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What will be the outcome of the upcoming OSC hearing on 1/8/07?
1. The cease trade order will be extended. The investigation will continue, and a date for a new hearing will be set.
2. The cease trade order will not be extended, which will probably mean the investigation is over.
Overwhelming odds favor Number 2.
Stocks That Make Kool-Aid Status: How Popular is my Stock?
By Bill Panetta
President of Breakout Trading
www.breakoutrading.net
That ghost of Jim Jones works in mysterious ways on the OTC BB and Pink Sheets Exchanges. There’s a special type of ‘Kool-Aid’ drink that traders and investors enjoy when trading small cap stocks, and this article will give you some insight into how to identify and protect yourself from sucking in too much of the red stuff. Let me stress, this article is not to degrade or put down traders or investors for buying these type stocks at all (I make good money on these type of plays all the time), we’re merely looking to get better at selling rather than hanging on and taking a positive trade that turns into a losing situation.
We have all invested or traded some big name penny stocks in our trading career. We all know the type of stocks that I'm talking about. We’re going to try to make some sense of when to sell these types of stocks.
In this article we are going to look at the Psychology (Message Boards) combined with Technical Analysis. (Charts). The Psychology part of trading is very important to my success as a full-time trader. A big motivation for me in writing this article is I have seen plenty of good buy-side traders, some of them close friends, make great buying decisions and then have no idea or clue when to sell a stock that they have nice profits in. The investors and traders that we are talking about had tons of profits in these stocks. What were going to try to accomplish today is getting better at taking profits, especially on KOOL AID (cult) Stocks.
Kool Aid Stocks have stories that claim will revolutionize the world. You have heard them before, Cures for Cancer. Billions in Diamonds. A blimp that was supposed to revolutionize Wireless Communications. Big contracts with Circuit City. Recently a CEO that claimed his penny stock was worth upwards of $50/share. When these types of stocks get mainstream exposure, they suck in novice investors what I call the 9-5 crowd and the frenzy begins. Now friends and relatives are in. The message boards are packed, with multiple posts per minute. Everyone is going to hit it big. Any detractors of the company are considered ‘bashers’ or believed to be ‘illegally short’ the company. They get banned, insulted, and attacked in groups. It can get pretty ugly. As the stock continues higher, the 9-5 crowd is hooked and now looking for that ‘retirement’ profit. They have no trading experience nor do they understand what Mass Psychology (Message Board Hype) , is or what to look for on the technical side (Charts). The fortunate part is that some of these people get lucky enough to make some money, but then, almost inevitably, the GREED kicks they drink the KOOL AID and something mysterious happens, there dream investments starts to go south.
Let’s see if we can figure out a way to find a top in a very popular stock using both MASS PSYCHOLOGY (Message Boards) and a very basic technical indicator like the MACD (Moving Average Convergence Divergence)
Let’s look at the MASS PSYCHOLOGY (Message Boards) first.
NOISE LEVEL: An indicator that I really like is a feature over at Investors Hub that gives me some really nice clues on stocks that have reached KOOL AID Status and could be nearing a top. Remember were looking for clues. One of the easiest ways to find out what the noise level is of a stock all one has to do is go to IHUB and click on the hot button http://investorshub.com/boards/most_read.asp and start looking at stocks that are the most read. Notice I specifically said most read (not the top boards or most posted). Not everyone posts. In fact, most people are just content to sit and read. The more people ‘lurking’ around a board show the larger audience the stock has. Browse a few of the most read posts and look for ‘cult-like’ activity. More than likely, you’ll see multiple posts giving the company glowing reviews. You might even catch a price target or two, well in excess of any reasonable share appreciation. It all sounds great, but what a lot of the people posting do not realize is that they all could very quickly become long-term shareholders in a go-nowhere company. You want to carefully time heavy ‘noise’ companies with those that are on a clear and sustainable uptrend, otherwise it’s akin to being sucked into a black hole.
Most of the stocks that you will see on this list are what I call broken stocks. Cult stocks that have gone bad. As you look at this list of companies especially in the top 5 most of these stocks have the biggest stuck holder bases on OTC & Pinks. You have to sell aggressively as your stock climbs into the top 5. Again this exercise is part of topping process of a stock. So check and monitor the list on regular basis to see what your stock is doing.
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
MACD: Lets talk about the MACD indicator. The MACD is one of my favorite indicators because it identifies the trend and the strength of the trend. We’re looking for a stock that crosses above the zero-line on the MACD, which can create a powerful move that can last weeks at a time. You want to see some sense of direction in this indicator. Although there are plenty of stocks that are ‘bottomed out’ as far as MACD is concerned, without any indication of a reversal, you could be waiting for months for a move higher. To illustrate this, I’ve included some stocks that gave us some pretty convincing warning signals as far as MACD is concerned. Let’s look at some charts and see if any of this makes any sense.
As you can see, using mass psychology (message boards) combined with a simply technical indicator like MACD can help you avoiding drinking some very expensive Kool-Aid. This methodology is not an end-all to trading, but should serve as a good general reference for you to be more successful in some of the heavily-touted stocks.
Quick Note: The MACD should be used on any stock you are trading – not just cult stocks.
MONEY MANAGEMENT: I see a lot traders and investors giving back profits from the riding of free shares on these ‘Kook-Aid’ stocks. Some traders and investors think because they bought the stock DIRT at .003 and sold ½ their shares at .01, the trade is over its time to relax. While selling a portion of your stock every time the stock climbs 50% or 100% is good practice, it’s very important to still watch and be responsible for the remaining ‘free’ shares. Many traders begin to ignore technical analysis after creating ‘free’ shares, often ignoring critical MACD downturns. When you sold DIRT .at .01, the MACD may have been over the zero line, positive, and still heading up. If the stock continued higher, you may have an exceptional profit and be tempted to just keep ‘letting it ride’. Unfortunately, being complacent about the MACD could cost you big bucks. Even with ‘free’ shares, there’s a tremendous difference between selling at .15 and selling at 03. While you would not ‘lose’ in the true sense of the word, you could miss an opportunity to make exponentially more money simply because you failed to pay attention to a basic indicator. Do not rationalize that ‘free’ shares do not matter into your trading strategy and surmise to hold them forever. Treat them like any other trade and protect your profits when you have them. It could have meant an extra $500, $5,000, or $50,000 to your pocket, and that’s nothing any of us can afford to write off. The bottom line is this, if the MACD turns down, get aggressive in taking profits. There are a slew of potential sellers – convertible holders, CEOs, restricted holders that are freed up, market markers, and other retail players. If you let your guard down, you will eventually give back all of your entire ‘free’ shares. Let this be clear, as far as trading and money management goes, there is no nobility in giving back profits.
