications, today announced that its Board of Directors has received a proposal letter from its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Li Fu ("Mr. Fu") and Abax Global Capital (Hong Kong) Limited on behalf of funds managed by it and its affiliates ("Abax") for Mr. Fu and Abax to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of Fushi not currently owned by Mr. Fu and his affiliates in a going private transaction for $11.50 per share in cash, subject to certain conditions. Mr. Fu and his affiliates own approximately 29.2% of Fushi's Common Stock. According to the proposal letter, Mr. Fu and Abax will form an acquisition vehicle for the purpose of completing the acquisition and plan to finance the acquisition with a combination of debt and equity capital. The proposal letter states that the equity portion of the financing would be provided by Mr. Fu, Abax and related sources. The proposal letter also states that Mr. Fu and Abax are currently in discussion to engage a financial advisor to the acquisition vehicle that will be formed by Mr. Fu and Abax.
Fushi's Board of Directors has formed a special committee of independent directors consisting of John F. "Jack" Perkowski, Barry Raeburn and Feng Bai (the "Special Committee") to consider this proposal. The Special Committee intends to retain independent advisors, including an independent financial advisor, to assist it in its work. No decisions have been made by the Special Committee with respect to Fushi's response to the proposal. There can be no assurance that any definitive offer will be made, that any agreement will be executed or that this or any other transaction will be approved or consummated.
I'm still waiting on something happening that makes me think he understands. Hopefully, I'm completely wrong but I sit here and wait.
I hear ya. Not an easy decision to make but I jumped in that river a long time ago. Got my raft, my cooler and my chair. Just waiting to see where I go.
Cheers,
Sloth
Jb would probably ask,
"what's the ask?"
I bet he's completely out of the picture in regards to any share buy back. The stock market is very foreign to him even though he runs a public company. Go figure!
Sloth
True True. Keep the dilution way down and we are sitting PREttY!! To me it's not about the company's products. It's about whether the company is or can be self sustained. I it can do this, the sky is the limit because they will get contracts and sales. The only way they can't succeed is if they can't get by during these slow times.
Can't wait for the tides to turn and for sales to really heat up.
If you believe this as I do,
ACCUMULATE, ACCUMULATE, ACCUMULATE. (It's a hellofa gamble that very well could pay off)
Sloth
You could be on to something there. How many millions do you think?
It would be nice to have monthly update but taking care of business is more important. They've cut expenses by 85% so maybe the secretary who used to only be a secretary and type up the letters is now a warehouse worker and a janitor.
That's how it's going with many businesses. People are gone and everybody fills in where they're needed whether they were hired for that or not.
It's tough out there.
Email IR about that and maybe they'll put out a letter The last letter they did was right after I emailed the company about doing one. I'm sure it wasn't because of my email that they did one but it can't hurt to ask. I'd be happy to do another too.
Sloth
I've been around these penny boards for a long time. Very few of them report financials and very few of them have gov't contracts. If you're looking for a company that pumps out PRs then there's thousands of them that appease you in that sense.
Cyberlux may not survive or they may thrive. The fact is that a very, very small percentage of penny stocks are in the position as Cyberlux. They have done a great job in maintaining their current filing status over many years, engineering and manufacturing great products and attaining gov't approval of those products for sale to the military and federal agencies (over years and years) and being listed among the GSA schedules for those products.
I think you're confusing hype with fact. The facts are really exciting if that's what you mean. The hype is that the potential is huge here for investors and some people are excited about that potential. I don't think that's too farfetched.
I have never found a penny stock without concerns. I have found those that eliminated those concerns but now they're not a penny stocks anymore.
Cyberlux is attempting to eliminate those concerns for investors IMO and there's no need to put out PRs talking about it. Just do it and tell us when one or all of them are eliminated. They usually leave that for their 10Qs or 10Ks.
55k is still 55k. Good luck. You can always add.
Sloth
Get a really comfy chair and start accumulating a good reading library. We'll be here for a while.
Oh yeah, don't forget the whiskey or spirit of your choice to numb the pain.
