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Pacificisle: thanks for the link to the Symposium pix...those 25 or so pix are from last year (the 21st symposium), and there are none in the files for this year's (the 22nd symposium) yet.
Looking forward to seeing some Sanswire booth pix.
nilremerlin
Chris Byron is getting his just due (almost):
http://www.thesanitycheck.com/BobsSanityCheckBlog/tabid/56/EntryID/204/Default.aspx
nilremerlin
Institutional update: Credit Suisse, a New institution which had bought 18,616 shares of GTE in Q4, has disappeared from the list (see page 2):
http://www.nasdaq.com/asp/holdings.asp?mode=&kind=&symbol=NCTI&symbol=GTE&symbol=&am...
Updated list now shows 39 institutions holding 6,266,427 shares of GTE, which is 7.76% of O/S.
Doesn't say that Credit Suisse sold the shares, just doesn't list them as having bought the shares anymore...someone is always popping in and out like this!? Last quarter it was Merrill Lynch Asset with their 8,200 shares.
nilremerlin
I knew Chris Byron reminded me of somebody:
http://wendyswizardofoz.com/marg.htm
Anybody see the resemblance besides me?
http://www.gawker.com/news/new-york-post/new-techniques-in-media-relations-115608.php
That was my flyer the first time Byron attacked Globetel last August...my next flyer will show a picture of Byron, and a picture of the Wicked witch of the West, with the caption "Separated at birth?", lol!
nilremerlin
Today in the Department of Defense, Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England have no public or media events on their schedules.
Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness David S.C. Chu, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs William Winkenwerder Jr., Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Richard Cody, Vice Chief of Naval Operations Vice Adm. Robert Willard, Air Force Vice Chief of Staff John Corley and Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert Magnus testify at a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee at 2 p.m. EST in room 2118 Rayburn House Office.
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy Peter Flory, Commander, U.S. Strategic Command Gen. James Cartwright, Director, Strategic Systems Programs Rear Adm. Charles Young and Director, Operational Capabilities and Requirements Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and Space Operations Maj. Gen. Stanley Gorenc testify at a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee at 2:30 p.m. in room SR-222, Russell Senate Office Building.
You can view these presentations (the next day) and other previous ones at:
House Armed Services Committee Schedules and Transcripts:
http://www.house.gov/hasc/schedules/
Senate Committee on Armed Services Hearings:
http://armed-services.senate.gov/hearings.cfm?h_month=3#month
There are lots of mentions of UAVs in these transcripts
nilremerlin
U.S. Unmanned Aerial Systems Market to Reach 17 Billion in Five Years According to Frost & Sullivan
PALO ALTO, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 03/27/2006 -- The U.S. unmanned aerial systems (UAS) market has had considerable momentum due to recent operational successes and increasing mission roles. In addition, UAS market penetration in all four military services and the commercial sectors in surveillance and weaponized capabilities are driving growth.
"On the operational side, UA systems have received praise and support across several services and ranks," remarks Senior Industry Analyst Kathy Ellwood. "Testimonies have been documented from many levels regarding the benefits of UA systems in theaters. In fact, those accolades are usually followed by the desire for the delivery of more systems."
Frost & Sullivan's Aerospace & Defense Group (www.defense.frost.com) finds that the U.S. Unmanned Aerial Systems Market earned revenues of $2.14 billion in 2005 and estimates to reach $17 billion in 2011.
If you are interested in a virtual brochure, which provides manufacturers, end-users and other industry participants an overview of the U.S. Unmanned Aerial Systems Market, then send an e-mail to Tolu Babalola -- Corporate Communications at tolu.babalola@frost.com with the following information: full name, company name, title, telephone number, e-mail address, city, state, and country. The brochure will be e-mailed to you upon receipt of this information.
In the military sectors, UA systems have been able to enter regions of the battlespace that would otherwise have endangered a warfighter. These systems gather intelligence data at rates much faster and more detailed than previous means. Additionally, UA systems have been able to loiter over positions for longer periods of time than that of manned assets. They have provided a variety of operational support from ISR functions to Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) detection. Enhanced sensor payloads and weapons systems have demonstrated that and additional capabilities can be run through these vehicles.
Although it is unlikely that cost will affect procurement in the near-term, advancements in payload technologies is expected to increase costs. However, due to current operational requirements, cost will have little impact on procurement across the services. Cost will have more of an effect on those federal, state and local agencies with smaller budgets, but still desire to procure UA systems for surveillance needs.
The U.S. unmanned aerial systems market is dominated by two manufacturers with many smaller firms providing tactical and small UAVs. Northrop Grumman and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. continue to provide the bulk of the UAS market space with the High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) Global Hawk and the Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) Predator family. With the reduced production time needed for smaller UAVs, the ability to field these systems faster brings increased capabilities to both the warfighters and domestic agencies. With the smaller, more tactical systems, the market becomes less about increasing capabilities per vehicle as it does about fielding as many platforms as possible.
Cost overruns are certainly not a unique element in defense markets. Nevertheless, the red flags associated with that are certainly not favorable. The flexibility and speed to which the additional sensor packages, radar systems and weapons can be integrated is leaving the UAS market vulnerable. All those additions driven mainly by the end-users tend to drive up the costs.
In addition to staying within budget, the industry must strive to achieve the best quality service and support to the end-user. These two items are especially important considering the competitive landscape in this industry, as it is becoming increasingly saturated while operational requirements may reduce the need for these capabilities in five to ten years.