In summary , buying into a stock is easy, selling and knowing when the top is coming into any stock is the hard part. The very basic principals in this article should help you get better and selling for nice profits.
Lets get better at taking profits in 2007
Bill Panetta
www.breakoutrading.net
Stocks That Make Kool-Aid Status: How Popular is my Stock?
By Bill Panetta
President of Breakout Trading
www.breakoutrading.net
That ghost of Jim Jones works in mysterious ways on the OTC BB and Pink Sheets Exchanges. There’s a special type of ‘Kool-Aid’ drink that traders and investors enjoy when trading small cap stocks, and this article will give you some insight into how to identify and protect yourself from sucking in too much of the red stuff. Let me stress, this article is not to degrade or put down traders or investors for buying these type stocks at all (I make good money on these type of plays all the time), we’re merely looking to get better at selling rather than hanging on and taking a positive trade that turns into a losing situation.
We have all invested or traded some big name penny stocks in our trading career. We all know the type of stocks that I'm talking about. We’re going to try to make some sense of when to sell these types of stocks.
In this article we are going to look at the Psychology (Message Boards) combined with Technical Analysis. (Charts). The Psychology part of trading is very important to my success as a full-time trader. A big motivation for me in writing this article is I have seen plenty of good buy-side traders, some of them close friends, make great buying decisions and then have no idea or clue when to sell a stock that they have nice profits in. The investors and traders that we are talking about had tons of profits in these stocks. What were going to try to accomplish today is getting better at taking profits, especially on KOOL AID (cult) Stocks.
Kool Aid Stocks have stories that claim will revolutionize the world. You have heard them before, Cures for Cancer. Billions in Diamonds. A blimp that was supposed to revolutionize Wireless Communications. Big contracts with Circuit City. Recently a CEO that claimed his penny stock was worth upwards of $50/share. When these types of stocks get mainstream exposure, they suck in novice investors what I call the 9-5 crowd and the frenzy begins. Now friends and relatives are in. The message boards are packed, with multiple posts per minute. Everyone is going to hit it big. Any detractors of the company are considered ‘bashers’ or believed to be ‘illegally short’ the company. They get banned, insulted, and attacked in groups. It can get pretty ugly. As the stock continues higher, the 9-5 crowd is hooked and now looking for that ‘retirement’ profit. They have no trading experience nor do they understand what Mass Psychology (Message Board Hype) , is or what to look for on the technical side (Charts). The fortunate part is that some of these people get lucky enough to make some money, but then, almost inevitably, the GREED kicks they drink the KOOL AID and something mysterious happens, there dream investments starts to go south.
Let’s see if we can figure out a way to find a top in a very popular stock using both MASS PSYCHOLOGY (Message Boards) and a very basic technical indicator like the MACD (Moving Average Convergence Divergence)
Let’s look at the MASS PSYCHOLOGY (Message Boards) first.
NOISE LEVEL: An indicator that I really like is a feature over at Investors Hub that gives me some really nice clues on stocks that have reached KOOL AID Status and could be nearing a top. Remember were looking for clues. One of the easiest ways to find out what the noise level is of a stock all one has to do is go to IHUB and click on the hot button http://investorshub.com/boards/most_read.asp and start looking at stocks that are the most read. Notice I specifically said most read (not the top boards or most posted). Not everyone posts. In fact, most people are just content to sit and read. The more people ‘lurking’ around a board show the larger audience the stock has. Browse a few of the most read posts and look for ‘cult-like’ activity. More than likely, you’ll see multiple posts giving the company glowing reviews. You might even catch a price target or two, well in excess of any reasonable share appreciation. It all sounds great, but what a lot of the people posting do not realize is that they all could very quickly become long-term shareholders in a go-nowhere company. You want to carefully time heavy ‘noise’ companies with those that are on a clear and sustainable uptrend, otherwise it’s akin to being sucked into a black hole.
Most of the stocks that you will see on this list are what I call broken stocks. Cult stocks that have gone bad. As you look at this list of companies especially in the top 5 most of these stocks have the biggest stuck holder bases on OTC & Pinks. You have to sell aggressively as your stock climbs into the top 5. Again this exercise is part of topping process of a stock. So check and monitor the list on regular basis to see what your stock is doing.
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
MACD: Lets talk about the MACD indicator. The MACD is one of my favorite indicators because it identifies the trend and the strength of the trend. We’re looking for a stock that crosses above the zero-line on the MACD, which can create a powerful move that can last weeks at a time. You want to see some sense of direction in this indicator. Although there are plenty of stocks that are ‘bottomed out’ as far as MACD is concerned, without any indication of a reversal, you could be waiting for months for a move higher. To illustrate this, I’ve included some stocks that gave us some pretty convincing warning signals as far as MACD is concerned. Let’s look at some charts and see if any of this makes any sense.
As you can see, using mass psychology (message boards) combined with a simply technical indicator like MACD can help you avoiding drinking some very expensive Kool-Aid. This methodology is not an end-all to trading, but should serve as a good general reference for you to be more successful in some of the heavily-touted stocks.
Quick Note: The MACD should be used on any stock you are trading – not just cult stocks.
