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Rim Semiconductor Announces Technical Trial Agreement with Leading Telecom Equipment Supplier in China
Chinese Telecom Supplier Currently Buys Tens of Millions of Units Annually in Rim Semi’s Product Category
PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rim Semiconductor Company (OTCBB:RSMI), the inventor and leader in Internet Protocol Subscriber Line™ (IPSL™) technology, today announced that a leading telecom equipment supplier in China agreed to conduct a technical trial of Rim Semi’s Cupria™ transport processor.
China is the largest DSL market in the world. At present, over 36 million DSL lines are in use nationally. New installations are growing at a rate of 15 percent each year. By 2009 there will be an estimated 17 - 20 million Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) users across China.
Under the technical trial program, the company intends to complete a product evaluation of the Cupria™ transport processor in China. The company’s agreement with Rim Semi does not bind Rim Semi or the equipment manufacturer. The company has asked Rim Semi to not identify them publicly until such time as they agree, or until Rim Semi is required to identify them under Securities and Exchange Commission rules and regulations.
“By far, digital subscriber line remains the broadband access technology of choice in China and around the world. DSL has consistently proven to be cost effective, reliable and easy to deploy, but continues to demonstrate performance limitations,” stated Brad Ketch, president and chief executive officer of Rim Semiconductor Company. “With Cupria™ IPSL breakthrough performance, telecom equipment companies stand to offer carriers the much needed capability and capacity to handle triple play services such as IPTV.”
I have to believe that it is coming much sooner than later but I also think the new projection might ocurr when DPDW confirms the Mako Technolgy deal. ( IMO)
Investor 100
Right On Target- Dahlman Rose!
Dahlman Rose Initiates Research on Deep Down
HOUSTON, July 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Deep Down, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: DPDW) today announced that Dahlman Rose & Company, LLC (MEMBER: NASD/SIPC) has initiated research coverage of the Company with a BUY rating and a target price of $1.50 per share.
'The management team and employees of Deep Down are very pleased with this unsolicited and uncompensated research by such a prestigious firm. We believe this interest in providing coverage lends credible third-party validation that our business model is sound and capable of generating significant shareholder value,' commented Robert E. Chamberlain, Jr., Deep Down's chairman.
'In seven months since listing DPDW on the over-the-counter Bulletin Board(R) (OTCBB) exchange, Deep Down's strategy of organic growth, coupled with strategic acquisitions of complementary industry service providers such as ElectroWave USA and our currently pending acquisition of Mako Technologies, is gaining significant momentum,' Chamberlain concluded.
Bullish!!
DPDW - DEEP DOWN INC. (OTCBB)
Date Open High Low Last Change Volume % Change
10/08/07 1.4100 1.4200 1.3300 1.3900 +0.0400 239843 +2.96%
Composite Indicator
Trend Spotter TM Buy
Short Term Indicators
7 Day Average Directional Indicator Buy
10 - 8 Day Moving Average Hilo Channel Buy
20 Day Moving Average vs Price Buy
20 - 50 Day MACD Oscillator Buy
20 Day Bollinger Bands Buy
Short Term Indicators Average: 100% - Buy
20-Day Average Volume - 308035
Medium Term Indicators
40 Day Commodity Channel Index Buy
50 Day Moving Average vs Price Buy
20 - 100 Day MACD Oscillator Buy
50 Day Parabolic Time/Price Buy
Medium Term Indicators Average: 100% - Buy
50-Day Average Volume - 223846
Long Term Indicators
60 Day Commodity Channel Index Buy
100 Day Moving Average vs Price Buy
50 - 100 Day MACD Oscillator Buy
Long Term Indicators Average: 100% - Buy
100-Day Average Volume - 177115
Overall Average: 100% - Buy
Price Support Pivot Point Resistance
1.3500 1.1033 1.3333 1.5633
Bullish on CBMC!!!
CBMC - CALYPTE BIOMEDICAL (OTCBB)
Date Open High Low Last Change Volume % Change
10/08/07 0.2290 0.2290 0.2000 0.2150 -0.0100 355156 -4.44%
Composite Indicator
Trend Spotter TM Buy
Short Term Indicators
7 Day Average Directional Indicator Buy
10 - 8 Day Moving Average Hilo Channel Buy
20 Day Moving Average vs Price Buy
20 - 50 Day MACD Oscillator Buy
20 Day Bollinger Bands Hold
Short Term Indicators Average: 80% - Buy
20-Day Average Volume - 882310
Medium Term Indicators
40 Day Commodity Channel Index Buy
50 Day Moving Average vs Price Buy
20 - 100 Day MACD Oscillator Buy
50 Day Parabolic Time/Price Buy
Medium Term Indicators Average: 100% - Buy
50-Day Average Volume - 471866
Long Term Indicators
60 Day Commodity Channel Index Buy
100 Day Moving Average vs Price Buy
50 - 100 Day MACD Oscillator Buy
Long Term Indicators Average: 100% - Buy
100-Day Average Volume - 431797
Overall Average: 96% - Buy
Price Support Pivot Point Resistance
0.2250 0.2123 0.2243 0.2363
Bud Adams - Interesting Biography /Lifestyle/Businessman!
Kenneth Stanley "Bud" Adams, Jr. (born 1923 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma) is a businessman who owns the Tennessee Titans franchise in the National Football League. He was a charter owner in the former American Football League with the Titans' predecessor franchise, the Houston Oilers. Along with the Titans, Adams also owns the Nashville Kats of the Arena Football League.
Adams has many business interests in the Houston area. He originally made his fortune in the petroleum business and is chairman of Adams Resources, a wholesale supplier of oil and natural gas. He also owns Lincoln-Mercury automobile franchises.
Early life
Adams was born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma in 1923. He graduated from Culver Military Academy in 1940 after lettering in three sports. After a brief stint at Menlo College, he transferred to the University of Kansas
Adams served in the United States Armed Forces during World War II in the Pacific Theater of operations, and was discharged as a Lieutenant, Junior Grade. After the war, he returned to KU, where he became a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity.
Shortly after his 1946 discharge, Adams' plane was fogbound in Houston, Texas. He liked the area, and decided to settle there. Soon afterward, he launched a wildcatting firm, ADA Oil Company, that eventually grew into Adams Resources. The company's basketball team was an Amateur Athletic Union powerhouse, finishing third nationally in 1956.
Early Career in the American Football League
Adams soon became interested in owning an NFL team. In 1959, Adams tried to buy the struggling Chicago Cardinals and move them to Houston. When that effort failed, he tried to get an expansion team, only to be turned down. A few days after returning to Houston, Adams got a call from fellow Texas oilman Lamar Hunt proposing a brand-new football league. They met several times that spring, and Hunt convinced Adams to field a team in Houston. In Hunt's view, a regional rivalry between Hunt's Dallas Texans (now the Kansas City Chiefs) and a Houston team would be critical to the league's growth. On August 3, Adams and Hunt held a press conference in Adams' boardroom to announce formation of the new league, which was formally named the American Football League a few weeks later.
Adams is probably less associated with the formation of the AFL in the mind of the general public than Hunt, but was probably almost as crucial to the league's success, as he and Hunt were more financially stable than some of the other early owners.
Adams helped establish the league by fighting and winning the battle with the NFL for LSU's All-American Heisman Trophy winner Billy Cannon. Particularly crucial to the league's early years was Adams' relationship with Harry Wismer, original owner of the league's New York franchise, the Titans. For their first three years, the Titans played in the rotting remains of the old Polo Grounds and were largely either derided or ignored by the New York media. Adams' help was essential in keeping Wismer's team in business until it could be sold to more financially capable ownership and moved into Shea Stadium as the Jets. Without a New York franchise, U.S. television networks have limited interest in a team sports league, as it is by far the largest media market in the U.S.