The U.S. Unmanned Aerial Systems Market is part of the airborne systems subscription, which also includes research in the following markets:
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SOURCE: Frost & Sullivan
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=114713
found on RB
nilremerlin
ryantennis: I believe David Leinwand, Jonathan Leinwand's cousin, is handling the case for Cleary Gottlieb:
http://www.cgsh.com/english/lawyers/bio.aspx?id=6058
I don't think Banco do Brasil is the lead bank anymore, and it was shifted to a major european bank, the name of which we don't know, as per the PR.
nilremerlin
ryantennis: I regularly visit the Cleary Gottlieb website to see if any sign of Globetel shows up, and my conclusions are these:
1. GlobeTel may have asked CG not to put anything about the deal on their website.
2. CG may not consider the $ amount of the deal as worthy of being put out as a highlight among their other recent assignments, many of which, if you'll notice, are in the billion $+ range.
nevertheless, I keep checking it out, just in case...
nilremerlin
A very good podcast listen on the global WiMAX market:
http://media35b.libsyn.com/podcasts/wimaxpodcasting/WGN-monica-paolini-2006-03-18.mp3
nilremerlin
ryantennis: Post number 21782
nilremerlin
imawswami: Great find, and many thanks for your DD!
nilremerlin
msmag: I found that 2.37 trade on the time & sales record:
9:36:24 AM Trade 2.5 1200
9:36:08 AM Bid 2.5 1200
9:36:06 AM Trade 2.5 1800
9:35:58 AM Bid 2.5 1800
9:35:58 AM Ask 2.51 1800
9:35:56 AM Trade 2.51 100
9:35:56 AM Ask 2.51 2300
9:35:52 AM Trade 2.51 500
9:35:52 AM Trade 2.51 500
9:35:52 AM Bid 2.5 1900
9:35:50 AM Ask 2.51 2400
9:35:26 AM Ask 2.53 7100
9:35:06 AM Ask 2.53 1800
9:34:48 AM Ask 2.53 800
9:34:46 AM Trade 2.5299 100
9:34:44 AM Trade 2.53 1800
9:34:00 AM Ask 2.53 1800
9:33:40 AM Trade 2.51 500
9:33:40 AM Ask 2.53 800
9:33:38 AM Ask 2.52 100
9:33:38 AM Trade 2.52 200
9:33:34 AM Trade 2.52 700
9:33:34 AM Ask 2.52 200
9:33:34 AM Trade 2.52 800
9:33:30 AM Trade 2.52 400
9:33:04 AM Ask 2.52 1000
9:32:46 AM Trade 2.51 400
9:32:44 AM Trade 2.53 700
9:32:42 AM Trade 2.53 800
9:31:56 AM Trade 2.5299 100
9:31:42 AM Bid 2.51 500
9:31:38 AM Bid 2.5 700
9:31:38 AM Ask 2.53 800
9:31:28 AM Trade 2.37 500
9:31:26 AM Trade 2.39 500
9:31:26 AM Ask 2.57 600
9:31:26 AM Bid 2.5 600
9:31:26 AM Trade 2.56 500
9:31:26 AM Trade 2.56 5000
9:31:26 AM Ask 2.6 3200
9:31:26 AM Bid 2.45 4000
9:31:22 AM Trade 2.56 13800
9:30:58 AM Ask 2.95 1000
9:25:42 AM Bid 2.11 200
9:24:32 AM Bid 2.26 100
9:22:48 AM Bid 2.25 100
9:20:50 AM Bid 2.24 100
9:20:24 AM Bid 2.23 100
9:18:24 AM Bid 2.22 100
9:16:24 AM Bid 2.21 100
It happened when the ask was 2.57, and the bid was 2.50...looks like someone got a bargain, and due to confusion got their buy at 2.37 instead of 2.57...only explanation that seems logical.
nilremerlin
How did we get a LOD of 2.37? LiveCharts shows the trade reported afterhours with 0 shares traded at that price...manipulation of the charts?
nilremerlin
China Blocks VoIP Calls
The government of China is blocking free VoIP calls for a period of two years to protect its fixed-line telecommunications businesses. The Financial Times reported that the government will not issue VoIP licenses until 2008 to such companies as Tom Online, an Internet portal group that formed a joint venture with Skype, an IP telephony provider. Skype had planned to offer a PC-to-phone service, but market leader China Telecom called that service illegal. The Financial Times had reported that China began testing software in 2005 that would block VoIP services, which would provide potential competition for fixed-line services.
from Telecom Daily
nilremerlin
Line Goes Dead for IP-Telephony Discounts
(The Moscow Times Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)Cheap international calls from Russia via IP telephony are becoming a thing of the past.
Russian IP telephony operators have been abandoning their previously low intercity and international phone rates as they sign agency agreements with Multiregional TransitTelecom, or MTT, and Rostelecom.
As a result, subscribers will be forced to pay at least one-third more for long-distance calls, experts said, at least until competition increases.
IP operators have traditionally built their businesses on cheap longdistance calls, often charging significantly less than Rostelecom, which until this year had a monopoly on fixed-line long-distance services. New rules for telephone service that came into effect in January permits operators to offer long-distance services only once they have established network access in all 88 regions of Russia. Companies not fulfilling the requirement can only work as agents of those that do.
The largest IP operators -- OSS, Zebra Telecom and Arktel -- have received long-distance licenses, but cannot take advantage of them until they build complete nationwide networks. They therefore have no choice but to sign on as agents of either Rostelecom or MTT.
Zebra Telecom has become an agent of MTT, said its general director, Viktor Kaledin. Similarly, Yevroset, which began offering IP telephony in October, now provides the service on an agent basis, said Yevroset public relations director Tatyana Gulyayeva.
One of the largest Russian IP-telephony operators, OSS, recently notified its clients that long-distance service on their calling cards was now provided by MTT, and that prices would increase as a result.
OSS concluded an agency agreement with MTT and now can render long distance service only as its representative, said OSS director of marketing Dmitry Krasilnikov. The company is also going to conclude a similar agreement with Rostelecom, he added.
At least one IP operator plans to curtail sales of telephone cards entirely.
"Now, we are entirely focused on the Sipnet project, which allows users worldwide to connect to our network and communicate with each other through the Internet, using computers," said Tario's deputy director, Sergei Belovolov.
More than 135,000 subscribers are already connected to Sipnet, he said, of which 60,000 are frequent users.
Subscribers may lose the opportunity to make long-distance calls at the old rates, experts said.
"All IP operators will sell their services according to Rostelecom and MTT rates, which are at least twice as high as the operators' former prices," said Krasilnikov.
Tatyana Tolmachyova, an analyst for IKS-Consulting, estimated that there was a 30 to 40 percent price difference between Rostelecom and IP operators on the most popular call routes.
Gulyayeva,of Yevroset, said she expected that on average, market prices would rise by more than 20 percent.
Belovolov, of Tario, said he expected that some operators would continue offering cheap services "on the sly," but not on a large scale, as advertising those rates openly would be impossible.
The prices of MTT, Rostelecom's only legal competitor, are comparable to the prices of the former monopolist, said Tolmachyova. According to her observations, it is cheaper make calls with MTT during business hours on weekdays, and with Rostelecom in the evening and on weekends. Prices will fall only when new long-distance service providers enter the market, she said.
