Another PR about SURE -
(It's not been released yet over here)
http://www.dialinfolink.com.au/articles/e1/0c00b3e1.asp

News March 13, 2003

New Zealand firm backs bid for Australian food irradiation plant

NEW Zealand's biggest fruit and vegetables importer has signed a
deal to back the bid for a new kind of food irradiation plant in
Australia.

Turners and Growers, headquartered in Auckland, has entered a
joint venture with the US-based SureBeam Corporation which
uses electron beam technology to rid pests from tropical fruits.

SureBeam Australia managing director Michael Daysh said the
agreement injected vital capital into the company while it sought
approval from food safety and quarantine regulators.

A go-ahead from food ministers and Biosecurity Australia for
irradiation of tropical fruit would lead SureBeam to seek further
business partners to build a $16m plant in northern Australia,
Daysh said.

"We would build it close to the fruit or close to an international
airport so it could be anywhere from Sydney to Darwin or Cairns,
" he said.

"This would open up the United States, New Zealand and some
north Asian markets to Australian tropical fruit growers."

Export potential was estimated at around $50m over five to 10 years.

"This is an excellent opportunity to increase the range of tropical
fruits available to New Zealand consumers," Turners and Growers
ceo Don Turner said.

"SureBeam technology is a proven system that will safely address
the significant bio-security constraints that Australian tropical fruits
currently face."

Queensland was potentially the closest and most cost-competitive
source of tropical fruit but pests such as fruit fly led NZ importers
to source mangoes from Peru and Ecuador. Other pests claimed to
be safely eliminated by e-beam irradiation include seed weevil in
mangoes, macadamia nut borer in lychees, and scale and mealy-bugs
which infest a range of fruits.

Australian growers could also export longans, rambutan, mangosteens
and breadfruit if irradiation was permitted, Daysh said.

Irradiation of food has been banned in Australia since 1999, but
food ministers have permitted an exemption to allow irradiation of
herbs, spices and herbal teas using cobalt 60.

SureBeam uses commercially available electricity to disinfest fruits
by bombarding them with electron beams. The technology has been
in use for two years in Hawaii, allowing the export of papaya to California.

The Australia New Zealand Food Authority said it is currently conducting
a safety assessment of e-beams and would put a draft food standard on
the technology out for public comment in March.

SURE - Significant news today!
This seems like a unique opportunity - SURE had taken a fall in stock price when its CEO announced that he was leaving SURE to command another company. The press release said that SURE was in capable hands regarding management. But Merrill downgraded and the stock price fell from about 4.50 to 3.00.
Today's news regards the application of SURE technology to save crops in a quarantined area of CA. The entire citrus crop of the San Diego area (130 sq. mi) is at risk.
Here's the news!
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/030312/125224_1.html

bbgold: I hopped on today! (SMTR)
I keep an eye on Island for momentum trends in cases like these (when I miss the initial run) I noticed that there was a groundswell of support at the low .20s! I hadn't seen that kind of action in awhile!!

SMTR - or consolidating for another run??eom

SMTR weakening now. eom

SMTR news

Penny stock SmarTire Systems (SMTR:Nasdaq - news - commentary - research - analysis) doubled in early trading after putting a patent dispute with TRW Automotive behind it.

The company said late Monday that it reached a settlement in which its royalty-free access to a TRW patent was reinstated, as long as it can come up with $850,000 it owes the company. The patent is for motion-detection technology SmarTire uses in its tire-monitoring system.


SmarTire said in February that it had missed payments on money it owed TRW under a debenture, leading to suspension of the patent. TRW Automotive was recently bought by private equity firm Blackstone Group.

SmarTire's shares more than doubled to 16 cents on the news.

SMTR - Sold at .40!!

Unbelieveable!!! What a run!!!

SMTR = .34/.35 eom

re: SMTR
Still showing strength - Lots of it

Took my profits on WEL!
I had bought in at .30, so when I saw the run begin I put in .65 as a sell price.

It may double again, but I'm satisfied with the sure thing.
Looking now for something else!! Back to research....

WEL/HAL in the news this evening
Copied this from Yahoo - thought it was "WEL" constructed:
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Heads up - CNBC just reported IRAQ
Blowing up wells. WEL is starting to surge on the news item.

SNIC - News with AOL
AOL licenses their burning technology.

Hey NoMoDo -
Why was 11K and change disgorged from him? Was that amount different from the actual amount that he realized in the pump and dump? If so, how did the SEC arrive at that exact amount? I've not followed the story that closely, like some of you who are closer to the action.

LMD - the answer is "no".
If IBCL is going to stay on the pinks, then they are not required to file. In fact the company is not required to do business for the shares to continue to trade on the pinks. But the longer they go without filing, the more difficult it is to get back onto the OTCBB/BBX.

MrCFO2U:
It seems that Mr. Moses did, indeed, sell into the buying frenzy created by his "alleged" misleading press releases.

["Saw this on RB Board. Does this mean TM sold stock on the price upswing from the fraudulant P/R's ?"]

WEL played, Mr. Ed!
It's up about a dime since your post yesterday!

Nice call on WEL, Mr Ed.
Timing is ...... everything!

Mr. Ed - Nice response.
The truth is, about story stocks and OTCBB/pinksheet stocks -- they're all plays! How many people here own OTCBB stocks that they've had for years?

It's called "speculation" - what each of us does on every single penny play.