Adams' team was the best of the beginning period of the AFL, winning the first two championship games behind the quarterbacking and kicking of former Bears reject George Blanda, and losing the third in sudden death overtime in what was until that point the longest game of American football ever played, the 1962 AFL Championship game. His team played in a total of four AFL Championship games, and he is a member of the American Football League Hall of Fame. This success was not to be duplicated by the team during the rest of its time in Texas.
The Houston Oilers and the Astrodome
Adams and the other AFL owners received a tremendous boost in credibility and net worth when the merger of the AFL with and into the NFL was announced in 1966, effective with the 1970 season. In 1968 Adams moved his team into the Astrodome, which had been, since 1965, the home of Major League Baseball's Houston Astros. While this took the hot, humid Houston weather during the early part of the season away as a consideration and made Adams' team the first pro football team ever to play its home games in a domed stadium, the Astrodome had several downsides as a venue for the Oilers. Its round shape made for poor sight lines for football. Also, it meant that the seats that should have been the most desirable (and expensive), those near the fifty-yard line, were in fact the farthest from the field of play, while those nearest the action were otherwise-undesirable seats in the end zone. Additionally, it seated only about 50,000 for football and was by the early 1980s the smallest venue in the NFL with regards to seating capacity. Also, Adams chafed at being the Astrodome's "secondary" tenant, but this was unlikely to change as long as the Astros were playing 81 home games there and his team was playing eight, and he knew this.
Houston vs. Adams
Adams was initially a hero in Houston for making the city a major-league town, but his popularity tailed off during the Oilers' early NFL years. This was in part due to what was seen as his mishandling of the team. He had a tendency to micromanage the Oilers, which brought him considerable scrutiny especially since he had no background in the sport. For example, he required that any expenditures of $200 or over to be personally approved by him. He also made good on a threat to hold a fire sale if the Oilers didn't make the Super Bowl after the 1993 season.
However, in the late 1970s the Oilers had again risen to football prominence. Had they not been in the same division as one of the greatest teams in the history of the NFL, the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Oilers would have almost certainly played in a Super Bowl during this time, and probably even won one. As it was, they were nonetheless extremely popular nationwide, especially their coach, Adams' fellow Texan O. A. "Bum" Phillips, who dressed, spoke, and acted much like the popular image of a rancher, which he in fact was. The Astrodome became known as the "House of Pain," and the Oilers were almost unbeatable there. After the Oilers lost two straight AFC championship games to the Steelers, Adams fired Phillips. The team soon afterwards became a laughingstock, and most of the Houston sporting public blamed Adams. This era of rotation between mediocrity and disaster was to last several years.
In 1987, Adams threatened to move the Oilers to Jacksonville, Florida unless significant improvements were made to the Astrodome. The city responded with a $67 million renovation that added 10,000 more seats, a new Astroturf carpet and 65 luxury boxes. These improvements were funded by increases in property taxes and the doubling of the hotel tax, as well as bonds to be paid over 30 years. That same year, the Oilers seemed to right themselves on the field as well, and made the AFC playoffs every year from then until 1993, each time falling short of appearing in the Super Bowl.
By the mid-1990s, several NFL teams had new stadiums built largely or entirely with public funding, and several more such deals had been agreed to. These new venues featured amenities such as "club seating" and other potential revenue streams which were not part of the NFL's revenue-sharing arrangements. Adams began to lobby Mayor Bob Lanier for a new stadium. Lanier disliked Adams intensely, and told him that what had been done for him a decade earlier, which had been financed with bonds to be paid off over thirty years, was enough. With this, Adams again began to shop the team to other cities. He had taken particular notice in the offer that had been made by Nashville, Tennessee to the ownership of the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League to become the primary tenant of a new arena then under construction in downtown Nashville (and now called the Sommet Center). While this deal was never to be consummated (Nasvhille eventually received an expansion team, the Nashville Predators), Adams wondered what sort of offer might be made to him regarding a venue for his NFL team. After meeting with then-Nashville mayor Phil Bredesen on several occasions, a deal was announced which would bring the Oilers to Nashville effective in the 1997 season to a new stadium (originally called Adelphia Coliseum, now known as LP Field) to be built across the Cumberland River from downtown Nashville, largely with city and state funds. Nashville opponents of this arrangement forced the issue to a referendum vote, which passed easily, with over 57% of those voting in favor.
Adams' opponents in Houston were not idle during this time. House Majority Whip Tom DeLay, whose district included portions of Houston and its suburbs, even introduced a bill in Congress banning the move, which eventually did not pass. Lawsuits were filed as well, but all were dismissed in a way favorable to Adams. His immediate problem became having a suitable place to play prior to the completion of the new stadium in Nashville. The 1996 season in the Astrodome was a disaster, with crowds so sparse at times that the few in attendance (and watching on television or listening on radio) could hear all of the action on the field, including play calling, collisions, and the players talking to one another, even the occasional profanity. In addition, the Oilers' radio network, formerly statewide, was reduced to a single station in Houston and a few new affiliates in Tennessee. All of this was unacceptable to both Adams and the league, and it was announced that the next two seasons would be played at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis while the new Nashville stadium was being completed. Its opening had been forced back a year by the time necessary to get the appropriate enabling measure on the ballot in Nashville. The largest stadium in the Nashville area at the time, Vanderbilt Stadium on the campus of Vanderbilt University, seated only 41,000 and was considered inadequate even as a temporary home for anything beyond preseason games.
The Tennessee Oilers
The 1997 season in Memphis proved to be almost as disastrous as the prior years in the Astrodome had been. Whether it was out of disappointment at their own city's numerous failures to get professional football in its own right, or their longtime rivalry with and disdain for Nashville was the primary culprit, Memphians showed almost no interest in the Oilers. Nashvillians balked at travelling 210 miles to see "their" team, especially since Interstate 40 between the two cities was undergoing a major reconstruction near Memphis at the time. As a result, the Oilers played before some of the smallest NFL crowds since the 1950s. For many games, there appeared to be more visiting fans than Oiler fans.
Despite this, Adams initially had every intention of staying the course in Memphis for two years. However, only one game, the finale against the Pittsburgh Steelers, attracted a larger crowd than could have been accommodated at Vanderbilt. Although 50,677 people showed up, the crowd appeared to be composed of at least half, and as many as two-thirds, Steelers fans. Adams was so embarrassed that he scrapped plans to play the 1998 season at the Liberty Bowl, and instead opted to play at Vanderbilt after all.
When only four of the eight regular-season home games at Vanderbilt sold out for the 1998 season, it began to appear as if the move of the team was going to be a net loss for all concerned. Also, a major tornado had hit the downtown Nashville area in the interim, tearing directly through the new stadium construction site and knocking two tower cranes down onto what is now the playing surface, and for a while the timely completion of the new stadium appeared to be in doubt. But superb work by the contractors and some apparent slack time having been built into the construction schedule obviated the need to play any more games at Vanderbilt. Oilers players becoming personally involved in the post-tornado cleanup proved to be a public-relations bonanza for Adams and his team, as did a large charitable contribution made by Adams to relief for the storm's victims. The overall effect of the storm, incredibly, had seemingly been a positive development for Adams and the Oilers. More than a few fans, some of them quite seriously, suggested renaming the team the "Tennessee Twisters".
The Tennessee Titans
The following year and the team's arrival at their new stadium was to change almost everything that had occurred in the three previous seasons. (The team had by this time become the only team in NFL history to play four consecutive "home" seasons at four different venues.) Adams announced that the team would henceforth be known as the Tennessee Titans, that navy blue would be added to the team's color scheme, and that this team would be considered to be the continuation of the former Oilers franchise, with all team records to be considered to be continuous and that there would be a Titans/Oilers Hall of Fame honoring the greatest players from both eras. In fact, Adams' desire to ensure that no NFL team in Houston would revive the Oilers name was thought to be one of the major causes of the delay in announcing a new name for the team; he did not desire the experience which had occurred with the "Cleveland Browns" name to be repeated.