An MTT representative said that, should competition increase, international calling prices may drop to the rates that IP operators had previously been charging. However, intercity rates are not likely to fall significantly, he said.
"They cost more in comparison to overseas calls because they include fees charged by the interregional companies of the Svyazinvest holding acting as zonal operators, as well as local carriers' charges," he said.
Rostelecom's director of public and investor relations, Anton Klimenko, said that expenses for all legal market participants would be essentially identical.
"At the moment, we do not see much leeway for pricing games," he said.
Consolidated proceeds of Russian IP-telephony operators reached $260 million in 2005, a 54 percent increase over 2004, or about 1 percent of cumulative earnings, according to the Center for the Study of Telecommunications Development.
The largest market participants are Arktel, Zebra Telecom, OSS, Mango Telecom and Tario, IKS-Consulting said.
nilremerlin
GTE institutional holdings comparison, Q2, Q3, & Q4 2005 (final):
Q2:
Owner Name................Date......Shares Held.....Change
STATE STREET CORP......6/30.....572,385.................New
HBK INVESTMENTS L P....6/30.....346,501.................New
TIAA CREF INVESTMENT...6/30.....336,190.................New
GALLEON MANAGEMENT L...6/30.....252,202.................New
NORTHERN TRUST CORP....6/30.....129,300.................New
VANGUARD GROUP INC.....6/30.....124,298.................New
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RET...6/30.....101,286.................New
DEUTSCHE BANK AG\......6/30......62,810.................New
MELLON FINANCIAL COR...6/30......58,861.................New
SG AMERICAS SECURITI...6/30......49,890.................New
AMERICAN INTERNATION...6/30......44,075.................New
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGE...6/30......41,174.................New
BANK OF AMERICA CORP...6/30......34,800.................New
METROPOLITAN LIFE IN...6/30......24,835.................New
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP ...6/30......24,421.................New
TEACHERS ADVISORS IN...6/30......22,401.................New
MFC GLOBAL INVESTMEN...6/30......14,638.................New
US BANCORP \DE\........6/30......12,634.................New
GARTMORE MUTUAL FUND...6/30......10,400.................New
HERNDON PLANT OAKLEY...3/31.......9,334 - -
RHUMBLINE ADVISERS.....6/30.......4,400.................New
BANK OF NEW YORK /NY...6/30.......3,700.................New
MARCO INVESTMENT MAN...6/30.......3,334.........1
LEGG MASON INC.........6/30.......3,333.................New
BEAR STEARNS & CO IN...6/30.......2,407.................New
UBS AG.................6/30.........700.................New
MERRILL LYNCH & CO I...6/30..........23.................New
BB&T ASSET MANAGEMEN...6/30...........0....(2,083).Sold Out
BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVE...6/30...........0...(22,233).Sold Out
HERNDON PLANT OAKLEY has not yet reported for Q2.
Institutional holdings 3.0%
Total shares held by institutions: 2,290,332
***********************************************************
Q3:
Owner Name................Date......Shares Held.....Change
BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVE...9/30....1,492,468................New
GALLEON MANAGEMENT L...9/30.....604,302............+352,100
STATE STREET CORP......9/30.....599,790.............+27,405
TIAA CREF INVESTMENT...9/30.....389,890.............+53,700
VANGUARD GROUP INC.....9/30.....321,241............+196,943
NORTHERN TRUST CORP....9/30.....300,378............+171,078
SHAW D E & CO..........9/30.....139,600.................New
RENAISSANCE TECHNO.....9/30.....103,800.................New
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RET...9/30.....101,286...........no change
MELLON FINANCIAL COR...9/30......63,116..............+4,255
FUND ASSET MGMT........9/30......59,800.................New
MERRILL LYNCH & CO I...9/30......54,112.............+54,089
AMERICAN INTERNATION...9/30......46,213..............+2,138
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGE...9/30......41,174...........no change
METROPOLITAN LIFE IN...9/30......36,658.............+11,823
SG AMERICAS SECURITI...9/30......36,090.............-13,800
BANK OF AMERICA CORP...9/30......35,600................+800
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP ...9/30......26,014..............+1,593
TEACHERS ADVISORS IN...9/30......23,701..............+1,300
MFC GLOBAL INVESTMEN...9/30......18,888..............+4,250
US BANCORP \DE\........9/30......12,954................+320
GARTMORE MUTUAL FUND...9/30......10,400...........no change
PINNACLE ASSOCIATES....9/30......10,250.................New
DEUTSCHE BANK AG\......9/30......10,000.............-52,810
MERRILL LYNCH ASSET....9/30.......8,200.................New
UBS AG.................9/30.......6,732..............+6,032
RHUMBLINE ADVISERS.....9/30.......4,400...........no change
BANK OF NEW YORK /NY...9/30.......4,000................+300
MARCO INVESTMENT MAN...9/30.......3,334...........no change
LEGG MASON INC.........9/30.......3,333...........no change
BEAR STEARNS & CO IN...9/30.......2,307................-100
HBK INVESTMENTS L P....9/30...........0............-346,501
HERNDON PLANT OAKLEY...6/30...........0..............-9,334
Q3 changes:
5 new institutions reported buying 1,805,918 shares in Q3.
16 previous holders reported adding 888,126 shares in Q3.
6 previous holders reported holding 163,927 shares in Q3.
3 previous holders reported subtracting 66,710 shares in Q3.
1 previous holder reported selling out 346,501 shares in Q3.
1 previous holder reported selling out 9,334 shares in Q2.