MONEY MANAGEMENT: I see a lot traders and investors giving back profits from the riding of free shares on these ‘Kook-Aid’ stocks. Some traders and investors think because they bought the stock DIRT at .003 and sold ½ their shares at .01, the trade is over its time to relax. While selling a portion of your stock every time the stock climbs 50% or 100% is good practice, it’s very important to still watch and be responsible for the remaining ‘free’ shares. Many traders begin to ignore technical analysis after creating ‘free’ shares, often ignoring critical MACD downturns. When you sold DIRT .at .01, the MACD may have been over the zero line, positive, and still heading up. If the stock continued higher, you may have an exceptional profit and be tempted to just keep ‘letting it ride’. Unfortunately, being complacent about the MACD could cost you big bucks. Even with ‘free’ shares, there’s a tremendous difference between selling at .15 and selling at 03. While you would not ‘lose’ in the true sense of the word, you could miss an opportunity to make exponentially more money simply because you failed to pay attention to a basic indicator. Do not rationalize that ‘free’ shares do not matter into your trading strategy and surmise to hold them forever. Treat them like any other trade and protect your profits when you have them. It could have meant an extra $500, $5,000, or $50,000 to your pocket, and that’s nothing any of us can afford to write off. The bottom line is this, if the MACD turns down, get aggressive in taking profits. There are a slew of potential sellers – convertible holders, CEOs, restricted holders that are freed up, market markers, and other retail players. If you let your guard down, you will eventually give back all of your entire ‘free’ shares. Let this be clear, as far as trading and money management goes, there is no nobility in giving back profits.
In summary , buying into a stock is easy, selling and knowing when the top is coming into any stock is the hard part. The very basic principals in this article should help you get better and selling for nice profits.
Lets get better at taking profits in 2007
Bill Panetta
www.breakoutrading.net
OT:Reverse Merger
LCYC Acquires InterMetro Communications, Inc.
PrimeZone "PrimeZone "
SIMI VALLEY, Calif., Dec. 29, 2006 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Lucy's Cafe, Inc. (OTCBB:LCYC) announced today the acquisition of InterMetro Communications, Inc., through an exchange of stock (reverse merger) with the shareholders of InterMetro Communications, Inc. Concurrently with the closing of the reverse merger, Lucy's Cafe, Inc. (the "Company") raised $10,235,000 million in gross proceeds from institutional investors in a private placement of common stock. The purchase price per share of common stock was $1.00. Hunter World Markets, Inc. of Beverly Hills, Calif., acted as the Company's sole placement agent.
InterMetro Communications, Inc. ("InterMetro") owns and operates a national voice over IP ("VoIP") network infrastructure over which it delivers voice calling services to traditional long distance carriers, broadband phone companies, VoIP service providers, wireless providers, other communications companies and end users.
Prior to the reverse merger, Lucy's Cafe, Inc. was an inactive company. The restructured Company's business plan is to apply its technical and operational expertise with VoIP services to become a significant provider of VoIP infrastructure services to carriers and retail customers.
I'm looking for new 52 week highs in the next 2 weeks.
It is completely rational to expect news to be piling up and for there to be wave of PRs ready to push the stock to new highs and support levels during the month.
The present evidence is there is heck of alot more strength in this stock than may have appeared a few days ago to someone unfamiliar with the trends we have seen since this was under two cents a share.
I will expect to see alot of competition for shares this week.
And I expect there will be at least a few savvy retail buyers who understand that the dam is about to break for FCCN and we are set to establish higher highs and higher support levels.
I think the rest of January will probably turn into a blizzard of PRs and if that is what happens, then this next week should be our accumulation week.
I think FCCN is just getting their ducks in line to make a big push forward as a company and as a stock by Jan.12-15.
Both AMEX & NASDAQ have several tiers of criteria under which a company can qualify for listing.
Each have criteria for qualifying under $3 per share.
Becoming profitable with an upwards growth curve.
Having enough shareholders.
A good relative market cap and $4M in shareholder equity will do the ticket when the stock is somewhere in the dollar range imo.
If heading to AMEX
Now if FCCN did go to the AMEX, you'd be sitting on a 100 to 1 gain minimum...
TYPO,NASDAQ Capital Market Financial Requirements
"Minimum bid price $4 "
"Seasoned companies (those companies already listed or quoted on another marketplace) qualifying only under the market value of listed securities requirement must meet the market value of listed securities and the bid price requirements for 90 consecutive trading days prior to applying for listing."
Anyway please notice the word "only" in the above text.
This means that more criteria are important.
Another is corporate governance.
NASDAQ corporate governance requirements address:
Distribution of Annual and Interim Reports
Solicitation of Proxies
Independent Directors
Conflicts of Interest
Audit Committees
Shareholder Approval
Shareholder Meetings
Stockholder Voting Rights
Quorum
Code of Conduct
NASDAQ Capital Market Financial Requirements
"Minimum bid price $4 "
"Seasoned companies (those companies already listed or quoted on another marketplace) qualifying only under the market value of listed securities requirement must meet the market value of listed securities and the bid price requirements for 90 consecutive trading days prior to applying for listing."
This sounds like CHYS has already satisfied the requirement.
IMO missing this requirement intermittently after this should not be critical.
Anyway please notice the word "only" in the above text. This means that more criteria are important. Another is corporate governance.
NASDAQ corporate governance requirements address:
Distribution of Annual and Interim Reports
Solicitation of Proxies
Independent Directors
Conflicts of Interest
Audit Committees
Shareholder Approval
Shareholder Meetings
Stockholder Voting Rights
Quorum
Code of Conduct
My Favorite Scenario(Opinion)
3."If we do reverse merge with Aero, most likely to happen, then you will see the pps go way up from here. I think well above a dollar, imo. We have a small float here and a large company that we are dealing with that is making plenty of money. This is why the majority of us have invested in FCCN. I do believe each and every one of us is about to make a lot of money, unless you have sold you shares right before the news is released. Next time then."
Recent opinions FYI
1."In my opinion, I think we are going to hold where we are now, in the mid penny range for the rest of the week. It looks like to me, this board owns a large percentage of the float. The more flippers we have here, the better chance it is for the pps to drop before the news on Aero Exhaust. Hopefully that won't happen because there is no need to average down if we are going to skyrocket on news, imo. Flipping will only hurt the pps. If we see a new bunch of buyers come in, we will probably see the pps go up quite a bit before the news release, as we have seen this week that just a little bit of volume can make it go up or down +10% easily."
2."As stated in the PR, we could get the news about the deal with Aero Exhaust within thirty days. That means we could get it tomorrow, next week, or in twenty nine days. We don't know. Just sometime in that time frame. It looks like it is pretty much a done deal to me since FCCN is releasing Aero's news now. Will just have to wait and see."
3."If we do reverse merge with Aero, most likely to happen, then you will see the pps go way up from here. I think well above a dollar, imo. We have a small float here and a large company that we are dealing with that is making plenty of money. This is why the majority of us have invested in FCCN. I do believe each and every one of us is about to make a lot of money, unless you have sold you shares right before the news is released. Next time then."