The rechristened Titans in their new stadium proceeded to finish the 1999 regular season with a 13-3 record but nonetheless qualified for the playoffs only as a wild-card team. In their first-round playoff game against the Buffalo Bills, they won on a wild, controversial last-minute kickoff return play which the media dubbed the "Music City Miracle". The kickoff, caught by fullback Lorenzo Neal, was handed off to tight end Frank Wycheck, who then made a lateral pass to wide receiver Kevin Dyson. Dyson ran the ball 75 yards down the sideline while Buffalo's defense had converged on Wycheck on the other side of the field. Many Bills fans contended it was an illegal forward pass, though officials ruled it a lateral and subsequent video analysis backed up the ruling on the field. The team went on to win two subsequent playoff games and appear in its first-ever (and, as of 2007, only) Super Bowl appearance, in Atlanta's Georgia Dome losing 23-16 to the St. Louis Rams, having come just one yard short of a touchdown on the game's final play that would have likely sent the game into overtime had the extra point after the touchdown been made. It was one of the most thrilling conclusions in Super Bowl history.
Since the initial season in Nashville the Titans have not done quite as well. The team won the former AFC Central Division the next year but fell short of the Super Bowl; after the 2003 season the team advanced as far as the AFC Divisional Playoffs, losing to the eventual Super Bowl champion New England Patriots. 2005 was by far the team's worst season since its arrival in Tennessee and it finished with an overall record of 4-12. Adams was again criticized for his decision not to renew the contract of the team's president, returning to that role himself. Adams is said to have arranged his affairs in such a way as to ensure the team will remain in his family's possession after his death, which appears in no way to be imminent as he has the appearance of a man in remarkably good health for his advanced age.
The Nashville Kats (Arena Football)
In 2001, Adams purchased the rights to operate an Arena Football League franchise in Nashville for a reported $4,000,000. He found it impossible at first to negotiate a favorable lease for the use of the Gaylord Entertainment Center (now called Sommet Center) from that facility's primary tenant and operator, the Nashville Predators. A previous AFL team had been forced by financial losses to leave Nashville and move to Atlanta despite average attendance of over 10,000 per home game and blamed most of this on an unfavorable lease. Adams' bitter memories of being a secondary tenant at the Astrodome caused him to consider briefly either financing the renovation of the Nashville Municipal Auditorium for use as an indoor football venue, building an entirely new facility with a seating capacity of 12,000 or so (dropped when Adams was convinced that the potential $30,000,000 price tag for such a building he had apparently initially been quoted was wildly optimistic), or expanding the Titans' existing indoor practice facility (at "Baptist Sports Park", named for a local hospital) for use as an Arena venue. Negotiations dragged on, and the Arena Football League extended his option on the new Nashville franchise at least twice.
By 2004 Adams and the Predators finally hammered out a mutually-acceptable agreement and it was announced that the new Nashville Kats franchise would begin play in the 2005 Arena season. (The predecessor franchise also continues to operate as the Georgia Force; the current Kats franchise has now reclaimed the Nashville history of the earlier franchise as its own.) Late in 2004 it was announced that country singer Tim McGraw had bought into the Kats franchise as a minority owner
10/3/2007 3:20:01 PM ET News Release Index
Very bullish news and I suspect we'll see an upward movement in weeks and months ahead!
Commerce Planet Experiences Upward Business Trends
GOLETA, Calif., Oct 03, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
Commerce Planet, Inc. (OTCBB:CPNE) today announced that it has recently experienced an upward trend in their overall business. This growth is spurred by an increase in daily order volume. In addition to the increase in volume CPNE has diversified its core product mix over six top performing products. The product Online Supplier, which traditionally generated the majority of orders for CPNE, now ranks second on the list of performers, surpassed by their Cost Per Click advertising product.
CPNE has also successfully executed on its expansion of commercial list management and email deployment. CPNE has forty-four contracts in place to manage third party data in addition to their own data records. As evidenced by their increased order volume, CPNE has effectively monetized this data through the execution on their commercial email deployment initiative.
Vertical data aggregate sites such as www.MyFlick.com, www.ineedagooddiet.com, and www.virtualmoneycenter.com have proven to be a successful means of generating valuable profiled customer data. This internal data along with the brokered list data feeds the commercial advertising efforts that in turn generate orders.
Utilizing their Costa Rican call center, CPNE has implemented the first two steps of a four-step order verification process. An outbound call is made to every customer to insure the validity of the order and to offer additional ancillary services. CPNE intends to expand this program internally and offer it at a B2B enterprise level once their ALPHA program is put into full production.
Michael Hill, CEO stated, "We anticipate a strong fourth quarter based upon the increased order volume we are experiencing. We also believe that our Fraud Prevention Program will result in higher billing rates, increased retention and a decrease in our cost per acquisition advertising budget. This higher quality traffic is associated with lower merchant processing fees that have been extended to CPNE. Our other initiatives associated with data acquisition through list management agreements and internally generated data through our diversified web properties also appear to be performing in accordance with our strategic initiatives. I am pleased to see we are successfully monetizing that data through our commercial advertising efforts. Our call center has proven to be an invaluable commodity in qualifying orders and selling additional products and services."
CPNE is nearing the close of the Iventa transaction and believes they may formally announce its consummation in the near future. The final transaction details are being memorialized and CPNE has focused on structuring the deal to maximize shareholder value. Although this transaction has taken longer than expected, CPNE will not sacrifice the interests of the shareholders due to a self imposed time line.
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Talk About Success-Bud Adams- ADA Resources!
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Bud Adams-Distinguished Trustee Emeritus at Culver Academies!
Trustees Emeritus
Kenneth S. “Bud” Adams, Jr. ’40
President, Tennessee Titans, Inc. / Chairman, Adams Resources and Energy, Inc.
Houston, TX
Frank Batten ’45
Chairman of the Executive Committee, Landmark Communications
Norfolk, VA
Samuel C. Butler ’47
Cravath, Swaine and Moore
New York, NY
James F. Dicke, II ’64
President, Crown Equipment Corp.
New Bremen, OH
Cortlandt S. Dietler ‘40
Chairman of the Board, TransMontaigne Oil Co.
Denver, CO
Richard W. Freeman, Jr. ’56
New Orleans, LA
James D. Fullerton ’35
Retired Chairman of the Board, The Capital Group, Inc.
Pasadena, CA
J. Gregory “Barney” Poole, Jr. ’53
Retired Chairman and C.E.O., Gregory Poole Equipment Co.
Raleigh, NC
Henry B. Schacht
Director and Senior Advisor, E.M. Warburg, Pincus & Co., LLC
New York, NY
George M. Steinbrenner, III ’48
Chairman and CEO, Trans Marine Management Corp.
Tampa, FL
Thomas C. Sullivan ’55
Chairman, RPM, Inc.
Medina, OH
Jonathan W. “Jack” Warner ’36
Retired CEO and Chairman of the Board, Gulf States Paper Corp.
Tuscaloosa, AL
The Man behind ADA Resources:
MY DD on this stock put a face and a name together as I happen to have had the opportunity to meet BUD Adams ( He and I are from the same Alma mater - Culver Academies).
Bud and his family are true money makers in the oil and gas business as well as giving back to the community big time!
With this connection between he and CMMI this warrants me to take a position next week.
For those here congratulations and for me I am happy to have done some DD and will be joining you next week.
Investor 100
Bud Adams Is A Big Ol' Bargain
Dan Ackman, 04.26.01, 6:30 PM ET
NEW YORK - K.S. "Bud" Adams has been chief executive of Adams Resources & Energy for 54 years. He seems to be getting the hang of it. Over the past five years, the oil and natural gas marketing company has increased sales by 46% per year to almost $7 billion, while being consistently profitable.
Recently, Adams Resources (amex: AE - news - people) has expanded into exploration. Last year it hit on 21 of 33 wells, Adams says.