------------------------------------------------------------
Total shares bought/added in Q3 = 2,694,044
Total shares sold/subtracted in Q3 = 413,211
--------------------------------------------
Difference = +2,280,833 shares
Institutional holdings now 5.66%
Total shares held by institutions: 4,561,831
************************************************************
Q4:
Owner Name................Date......Shares Held.....Change
BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVE...12/31...1,539,423.............+46,955
HBK INVESTMENTS L P....12/31.....953,811.................New
STATE STREET CORP......12/31.....841,330............+241,540
VANGUARD GROUP INC.....12/31.....578,934............+257,693
BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL......12/31.....446,000.................New
TIAA CREF INVESTMENT...12/31.....403,295.............+13,405
NORTHERN TRUST CORP....12/31.....314,028.............+13,650
MELLON FINANCIAL COR...12/31.....236,161............+173,045
TWO SIGMA INVESTMENT...12/31.....212,500.................New
SHAW D E & CO..........12/31.....105,400.............-34,200
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RET...12/31.....103,370..............+2,084
TELEOS MANAGEMENT......12/31......78,560.................New
FUND ASSET MGMT........12/31......61,100..............+1,300
AMERICAN INTERNATION...12/31......51,525..............+5,312
NAVELLIER & ASSOCIAT...12/31......43,735.................New
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGE...12/31......41,174...........no change
BANK OF AMERICA CORP...12/31......35,600...........no change
MERRILL LYNCH & CO I...12/31......29,333.............-24,779
TEACHERS ADVISORS IN...12/31......26,701..............+3,000
MFC GLOBAL INVESTMEN...12/31......21,251..............+2,363
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP ...12/31......21,009..............-5,005
MORGAN STANLEY.........12/31......20,884.................New
CREDIT SUISSE..........12/31......18,616.................New
DEUTSCHE BANK AG\......12/31......13,292..............+3,292
SG AMERICAS SECURITI...12/31......13,124.............-22,966
US BANCORP \DE\........12/31......12,934.................-20
PARALLAX FUND LP.......12/31......12,000................New?
METROPOLITAN LIFE IN...12/31......11,823.............-24,835
UBS AG.................12/31.......8,993..............+2,261
MERRILL LYNCH ASSET....12/31.......8,200.................New
RHUMBLINE ADVISERS.....12/31.......7,000..............+2,600
BANK OF NEW YORK /NY...12/31.......6,800..............+2,800
MARCO INVESTMENT MAN...12/31.......3,334...........no change
BEAR STEARNS & CO IN...12/31.......2,600................+293
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL...12/31.......1,203.................New
LEGG MASON INC.........12/31...........0..............-3,333
PINNACLE ASSOCIATES....12/31...........0.............-10,250
GARTMORE MUTUAL FUND...12/31...........0.............-10,400
RENAISSANCE TECHNO.....12/31...........0............-103,800
GALLEON MANAGEMENT L...12/31...........0............-604,302
Q4 changes:
Institutional holdings now 7.79% of GTE O/S
Total shares held by institutions: 6,285,043
Just for the record.
nilremerlin
GTE institutional holdings comparison, Q2, Q3, & Q4 2005 (final):
Q2:
Owner Name................Date......Shares Held.....Change
STATE STREET CORP......6/30.....572,385.................New
HBK INVESTMENTS L P....6/30.....346,501.................New
TIAA CREF INVESTMENT...6/30.....336,190.................New
GALLEON MANAGEMENT L...6/30.....252,202.................New
NORTHERN TRUST CORP....6/30.....129,300.................New
VANGUARD GROUP INC.....6/30.....124,298.................New
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RET...6/30.....101,286.................New
DEUTSCHE BANK AG\......6/30......62,810.................New
MELLON FINANCIAL COR...6/30......58,861.................New
SG AMERICAS SECURITI...6/30......49,890.................New
AMERICAN INTERNATION...6/30......44,075.................New
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGE...6/30......41,174.................New
BANK OF AMERICA CORP...6/30......34,800.................New
METROPOLITAN LIFE IN...6/30......24,835.................New
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP ...6/30......24,421.................New
TEACHERS ADVISORS IN...6/30......22,401.................New
MFC GLOBAL INVESTMEN...6/30......14,638.................New
US BANCORP \DE\........6/30......12,634.................New
GARTMORE MUTUAL FUND...6/30......10,400.................New
HERNDON PLANT OAKLEY...3/31.......9,334 - -
RHUMBLINE ADVISERS.....6/30.......4,400.................New
BANK OF NEW YORK /NY...6/30.......3,700.................New
MARCO INVESTMENT MAN...6/30.......3,334.........1
LEGG MASON INC.........6/30.......3,333.................New
BEAR STEARNS & CO IN...6/30.......2,407.................New
UBS AG.................6/30.........700.................New
MERRILL LYNCH & CO I...6/30..........23.................New
BB&T ASSET MANAGEMEN...6/30...........0....(2,083).Sold Out
BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVE...6/30...........0...(22,233).Sold Out
HERNDON PLANT OAKLEY has not yet reported for Q2.
Institutional holdings 3.0%
Total shares held by institutions: 2,290,332
***********************************************************
Q3:
Owner Name................Date......Shares Held.....Change
BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVE...9/30....1,492,468................New
GALLEON MANAGEMENT L...9/30.....604,302............+352,100
STATE STREET CORP......9/30.....599,790.............+27,405
TIAA CREF INVESTMENT...9/30.....389,890.............+53,700
VANGUARD GROUP INC.....9/30.....321,241............+196,943
NORTHERN TRUST CORP....9/30.....300,378............+171,078
SHAW D E & CO..........9/30.....139,600.................New
RENAISSANCE TECHNO.....9/30.....103,800.................New
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RET...9/30.....101,286...........no change
MELLON FINANCIAL COR...9/30......63,116..............+4,255
FUND ASSET MGMT........9/30......59,800.................New
MERRILL LYNCH & CO I...9/30......54,112.............+54,089
AMERICAN INTERNATION...9/30......46,213..............+2,138
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGE...9/30......41,174...........no change
METROPOLITAN LIFE IN...9/30......36,658.............+11,823
SG AMERICAS SECURITI...9/30......36,090.............-13,800
BANK OF AMERICA CORP...9/30......35,600................+800
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP ...9/30......26,014..............+1,593
TEACHERS ADVISORS IN...9/30......23,701..............+1,300
MFC GLOBAL INVESTMEN...9/30......18,888..............+4,250
US BANCORP \DE\........9/30......12,954................+320
GARTMORE MUTUAL FUND...9/30......10,400...........no change
PINNACLE ASSOCIATES....9/30......10,250.................New
DEUTSCHE BANK AG\......9/30......10,000.............-52,810
MERRILL LYNCH ASSET....9/30.......8,200.................New
UBS AG.................9/30.......6,732..............+6,032
RHUMBLINE ADVISERS.....9/30.......4,400...........no change
BANK OF NEW YORK /NY...9/30.......4,000................+300
MARCO INVESTMENT MAN...9/30.......3,334...........no change
LEGG MASON INC.........9/30.......3,333...........no change
BEAR STEARNS & CO IN...9/30.......2,307................-100
HBK INVESTMENTS L P....9/30...........0............-346,501
HERNDON PLANT OAKLEY...6/30...........0..............-9,334
Q3 changes:
5 new institutions reported buying 1,805,918 shares in Q3.