FCCN Time & Sales 12/20/06
Price Size Exch Time
0.017 100000 OTO 15:59:46
0.017 13740 OTO 15:59:46
0.017 5000 OTO 15:59:43
0.017 10000 OTO 15:59:42
0.017 13900 OTO 15:58:31
0.017 1800 OTO 15:58:31
0.017 100 OTO 15:58:21
0.014 60000 OTO 15:52:41
0.014 50000 OTO 15:50:34
0.014 33000 OTO 15:48:58
0.015 22260 OTO 15:46:51
0.015 10000 OTO 15:46:51
0.015 10000 OTO 15:45:55
0.015 80340 OTO 15:45:20
0.016 50000 OTO 15:24:45
0.016 25000 OTO 14:31:44
0.017 1400 OTO 14:24:24
0.017 1400 OTO 14:16:31
0.017 25000 OTO 14:13:16
0.016 50000 OTO 14:13:11
0.017 18000 OTO 14:11:56
0.015 97000 OTO 14:07:20
0.015 75000 OTO 14:05:59
0.015 20000 OTO 14:05:57
0.016 5000 OTO 14:05:39
0.017 10000 OTO 14:00:58
0.016 20311 OTO 13:59:27
0.016 36000 OTO 13:51:23
0.017 100 OTO 13:08:34
0.017 100 OTO 13:05:40
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God Bless You!
CaesarStone
cm3i, such sanity and balance
What a pleasure to read!
God Bless You!
Hello Suljans
Just got in from work....
Good news to see the TA ungagged, and the share count as Steve and Petar told us on the C.C. Another truth from the management.
Just another step in the right direction.
Now, show us the corporate structure, and verifiable finalization of the cement deal and we are going north of our 52 week high. Not a pump, just an opinion.
It appears as though they are trying to regain our confidence.
Hypothosis: Just as many of us buy and sell on emotions (momentum).
We react and say things like: I am selling all if they don't have a PR today...or...I am backing up the truck if the AF's come out today.
Just maybe that is how Steve and Petar have done their PR's. They get so excited about a big deal that they put out the PR before it was completed. Only human emotions. Being that they have never been in their positions before, it may be possible.
Just a thought to chew on.
God Bless All
Airys, You Got Mail!
Best Regards,
CaesarStone
REPEAT, By William L. Watts
Last Update: 12:16 PM ET Dec 19, 2006
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The United States and Panama have completed work on a trade agreement, with the exception of further discussions regarding labor issues, the office of U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab announced Tuesday. The agreement, which must be ratified by Congress, would eliminate tariffs and other barriers to trade of goods and services and expand trade between the two countries, Schwab said. "The agreement will provide new economic opportunities for U.S. exporters, including significant opportunities to participate in the $5.25 billion expansion plan for the Panama Canal," Schwab said.
Client Support, TD AMERITRADE
Dear Mr. XXX,
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You are now listed as a Non Objecting Beneficial Owner (NOBO). If you need further assistance please advise.
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Airys418,You don't learn to hold your own in the world by standing on guard, but by being attacked and getting well hammered yourself.
- George Bernard Shaw
I'm not sure if Mr. Shaw ever dabbled in the financial markets, but his insightful statement that I posted earlier contains wisdom from which all traders can benefit. The market requires all traders who wish to learn its ways to pay a certain amount of tuition. And we, as traders, unfortunately pay that tuition in the form of lost money. But along with that lost money comes a rich education that will eventually lead to fewer losses and greater riches, if one uses them wisely. So, my question to you is, "What are you doing with your market experiences, particularly your losing experiences?" Are they for naught, or are they used in such a way that they become welcome stepping stones to higher heights of market mastery? "Are you learning from your errors?" "Are you analyzing each and every one of your mistakes?" "Are you finding the pearl, the jewel that each trading error contains?" I hope so my pirates. Because that is what it will take to master these markets, an enriching education gained through our losses.
Our winners, although enjoyable, teach us nothing. It is our losses that lead the way to trading mastery.
SLJB Breakout Alert
December 13, 2006
Trading in SLJB today suggests a possible upward breakout it very likely. SLJB has started putting out news showing shareholders the company is real. I am looking for more news from SLJB. I have always maintained my DD was correct. SLJB is not a scam and shareholders are now seeing this company slowly show everyone it’s as real as it can get. I will continue profiling SLJB to my readers.
Short Squeeze
I also believe a huge short is about to get the biggest squeeze they have experienced. I believe Canadian shorts have done harm shorting SLJB then posting on message boards using scare tactics to frighten off investors.
Sincerely, Hal Engel aka WillyWizard
Paid Professional Bashers
This is something that was posted on another board.
Golden Rule:IGNORE THEM ...learn how professional Bashers are paid:
When you REPLY to Bashers you give them an opportunity to earn appox. 5-7 dollars.
Even if their not getting paid ignore them. You will be more productive in the end. The service agreement they enter into with their employer states their messages will be monitored for content, profanity, lies, etc. but Overseers and the like don't have the time to check all their Bashers messages.
Only occasional spot checks are done. Those who manage the Basher will generally read the headlines to see if a Basher is replying to other posters by name. That tells them the Basher isn't just "posting blindly" or repeating the same message over and over since they won't pay for those.(True to form a Basher will put the bite on anyone, even their unscrupulous employer).
A Basher will attempt to milk three to five replies per post at one to two dollars each. This way the Basher spreads negative influence to as many stockholders as possible. A Basher will create this discussion thread because it takes less time reading more messages than is necessary. This ultimately allows the Basher more time to post and make money. In general, NEVER ENGAGE A BASHER. Make them read all the posts and think up ways to enter the discussion.
NEVER ENGAGE A BASHER; if you do so then YOU BECOME THE BASHER’S AID! If you feel compelled to challenge a Basher do so without mentioning his/her true alias in your response. This will make it hard for the Basher to use your post as a revenue stream. Read the news, do your own homework and make your own decisions. Get real time quotes and follow the stock for a couple of weeks. Due Diligence is key here. Know that there will be a time when the stock runs up which will be followed by the Bashers and those that missed the boat. The Bashers will trash the stock by saying such things as "it's a Pump and Dump" and "the company is lying" and deceiving.