The CEO of the Houston-based company makes the Forbes Top CEOs list by virtue of the company's sales: It is unranked in terms of profits, assets and market value. The 77-year-old CEO, meanwhile, leaps to second place in the value rankings by paying himself a total of just over $1 million during the last five years. "I try to hire the right guys and I pay some of them a lot more than I get. But they add to the bottom line," he says.
Like Warren Buffett, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (nyse: BRK.A) who tops our list, Adams owns a good chunk of the company (49.55%), with a market value of $63 million, and thus is not dependent on salary or stock options. Of course, there are many CEOs with as much money as Adams, yet they still arrange for their companies' shareholders to pay them more while delivering less.
Beyond Adams Resources, which went public in 1974, Adams owns farms, ranches and auto dealerships. He also owns the NFL's Tennessee Titans. He bought the team (then the Houston Oilers, one of the original American Football League franchises) in 1959 for an initial investment of $25,000.
The Titans, who made it to the Super Bowl in 2000 and had the best record in the AFC last season, would now probably sell for more than $700 million.
Now that's value.
10/05/07 1.3000 1.4400 1.2100 1.3500 +0.0500 419100 +3.85%
Composite Indicator
Trend Spotter TM Buy
Short Term Indicators
7 Day Average Directional Indicator Buy
10 - 8 Day Moving Average Hilo Channel Buy
20 Day Moving Average vs Price Buy
20 - 50 Day MACD Oscillator Buy
20 Day Bollinger Bands Buy
Short Term Indicators Average: 100% - Buy
20-Day Average Volume - 308035
Medium Term Indicators
40 Day Commodity Channel Index Buy
50 Day Moving Average vs Price Buy
20 - 100 Day MACD Oscillator Buy
50 Day Parabolic Time/Price Buy
Medium Term Indicators Average: 100% - Buy
50-Day Average Volume - 223846
Long Term Indicators
60 Day Commodity Channel Index Buy
100 Day Moving Average vs Price Buy
50 - 100 Day MACD Oscillator Buy
Long Term Indicators Average: 100% - Buy
100-Day Average Volume - 177115
Overall Average: 100% - Buy
Price Support Pivot Point Resistance
1.3500 1.1033 1.3333 1.5633
I slap the ask an added more:)
Have a great weekend too!
Investor 100
The story keeps getting better for all of us:)
I agree looking to add on the dips..
Indicators Look Great for CBMC!
Date Open High Low Last Change Volume % Change
10/04/07 0.2100 0.2300 0.2100 0.2200 +0.0100 944900 +4.76%
Composite Indicator
Trend Spotter TM Buy
Short Term Indicators
7 Day Average Directional Indicator Buy
10 - 8 Day Moving Average Hilo Channel Buy
20 Day Moving Average vs Price Buy
20 - 50 Day MACD Oscillator Buy
20 Day Bollinger Bands Hold
Short Term Indicators Average: 80% - Buy
20-Day Average Volume - 858835
Medium Term Indicators
40 Day Commodity Channel Index Buy
50 Day Moving Average vs Price Buy
20 - 100 Day MACD Oscillator Buy
50 Day Parabolic Time/Price Buy
Medium Term Indicators Average: 100% - Buy
50-Day Average Volume - 464096
Long Term Indicators
60 Day Commodity Channel Index Buy
100 Day Moving Average vs Price Buy
50 - 100 Day MACD Oscillator Buy
Long Term Indicators Average: 100% - Buy
100-Day Average Volume - 429453
Overall Average: 96% - Buy
All indicators are Green!
ate Open High Low Last Change Volume % Change
10/04/07 1.3550 1.3600 1.1500 1.3000 +0.0600 637900 +4.84%
Composite Indicator
Trend Spotter TM Buy
Short Term Indicators
7 Day Average Directional Indicator Buy
10 - 8 Day Moving Average Hilo Channel Buy
20 Day Moving Average vs Price Buy
20 - 50 Day MACD Oscillator Buy
20 Day Bollinger Bands Buy
Short Term Indicators Average: 100% - Buy
20-Day Average Volume - 304195
Medium Term Indicators
40 Day Commodity Channel Index Buy
50 Day Moving Average vs Price Buy
20 - 100 Day MACD Oscillator Buy
50 Day Parabolic Time/Price Buy
Medium Term Indicators Average: 100% - Buy
50-Day Average Volume - 222750
Long Term Indicators
60 Day Commodity Channel Index Buy
100 Day Moving Average vs Price Buy
50 - 100 Day MACD Oscillator Buy
Long Term Indicators Average: 100% - Buy
100-Day Average Volume - 173321
Overall Average: 100% - Buy
Price Support Pivot Point Resistance
1.3000 1.0600 1.2700 1.4800
Park yourself here and make some money!
Investor 100
Bit: You are Kidding!
That prediction was good many weeks/months ago not the story this week and weeks ahead!
The float is tight and volume continues to be strong with anticipated news coming from different paths....
Lock and Loaded!
Investor 100
For Newbies-Just in Case:
10/04/07 1.3550 1.3600 1.1500 1.2800 +0.0400 428011 +3.23%
Composite Indicator
Trend Spotter TM Buy
Short Term Indicators
7 Day Average Directional Indicator Buy
10 - 8 Day Moving Average Hilo Channel Buy
20 Day Moving Average vs Price Buy
20 - 50 Day MACD Oscillator Buy
20 Day Bollinger Bands Buy
Short Term Indicators Average: 100% - Buy
20-Day Average Volume - 282515
Medium Term Indicators
40 Day Commodity Channel Index Buy
50 Day Moving Average vs Price Buy
20 - 100 Day MACD Oscillator Buy
50 Day Parabolic Time/Price Buy
Medium Term Indicators Average: 100% - Buy
50-Day Average Volume - 213276
Long Term Indicators
60 Day Commodity Channel Index Buy
100 Day Moving Average vs Price Buy
50 - 100 Day MACD Oscillator Buy
Long Term Indicators Average: 100% - Buy
100-Day Average Volume - 168155
Overall Average: 100% - Buy
Price Support Pivot Point Resistance
1.2400 0.8533 1.1433 1.4333
In Case You Missed yesterdays Press Release!
Looks Like We Are Going Higher!
HOUSTON, Oct. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Deep Down, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: DPDW) announced today that it has secured over $22 million in drilling riser flotation contracts for Matrix Asia Pacific Pty Ltd of Perth, Australia, and expects to close over $8 million in additional contracts within the next couple of weeks.
Deep Down has an exclusive agreement with Matrix to introduce their complete product line to the U.S. Market. These contracts establish Matrix as one of the world's premier suppliers of syntactic foam drilling riser flotation modules. These modules are used to provide buoyancy and reduce the weight of the riser string, thus allowing drilling in deeper depths with less tension.
Matrix is providing their proprietary syntactic foam formulation coupled with a practical, damage resistant module design. Deep Down is working closely with Matrix to optimize the mix of products and services that can be jointly offered to the marketplace. Deep Down is currently acting as an agent and expects to earn over $600,000 in commissions, after expenses, on these orders.
'Although Deep Down will not record the revenue on its financial statements, it is important to note that the $600,000 in commissions is essentially unencumbered by expense and falls to the bottom line as pretax profit. We expect these fees to be collected in various installments over the next 18 months,' commented Eugene L. Butler, Deep Down's chief financial officer.
In addition to drilling riser flotation, Matrix offers buoyancy for ROVs, subsea deployment, distributed buoyancy modules and other subsea applications. Matrix also offers a complete range of molded polyurethane products including, bend restrictors, bend stiffeners, VIV suppression strakes, clamping systems, and cable and flowline protection.
Commerce Planet Experiences Upward Business Trends
Commerce Planet, Inc. (OTCBB:CPNE) today announced that it has recently experienced an upward trend in their overall business. This growth is spurred by an increase in daily order volume. In addition to the increase in volume CPNE has diversified its core product mix over six top performing products. The product Online Supplier, which traditionally generated the majority of orders for CPNE, now ranks second on the list of performers, surpassed by their Cost Per Click advertising product.