Til' The Medicine Takes,
Sloth
Either way it's nothing bad against CYBL. Cyberlux may have picked the wrong people with whom to do warrants but that's about it. Too bad Riboski and Fife couldn't get prosecuted because it's detrimental to small companies to have these (alleged) predators working with them and shorting their stock. Very bad situation to be in.
Small companies such as Cyberlux don't have many financing choices especially once you're in debt. Who wants to loan you money when you're already in debt with someone else? You could claim to have the best product in the world but loans are loans based on risk and small companies are very risky (as most know).
Once companies can rid themselves of the need to attain financing through such groups, they become much less risky for investors. If Cyberlux falls into this category fairly soon, very good things could come from an investment in them.
My opinions of course,
Sloth
Yeah jjj, I really have no idea about the Barney Fife thing. lol When I go to SCI, there's no cyberlux found when I do a search. Under John Fife, there's nothing and I can't find anything when I google him, Cyberlux or a combination of stuff. The guy could be a crook but I don't see what you're inferring.
Can't discuss what I don't understand.
Sloth
I did see St. George in the 10Q but that's probably done with.
OS is 127,900,711 as of 11.02.2010
I think last I heard it was 127m from JJJ.
Sloth
kcheng, very good to me too. I don't need to see any volume. Get the orders in and out. Pay the bills and then when news is released, the volume will pick up in a good way. If the restructuring is successful, dilution will be minimal to allow the pps to appreciate easily, debt payed down and revenues consistently coming in and picking up.
Volume recently has meant dilution which we don't want at least those invested.
Why do people want to see you lose your money kcheng? Even if I was not an investor here kcheng, I would still want you to make money. Good for the economy and shareholders for any company to succeed. Oh yeah, it's good for Mother Earth for Cyberlux to do well.
Sloth
Lumik, I can only respond publicly but I have spoken with JB and to me, it's just like the PRs with a lot of hope and things to come. I don't know what can be done as shareholders. We are at his mercy of whether can pull a rabbit out of his hat. We know there's a bunch of crap in that hat but he can't seem to find any of it - for years now. Sino-UJE was in there too and that was his baby.
Sloth
I want to be realistic here. I think we can make money but we're still 3 years or more out to do so and I think 3 years is near range. We need income and lots of it to move and look like a good investment to other schmucks, I mean people. lol
Sloth
Newbie, for some reason I don't think you're a negative poster. I think you and I are similarly very sceptical about anything. Of course, I believe I've been invested in this stock about 3 times longer than you but you've been here long enough to know that the company is full of talk and not a lot to back that talk.
Closing deals has been dangled in front of investors for 5 years and usually nothing comes of them. Even when they do close, it doesn't really do a damn thing for S3's pps. We may close another deal but the pps won't move for any considerable time. We need a barrage of closed deal such as 5 in a 3 month period for us to get moving. Then we need about 1 closed every couple of months or, at least, 5 per year. Closing one deal every 1.5 years is really weak.
We also need some proof of consistent revenue streams. We have nothing right now. Seriously, this company doesn't bring in any money that I know of unless they close a client and that's not exactly a consistenet revenue stream. I was under the impression too that S3 received consulting fees from these closed deals to help them navigate the U.S. markets and get financing. I have no idea what happened with that. This company does close to nothing to keep S3 investors up to date. They put out a PR every few weeks for BOY investors or some other company and then a little footnote that JB is going to China to try to close more deals. lol
Focus JB, Focus JB, Focus JB, Focus JB, Focus JB. You are S3's CEO. Remember?
Unfortunately, I think we really need Redwood Medical to come through to save the pps. I hope I'm wrong. Not all of me believes what I just posted either but the S3 roller coaster ride I've been on for 5 years, keeps me in need of meds to keep my head about me.
Boy that post was long. Sorry. It's early.
Oh BTW - Good Morning all. LOL
Sloth
Yes Mike. Cyberlux did something smart yet put them in a bad situation. They went out and bought great technology from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute but in order to do this they put themselves in a huge hole.
It comes down to marketing which under Donald Evans, the former CEO, was poor. Schmidt indicated in a past shareholder letter or PR that he was increasing Cyberlux's sales team to go after a broader market including the commercial industry. It's gotta be a tough juggling act to manage all the inherited debt, keep costs low, get a good sales team and keep the company afloat. I wouldn't want that responsibility.