Their goal is to scare off newbie’s and potential new investors by "shaking" you out of your shares. Take the time to confirm your DD, trust your own judgment and believe in yourself, pick your point of return or loss and live with it. Don't listen to hype or Bashers trust your own judgment. Live by the rules you have created.
"The problem with ignoring them is that if no one challenges their lies then the some people may be mislead. I feel it is better to engage and show them to be what they are so that others will not mistake them for having some 'special knowledge' about a company which obviously they do not have.""
But if every one ignored them, they would lose their entertainment and in a month they will be gone. So in that month a few people may lose.
If we keep responding, then they affect people for years.
JMO...If you put them on ignore life is sooo much easier.
If you don't want to put them on ignore, then cut and paste what I posted and respond ONLY with that. No other words. Smart people will understand. And the less unfortunate people won't. In the end the less unfortunate will be better off saving their money rather than investing. Every one has to find their thing. For some it’s not the stock market.
"The amount we learn has a direct effect as to how much it cost us!"No offence to any one! We all need to learn; sometimes it’s the hard way
Hello fishforbreakfast, Some previous encouragement
"In conclusion, the Company announced that it has secured a position at a globally renownedexposition, and to date they are in fact the only North American delegate attending: Project Lebanon 2007 will be held 2/27-3/3 2007 at the Beirut International Exhibition and Leisure Center.
This expo represents a market that expects to exceed $3 billion over the next three years. SLJB has positioned itself to garner as much of that market share as is possible. The expo coincides with the Company's completion of all of the service requirements
and licensing procedures to open an office in the country operating as SLJB and subsequent offices in the region that will also conduct business under the SLJB title, a move that will make transparent the true ownership and management of
the Company's operations overseas".
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Jefferson Overcomes Scandal, Wins Reelection
By Cain Burdeau
Associated Press
Sunday, December 10, 2006; A10
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 9 -- Voters looked past a federal bribery investigation of Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-La.) and reelected the eight-term congressman in a runoff election Saturday.
Jefferson grabbed a commanding lead over state Rep. Karen Carter, a fellow Democrat, almost as soon as the polls closed in the New Orleans district. With 44 percent of the precincts reporting, Jefferson, had 61 percent of the vote.
Louisiana's 2nd District was one of the nation's last unresolved midterm races, and the runoff election put Jefferson in danger of becoming the only Democratic incumbent to lose this election year.
In her concession speech, Carter embraced family members and pledged to work with Jefferson, particularly on the area's recovery from Hurricane Katrina.
"I guess the people are happy with the status quo," she said.
Jefferson, Louisiana's first black congressman since Reconstruction, has been the target of a wide-ranging investigation into allegations that he took bribes -- including $90,000 allegedly found in his freezer during an FBI raid -- from a company seeking lucrative contracts in the Nigerian telecommunications market. He has not been charged with any crime and denies any wrongdoing.
He described his win as "a great moment and I thank almighty God for making it possible."
The scandal turned the campaign into a debate largely divided along racial lines, an age-old dynamic in this city that has intensified since Katrina displaced large numbers of blacks and upended their demographic and political dominance.
In the Nov. 7 election, whites overwhelmingly voted for Carter, 37, and were her most enthusiastic financial backers, while Jefferson, 59, drew widespread support among blacks.
Carter raised nearly five times as much money as Jefferson, but she was largely outflanked in endorsements as Jefferson picked up the backing of Mayor C. Ray Nagin and other prominent black politicians.
The endorsements spoke to Jefferson's solid footing in New Orleans politics. He arrived here in the 1970s as a Harvard-educated lawyer from rural north Louisiana, the sixth of 10 children brought up in a three-room country home. By 1980, he represented New Orleans in the state Senate.
Jefferson Weathers Scandal, Wins Re-election in Louisiana
By Greg Giroux
Louisiana Democratic Rep. William J. Jefferson — burdened by a highly publicized federal investigation into whether he took bribes — nonetheless won Saturday’s runoff election in Louisiana’s 2nd District, and even appears to have defeated Democratic state Rep. Karen Carter by a comfortable margin.
Carter conceded defeat at 10:20 p.m. local (Central) time, a little more than two hours after the polls closed in the New Orleans-based district.
Jefferson’s win for a ninth House term was an astonishing act of political survival, though the congressman’s legal situation remains highly tenuous. Carter had rallied support from many national and state Democratic leaders who turned against Jefferson because of his ethics controversies.
With 96 percent of precincts reporting, Jefferson led Carter by 57 percent to 43 percent in the 2nd, a heavily Democratic black-majority district that takes in most of New Orleans and some close-in suburbs.
The one thing certain going into the runoff was that the district would continue to be represented by an African-American Democrat, as both Jefferson and Carter fit that description.
The unusual Saturday runoff election was required because no candidate running in the Nov. 7 “blanket” primary received an outright majority of all votes cast. Jefferson placed first and Carter finished second on an all-candidate, all-party ballot that included 11 other candidates; state rules send the top two finishers to the runoff, regardless of their party affiliations.
Though Jefferson ran ahead of the field in that first-round primary — which coincided with the national Election Day under Louisiana’s unusual rules — he took only 30 percent of the vote.
This suggested that Jefferson was having trouble overcoming allegations that he accepted bribes in exchange for favorable legislative action. Two former associates of Jefferson have pleaded guilty to bribing him, an FBI affidavit said that agents found $90,000 in marked bills in Jefferson’s freezer during a 2005 raid, and many news stories about the situation have stated that the congressman will eventually be indicted.
Carter, who took 22 percent of the first-round vote, stated that the allegations had eviscerated Jefferson’s ability to serve the district. She noted that House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of California, who will ascend to Speaker in January when Democrats claim the House majority they won in this year’s elections, stripped Jefferson of his seat on the influential Ways and Means Committee after the investigation became public last spring.
But Jefferson has denied wrongdoing and has not been indicted, and his allies said that the congressman should have the presumption of innocence.
Despite Jefferson’s subpar showing on Nov. 7, local political analysts refused to characterize the incumbent as a sure loser in the runoff. Jefferson has a long public service career that includes 16 years in the House and more than a decade in the state Senate. He touted his ability to bring federal funds to the district — and he argued that it would be imprudent for voters to reject his seniority at a time when Louisiana is seeking substantial federal assistance following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina last year.
