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The potential here is in the future ratios, not the current or past ratios.
Consider this:
You can always sell some of the high priced HRCT shares late in the year at a loss to offset any possible gains elsewhere, wait 30 days, and buy back in, thus lowering your overall cost and reaping a double benefit.
Consider this:
An additional buy of 125,000 shares at .05 per share would reduce your per share cost to .295 cents.
I acknowledge my initial error.
Buy low, sell high.
It is not only Mr. Hu and his contacts, but also Mr. Hu's business plan, his track record, his staff, his acquisition of China Princely, the potential of the business plan, the size of China, the size of China's education market, the current little known potential of HRCT, and the handful of investors that keep vacuuming up shares at absurdly low prices.
Under these circumstances, if you bought at $14 and down to 20 cents, how can you not buy at 5 cents?
I've tried Dr. Daniel before. Am not in great need of anything right now, just wanted to try Dr. Solomon's concoction for the sheer experience.
I splurged today and bought a bottle of Redcliffe, a $10 New Zealand wine on sale at Beverages and More for $7.
Over the last few days I have been learning how to whistle while on my daily 5-mile walks. I decided to take on learning that spine tingling whistle cowboys used to call their horses in TV shows of the 1950s. On the 2nd day, after 10 miles, I began to catch the jist of just how the lips need to form. By 15 miles a nice piercing noise would elicit a response from some birds along the Sawyer Trail of Crystal Springs, where I walked madly blowing into the air. Today, after 20 miles, I have developed a nice loud piercing whistle that could easily call any horse, if I had one. Today I practiced on my poor, cancer affected, one-ear, half deaf cat and successfully caught his attention.
Now who was it that said: "Men will always find some way of justifying their habits."
Ah yes:
1798 Samuel Solomon published “Guide to Health or, advice to both sexes with an essay on a certain disease, seminal weakness, and a destructive habit of private nature. Also an address to parents, tutors, and guardians of youth. To which one added, observations on the use and abuse of cold bathing” gave advice on topics including abortion, onanism, asthma, barrenness and bleeding. The main remedy for all ailments was Dr Solomon’s "Cordial Balm of Gilead."
Thank goodness he did not include whistling.
Sure would like to try that cordial Balm of Gilead. Do they have it your neighborhood?
I buy in 20k lots. If the price dips to the .05 range or lower, rest assured I will be buying.
"The future is the offspring of the past."
The changes at HRCT are in place, the new direction is clear and very viable.
I look forward to picking up a lot more shares tomorrow if current holders react myopically to the 10K.
I splurged today and bought a $9 wine, that's $3 over my normal allowance. This 2005 Trinchero family Cabernet Sauvignon was really quite nice and featured a combination of grapes from family vineyards in California's Lake County (57% ), Monterey (36%) and Santa Barbara 7%. The reason for the splurge was that yesterday I had a successful interview with SF Chronicle reporter Sam Whiting, who said that my chance for appearing in his Sunday SF Chronicle Magazine feature, "A Bright Idea," was 100% and would likely appear in early November.
This interview was, alas, not for my deep knowledge of cheap wine, but for my now 10-year Timelines of History project.
I will post a copy here when it happens along with a toast dedicated to all minor celebrities, regardless of their tastes in clothes, literature, music, politics, religion, wine and women.
My apologies to any minor celebrities in other fields.
Whether or not DNAG is able to survive on its current business model, I believe that the makers of the most effective micro array technology will move forward and perhaps dominate the field. This discussion may not be most appropriate on this board and I would be happy to continue the discussion elsewhere based on feedback. One possibility is the unmonitored NGEN board.
"Precious metals breaking out."
An how good sir, aside from its relation to your name, does that have any impact on HRCT?
Educating ex-soldiers:
2007 Sep 3, In eastern China about 2,000 ex-soldiers took part in riots that began and spread over a 775-mile stretch in the cities of Baotou, Wuhan, and Baoji. Demobilized soldiers are frequently rewarded for their service with government jobs, and 6,000 of them were sent to 12 different railway schools in July for two years of training. However, they were angered by run-down dormitories, bad but expensive food and a lack of study materials, At least 20 people were injured and five arrested when riot police moved in to quell the disturbances.
