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Great suggestion DT. That would make a positive difference with a tool bar search function. Think I will order the green Tshirt and a set of mugs for my morning coffee while playing stocks...hehe Thanks for the link...
Good Idea...I need some shirts as well.
I believe your prognosis is spot on...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ZigBee Alliance Surpasses 150 Member Milestone;
OEM Membership Growing Rapidly
ZigBee Alliance Admits Chipcon to “Promoter” Level Membership;
Company Joins ZigBee Alliance Board of Directors
San Ramon, Calif. – April 20, 2005 – The ZigBee™ Alliance, an association of companies
working together to enable wirelessly networked monitoring and control products based on an
open global standard, today announced 20 new member companies, bringing its total
membership to more than 150 companies. New member companies include: Contec Co., Ltd.;
Crestron Electronics, Inc.; Digital Sun, Inc.; Eka Systems, Inc.; Fego Precision Industrial Co., Ltd.;
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.; IBM Research GmbH; Indesign, LLC; INETCO Systems, Ltd.;
Innovative Wireless Technologies; Johnson Controls; L.S. Research, Inc.; Mikrokrets AS; Mithril
LLC; Signal Technology-AISD, a Crane Co. company; Trane; Urmet Domus SpA; Viconics
Electronics, Inc.; Vitelec BV; and Xanadu Wireless.
The ZigBee Alliance also announced that Chipcon has been admitted as a “Promoter” level
member. Chipcon, a long-time member of the ZigBee Alliance, will join Ember Corporation,
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Honeywell, Mitsubishi Electric, Motorola, Philips and Samsung on
the ZigBee Alliance Board of Directors. As a newly elected “Promoter,” Chipcon accepts a
leadership role in ZigBee Alliance activities and the development of the ZigBee specification.
As the ZigBee Alliance’s membership grows, so does the level of OEM member support. Today,
nearly 30 percent of the ZigBee Alliance membership is OEMs. Existing ZigBee Alliance OEM
members are joined by several leading companies including: Crestron Electronics, Inc., a leading
OEM in the US home automation market; Johnson Controls, a global market leader in automotive
systems and facility management and controls; Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., China's largest
manufacturer of telecommunications equipment; Signal Technology-AISD, a Crane Co. company,
which focuses on the defense, space, aerospace and medical markets; and Urmet Domus SpA, a
leading OEM in the European home automation market.
“We believe 2005 is going to be an incredible year of continued momentum and development for
ZigBee, as evidenced by our growing global OEM membership,” said Bob Heile, chairman of the
ZigBee Alliance. “With the ZigBee specification ratified, our focus is on ensuring interoperability
through rigorous compliance testing and to facilitate global market adoption of ZigBee-enabled
technology. These new members join the Alliance at a time when we expect ZigBee-compliant
products to begin penetrating the market, making the deployment of cost-effective, low-data rate
monitoring, control and sensing networks a reality in commercial and residential environments.”
The ZigBee Alliance advanced into calendar year 2005 with the ratification of the ZigBee
specification in December 2004. ZigBee membership in 2005 has already increased 35 percent,
validating the growing market demand for reliable, low-cost, low-power wireless communication
solutions. This demand could be seen at the ZigBee Open House held on March 2nd in San
Francisco, where 650+ prospective members crowded to see 27 member companies
demonstrating their IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee-ready products. During the Open House, the
Alliance announced a new Adopter Class of membership to provide companies access to final,
approved ZigBee specifications and allowing them use of the ZigBee logo and collateral. In less
than one month following the announcement, five companies have joined as Adopter Class
members.
ZigBee is the only standards-based technology designed to address the unique needs of lowcost,
low-power, wireless sensor networks for remote monitoring, home control, asset
management, and building automation network applications in the industrial and consumer
markets. Leading companies who want to have input on developing the ZigBee specification and
create ZigBee products can join the Alliance by visiting http://www.zigbee.org/join/.