16 previous holders reported adding 888,126 shares in Q3.
6 previous holders reported holding 163,927 shares in Q3.
3 previous holders reported subtracting 66,710 shares in Q3.
1 previous holder reported selling out 346,501 shares in Q3.
1 previous holder reported selling out 9,334 shares in Q2.
------------------------------------------------------------
Total shares bought/added in Q3 = 2,694,044
Total shares sold/subtracted in Q3 = 413,211
--------------------------------------------
Difference = +2,280,833 shares
Institutional holdings now 5.66%
Total shares held by institutions: 4,561,831
************************************************************
Q4:
Owner Name................Date......Shares Held.....Change
BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVE...12/31...1,539,423.............+46,955
HBK INVESTMENTS L P....12/31.....953,811.................New
STATE STREET CORP......12/31.....841,330............+241,540
VANGUARD GROUP INC.....12/31.....578,934............+257,693
BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL......12/31.....446,000.................New
TIAA CREF INVESTMENT...12/31.....403,295.............+13,405
NORTHERN TRUST CORP....12/31.....314,028.............+13,650
MELLON FINANCIAL COR...12/31.....236,161............+173,045
TWO SIGMA INVESTMENT...12/31.....212,500.................New
SHAW D E & CO..........12/31.....105,400.............-34,200
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RET...12/31.....103,370..............+2,084
TELEOS MANAGEMENT......12/31......78,560.................New
FUND ASSET MGMT........12/31......61,100..............+1,300
AMERICAN INTERNATION...12/31......51,525..............+5,312
NAVELLIER & ASSOCIAT...12/31......43,735.................New
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGE...12/31......41,174...........no change
BANK OF AMERICA CORP...12/31......35,600...........no change
MERRILL LYNCH & CO I...12/31......29,333.............-24,779
TEACHERS ADVISORS IN...12/31......26,701..............+3,000
MFC GLOBAL INVESTMEN...12/31......21,251..............+2,363
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP ...12/31......21,009..............-5,005
MORGAN STANLEY.........12/31......20,884.................New
CREDIT SUISSE..........12/31......18,616.................New
DEUTSCHE BANK AG\......12/31......13,292..............+3,292
SG AMERICAS SECURITI...12/31......13,124.............-22,966
US BANCORP \DE\........12/31......12,934.................-20
PARALLAX FUND LP.......12/31......12,000................New?
METROPOLITAN LIFE IN...12/31......11,823.............-24,835
UBS AG.................12/31.......8,993..............+2,261
MERRILL LYNCH ASSET....12/31.......8,200.................New
RHUMBLINE ADVISERS.....12/31.......7,000..............+2,600
BANK OF NEW YORK /NY...12/31.......6,800..............+2,800
MARCO INVESTMENT MAN...12/31.......3,334...........no change
BEAR STEARNS & CO IN...12/31.......2,600................+293
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL...12/31.......1,203.................New
LEGG MASON INC.........12/31...........0..............-3,333
PINNACLE ASSOCIATES....12/31...........0.............-10,250
GARTMORE MUTUAL FUND...12/31...........0.............-10,400
RENAISSANCE TECHNO.....12/31...........0............-103,800
GALLEON MANAGEMENT L...12/31...........0............-604,302
Q4 changes:
Institutional holdings now 7.79% of GTE O/S
Total shares held by institutions: 6,285,043
nilremerlin
Chris Byron once again proves he's an idiot:
March 20, 2006 -- U.S. CHAMBER SAYS SEC ENFORCEMENT IS JUST TOO ZEALOUS
IS the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission re ally run by a bunch of government storm troopers looking for the next opportunity to mug some poor corporate CEO and strip him of his civil rights in the name of law and order on Wall Street?
That's what the folks at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce seem to think - at least if one is to judge from a copiously footnoted, 43-page "report" on the SEC that the chamber released last week.
Basically, the document is junk, belied by a mountain of accumulating evidence that shows just how understaffed and out-gunned the SEC really is when it comes to coping with the finaglers of Wall Street.
This week we'll update you on the activities of one such company, GlobeTel Communications Corp., which trades on the American Stock Exchange and seems forever on the verge of some earth-shaking new marketing breakthrough at the frontiers of technology.
Eight months ago, GlobeTel's big story featured aluminum blimps above the jungles of South America. Now the excitement centers around plans for a wireless network connecting the 30 largest cities of Russia.
We'll get deeper into this eclectic mix of businesses in a minute, as well as the interesting collection of businesspeople behind it.
But first let's look more closely at the aforementioned Chamber of Commerce report, which ignores the hundreds - and even thousands - of companies like GlobeTel that are running free through the stock market every day, and chooses instead to single out the SEC itself as the only Wall Street miscreant worth discussing. What bunk!
In reality, the chamber's report amounts to little more than a collection of weakly reasoned potshots in the group's continuing campaign to free Wall Street from the presumed burdens of government regulation.
But the chamber's noisy embrace of laissez-faire capitalism has already claimed at least one SEC scalp, with the resignation last year of SEC Chairman William Donaldson. He was hounded from office by a chamber-led campaign of business groups for having had the temerity to insist that hedge funds not be treated as above the law.
So it's always possible that the chamber's latest anti-SEC rant will find a sympathetic audience as well, making things tougher than they already are for Donaldson's successor as chairman, Christopher Cox.
AMONG the nuttier charges being hurled at his agency in the report: that it is simply outrageous for the SEC Division of Enforcement to come right out and actually punish a company when it breaks the law. (The chamber's preferred approach seems to be for the regulators to sit down and have a nice heart-to-heart talk with management to make sure that the lawless behavior doesn't recur at some point in the future.)
In fact, of course, the real problem with the SEC is not its presumed zealotry, which is all but non-existent, but its crippling lack of resources to get the job done. Not only does the enforcement division have fewer people on the payroll than it did two years ago, but the commission's staff attorneys are now increasingly compelled, by the sheer constraints of manpower, to plead out nearly every litigation case they pursue in order to avoid going to trial.
The SEC also lacks the authority to bring criminal cases on its own, so it must depend on the willingness of the Department of Justice to take up any cases referred to it for prosecution. And since the DoJ already has its hands full with terrorist related cases, cases sent over by the SEC are rarely at the top of anyone's list at DoJ.