Jefferson secured some important endorsements, including those of New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and Democratic state Sen. Derrick Shepherd, who finished third in the Nov. 7 balloting. Jefferson had backed Nagin in the mayor’s own runoff election this spring, which he won over Democratic Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu.
Shepherd backed Jefferson in part because he said Carter was too liberal on some social issues. Jefferson dominated the vote Saturday in the Jefferson Parish precincts where Shepherd ran strongly on Nov. 7. (Parishes are Louisiana’s equivalent to counties.)
Carter supporters argued that Shepherd’s maneuver was motivated purely by self-interest, suggesting that he still wants the seat for himself and wanted to block Carter from establishing what might have been a long-term hold on the seat.
But the challenger’s problems in Jefferson Parish went beyond Shepherd’s alliance with the incumbent.
Carter’s home base is in the city of New Orleans and Orleans Parish. She was not well known in Jefferson Parish when the campaign started, and many of those voters who did know of her did not have a favorable impression: She angered some parish residents with remarks she made in a Spike Lee documentary about Hurricane Katrina that were sharply critical of Jefferson Parish officials concerning their handling of evacuation efforts during the catastrophe. Jefferson Parish Sheriff Harry Lee blasted Carter during the runoff campaign.
Carter received just 8 percent of the Jefferson vote on Nov. 7 and 29 percent of the parish vote on Saturday. She also trailed Jefferson in Orleans Parish, which, combined with her big deficit in Jefferson Parish, gave Jefferson an unexpectedly easy win.
It is unlikely that the House Democratic leadership will look more kindly on Jefferson, despite his re-election; Republicans, seeking to offset some of the damage their own party incurred in the 2006 elections because of a series of ethics controversies, are likely to hammer the Democrats over Jefferson’s re-election. But the House may be constrained in investigating Jefferson’s behavior because of the potential for interfering with the probe being conducted by federal prosecutors.
Nevertheless, the completion of the runoff campaign now makes official the Democrats’ hold on 232 seats in the 110th Congress, an overall net gain of 29 seats.
The outcomes of two additional races for Republican-held seats are still up for grabs. Republican Rep. Henry Bonilla faces a runoff election Tuesday in southwestern Texas’ 23rd District, and Democrats hope their nominee, former Rep. Ciro D. Rodriguez, can pull off an upset. The Nov. 7 results in Florida's 13th District — where Republican Vern Buchanan was certified as the winner by 369 votes — are being contested by Democratic nominee Christine Jennings, who alleges widespread voting machine irregularities.
© 2006 Congressional Quarterly
US Rep William Jefferson Wins Re-Election In Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS (AP)--U.S. Rep. William Jefferson easily defeated his fellow Democratic opponent in Saturday's runoff, despite an ongoing federal bribery investigation.
With 38% of the precincts reporting, Jefferson, Louisiana's first black congressman since Reconstruction, led with 60% of the vote over state Rep. Karen Carter.
Carter was unable to capitalize on a scandal that included allegations the FBI found $90,000 in bribe money in Jefferson's freezer.
In a concession speech, Carter embraced family members and pledged to work with Jefferson, especially on the area's recovery from Hurricane Katrina.
"I guess the people are happy with the status-quo," she said.
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Jim Bishop a Professional Basher
Al Rheem Island is located Abu Dhabi,UAE NOT Dubai
The development of Al Reem Island will ultimately provide for a residential population of 280,000. The island is partly reclaimed and lies adjacent the existing Abu Dhabi CBD area.
The development contains a mix of residential, commercial hotel, administrative and institutional precincts. Construction commenced in 2005 is planned over an 8 to 10 year period.
Technical Details
Alliance Design Group are the Civil and Structural engineers for Stage 1 of the project. This includes 14 highrise apartment towers varying from 20 levels to 55 levels and a single iconic 75 storey office tower. Significant basement construction works and coastal works are also involved in this stage of the project.
Jim Bishop, Al Rheem Island is located Abu Dhabi,UAE NOT Dubai
The development of Al Reem Island will ultimately provide for a residential population of 280,000. The island is partly reclaimed and lies adjacent the existing Abu Dhabi CBD area.
The development contains a mix of residential, commercial hotel, administrative and institutional precincts. Construction commenced in 2005 is planned over an 8 to 10 year period.
Technical Details
Alliance Design Group are the Civil and Structural engineers for Stage 1 of the project. This includes 14 highrise apartment towers varying from 20 levels to 55 levels and a single iconic 75 storey office tower. Significant basement construction works and coastal works are also involved in this stage of the project.
Wolfatthedoor,WINDSOR, ON--(MARKET WIRE)--Apr 21, 2006 -- New LoftWerks (Other OTC:LFWK.PK - News) CEO Steve Sulja in Windsor, Ontario announces today that Consultech Construction Management Inc.'s Director General Petar Vucicevich has been in the Middle East for the past 4 days completing negotiations for the land and construction of a 280 room exclusive luxury hotel on the Al Reem Island, in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Hello Wolfatthedoor,SLJB is involved with MGM in ME
Posted by: nickulliana
In reply to: pmunch who wrote msg# 209050
Date:12/8/2006 9:08:37 AM
Post #of 209126
1. the hotel on Al Rheem Island that SLJB is involved with is an MGM
2. MGM is a sister hotel of Windsor Casino
3. He has a gaming license and the MGM will be the first with gaming in Dubai
4. When I looked up the MGM hotel being built there is says "non-gaming"
MGM MIRAGE...Connecting the Dots...
MGM MIRAGE, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, owns casino resorts in the United States. The company’s casino resorts include gaming, hotel, dining, entertainment, retail, and other resort amenities. As of December 31, 2005, its operations consisted of 24 wholly owned casino resorts. MGM MIRAGE’s casino resorts include Bellagio, MGM Grand Las Vegas, Mandalay Bay, The Mirage, Luxor, TI, New York-New York, Excalibur, Monte Carlo, Circus Circus Las Vegas, Slots-A-Fun, and Boardwalk in Las Vegas, Nevada. In addition, the company has interests in The Primm Valley Resorts located in Primm, Nevada; Circus Circus Reno and Silver Legacy situated in Reno, Nevada; Colorado Belle and Edgewater in Laughlin, Nevada; Gold Strike and Nevada Landing in Jean, Nevada; Railroad Pass in Henderson, Nevada; MGM Grand Detroit; Beau Rivage in Biloxi, Mississippi and Gold Strike Tunica in Tunica, Mississippi; Borgata in Atlantic City, New Jersey; and Grand Victoria in Elgin, Illinois. It also owns and operates golf course in Las Vegas Strip resorts and the Primm Valley Golf Club in California. The company, formerly known as MGM Grand, Inc., was founded in 1986. The company is based in Las Vegas, Nevada. MGM MIRAGE is a subsidiary of Tracinda Corporation.