(AP, 9/11/07)
Great idea, but its too dam cumbersome to haul and homeland security would probably confiscate it as a weapon of mass destruction. Not to fear, over there every closet, if not vineyard, has an accordion.
I heard that, and it bodes well for DNAG. What I meant about not happening was for shareholders to hold tight for two years to stabilize the stock.
I do not expect that will happen.
Thanks for the link.
From the Gabriel interview:
DNAG is "Woefully undervalued"
"Spin out will reward shareholders."
Good idea, might be a bit more comfy there. Maybe they'll let us do hot dogs over a campfire in the vineyard along with a bottle of their select choice. You've got me in the camping mood now.
Would that be with sleeping bags, or do they have cabins?
Well maybe next year, eh?
I may be wrong, but my understanding is that the TPM will not allow the new drive to be recognized.
I would fly out and meet you there, but I have a dental appointment Saturday morning, arrgh...
The festival only begins tomorrow. You could catch a plane tonight and perhaps catch your friends on site. Wouldn't that be a nice surprise?
SOWETO, South Africa (AFP) - South Africa's wine industry, long synonymous with the lush pastures of the Cape and wealthy white clientele, will undergo an image makeover this weekend in the most famous black township.
Organisers of the Soweto Wine Festival, which begins on Friday, are hoping to draw 6,000 visitors to an event that is partly designed to reverse a slow decline in tipplers in a country whose products grace cellars around the world.
Industry experts admit they face a major challenge in changing the drinking habits of people who prefer to knock back beers but believe that old stereotypes are slowly melting away with the emergence of a black middle-class.
"Our black people are not into wine-drinking. They prefer beer and umqombothi (home-made local beer made from sorghum), but we want them to change to wine," the chairperson of the South African Black Vintners Alliance (SABVA), Vivian Kleynhans, told AFP.
A handful of black winemakers will be among the exhibitors at the township on the outskirts of Johannesburg, including 29-year-old Ntsiki Biyel who is the country's only black female vintner.
According to SABVA's figures, there are still only about 25 black winemakers, or 1.5 percent of the total in a country where blacks were effectively barred from owning vineyards during the whites-only apartheid era.
Whites still own almost all the vineyards in the Northern and Western Cape provinces which form the heartland of the local wine industry.
According to Steven Nkosinathi, who runs Soweto's biggest wine market, 50 percent of blacks who buy from his shop know nothing about wine and have an instinctive prejudice about those who do drink it.
"Until recently, the blacks have seen wine drinkers as either gay or sissy," he said.
Busi Yende, a onetime Soweto resident who is now a coordinator in the Cape Wine Academy, agreed that wine-drinkers were still regarded by some as having ideas above their station.
"We used to perceive wine-drinking as a fad by those in high class or the 'coggles' (women). I never tasted wine until seven years ago," she told AFP.
"But we are out to stir up wine appreciation among the blacks and encourage responsible wine-drinking and appreciation."
Price of course plays its part but the cheapest bottles, which begin at around 20 rand (2.75 dollars, two euros), should be within the budget of most beer drinkers.
However the latest figures show wine consumption among South Africans has dropped from 9.1 to 8.7 litres per person per year.
"We need to increase the number of new wine drinkers and I believe this festival begins to address the situation," said Marilyn Cooper, managing director of the Cape Wine Academy and one of the festival's organisers.
"Wine-drinking is a lifestyle that most blacks are not used to. They grew up drinking beer and local brandy ... but there is a serious drive to arrest this declining wine-consumption, beginning with the blacks," she said.
South Africa is the world's ninth biggest wine-producer and accounts for 3.3 percent of the global market.
Most of its produce is exported to Europe but increasing efforts are being made to make inroads into the American and Chinese markets, said Kleynhans.
According to Soweto wine merchant Mnikelo Mangciphu, his experience has shown that local clientele prefer red to whites -- for medicinial purposes, of course.
"Old men and women get prescriptions from doctors recommending a bottle of red wine which they say is good for their heart," he said.
Re Seagate:
SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif., Sept 05, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ --
Seagate Technology (NYSE: STX) today announced that its 2007 Analyst and Investor Meeting on September 7 in New York City will be webcast live from seagate.com.
Chief executive officer Bill Watkins, president & chief operating officer Dave Wickersham, chief financial officer Charles Pope, and chief sales & marketing officer Brian Dexheimer, will present and field questions from the investors and analysts attending the meeting.