CPNE has also successfully executed on its expansion of commercial list management and email deployment. CPNE has forty-four contracts in place to manage third party data in addition to their own data records. As evidenced by their increased order volume, CPNE has effectively monetized this data through the execution on their commercial email deployment initiative.
Vertical data aggregate sites such as www.MyFlick.com, www.ineedagooddiet.com, and www.virtualmoneycenter.com have proven to be a successful means of generating valuable profiled customer data. This internal data along with the brokered list data feeds the commercial advertising efforts that in turn generate orders.
Utilizing their Costa Rican call center, CPNE has implemented the first two steps of a four-step order verification process. An outbound call is made to every customer to insure the validity of the order and to offer additional ancillary services. CPNE intends to expand this program internally and offer it at a B2B enterprise level once their ALPHA program is put into full production.
Michael Hill, CEO stated, “We anticipate a strong fourth quarter based upon the increased order volume we are experiencing. We also believe that our Fraud Prevention Program will result in higher billing rates, increased retention and a decrease in our cost per acquisition advertising budget. This higher quality traffic is associated with lower merchant processing fees that have been extended to CPNE. Our other initiatives associated with data acquisition through list management agreements and internally generated data through our diversified web properties also appear to be performing in accordance with our strategic initiatives. I am pleased to see we are successfully monetizing that data through our commercial advertising efforts. Our call center has proven to be an invaluable commodity in qualifying orders and selling additional products and services.”
CPNE is nearing the close of the Iventa transaction and believes they may formally announce its consummation in the near future. The final transaction details are being memorialized and CPNE has focused on structuring the deal to maximize shareholder value. Although this transaction has taken longer than expected, CPNE will not sacrifice the interests of the shareholders due to a self imposed time line.
About Commerce Planet, Inc.
Commerce Planet, Inc. is an internet-based media company that offers online media products, lead generation services and direct marketing tools to its client partners. Commerce Planet offers an internet turnkey media solution through its network of wholly owned subsidiaries, which includes Consumer Loyalty Group, LLC, Legacy Media, LLC, OS Imaging, LLC and Interaccurate, LLC. In combination these services are designed to address the needs of client partners, including membership loyalty programs, direct response consumer marketing, affiliate list management, email deployment, live chat software-based services, direct phone sales and customer service, and printing services. To find out more about Commerce Planet (OTCBB:CPNE), visit our website at http://www.commerceplanet.com.
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No problem but drinks on you...Cheers!
Todays Press Release:GO DPDW!
Looking to get on the next board AMEX/NASD!
Deep Down Announces Over $30 Million in Flotation Orders
HOUSTON, Oct. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Deep Down, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: DPDW) announced today that it has secured over $22 million in drilling riser flotation contracts for Matrix Asia Pacific Pty Ltd of Perth, Australia, and expects to close over $8 million in additional contracts within the next couple of weeks.
Deep Down has an exclusive agreement with Matrix to introduce their complete product line to the U.S. Market. These contracts establish Matrix as one of the world's premier suppliers of syntactic foam drilling riser flotation modules. These modules are used to provide buoyancy and reduce the weight of the riser string, thus allowing drilling in deeper depths with less tension.
Matrix is providing their proprietary syntactic foam formulation coupled with a practical, damage resistant module design. Deep Down is working closely with Matrix to optimize the mix of products and services that can be jointly offered to the marketplace. Deep Down is currently acting as an agent and expects to earn over $600,000 in commissions, after expenses, on these orders.
'Although Deep Down will not record the revenue on its financial statements, it is important to note that the $600,000 in commissions is essentially unencumbered by expense and falls to the bottom line as pretax profit. We expect these fees to be collected in various installments over the next 18 months,' commented Eugene L. Butler, Deep Down's chief financial officer.
In addition to drilling riser flotation, Matrix offers buoyancy for ROVs, subsea deployment, distributed buoyancy modules and other subsea applications. Matrix also offers a complete range of molded polyurethane products including, bend restrictors, bend stiffeners, VIV suppression strakes, clamping systems, and cable and flowline protection.
Brikk: This keeps getting better an better..without MAKO announcment..
Those on the fence just fell off (LOL)
Invetor 100
Positive Forecast for Deep Down Segment!
February 12, 2007 07:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Record High Oil & Gas Project Costs Expected for ‘07: IHS/CERA Launch CPI-Like Index to Track Equipment, Materials & Personnel Costs
Upstream Capital Costs Index Up 53% Since 2004
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The costs of major oil and gas production projects have risen more than 53% in the past two years, and no significant slowing is in sight, according to a new benchmark index developed by IHS and Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA).
The IHS/CERA Upstream Capital Costs Index (UCCI), which tracks nine key cost areas for offshore and land-based projects, climbed 13% to 167 during the six months ending October 31, 2006, compared with an increase of more than 17% in the previous six months. Since 2000, the UCCI has risen 67% -- with most of the increase in the last two years -- while the Producer Price Index-Commodities for finished goods (excluding food and energy) moved up just 7.5% during the same period.
“This continuing cost surge is central to every energy company’s strategic planning and to every energy user’s expectations for supply security in the coming years,” said CERA Chairman Daniel Yergin. “Rising capital costs rank right alongside more widely recognized issues such as world market trends, geopolitics, globalization and new technologies at the top of the agenda for the energy industry,” he said. “And this will be a central issue at CERAWeek in Houston,” referring to the CERA conference that opens in Houston on Tuesday.
Index Data
The UCCI tracks the costs of equipment, facilities, construction materials and personnel used in a geographically diversified portfolio of more than two dozen onshore and offshore oil and gas development projects. It is similar to the consumer price index (CPI) in that it provides an easy to understand tool for tracking and forecasting a complex and dynamic environment. The UCCI is unique in that it leverages the proprietary cost database and cost modeling tools of the IHS QUE$TOR™ suite of software. It also provides the platform for CERA’s Capital Costs Analysis Forum.
“If current trends continue, 2007 is shaping up to be a year of further increases. Despite a slight slowing in the rate of increase during the six months to October 31, we expect project capital costs to continue reaching new record levels during 2007,” said CERA senior director and UCCI project manager Richard Ward. “With high oil prices driving new development projects, capacity constraints continue to support increases in the cost of equipment and services.”
Deeper water projects have experienced the largest cost increases, according to the UCCI data, rising 15% in the recent six month period, primarily due to drill rig rates, technology limits and skills requirements, and are expected to continue to rise due to tight industry capacity. Onshore facilities, including LNG, have seen the slowest rates of increase, 12%, but are still only slightly behind the overall averages.
“Higher costs, combined with the recent drop in gas prices, have made some projects uneconomical and triggered a re-evaluation of plans.” Ward said. “This has produced a slight relaxation of tight support service or commodity markets, particularly in the U.S. And most noticeably for natural gas projects, where development costs have remained high. However, the slight additional capacity made available was rapidly mopped-up by other geographical areas where these resources were required.”
Cost Drivers
Of the nine primary drivers of project capital development costs, steel is the only segment to decline over the past 12 months, primarily because steel prices began accelerating globally prior to the recent increase in oil prices and demand. Most of the others – except equipment and bulk materials – are specifically focused on the oil and gas business and are at near maximum capacity.
Market
12-mo % Change (1)
Steel 3.5%
Offshore Rigs 309.2%
Equipment 16.5%
Yards - Fabrication 21.7%
Bulk Materials 12.5%
Offshore Installation Vessels 41.0%
Land Rigs 18.2%
Engineering & Project Management 23.0%
Construction Labor 13.0%
(1) Data through October, 2006
* Steel – With oil industry steel less than 2% of total steel production and special mill runs required for oil industry grade steels, the industry faces premium pricing and constrained capacity.