MGM MIRAGE Announces Agreement... Mubadala Development Company
"The intention is to create a joint venture with the principal purpose of developing luxury non-gaming hotels and resorts globally, but initially targeting locations in Abu Dhabi"
LAS VEGAS, Dec. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall
MGM MIRAGE (NYSE: MGM) announced today that it and Mubadala Development Company of Abu Dhabi, U.A.E., have signed a memorandum of understanding with the aim of creating a strategic relationship to pursue non-gaming related business opportunities. The intention is to create a joint venture with the principal purpose of developing luxury non-gaming hotels and resorts globally, but initially targeting locations in Abu Dhabi, Las Vegas and the United Kingdom. The expectation is that the joint venture will develop its own distinctive brand identity and utilize one or more of MGM MIRAGE's powerful brands and that MGM will provide management and development services. The parties plan to enter into immediate negotiations with a view to concluding a definitive joint venture agreement in the first quarter of 2007.
Terry Lanni, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of MGM MIRAGE, said: "We are pleased to be working with Mubadala Development Company. We have a tremendous amount of respect for Mubadala and all that it has accomplished. Our areas of cooperation should provide significant opportunities to build on the strengths of our two organizations and to expand our brand identity in rapidly growing international markets."
Khaldoon Al Mubarak, Chief Executive Officer of Mubadala, said: "The hospitality sector is an important evolution in our portfolio of strategic interests. As with every sector in which we work, our aim is to identify the right partner with the right performance track record, strategic outlook and execution capabilities. MGM MIRAGE's record speaks for itself. We are excited by the potential opportunities that the relationship between our two organisations can create."
MGM MIRAGE (NYSE: MGM), one of the world's leading and most respected hotel and gaming companies, owns and operates 23 properties located in Nevada, Mississippi and Michigan, and has investments in three other properties in Nevada, New Jersey and Illinois. The Company has entered into agreements to sell its three Primm Valley Resort properties located in Primm, Nevada and its Colorado Belle and Edgewater properties located in Laughlin, Nevada. In addition, the Company has major new developments under construction in Nevada, Michigan and Macau S.A.R. CityCenter is a multi-billion dollar mixed-use urban development in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip; a new MGM Grand hotel and casino complex is being built in downtown Detroit; and the Company has a 50% interest in MGM Grand Macau, a hotel-casino resort currently under construction in Macau S.A.R. MGM MIRAGE supports responsible gaming and has implemented the American Gaming Association's Code of Conduct for Responsible Gaming at its properties. MGM MIRAGE also has been the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions for its industry-leading Diversity Initiative and its community philanthropy programs. For more information about MGM MIRAGE, please visit the company's website at http://www.mgmmirage.com.
Mubadala Development is a Public Joint Stock company, established and wholly owned by the Government of the Emirate Abu Dhabi. Its mission is to invest in commercially-viable, strategic, industrial and commercial partnerships. The company manages a diversified portfolio of local, regional, and international investments. International investments include the Dutch fleet management giant LeasePlan Corporation (25% stake), and a stake in nine oil exploration blocks in North Africa. Mubadala has developed and invested in the first GCC cross-border natural gas project, Dolphin Energy (51% majority stake) and also has significant interests in the Mukhaizna Oil Field developments in Oman. Domestically and regionally (GCC) Mubadala is responsible for the development of Aldar Properties, The National Central Cooling Company, Abu Dhabi Ship Building, The Imperial College London Diabetes Center in Abu Dhabi, and Injazat Data Systems. Mubadala Development prides itself on the creation of numerous strategic alliances and associated projects. Current alliance partners include: Rolls- Royce, Shell and Dubai Aluminum Company (DUBAL). The company signed a joint development agreement with DUBAL to develop, construct, own and operate a USD6-billion world class green-field aluminum smelter complex with 1.2-million tone capacity a year at the Khalifa Port and Industrial Zone in Abu Dhabi. Mubadala Development is also leading the development of the UAE University's new campus in Al Ain City through a public-private partnership initiative. Stakes are also held in the Italian luxury car manufacturer Ferrari (5%), Piaggio Aero Industries (35%), and Spyker (17%).
For more information about Mubadala Development, please visit the company's website at http://www.Mubadala.ae.
CONTACT:
Investment Community,
James J. Murren, President, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
+1-702-693-8877, or
Media, Alan M. Feldman, Senior Vice President, Public Affairs,
+1-702-891-7147, both of MGM MIRAGE
Web site: http://www.mgmmirage.com, http://www.Mubadala.ae/
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coach33,Looking for an honest Answer!
Posted by: scorpio70
My take on SLJB...
Sincere efforts to post AF's as up to date and accurate for uplist to the OTC.BB and the DIFX demand accuracy under the microscope that SLJB is under and their desire to do it to standards that exceed the exchanges involved...and...
Coupled with a libelous article recently and outrageous characterization of our former CEO in his hometown newspaper with the advice of his legal counsel present on the 15th helping him deal with his outrage while posting the AF's that night counseled him through the night As the market opened with the criminal raid on the share price from .09 to .01 they watched with all, it became obvious that releasing the AF's might weaken their case against the paper.
Sure the price would have recovered, but they know the intensity of the raid occuring that morning with the paid bashers that came outta the woods in 'supposed' reaction to the article would not have been the best timing for their stated goals.
I've got 2.6 million shares and haven't broken a sweat. They can take all the time in the world they choose to sue this paper and release these financials accurately.
The whales and institutional money will be pouring in on SLJB faster than the bashers can cut and paste their next disingenuous negative spin. Hopefully the MM's... when that time comes have their shorts' interests squared by then...either way, it's going to be an incendiary moment that'll no doubt scorch the hands of even the most adept penny flippers as it gaps upwards of successive waves of valuation. We're talking Nasdaq material with ease.