We've improved with some of the fundamentals. We've got a long way to go but it's definitely looking better under Schmidt than Evans. Time will tell if we're on the road to profitability both for the company and for shareholders. You can definitely tell the sentiment among shareholders is much better than it was last year. I, for one, was not seeing anything positive until lately. Hopefully, they can keep it going and become more positive than negative.
GL,
Sloth
Nobody has what Cyberlux has.
Here's where they got their technology such as the Scattered Photon Extraction (SPETM)
http://www.lrc.rpi.edu/programs/solidstate/cr_spe.asp
Big names doing research there and Cyberlux has some big technolgy. They just need to market it now.
Nadarajah Narendran, Ph.D.
Dr. Narendran is the director of research at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Lighting Research Center. He is known throughout the lighting industry for his pioneering research, publications, and educational activities in the field of solid-state lighting. His leadership has helped to bridge the science of solid-state LED technology with mainstream lighting applications. His efforts led to the formation of the Alliance for Solid-State Illumination Systems and Technologies (ASSIST), an LED industry group designed to advance the effective use of energy-efficient solid-state lighting and speed its market acceptance. Dr. Narendran has authored or co-authored more than 75 articles in archival journals and proceedings and holds several patents, including one as co-inventor of SPE™ (scattered photon extraction) technology. He is a Fellow of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America and a member of the International Society for Optical Engineering.
http://www.lrc.rpi.edu/education/graduateEducation/facultydetails.asp?id=26
Sloth
Hey Longs, no new dilution. Are we nearing the end? Will be nice when dilution ends. We will be sitting very pretty when the company can self-sustain and we get some regular customers.
Can't wait. It will be oh so sweet. We got a great little company. We now need it to turn into a great little investment.
Sloth
Could JB be buying the shares from those that received the shares as compensation and then retire them? This would be a nice way to buy back shares using limited cash and reduce the OS.
Sounds bueño to me. Whether that's possible or not is another thing.
I put in a buy for .0002 today and got ziltch. No surprise there.
Sloth
Jimmy gets to keep his cars and houses I guess.
barryl, Cyberlux is a very good gamble. Their sales stink at this point but they've recently received their largest order in company history which indicates two things. First, that their products were very well received by the U.S. military and federal agencies and two, that the government is finally, after 5 years, starting to spend money on such products.
Cyberlux's products are good. Management hasn't done a good job but much of the policies and marketing strategies that have caused the problems were initiated under Donald Evans, the former CEO. Mark Schmidt, the new CEO, has initiated a different strategy (going after commercial sales too).
They will dilute more but how much more and how long is unknown. Good luck on your lotto numbers. lol
A Little refresher -
Just some of Cyberlux's technology and newer products introduced under Mark Schmidt:
Cyberlux , a leading provider of LED lighting solutions, announced today that the Company is expanding its product portfolio with the market launch of a six inch LED recessed ceiling "can light." Designed for both the new construction and the retrofit markets, the LED recessed lights include a retrofit kit for the replacement of any incandescent or fluorescent six inch recessed light A recessed light or downlight (also pot light in Canadian English, sometimes can light [for canister light] in American English) is a light fixture that is installed into a hollow opening in a ceiling. socket currently installed. The high-powered, energy efficient LED recessed light is a 13 Watt, 620 lumen fixture, including embedded proprietary dimming technology that works with standard resistance dimmers. The non-dimmable products are well-suited for commercial or government common areas that do not require dimmable capabilities.
Cyberlux Corporation, a leading provider of LED lighting solutions, has delivered the first-generation first-generation emergency lighting product to Spectrum Brands for exclusive distribution under its Rayovac trade name.
On December 15, 2009, Cyberlux formally entered into a supplier agreement with Spectrum Brands to deliver six products for its Rayovac brand, two of which are for immediate delivery for orders that Spectrum Brands has procured. Cyberlux will supply the Rayovac brand with Cyberlux existing LED lighting products, as well as LED products exclusively designed for the Rayovac brand.