The Alliance is holding its next Open House on Wednesday, June 15, 2005 in Oslo, Norway,
during its quarterly member meeting. Legendary Internet pioneer and founder of Ethernet
technology, Bob Metcalfe, will join ZigBee Alliance Chairman, Bob Heile, to keynote the event
open to the public. Also at the Open House, member companies will exhibit product
demonstrations and the ZigBee Alliance will provide an update on all activities. Online
registration and information is available at
https://secure.inventures.com/irms/registration/index.asp?id=116.
ZigBee: Wireless Control That Simply Works
The ZigBee Alliance is an association of companies working together to enable reliable, costeffective,
low-power, wirelessly networked, monitoring and control products based on an open
global standard. The ZigBee Alliance is a rapidly growing, non-profit industry consortium of
leading semiconductor manufacturers, technology providers, OEMs, Integrators, Application
Developers, and end-users worldwide. Membership is open to all. Additional information can be
found at www.zigbee.org.
Those are established companies with which I am familar with most. I do not believe any of these are aquisitions and only listed the companies that are partners in the Tsunami releif effort by donations to the cause. Makes me feel good though that MSEP is demonstrating a good social conscience...
Sounds interesting....Are they still worth looking into? If so I will check them out...
I like the sub dollars too. Of course ABEW did not hit dollarville until Friday. Good luck to you and everyone here on this board..
ABEW will be a beneficiary of the smart tire (wireless) technology. This is a stock to be picking up now. The future is huge with this company. You can add this to your millionaire quest for great rewards down the road....
Plaintiff, Good to hear from you. By the way. When ABEW gets the official Zigbee certification this stock should continue to do really well. They should be listed on the OTC exchange soon and that will get the institutional investors attention. They have the big shareholders meeting on the 4th of May. It will be fun to see and learn more. Good luck to you...
Posted...
I agree...This company is working with all of the major players in Zigbee and will grow nicely for a long time to come. This has been my favorite stock and will only get better I think..
I am referring to ABEW by the way...
Don't sell for awhile as much more gains are coming.. I have held this stock for over a year waiting for the big break I knew it would have and it is on the way...
ABEW 1.25
ABEW now 1.25
EZTOE up 28.89%
ABEW is now 1.20 Weeee
Abew is now 1.20 weeee
ABEW is 1.04
ABEW has hit Dollarville...
ABEW is now 1.00 weeee
Amen brother. It may tinkle down a bit from those who don't see the potential and understand the true minimal implications of the situation. I will add more at these levels too. It will start to get really nice in the next few weeks...
Not that big of a deal frankly. This is not uncommon when a late filing is a a bit delayed due to various number of legitimate reasons. We are fine and will get the filing in the next few days I am sure. I repeat this is NO BIG DEAL!!!!! Now breathe deep and relax it will all be just fine....
I agree...We need that 10k now!!! Still looks as things are going really well but would like to see more on where we are and where we are going....
WE will at least get richer today...
Now I am really lost?!?!?!?!?!?!?
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Ultimate Franchise Systems and Quality Restaurant Ventures Featured on Wall Street Corner Report
April 13, 2005 08:31:29 (ET)
HEATHROW, Fla., April 13, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Ultimate Franchise Systems Inc. (UFSY, Trade) and Quality Restaurant Ventures (OTC Pink Sheets: QRVI) announced today they are featured on http://www.WallStreetCorner.com . Both companies are featured in the special section of the website.
Ultimate Franchise Systems Inc., along with its affiliate company, Quality Restaurant Ventures Inc., identifies and prepares emerging restaurant concepts with high growth potential for transition to franchise opportunity businesses. Ultimate typically acquires controlling interest in a franchise system, then consolidates and unifies their legal, accounting, marketing and purchasing systems. This establishes a more significant infrastructure for these companies to achieve their long-term growth and competitive strategies.
"We like the direction QRVI is taking, the market growth, and the reasonably rapid increase in new franchised locations," Wall Street Corner reports. "We like the fact that UFSY is handling the back office work, thus allowing QRVI to concentrate on expansion."