Add to that the difficulty prosecutors have in showing "scienter" (guilty intent) in white-collar crime cases, and it's small wonder that the SEC is widely viewed on Wall Street as little more than an annoyance.
In the least, it has hardly curbed the promotional zeal of the crew at GlobeTel Communications, which we last reported on eight months ago in this space.
THIS never-say-die penny stock company began life a quarter century ago as a Nevada homebuilder, then morphed into a company in the shock ab sorber business. After that came the syphilis detection business, and finally (and most bizarrely of all) the aluminum blimp business.
The company's grand plan for the blimps: suspend them 65,000 feet in the air over the jungles of Colombia and use them to relay wireless cell-phone signals around that country.
Now frankly, this seemed a tad ambitious an undertaking for a 44-employee company with just $3.8 million in the bank. And a press release announcing that a Miami investment group called Apogeo Enterprises planned to invest $50 million in the project didn't provide comfort for long either, since nearly a year has now passed and the Globetel financials show nary a hint of that $50 million or indeed any portion thereof.
Meanwhile, however, GlobeTel has morphed yet again - in spirit if not in name - and since last December the company has been gearing up (and gearing up, and gearing up) to knock us all dead with plans for a new $600 million cell-phone network connecting the 30 largest cities in Russia.
The very first press release touting this mega-project - issued by the company on Dec. 30 - seemed to carry all the assurance any investor would want regarding the project's bona fides. The most comforting part of all: language that described the deal as a "binding agreement" between GlobeTel and an impressive-sounding outfit called LLC Internafta.
Investors were certainly impressed because Globetel's stock surged more than 76 percent, on five times normal volume, when news of the deal was announced.
Unfortunately, in the three months that have passed since then, the $600 million Russian deal has begun to look rather like a replay of the $50 million aluminum blimps deal, with the "binding agreement" giving way to a series of increasingly lengthy and tediously detailed press releases explaining why GlobeTel hadn't yet received the first dime of anything from its Russian partners.
By the start of last week, even GlobeTel seemed to be growing weary of all the explaining and issued a press release stating that if the Internafta people didn't come through with something solid by the end of the week, the whole deal was off.
Well, not quite. On Friday, came yet another release, this one explaining, in a confused sort of way, how no one needed to worry because everything was kind of sort of back together, so to speak, so the deal was still on - at which point nervous investors scrambled back into the sliding shares and they abruptly began to climb all over again.
Who has been calling the shots in this obviously fishy situation is by no means clear.
Just don't expect the SEC to look into that (or any other) question about this home builder turned syphilis tester turned aluminum blimp and Russian cell phone company that won't call it quits.
If the Chamber of Commerce were right about the way the SEC operates, a goon squad from the enforcement division would have kicked down Globetel's door long ago. But that hasn't happened, and no one expects it to either - which is why the penny stock market still thrives, why GlobeTel is still in business and why the chamber's report on the SEC is 43 pages of B.S. cbyron@nypost.com
http://www.nypost.com/business/61245.htm
nilremerlin
Friday news rehash:
GlobeTel, Internafta Revise Agreement
12:21 am EST
Mar 20, 2006 (financialwire.net via COMTEX) -- March 20, 2006 (FinancialWire) GlobeTel Communications Corp. (AMEX: GTE) has announced that based upon differences between the company and Internafta on the financing process, the parties have agreed to revise their agreement to more accurately reflect the timing of payments GlobeTel expects to receive for the build out of the 30 city wireless network in Russia and allow Internafta additional time to begin making payments.
Internafta has informed GlobeTel that its bank recommends that smaller, more frequent, progress payments be established so that the necessary staged payments can be delivered to GlobeTel as and when the network is delivered and installed. These smaller, more frequent, staged payments do not reduce the total capital value of the agreement with GlobeTel Wireless or change any other terms of the agreement.
GlobeTel will still receive $600 million for deployment of the network. The exact amount of the new proposed initial deposit, and the size and timing of the new proposed progress payments, will be discussed and agreed with GlobeTel once the bank has completed its due diligence and when the bank group formally accepts the terms of Internafta's proposed banking instrument.
The December 2005 contract called for four equal payments of $150 million each, of which the first payment, representing an initial deposit, was to be received by GlobeTel in January 2006. On January 23, 2006, Internafta presented to GlobeTel a document represented to be a Standby Letter of Credit drawn on Banco do Brasil S.A. (Rio de Janeiro) in the amount of $300 million. This Standby Letter of Credit was provided to facilitate the first phase of the network construction. The banking instrument had a maturity date of two years and needed to be confirmed and accepted by a correspondent bank before GlobeTel could receive any funds from the instrument.
The terms and conditions of what constituted an acceptable and functional banking instrument as it related to the December 2005 contract became a matter of interpretation between the parties. After extensive negotiations, Internafta agreed to take sole responsibility for facilitating the financing of their banking instrument in order to be able to present readily-available funds to GlobeTel.
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nilremerlin
lowtrade: short interest to be published 3/21, not 3/20:
Amex Issues Short Interest Schedule - 2006 (Mid-Month)
Month Trade Date Settlement Date Report Due Date Report Published Date
January 01/10/2006 01/13/2006 01/18/2006 01/20/2006
February 02/10/2006 02/15/2006 02/17/2006 02/22/2006
March 03/10/2006 03/15/2006 03/17/2006 03/21/2006
nilremerlin
Heads-up: Centerline finally has its new website up and running:
http://www.centerlinecom.net/
nilremerlin
starboy: V/C Moon 11:31am - 5:59pm EST...possibly a filing before news.
nilremerlin
A bit of Floyd Bradley history:
SDL International Appoints Floyd Bradley as Executive Vice President Sales & Marketing
Maidenhead, UK - 5/15/01--
SDL International® (SDL plc), a leading provider of globalization technology and services, today announced that Floyd Bradley has been appointed to the newly created position of executive vice president sales & marketing. Bradley will assume his post in June.
A seasoned computer industry executive, Bradley has held a number of executive positions including managing director at Lotus Development in the UK, senior vice president and general manager - international at Ashton-Tate, vice president - Europe at Cullinet Software, general manager of European Software Publishing, chief executive of DecisionWorks, and most recently group vice president for First Consulting Group. He also held positions at The Boston Consulting Group and Bain & Company. Bradley is a graduate of Yale University and Harvard Business School. A founding shareholder, Bradley has been a non-executive director and strategy consultant with SDL International since its formation in 1992.