* Offshore rigs – A rush by drilling contractors to expand their fleets has produced plans for construction of over 100 new rigs over the next four years. If demand stays high, the majority of these rigs will come to market and some additional rigs may begin construction. This should ease rates, but not until mid-to-late 2009. Because drilling accounts for 40% to 50% of development costs, a 25% rise in the rig rate can produce a 10% or larger increase in total project cost.
* Equipment – The market for long lead time oil and gas equipment – such as generators, compressors, vessels, towers and exchangers – is very tight with extended delivery times and premium pricing. CERA and IHS estimate current capacity at 185,000 tons/year and have not observed moves by vendors to extend their facilities. Quality control requirements and local content rules also constrain the supply market.
* Yards & fabrication – In competition with the currently booming general ship building segment, specialized, one-off oil and gas fabrication encounters premium pricing. Yards are currently at capacity and, even with an expected 15% expansion by 2012, utilization will remain high, as will demand for gas carriers, especially LNG tankers.
* Offshore installation vessels – Plans announced by pipeline installation companies to expand capacity of the current 56-vessel fleet by 8%, or 3 new vessels, is insufficient to meet short-term demand. The world’s fleet of 26 heavy lift crane vessels is projected to expand by one in 2009, increasing total lift capacity by about 15%. If demand for installation projects should soften due to a decline in oil prices, previously delayed decommissioning projects are likely to claim the available capacity, but at reduced rates.
* Design & project management – Although vigorous efforts to attract new talent and to open design centers in Asia and the Middle East have brought a potentially large number of personnel into the detailed design arena, at least five years time will be required for the new entrants’ experience to reach the level required for lead engineering and project management tasks. IHS and CERA expect design and project management costs to continue to escalate until then, with additional premium pay required for specialists in deep water, subsea and project management.
“What this analysis tells us is that capacity is tight in all markets,” Ward noted. “The question is, where are the expansions and capacity additions? The answer is that in many markets they are underway. However, much of this requires significant investment and many years to bring on line, in addition to confidence in strong demand. While oil prices stay above $55/bbl CERA expects that confidence to remain. Should prices slip below $50/bbl, the industry should expect some expansion projects to be cancelled or delayed,” he said.
“The oil and gas business is at a crossroads. Costs for multiple components of major projects have escalated dramatically in the last three years. An all-in measure of project costs, the UCCI is up 53% since the end of 2004. While commodity prices are still strong, and are expected to continue to be strong in the near future, this rise in costs is causing firms to re-evaluate the economics and viability of many important initiatives. CERA’s analysis indicates that for the remainder of 2007 costs should continue to escalate, but perhaps not as rapidly as in previous years, a situation we shall continue to monitor for change,” Ward concluded.
For additional information, you are invited to participate in the following conference call to discuss this further:
WHO: Daniel Yergin, CERA Chairman; Richard Ward, CERA director
WHAT: Teleconference press briefing on oil and gas production
cost trends
WHEN: 9:00 a.m. (Eastern), Monday, February 12, 2007
Dial in Number -- 1-888-419-5570
International -- 617-896-9871
Participant Code -- 31990879
IHS (NYSE:IHS) is a leading provider of critical technical information, decision-support tools and related services to customers around the world. Our data and services are used primarily by the energy, defense, aerospace, construction, electronics, and automotive industries. IHS translates the value of our global information, expertise and knowledge to enable customer success and create customer delight on a daily basis. Ranging from governments and large multinational corporations to smaller companies and technical professionals in more than 100 countries, customers rely on our offerings to facilitate decision making, support key processes and improve productivity. IHS has been in business for more nearly 50 years and employs more than 2,500 people around the world.
Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA), an IHS company, is a leading advisor to energy companies, consumers, financial institutions, technology providers, and governments. CERA (www.cera.com) delivers strategic knowledge and independent analysis on energy markets, geopolitics, industry trends, and strategy. CERA is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and has offices in Bangkok; Beijing; Calgary; Dubai; Johannesburg; Mexico City; Moscow; Mumbai; Oslo; Paris; Rio de Janeiro; San Francisco; Tokyo; and Washington, DC.
DPDW - DEEP DOWN INC. (OTCBB)
Date Open High Low Last Change Volume % Change
10/02/07 1.0600 1.0800 0.9410 1.0300 unch 175366 unch%
Composite Indicator
Trend Spotter TM Buy
Short Term Indicators
7 Day Average Directional Indicator Buy
10 - 8 Day Moving Average Hilo Channel Buy
20 Day Moving Average vs Price Buy
20 - 50 Day MACD Oscillator Buy
20 Day Bollinger Bands Buy
Short Term Indicators Average: 100% - Buy
20-Day Average Volume - 277248
Medium Term Indicators
40 Day Commodity Channel Index Buy
50 Day Moving Average vs Price Buy
20 - 100 Day MACD Oscillator Buy
50 Day Parabolic Time/Price Buy
Medium Term Indicators Average: 100% - Buy
50-Day Average Volume - 210143
Long Term Indicators
60 Day Commodity Channel Index Buy
100 Day Moving Average vs Price Buy
50 - 100 Day MACD Oscillator Buy
Long Term Indicators Average: 100% - Buy
100-Day Average Volume - 166374
Overall Average: 100% - Buy
Great Day All Around: Records Days
Both the Dow Jones breaking @14,080 and DPDW breaking $1.00 makes this a great day.
Cannot wait for Mako announcement plus other developments coming down the pipe!
Thanks for the great DD to all.
Investor 100
DPDW - DEEP DOWN INC. (OTCBB)
Date Open High Low Last Change Volume % Change
10/01/07 0.9800 1.1300 0.9600 1.0900 +0.1600 220272 +17.20%
Composite Indicator
Trend Spotter TM Buy
Short Term Indicators
7 Day Average Directional Indicator Buy
10 - 8 Day Moving Average Hilo Channel Buy
20 Day Moving Average vs Price Buy
20 - 50 Day MACD Oscillator Buy
20 Day Bollinger Bands Buy
Short Term Indicators Average: 100% - Buy
20-Day Average Volume - 250820
Medium Term Indicators
40 Day Commodity Channel Index Buy
50 Day Moving Average vs Price Buy
20 - 100 Day MACD Oscillator Buy
50 Day Parabolic Time/Price Buy
Medium Term Indicators Average: 100% - Buy
50-Day Average Volume - 196692
Long Term Indicators
60 Day Commodity Channel Index Buy
100 Day Moving Average vs Price Buy
50 - 100 Day MACD Oscillator Buy
Long Term Indicators Average: 100% - Buy
100-Day Average Volume - 159920
Overall Average: 100% - Buy
**** Does not include the Mako Technology acquisition annoucement***
Long and Strong!
Investor 100
Oil Well Services & Equipment: Overview
by Datamonitor) The value of the US oil well services and equipment market in 2006 was approximately $23 billion, representing 18% of the global value, which has shown a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of approximately 13% since 2002.
Manufacture of oil rigs and drilling equipment remains the most lucrative segment of the market, constituting 30% of its value; drilling-related services generated a further 19%; formation and evaluation comprised 15% of market value, with well completions representing 6%.
Oil companies are attempting to exploit domestic reserves to their fullest potential, boosting demand for equipment and services providers. Tapping new reserves is more lucrative for services and equipment manufacturers than development of already-tapped reserves. Energy companies are both exploring potential sites overseas and developing domestic reserves, streamlining their infrastructure by selectively decommissioning and upgrading pipelines. Furthermore, the destruction of Gulf Coast infrastructure during various hurricanes (especially Katrina in 2005), has also created a short-term demand for replacement equipment.
Leading companies include Plains All-American Pipeline, Halliburton, Schlumberger, and TEPPCO. In response to industry demand, the continuous development of efficient technologies is paramount within the services and equipments of oil wells. Companies are also expanding inorganically through M&A activity to maximize their product portfolio and geographical coverage. In order to preserve margins, companies are selecting contracts that promise high returns on outgoings. This has increasingly meant that companies have sought to expand their operations outside the domestic market.