I disagree, bb, about WEL
You said that it is in "horrible shape". The loan was taken out in December. How many payments could they have missed? And it was for a million bucks. I think that the Market cap is around 18 million, isn't it? They could pay them back with 2.5 million shares to make the issue go away.
Admittedly, a company that is having trouble repaying a million bucks has some cash flow problems, but under the circumstances illustrated in the most recent NBC news (Saddam sending explosives to the oil fields) lenders would be happy to front WEL some cash if they have a deal to put out oil fires when Saddam goes ballistic.
Now, bb, you have a habit of bashing stocks that anyone else posts here. These (especially the ones under .50) are all companies with issues. WEL's issue is that there's not been a whole lot of need recently for companies that put out oil well fires. Now there is.
I contend that there's a good chance that WEL will put the payment default issue to rest. If you have done some DD and have vital information to the contrary, bb, please share it. If you don't, then your "negative speculation" is little more than bashing.
I think that suggesting that one do his own dd is the answer, because that's the bottom line, isn't it?

For me the bottom line is that I have a few shares of WEL, but my real money will stay in NASDAQ stocks - Lots of upside there, IMO. And I'm in WEL at .30, so I'm not going to lose money on the deal. But let's stay away from undermining each others' pick's, okay? - Unless you've got some solid information that everyone else needs to know about. In that case, by all means, share it!!

Did you all see WWFI?
Running today - up about 100% already on low volume.

Patsy!! Nice to see you!eom

WWFI running. eom

Anybody know what this means?
One share lots offered on both the buy and sell sides at Island.
Take a look - maybe it will still be there.... WEL

Anybody see this on IBCL?
WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday temporarily suspended the stock of International BioChemical Industries, Inc. (OTC BB:IBCL.OB - News) over questions about the company's public statements.
"Questions...have been raised about the accuracy and adequacy of publicly disseminated information that, among other things, indicated that the federal government had contacted IBCL to discuss the effectiveness of the company's products in the war on bioterrorism," the SEC said in a statement.

The company last traded on the bulletin board for 9 cents per share on Wednesday. The suspension will last until Feb. 20, the SEC said.

IBCL is starting to run a bit...
Just passed .11

"Using no way as way -
Having no limitation as limitation"

WEL - .56/.57 eom

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WEL mentioned in Reuters report!
It's moving in after-hours trading - up to about .45

As well, there's a piece on oil fires on MSNBC at 7 pm. Tomorrow may be quite interesting. Keep an eye on WEL!

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Yep - it's running (WEL)
.41/.42 now.

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WEL looks like it's about to run again.
.37/.38 now just moved up a couple of cents.....

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I caught some more WEL at .30
Not sure why it dipped so, but it jumped right back up. CNBC is reporting some troop movement, which may encourage WEL to move north. .35/.36 now.

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WOW, BB! WEL, I'll be!
I'm happy with the dime I made on it, though..

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Nice call on WEL, Whip!!

["Watch the POS double from here because I refuse to jump."]

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Anybody else go to the WEL?
I'm out already, made a dime on the ..... strength of movement.
I saw it yesterday - wish I'd jumped in then!!!

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BB - about WLDI -
They've had a dilution situation there for at least two years now! One has to wonder if they would go up if they were putting their secuity panels in every school in America! Besides that, there's just not enough volume out there now to induce any kind of sustained surge upward. Maybe that'll change one of these days.

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FYI - WLDI news again.
Trading at a penny.

WESTMINSTER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 2003--World Am Communications (OTCBB: WLDI - News) and Mercatus & Partners, Ltd. entered into a $1 million Collateral Loan Agreement and Promissory Note. The Collateral Loan Agreement and Promissory Note provides for a $1 million loan to be made to the Company by Lender secured against shares of the Company's restricted stock. The shares will be held in trust until the loan is repaid and may not be deposited into a brokerage account for sale by the Lender without proof of default by the Company.
The Lender has committed to fund the loan on or before January 31, 2003. Under terms of the agreement, the loan will mature in January of 2008 and calls for interest-only payments for the first twelve months of the agreement at the pre-determined rate of 5.5% per annum.

In another development, Isotec Inc. (www.isotecinc.com ), a wholly owned subsidiary of World Am, has provided a final draft of a joint venture agreement with Comfort Virtue Construction Product Co. Ltd. of Beijing, China. Comfort is recognized as a top supplier of commercial door and window systems. World Am and Comfort Virtue have each received the definitive agreement for review and execution.

The Joint Venture parties believe the JV agreement will bring Isotec products to the world market at a competitive pricing structure permitting further expansion into the international marketplace. Isotec is known in the security industry for its "Transparent Security(TM)" systems, which it conceived, developed, and has installed for Government, Financial and Retail facilities and establishments. The security measures are unobtrusive and non-threatening in their ability to detect the presence of arms and/or threats of terrorism. For example, its detection system in a door opening or hallway is used to detect persons carrying arms or detonating devices into a building, thereby alerting appropriate security personnel. The system records a photo or video of the event while allowing security an opportunity to evaluate and take appropriate action before the person carrying the unauthorized weapon or device is alerted.

Certain statements in this news release may contain forward-looking information within the meaning of Rule 175 under the Securities Act of 1933 and Rule 3b-6 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and are subject to the safe harbor created by those rules. All statements, other than statements of fact, included in this release, including, without limitation, statements regarding potential future plans and objectives of the company, are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements


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WWFI .0035/.0045 eom


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Rctrader - about WWFI (and other picks)
I think that not enough investors give kudos to those who bring the good picks through due diligence to the board. Thanks for the many finds! Let's have a terrific 2003!!

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PPHM news today (.77)
It may be worth watching....

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TIGR officially running! eom

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