Over the last year, Cyberlux has developed an emergency lighting product that includes patent pending Cyberlux technology, as well as intellectual property owned or licensed by Cyberlux.
Additionally, Cyberlux is designing a broad range of LED products for Spectrum. The products will be sold through Rayovac to its international client base.
Cyberlux Corporation, a leading provider of LED lighting solutions, announced today that the Company has recently filed for patent protection for four new products developed for its new OEM customers. The Company's new patent filings address the apparatus and methods for providing unique solid-state lighting technology encompassed in four product solutions, extending the existing Cyberlux patent portfolio for future product development. The Cyberlux OEM clientele have received orders and contracts from both governmental agencies, as well as large, multi-national retailers for the products designed by Cyberlux.
Cyberlux Corporation, a leading provider of LED lighting solutions, announced today that the Company has completed the production and shipment of ten Portable Shelter Lighting Systems for an exclusive Department of Defense (DoD) order for a multi-national OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) customer. Introduced earlier this year, the Cyberlux Portable Shelter Lighting System is designed to replace the existing fluorescent lighting used in all free-standing field shelters, ranging from personnel tents to command and control complexes.
Cyberlux Corporation, a leading provider of LED lighting solutions, announced today that the SP Cyberlight Solar LED Lighting System has successfully completed the Sandia National Laboratories testing protocol. The SP Cyberlight product is the solar-powered lighting system jointly developed by Cyberlux Corporation and Sacred Power Corporation for the Department of Defense (DoD) Power Surety Task Force. The Power Surety Task Force is tasked with identifying efficient energy solutions that support the Warfighter in the theater of operation, including portable solar lighting solutions for the night time security of Forward Base Operations.
Cyberlux announced today that the company has introduced two new categories of outdoor commercial-grade lighting products, the Outdoor Area Lighting and the Outdoor Overhead Lighting, that will expand the Cyberlux product offering to address large emerging commercial opportunities.
Designed to provide ideal light dispersion and illumination for outdoor areas, Cyberlux has designed the OAL and OOL configurations to flexibly illuminate any outdoor area, including pathways, walkways and parking lots, where DC solar power or AC power is available.
The Cyberlux Outdoor Overhead Lighting is available for general and solar street light and parking lot lighting applications and has the following operational characteristics:
Sloth
I don't remember giving a valuation nor would I at this point. This is the first real order Cyberlux has received since the Gov't started testing their technology 5 years ago. Once again, things are being twisted to fit to something.
I really haven't heard any long put a monetary value on Cyberlux but then again, I don't read everything here. Once again, Cyberlux is a speculative play.
spec·u·late/'speky??lat/Verb
1. Form a theory or conjecture about a subject without firm evidence.
2. Invest in stocks, property, or other ventures in the hope of gain but with the risk of loss.
Longs have hope of gain without firm evidence.
Is this really that hard for people to understand?
jjj, I think you understand.
Sloth
Yes kcheng, you're supposed to wait until everybody knows about Cyberlux, it's making tens of millions of dollars on multiple contracts and the share price is $1 before you invest. Of course, you're too late to make any big returns because you waited for the market to believe what you already believed before anyone else and now those clearance prices are gone.
It's like being at the Blackjack table with 20 people standing behind you telling you that the odds are not in your favor.
Really? I didn't know. LOL
Sloth
Open - .0045 / Close - .0048
More buys than sells today.
Cyberlux showing good support strength.
We move nicely as soon as they release the news.
Sloth
Nice post marathonman.
Most longs on these boards are fairly realistic. Of course, some have hopes that Cyberlux can be a real player in the LED market. This will take years from this point and it may take years for the U.S. to embrace the switch over to LED lighting.
I'm looking for continued improvements in quarterly reports which means improved revenues, less debt and more partnerships and contracts. I would also like to see Cyberlux expand into commercial lighting with the products that have already been tested and approved by the federal government over the last 5 years.
A really big boost would be from companies such as Rayovac/Spectrum to partner with us to build products and/or improve existing products. Sacred Power, the solar co., would be great to further the relationship and get some actual orders for the solar lighting products jointly developed.
We all have wish a list and each item on those lists will have different timeframes. The bigger the wish, the bigger the timeframe.
Sloth