"I have worked with Floyd at Lotus Development and at Ashton-Tate, and his vision and guidance over the past decade have helped shape SDL into becoming the largest independent globalization services and software company in Europe, " said Mark Lancaster, chairman and CEO of SDL International. "SDL is fortunate to have Floyd, with his intimate knowledge of both the European and American markets, now devoting his full time and attention to increasing market awareness, broadening the customer base and expanding market share."
Bradley will have worldwide responsibility for all products, services and solutions sales and marketing. Reporting directly to Lancaster, Bradley will oversee a staff of several dozen field sales executives, sales managers and marketing personnel located throughout Europe, Asia and the United States. Marketing responsibilities will include marketing communications, sales support and product management.
"I am excited about combining my expertise of the software, computer services, systems integration and consultancy industries with SDL's advanced globalization technology, localization expertise and blue-chip customer base," Bradley said. "Now that the Company is approaching the 1,000-employee level, there is a need for increased focus on centralizing systems, processes and methodologies for interaction with our global customers, partners, prospects. I join Mark and the rest of the management team in being fully committed to this goal."
nilremerlin
Showtime is soon starting a new dramatic series called "HUFF".
I think it begins April 3rd:
http://www.sho.com/site/huff/about.do
Nice timing!
nilremerlin
Higher probability of a trading halt late afternoon following news, IMHO. Say about 3:41pm EST...don't ask me why, 'cause I'm not allowed to say.
nilremerlin
One of today's contract awards:
"General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, San Diego, Calif., was awarded on March 3, 2006, a $67,000,000 increment as part of a $214,321,143 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for System Development and Demonstration for the Extended Range / Multi-Purpose Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif. (43 percent), Adelanto, Calif. (14 percent), Palmdale, Calif. (8 percent), Salt Lake City, Utah (18 percent), Hunt Valley, Md. (14 percent), and Huntsville, Ala. (3 percent), and is expected to be completed by Aug. 31, 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were 120 bids solicited on Sept. 1, 2004, and three bids were received. The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-05-C-0069)."
Notice they don't specifically name the UAV they're referring to...could it be ours!?
nilremerlin
WiMAX Forum White Papers & Presentations:
http://www.wimaxforum.org/news/downloads/
Globetel is a principal WiMAX Forum member.
nilremerlin
FSS launches FSSNeT Managed Services Centre (MSC) in Mumbai
Offers new service enhancements to banks in verticals like ATMs, POS and value added services like Bill payment, Mobile Top-up, e-Ticketing, and Payment Gateway.
February 23rd, 2006
(my bold below)
Financial Software & Systems (P) Ltd. (FSS), the leader in electronic payment system solutions and services today announced the launch of FSSNeT Managed Services Centre (FSSNeT MSC) in Mumbai. R.N.Ramanathan, Deputy Managing Director, State Bank of India inaugurated the facility. With the addition of this initiative, FSS infrastructure can now boast of two superior service facilities at Mumbai and Chennai to cater to the service requirements of its customer banks.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Ramanathan said, “FSS has started from humble beginnings and has become a force to reckon within the payments industry today. FSSNeT Managed Services Centre Facility is very unique and will be of huge advantage for all the banks deploying ATMs and other delivery channels in the country.”
The Managed Services Centre (MSC) in Mumbai has been created with added service enhancements. These new service enhancements to banks, facilitated through FSSNeT Managed Services, comprise the verticals of ATM, Point of Sale (POS), Value Added Services and Help Desk. To enable these services and ensure that service levels are of superior quality, FSSNeT MSC monitors and confirms the operability of all systems involved. The FSSNeT MSC manages retail infrastructures and helps to perform functions from consulting to site design, and from staging and implementation, to complete system management. These services focus on the vital systems, networks, software, and security and include operations management, consulting, deployment, and maintenance.
FSSNeT's MSC provides these services directly to Banks in India through partnerships with leading technology, network and systems suppliers, application providers, service providers like OptiCash, Wincor, TVS-E, India Prepaid Services, Airlines, Telecom Program partners like Globetel
On this occasion Nagaraj Mylandla, Managing Director , FSS said “Managing a bank's nationwide ATM and POS network is a daunting task; it entails employment of large teams of IT professionals, equipping them with expertise, investing in updated hardware, software and finally efficiently managing the network. FSS over 15 years has gathered all the above to be able to provide superior services, manage and monitor nationwide networks of delivery channels like ATMs and POS along with other value added services such as bill payment, mobile top up, e-Ticketing, and payment gateway, thus making it a preferred end to end service provider“
At present this centre currently monitors and manages around 1200 ATMs across India ; it has been designed to manage 7500 ATMs. FSSNeT MSC also provides back-office operations like reconciliation, cash forecasting & management etc., to manage the business growth. With partners of FSS, customer support is provided from 80 locations in India.
FSSNeT's managed services focus on supporting IT infrastructure operations–from ATMs and kiosks to PCs, POS etc. and offers proprietary software and new technologies to its customers. FSS aims to provide the services and intelligence to reduce operational cost and risk.
The centre provides a range of services that are managed out of the MSC like Management Services. This includes 24/7 management and operation of select IT assets and processes. With the rollout of value added services that fall outside the realm of traditional banking transactions, it is critical to have a monitoring system to ensure that all components of the product delivery channel are up and operational. These monitoring systems include monitoring the deliverables of FSSNeT's program partners to ensure proactive problem recognition and resolution.
FSSNeT benefits:
• Maximizing the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of IT resources
• Better alignment of new strategic business initiatives due to the organization's ability to respond quicker.
• Centralizing the administration of the IT portfolio–for added productivity and reduced downtime.
• Leverage FSSNeT's resources to save time and cost of re-training or recruitment.
• Provide predictable costs with productivity improvements for the business
nilremerlin
FSS has finally finished revamping its website, and Globetel is mentioned in the latest Feb. 23rd news article:
http://www.fss.co.in/news_events.htm
I've been watching this site regularly, waiting for its completion.