For now it's been a delay...a criminal raid...a coy and justifiably outraged CEO libeled in his hometown paper by a rag journal reporter intent on enabling a criminal interest who needed their 'cover' of something like this for the collusion of many MM's in covering the shorts of their hedge fund allies ... the incessant nattering of some of the most outrageously negative posters who have no investment interest in SLJB except for providing the cover they need to encourage nervous hands and flipping mentality with what they'd claim was a legal move from .09 to .01 in minutes...uh yeah...
but the best is yet to be...
THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT TO COME is going to be awesome. Penny investors deserve justice for this criminal manipulation. They've been taking it on the chin for years while they've been swindled by MM's who've never known how to step away from the trough of gluttony they've fed off for ages.
My advice now...buy as much as you can within your own level of risk tolerance for what you've felt is apt for your own personal level of risk tolerance.
Personally mine was 2.6 million shares.
It'll be a pleasure to wait for as long as the company and players backing them would like me too. Some here are impatient. Some here are upset that they were shaken and sold at a price MM's were abe to get away with. At least the bastards are going to get a libeled CEO coming at them defending investors who were hurt as well.
Those who were manipulated to sell I have respect for...those people actually by and large don't post here about their pain and hurt. Posters whining about their losses are mostly an incredibly insincere group. Unfortunately it's easily aided in a public forum like IHUB's that allows this bashing community the ability to thrive under the pretense of giving them free speech..pretending to give investors protection from I spose their own greed...all with an attitude of boasting we have enforced civilty all under the mantra of personal attack posts not being allowed.
They're not the Raging Bull board. Are they possibly worse? Seems at least they're sertainly no better as I've read both. And while I've enjoyed the read here, it doesn't take a poster like myself to know that it's a circus just crying to be reformed. I've made my own suggestions to clean these boards of the nonsense that would make any average investor go running from here as fast as they could. Like I should expect them to listen to anybody by now... after what I've seen written and have come to understand..basically anything goes here.
Enjoy the male strippers ridiculing the former CEO. The people running the show at IHUB seem to think it's appropriate for an investors forum to tolerate.
LOL...and I hate to say it...but it all comes down to your own DD, patience and a healthy respect for mercury being in retrograde for the financials. It'll make the nightmare of the 2000 retrograde during the presidential elections pale if there's a meaning to why this stock has been the most popular stock read at IHUB for the last four months hands down and still sits at this price.
I guess at least no one can complain later that they didn't have a million opportunities to seize the moment and get invested with something by now.
Sincere longs understand the play here. Impatience breaks spirits and the resolve to post much from them. Responding to the bash community is an exercise in fortitude that defies reasonable behaviour. Maybe posters defending and promoting the interests of ownership received a paycheck like the bashers have would keep pace with their efforts...it'd be nice...but
Believe me... no sane person no matter how sincere their desires were to see their investment protected bothers posting much. It's dopey behaviour to continue as insanely as this group does. So only the bash community with no ownership and a slave masters paycheck for their handiwork behaves this way.
Sincere longs make their choices...they contribute within reason here..and they live their lives with the choices they make without need for saviours assembled here for the negative agendas of others.
Mercurys going direct now, since the 17th of November and my sincere pleas tonight to those who can honor the aching fingers and sleepless impatient times of my existence with the AF's, lawsuits and the megaton PR of greater transparency deserved this sincere long anytime soon would make me say here and now...
and as only a sincere scorpio could possibly say...load the boat... BUT please clean up your spelling so i don't mistake you for the bash community that prays on lame mistakes like...ejoyed(enjoyed) hear(here)...coack(coach)...substncial(substantial) in their nauseating posts designed to make the investor flinch from understanding with enough security to own SLJB...and please space your writing with an extra line or two for readability. I could go on and on and on about your questions...lol...but when I do...
remember to be sincere. k?
amen <g>
SLJB Assures Shareholders That Tall-Order Distribution Contracts Remain a Viable Focus of the Company
The Directors of SLJB wish to convey the following:
"We are stating to our shareholders that SLJB is actively pursuing long-term contracts to provide building materials worldwide. We have secured 100 million metric tons of cement for distribution and are in negotiations with qualified buyers who have already demonstrated the ability to meet our stringent criterion for purchasing this product"
"We are stating to our shareholders that SLJB is actively pursuing long-term contracts to provide building materials worldwide. We have secured 100 million metric tons of cement for distribution and are in negotiations with qualified buyers who have already demonstrated the ability to meet our stringent criterion for purchasing this product"
Cement shortage hits construction sector
Posted: Monday, October 09, 2006
Dubai
The Middle East construction industry is facing severe shortage of cement, according to a report released by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI).
Cement production totalled 122 million tonnes in 2005, while consumption was estimated at 128 million tones, said a report in the Gulf News quoting from the DCCI statement.
The region is facing a deficit of six million tonnes and this has resulted in an increase in the price by 10 per cent.
Apart from cement, steel prices, especially those for hot rolled plates, jumped by 45.2 per cent in August, according to the report.
'Dubai is affected by the situation in the Middle East and the world. Due to high consumption in the local market, steel prices increased even more sharply,' the report noted.
'Steel production in the region increased by 12 per cent in 2005, from 14.2 million metric tonnes in 2004, while on the other hand consumption increased by 37 per cent in 2005 from, 25.3 million tonnes in 2004.'
World steel production was affected by high prices for iron ore, which increased by 71.5 per cent in 2005. The product on the world market had an excess supply of 119 million metric tonnes in 2005, and from the supply-demand point of view this should stabilise prices.
In contrast prices have increased. For example, the price of hot rolled plates increased by 13.6 per cent from December 2005 to August 2006, the report added.
JB, The question is What does Sulja have to do with Dubai???
Dubai World Trade Center
Officials at the Dubai World Trade Center in the United Arab Emirates announced yesterday they will build Dubai Exhibition World, a $2 billion convention center, next to the emirates' new international airport, which opens in 2007. The first phase of the project, to include 19 connected halls with 1.3 million square feet of exhibit space, will open in mid-2009. When finished, the venue will offer more than 3.2 million square feet of space, as well as 2,000 hotel rooms spread out among several hotels. The existing convention center, the Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre, will be unaffected; it has 600,000 square feet of exhibition space.