I like our position today, tomorrow and the future!
Investor 100
Indicators Speaks Volumes!!
Composite Indicator
Trend Spotter TM Buy
Short Term Indicators
7 Day Average Directional Indicator Buy
10 - 8 Day Moving Average Hilo Channel Buy
20 Day Moving Average vs Price Buy
20 - 50 Day MACD Oscillator Buy
20 Day Bollinger Bands Buy
Short Term Indicators Average: 100% - Buy
20-Day Average Volume - 250820
Medium Term Indicators
40 Day Commodity Channel Index Buy
50 Day Moving Average vs Price Buy
20 - 100 Day MACD Oscillator Buy
50 Day Parabolic Time/Price Buy
Medium Term Indicators Average: 100% - Buy
50-Day Average Volume - 196692
Long Term Indicators
60 Day Commodity Channel Index Buy
100 Day Moving Average vs Price Buy
50 - 100 Day MACD Oscillator Buy
Long Term Indicators Average: 100% - Buy
100-Day Average Volume - 159920
Overall Average: 100% - Buy
Impressive Stock and DPDW Board!
Its incredible really the number of folks posting and watching this stock but most impressive in the quality of the posts and due diligence of information that you and so many others point out day in and out.
I suspect there are many folks still watching and deciding whether not to take a position!
This is really building into something special which could make folks a lot of money:
Just a few pointers:
1) Oil services like theirs continues to grow today and years to come as oil demands continue to rise and actually out pace the supply.
2) DPDW Management: I like their experience, contacts, and new acquisitions that have occurred and more to come.
3) Stock price is at the infant stage and growing to heights whereby they will be a NASD/AMEX if all continues with it game plan.
I look forward to next week, next month and beyond!
Investor 100
Thanks Captain America -
Enjoyed reading your post and not knowing much about the company listed in todays press release I went to the website.
DPDW is in the house with the big boys as Schlumberger is a huge player in this market!
This could be easy as a stroke of a check if all goes well with this relationship ( jmo ).
Schlumberger is the world's leading oilfield services company supplying technology, information solutions and integrated project management that optimize reservoir performance for customers working in the oil and gas industry. The company employs more than 70,000 people of over 140 nationalities working in approximately 80 countries. Schlumberger supplies a wide range of products and services from seismic acquisition and processing; formation evaluation; well testing and directional drilling to well cementing and stimulation; artificial lift and well completions; and consulting, software and information management. In 2006, Schlumberger operating revenue was $19.23 billion. For more information, visit www.slb.com.
CBMC - CALYPTE BIOMEDICAL (OTCBB)
Date Open High Low Last Change Volume % Change
09/21/07 0.1750 0.1850 0.1700 0.1700 -0.0050 378100 -2.86%
Composite Indicator
Trend Spotter TM Buy
Short Term Indicators
7 Day Average Directional Indicator Buy
10 - 8 Day Moving Average Hilo Channel Hold
20 Day Moving Average vs Price Buy
20 - 50 Day MACD Oscillator Buy
20 Day Bollinger Bands Hold
Short Term Indicators Average: 60% - Buy
20-Day Average Volume - 692885
Medium Term Indicators
40 Day Commodity Channel Index Buy
50 Day Moving Average vs Price Buy
20 - 100 Day MACD Oscillator Buy
50 Day Parabolic Time/Price Buy
Medium Term Indicators Average: 100% - Buy
50-Day Average Volume - 553900
Long Term Indicators
60 Day Commodity Channel Index Buy
100 Day Moving Average vs Price Buy
50 - 100 Day MACD Oscillator Buy
Long Term Indicators Average: 100% - Buy
100-Day Average Volume - 428213
Overall Average: 88% - Buy
Excellent Conference Call Today:
Fairly new here and eager to hear more about the recent approval and plans moving forward in 2007 /2008.
Not sure how many folks on this board attended but I was impressed with the reports from Roger (CEO) and Professor Mink regarding immediate benefits.
Clearly, this is the best news in years after many years of research and breaking ground in various countries _ Africa, Middle east, India, Russia, and China ( pending approval from the FFDA). China approval is in the works and awaiting FFDA approval-the Chinese government taking time to ensure that there is n corruption in the marketplace and companies involved.
Question on someone raised on cash/financing was answered that they appear to have enough with the private placement in March.
What I enjoyed listening to is the fact that Roger + Professor Mink are traveling to the countries representing this company rather than sitting in their offices expecting others to make things happen.
Question asked, do they want to move to NASD/AMEX board and the answer was "YES"!
Representative from Citibank was alos on the call that I thought was interesting so they must be watching this stock!
Given time, this company future looks well positioned to make significant progress.
I plan to add on dips!
GLTA!
Investor 100
Back Up The Truck!
CBMC - CALYPTE BIOMEDICAL (OTCBB)
Date Open High Low Last Change Volume % Change
09/17/07 0.1850 0.2150 0.1840 0.2040 +0.0210 2550658 +11.48%
Composite Indicator
Trend Spotter TM Buy
Short Term Indicators
7 Day Average Directional Indicator Buy
10 - 8 Day Moving Average Hilo Channel Buy
20 Day Moving Average vs Price Buy
20 - 50 Day MACD Oscillator Buy
20 Day Bollinger Bands Buy
Short Term Indicators Average: 100% - Buy
20-Day Average Volume - 454158
Medium Term Indicators
40 Day Commodity Channel Index Buy
50 Day Moving Average vs Price Buy
20 - 100 Day MACD Oscillator Buy
50 Day Parabolic Time/Price Buy
Medium Term Indicators Average: 100% - Buy
50-Day Average Volume - 537089
Long Term Indicators
60 Day Commodity Channel Index Buy
100 Day Moving Average vs Price Buy
50 - 100 Day MACD Oscillator Buy
Long Term Indicators Average: 100% - Buy
100-Day Average Volume - 396443
Overall Average: 100% - Buy
Price Support Pivot Point Resistance
0.2040 0.1700 0.2010 0.2320
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil soared to a record near $81 a barrel on Monday on worries that global energy supplies could shrink to critical levels this winter heating season due to strong demand growth.
Expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will agree to cut interest rates when it meets on Tuesday also supported oil and other commodities markets, raising the likelihood the economy will weather a U.S. credit crisis.
U.S. crude soared $1.78, or more than 2 percent, to a record $80.88 a barrel in electronic trade after having settled at $80.57 during the regular session. London Brent rose 76 cents to $76.98 a barrel.
Though oil prices have quadrupled since 2002, when adjusted for inflation the price is still below the $90-a-barrel peaks of the Iranian Revolution in 1979.
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries agreed on a small supply increase last week, but analysts said the decision to raise output by 500,000 barrels per day (bpd) from November 1 was not enough to reverse a rally that has lifted prices around 30 percent this year.
"We believe that this will be too little, too late, barring an outright collapse in demand, and now expect inventories to draw to critical levels this winter," said investment bank Goldman Sachs in a research note.
Goldman said it expected oil prices to hit $85 a barrel by the end of this year.
U.S. crude supplies are running at their lowest level in eight months while gasoline supplies in the top energy consumer were down at their lowest level since Hurricane Katrina knocked out several Gulf Coast refineries in 2005.
Analysts expect U.S. oil and gasoline supplies will fall further as recent storms in the Gulf of Mexico crimp imports and refinery operations.
Other commodities also shot higher on Monday, with gold reaching a 16-month high, supported by expectations of a U.S. interest rate cut that could increase investment flows.
The U.S. central bank will meet on Tuesday and experts expect it to agree to cut its benchmark federal funds rate by at least a quarter percentage point to help markets hobbled by a credit crunch.
"If the Fed (Federal Reserve) cuts rates this week the macroeconomic view could be seen as improving for energies, especially if the dollar remains under pressure," said Mike Fitzpatrick of MF Global.