_nilrem
See page 22 for Naval UAV interests:
http://www.house.gov/hasc/schedules/3-1-06WinterTestimony.pdf
see pages 33-34 for more naval UAV interest:
http://www.house.gov/hasc/schedules/3-1-06MullenTestimony.pdf
nilremerlin
Good read: Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne's presentation to the House Armed Services Committee (85 pages, lots of stuff on UAV's and new developments, many related to our military strat):
http://www.house.gov/hasc/schedules/3-1-06AirForceTestimony.pdf
nilremerlin
New Safecom requirements play up wireless
03/01/06
By Alice Lipowicz
Staff Writer
Wireless networks will take on a much more prominent role in the Homeland Security Department’s updated requirements for interoperable communications for first responders.
The Safecom program, which is the departmental unit promoting improved radio communications for emergency response agencies, has released a 208-page “Statement of Requirements for Public Safety Wireless Communications & Interoperability” (Version 1.1) on its Web site:
http://www.safecomprogram.gov/NR/rdonlyres/7F0D3C08-A425-4E78-9CF8-7D03724BFAFF/0/SoRv11022206.pdf
The new requirements address all manner of wireless networks, from personal and temporary to huge, extended systems.
The previous version of the requirements, issued in March 2004, offered detailed scenarios for voice and data communications among fire, police, emergency medical and other crisis response agencies. The new report provides additional chapters on wireless public safety networks and their requirements, including personal, incident, jurisdiction and extended area networks.
The new sections describe a network design incorporating numerous wired and wireless components and the links among them. For example, a first responder’s personal area network may include devices such as a heart-rate monitor and location sensors that can transmit information automatically to other network areas.
The primary public-safety communications network is called the jurisdiction area network, which connects to temporary incident-area networks and also to broader county, regional, state and national networks.
Each wireless network is defined further by classes of service to be offered. At the highest level, with preferential servicing, it must guarantee real-time, peer-to-peer, jitter-sensitive service to support mission-critical communications.
Lower levels of network services are classified by whether they include components such as instant messaging, database transfer, video teleconferencing and Web browser applications, but they may be low priority in a separate queue from the mission-critical communications.
Improving communications for first responders, especially by enabling different fire and police agencies to communicate by radio while responding jointly to an incident, has been a top priority for the agency since its inception. The inability of to communicate with police by radio during the evacuation of the World Trade Center Sept. 11, 2001, is believed to have contributed to many firefighter casualties.
nilremerlin
JimProfit: thanks...I couldn't find a date on it.
Then what's Uli got installed in Florida?
nilremerlin
I find this interesting...draw your own conclusions (my bold, and Ulrich old father = Uli Altvater):
Comment the Funklizenzierung planned from old father to
Ulrich old father wrote to higson@opa.gt.owl.de
Dear Mr. Higson,
unfortunately it is true that the BMPT wants to raise this fee. I have all national ministers of economics, whom federal pos Ministers and his undersecretary of state asked written down and for it, this middle class and technology-hostile decision, which pleases internally without hearing of the industry became to consider.
I wrote all members of the Bundestag sow shot for post office and Tele communication, what led to 2 meetings, among other things with H. Boetsch. However short term monetary aspects seem to be more important like the fulfilment of the Maastricht criteria than the future of our industry at the location D (I do not write these lines from the USA, we already 3 cities in Florida installed, we need a license!).
The SPD delegate Bury us much supported, he meant after the meetings, one will probably grant the fee over several years, in order to facilitate for smaller companies marktzugang.
After the regulation offends anyway against European right, (only the actually resulted costs may be charged), the fee is omitted after the first complaint against the Federal Government.
We fight at present with all means, but the Ignoranz of the federal officials in relation to the situation in the world is already amazing.
I am curious, who is to pay the fat pensions into 20 years, even if this industry from the country is driven!
Yours sincerely
Uli old father
P.S.: It gives us in addition, some few people in the BMPT helps. Thank God!
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.iks-jena.de/mitarb/lutz/verei...
So, apparently Uli has 3 Florida cities installed for WiMAX, and is just waiting for the license...hmmmmm
nilremerlin
Today in the Department of Defense, Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld hosts an honor cordon to welcome Colombian Minister of National Defense Camilo Ospina to the Pentagon at 11:30 a.m. EST. The cordon will be held on the steps of the Pentagon Mall Entrance. Media must be at the Pentagon North Parking Entrance no later than 10:45 a.m. EST for escort to the cordon.
nilremerlin
glow_beatle: They can seal the money-in-the-bank thing Friday, going for the gold at the financial Olympics, then celebrate with a weekend watching others go for the gold the Olympics while they're in the neighborhood, and have the celebration party at Globetel HQ on Monday when they return. Go back for the press conference after that, if they don't have one on Friday (tomorrow). Why not?
nilremerlin
Institutional uPdate: Marco Investment reports holding its shares in Q4;
American International is now showing as reported for Q4, as in my original post about it (they added some shares to their position):
http://www.nasdaq.com/asp/holdings.asp?mode=&kind=&symbol=NCTI&symbol=GTE&symbol=&am...
that appears to complete the institutional reporting for Q4 unless a new institution reports soon.
nilremerlin
Institutional uPdate: Marco Investment reports holding its shares in Q4;
American International is now showing as reported for Q4, as in my original post about it (they added some shares to their position):
http://www.nasdaq.com/asp/holdings.asp?mode=&kind=&symbol=NCTI&symbol=GTE&symbol=&am...
that appears to complete the institutional reporting for Q4 unless a new institution reports soon.
nilremerlin
New job posting on GlobeTel website:
"Vice President of Business Development
GlobeTel Communications Corp., located in Pembroke Pines, FL, is seeking a Vice President of Business Development to formulate business proposals and project plans conferring with board members based on business structure and operations; review financial statements and sales activity to develop pricing and budget proposals for each project utilizing wireless network framing, financial feasibilities and market initiatives; lead and provide personal contacts and special high-altitude airship and wireless network projects participating in cross-functional initiatives. Requires MBA and 2 years of experience in the job."
the former 3 job postings are gone...guess they hired for those 3.
nilremerlin
Institutional update quirk: On Feb. 14th, I wrote:
"American International reports buying/adding 5,312 shares of GTe in Q4 (see page 2),"
having gotten this info from the institutional reporting site.
Now, however, the institutional site shows differently that American International has not yet reported for Q4 (see page 2):
http://www.nasdaq.com/asp/holdings.asp?mode=&kind=&symbol=NCTI&symbol=GTE&symbol=&am...
I don't know the reason for this quirk, but I'm sure American International will provide their reporting update soon.
nilremerlin