Ultimate Franchise Systems Inc. has investments in approximately 600 franchised restaurants in 30 states throughout the United States. These brands include: Gator's Dockside Restaurants, Jreck Subs Inc., Central Park Hamburgers, Li'l Dino's Deli and Grille, Sobiks Subs, Famous Uncle Al's Hot Dogs (OTC Pink Sheets: FFDG), Flamers Hamburgers, Westshore Pizza, Mountain Mike's Pizza, New York Burrito, Picadilly Restaurants, and Juicy Lucy's Hamburgers. UFSY also has affiliations with Quality Restaurant Ventures Inc. (OTC Pink Sheets: QRVI), Obee's Franchise Systems Inc. (OTC Pink Sheets: OBFC) and FransAction Inc. (OTC Pink Sheets: FCTN).
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This press release may contain forward-looking information within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 or Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 and is subject to the safe harbor created by these sections. Ultimate Franchise Systems Inc., Obee's Franchise Systems Inc. and Quality Restaurant Ventures Inc. assume no obligation to update the information contained in this press release. Certain information included herein may contain statements that are forward-looking, such as statements relating to plans for future expansion and other business development activities as well as operating costs, capital spending, financial sources and the effects of competition. Such forward-looking information is subject to changes and variations, which are not reasonably predictable and which could significantly affect future results. Accordingly, such results may differ from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of the Companies.
CONTACT: Christopher Swartz of Ultimate Franchise Systems, 407-333-8587, Web site: http://www.ufsi.net
Well....Thats Faulked up...
Mark Wolko's reply to the letter I sent is here. Very timely and courteous. I continue to be impressed with thier investor friendly understanding and efforts...
Hi XXXXXXXX!
We are aware of it and are monitoring the situation. We had nothing to do with the listing. Considering there is no volume trading on MSEP in Berlin, it would be wasteful to spend time and money trying to do something about it. We believe our time is better spent growing our business.
In the future, should it become an issue, we will take whatever steps necessary to correct it.
Thanks!
Mark Wolkos
Marketing Manager
MotorSports Emporium, Inc. (stock symbol = MSEP)
That sucks......:-0 pun inteded...
Hi Be squared, I remeber seeing that a couple of weeks ago as well. It is hard to say what the intent was but it is always better to carefully observe these actions to be cautious. I agree however, with a couple of replies that I got regarding Dave and Marks brokerage experience and savy. I am sure they are aware and will to the right things to maintain shareholder value and security. This stuff can get quite complicated at times eh??
sI sENOR...Ze PICS are showing...
Hi Mike, The pictures are not displaying for me anyway. Any Ideas?
I agree Cajun...You guys are right I am sure. Jsut needed to express myself for the sake of it I guess. Looking forward to the reply though...
I sent the follwing letter to Mark for my own curiosity.
Hi Mark,
I hope this finds you and David well. I own a very sizeable position of MSEP and I am very interested in your continued success and growth in this exciting industry. I am writing this note to you to inquire about a concern that has been brought up on various investing forums pertaining to the listing of your company's stock. It has been noticed by many that your stock is listed on the German exchange for trading. I am aware that this occurs often without the knowledge of the listing company as it is a popular method of skirting SEC oversight in regards to naked shorting of a stock. It is becoming a growing concern as news of this spreads on the forums and I wanted you to be aware of this so that no underhanded tactics of the share price will be felt if this process is indeed ocurring. I look forward to your response and wish you and your company best wihes and success.
Warm Regards,XXXXXX XXXXXX
ECP, Mark and Dave can have it delisted however, I am not sure of the process. You are right though...They probably do not know and without their knowledge this stock could be hurt very much by this. I am familiar with Overstock.coms problem as with many others. Naked shorting without SEC oversight is why these are listed on foreigh exchanges usually without the company's knowledge..Very bad thing these cheeseball MMs do...
Ya got a good point. Bashing a company whose PPS is dropping under where you bought would only serve to exacerbate the problem. Who in this world would want to do that??
I am in for the good gains we will be seeing soon...
Yup..me too. Off to work now. I picked up more at these great rates..GLTA
Very good point Colorado. Thanks for the neat article...
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