Dollar-denominated commodities tend to strengthen when the dollar weakens against other currencies.
Oil was also receiving support Monday from fresh concerns over Iran's nuclear program.
France's foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, increased pressure on Tehran on Sunday, saying France had to prepare for the prospect of war with Iran. Iran has called the comments provocative.
Oil's gains Monday were limited somewhat as Ingrid, the ninth named storm of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season, was downgraded to a tropical depression.
Three refineries in Texas, shut by the previous Gulf of Mexico storm, Humberto, were working to restore operations.
The problem with this company is their lack of CASH to push and expand their agenda.
I have to think that some partnership agreement or perhaps a buyout would make the most sense.
GLTA!
Investor 100
Oil prices hit all-time high
Traders focus on tight inventories, ignore OPEC decision to raise production, sending crude to highest settle ever.
September 11 2007: 3:52 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) -- Oil prices rose to a new record settlement price Tuesday as traders turned their attention to Wednesday's government inventory report expected to show tight supplies and shrugged off OPEC's decision to boost output.
Light, sweet crude for October delivery rose 74 cents to settle at $78.23 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange after alternating between gains and losses. The settlement price beat the previous record, set July 31, by 2 cents.
Even factoring in OPEC's decision to increase oil production by 500,000 barrels per day starting Nov. 1, "supplies are tight," said Addison Armstrong, an analyst at TFS Energy Futures LLC.
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And according to analyst predictions, they're going to get even tighter. Analysts surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires, on average, expect Wednesday's report from the Energy Department's Energy Information Administration will say that crude oil inventories fell by 2.7 million barrels in the week ended Sept. 7.
Investors had already priced in OPEC's increase, and many were looking for a larger production boost, analysts said.
Oil's rise pulled October gasoline 0.25 cent higher to settle at $1.9811 a gallon after the contract spent much of the day in negative territory. In other Nymex trading, heating oil futures rose 1.11 cents to settle at $2.1827 a gallon.
OPEC, which produces about 40 percent of the world's oil, had long been expected to hold production levels steady at the meeting. But rumors started circulating on Monday that Saudi Arabia was campaigning to boost production.
Many analysts think the Saudis are worried high oil prices will crimp demand for crude, which could hurt OPEC nations in the long run.
However, some analysts interpreted the fact that Tuesday's meeting lasted longer than expected as a sign the Saudis had a hard time persuading other OPEC nations to boost production.
Tim Evans, an analyst at Citigroup Inc., thinks some OPEC members are worried demand for oil will slow in the fourth quarter, which combined with more supplies could mean sharply lower prices.
Many OPEC countries already produce more oil than their quotas. But Omar Farouk Ibrahim, spokesman for the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, said the announced increase would be based on the group's current production, not quotas -- meaning the 12-nation cartel will be adding actual oil to the market.
That translates into a quota increase of nearly 1.4 million barrels per day, Evans said.
"This is a big number," Evans said, adding that it would take futures traders a while to digest its significance. "This is not something that the market's going to adjust to in a few minutes."
At the pump, meanwhile, gas prices slid 0.5 cent overnight to a national average of $2.814 a gallon, according to AAA and the Oil Price Information Service. Retail prices, which typically lag the futures market, peaked at $3.227 in late May.
Analysts expect the EIA report will show gasoline inventories fell by 500,000 barrels last week, while refinery utilization fell by 0.1 percentage points to 92 percent of capacity. Inventories of distillates, which include heating oil and diesel fuel, rose by 1.4 million barrels.
Traders are also awaiting a report Wednesday from the International Energy Agency projecting oil demand for the fourth quarter.
"There's going to be a lot for energy traders to chew on here," said Evans.
CNN: Weather Report - Texas
Tropical Storm Erin brought 35-mph wind and local heavy rain to the Texas coast Thursday morning.
The center of Erin hit the coast at 7 a.m. (8 a.m. ET) near Lamar, Texas, about 25 miles northeast of Corpus Christi, the National Hurricane Center said. Tropical storm warnings for Texas and Mexico were dropped.
In the previous 12 hours, while it was still a tropical storm, Erin dumped as much as 4 inches of rain in parts of the state. The system also sparked tornado warnings farther inland from the middle Texas coast.
Erin's biggest threat continues to be inland flooding, in a state that has seen frequent drenching rain for the past four months. See the projection for the tropical depression »
As Erin weakened, the first Atlantic hurricane of the 2007 season -- Hurricane Dean -- gained strength.
Hurricane warnings were issued for the islands of Dominica and St. Lucia, which means hurricane conditions are expected within the next 24 hours.
Hurricane watches continue for islands in the Lesser Antilles including Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saba and St. Eustatius, meaning that hurricane conditions, with winds of at least 74 mph, are expected within 36 hours. A tropical storm watch was also in place for St. Maarten, Montserrat, Antigua, St. Kitts, Nevis and Barbuda.
Neither the latest five-day forecast nor the latest computer models show Dean as a threat to Florida or the U.S. East Coast, although it could reach the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico early next week, with its path still uncertain.
At 7 a.m. ET Thursday, the center of Dean was about 415 miles east of Barbados. The storm's maximum sustained winds had increased to 80 mph. It was moving westward at 24 mph.
The long-range forecast has the storm reaching destructive Category 4 status -- with winds of at least 131 mph -- by Monday in the western Caribbean between Cuba and Mexico's Yucatan peninsula.
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Dean is forecast to cross the Lesser Antilles Friday, then strengthen as it moves westward across the Caribbean to the south of Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba. On that track, both Jamaica and the Cayman Islands would be directly in line for a major hurricane.
However, because the movement of a hurricane can be unpredictable, the actual path a storm takes often varies widely from the long-range forecast, and almost the entire Caribbean -- from the Bahamas to Venezuela -- still has the possibility of being affected by Dean, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Texas officials had mobilized National Guard troops and water rescue teams to deal with Erin's landfall.
Erin was expected to bring a 2- to 3-foot storm surge. Texas Gov. Rick Perry urged state residents to take "all possible precautions to stay out of dangerous situations."
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Oil prices rose Wednesday as a tropical storm swirled in the Gulf of Mexico and the government said supplies of crude oil fell far more than expected.
U.S. light crude for September delivery jumped $1.05 to $73.43 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Oil had traded up 93 cents just prior to the report's release.
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Traders nervously eyed Tropical Depression 5, which the National Weather Service said is currently 365 miles southeast of Brownsville, Texas.
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The storm is expected to strengthen to a named tropical storm and make landfall sometime in the next 24 hours, the agency said.
It issued flood warnings for Friday along the Texas Gulf Coast, home to about a third of the nation's refiners.
Shell said it has begun evacuating some employees from one operation in the Gulf, but so far other oil companies said they are monitoring the situation, Reuters reported.
In its latest inventory report, the Energy Information Administration said crude stocks dropped by 5.2 million barrels last week. Analysts were looking for a decline of 2.3 million barrels, according to Reuters.
Distillates, used to make heating oil and diesel fuel, rose by 200,000 barrels while gasoline supplies fell by 1.1 barrels. Analysts were looking for a 1.2 million barrel gain in distillates supplies and a 900,000 barrel decrease in gasoline stockpiles.
The report said refineries operated at 91.8 percent capacity, up slightly from last week and about as much as expected.
Gasoline demand was sluggish, growing at just 0.4 percent from the same time last year, EIA said. Gasoline demand usually grows at a rate of about 1.5 percent.
Oil prices hit a record trading high of $78.77 on Aug. 1, but have fallen in the wake of defaults in the subprime mortgage sector.
Some fear the subprime mess could spread to the broader economy, hurting economic growth and reducing demand for crude.
Oil prices have also fallen as investment funds, stung by losses in subprime mortgages and declining stock prices overall, sell commodities to raise cash. Top of page
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