Audio from the presentation and question-and-answer period, as well as presentation slides, will be available through Seagate's investor relations Web site at http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/about/investor_relations/. The meeting webcast will begin at 8:30 a.m. ET. A replay will be available the following week.
SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif., Sept 05, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ --
Seagate Technology (NYSE: STX) today announced that its 2007 Analyst and Investor Meeting on September 7 in New York City will be webcast live from seagate.com.
Chief executive officer Bill Watkins, president & chief operating officer Dave Wickersham, chief financial officer Charles Pope, and chief sales & marketing officer Brian Dexheimer, will present and field questions from the investors and analysts attending the meeting.
Audio from the presentation and question-and-answer period, as well as presentation slides, will be available through Seagate's investor relations Web site at http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/about/investor_relations/. The meeting webcast will begin at 8:30 a.m. ET. A replay will be available the following week.
Good Idea:
How about a song to herald the news!! Get your creative juices flowing. Here's a possible start, feel free to add verses, we can add music later and throw it onto u-tube:
TPM, TPM, Turn on your TPM
TPM, TPM, Turn on your TPM
The boys in the back room say
Turn on your TPM
I believe STX is in a major breakout here.
http://tinyurl.com/2mkch5
Not all plastics are easily recycled. We get periodic notes from our local trash haulers indicating which codes are acceptable and which are not. e.g the 1-lb plastic Starbucks coffee bags cannot be recycled. I'll have to take a closer look at the recycle codes on the wine boxes.
I always decant my Red Bull, as well as my Green Bull and Yellow Bull in honor of the colors of the Lithuanian flag, which I happen to find esthetically pleasant.
That said, the real issue here hinges on how the product impacts the environment. Glass is easily recycled as is cardboard. Plastic, which gets coded into some 225 (perhaps less than more) categories, is by its provenance abhorrent. As a general rule I do not buy any liquid in plastic containers. We need to start a movement here.
Choosing the right instrument is what sustains a good musician in the long run. Keep practicing. The sqeeze box has been good for me. LOL
Yeah, lots of fun. We played last Saturday at the 2nd annual Jug Band Festival in Golden Gate Park and were introduced as the symphonic jug band... Should have some u-tube shorts soon.
Your estimate for 30 may be low now!!!
Aug 28, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ --
Seagate Technology (NYSE: STX) today provided an update of its expected results for the fiscal first quarter 2008 which ends September 28, 2007. The company now expects revenue of $3.15 - $3.25 billion, GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.57 - $0.61 and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share, which excludes $27 million of purchased intangibles amortization and other charges associated with the Maxtor and EVault acquisitions, of $0.62 - $0.66.
The company's original outlook for the first fiscal quarter was for revenue of $2.9 - $3.0, GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.35 - $0.39 and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share, which excludes $27 million of purchased intangibles amortization and other charges associated with the Maxtor and EVault acquisitions, of $0.40 - $0.44.
The primary factors leading to the improved outlook for the first fiscal quarter are [1] industry unit demand at the high-end of the predicted range; [2] favorable pricing thus far in the quarter reflecting a more balanced supply and demand environment, and [3] a better product mix.
Gross margin is expected to expand to approximately 24% due to the demand, pricing and product mix factors referenced above. Operating expenses (R&D and SG&A) are expected to increase above the company's previous outlook due to higher variable compensation costs. The revised outlook assumes a 6% tax rate and diluted shares outstanding of 555 million.
Given the typical shipment profile for a September quarter and the dynamic nature of the demand and pricing environment, actual results during the balance of the quarter will heavily influence the company's financial performance for the quarter.
2007 Aug 18, It was reported that China faced a major shortage of skilled talent including doctors with only 4,000 general practitioners. Lawyers numbered about 122,000. An average of 2,200 new pilots per year will be needed to keep up with the growth in air travel. Accountants, technicians and good managers were also reported to be in short supply.
(Econ, 8/18/07, p.59)
SAN DIEGO, Aug 27, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Nanogen, Inc. (NGEN:nanogen inc com
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Last: 1.04-0.09-7.96%
8:37am 08/28/2007
NGEN, developer of advanced diagnostic products, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement for a $20 million registered offering to institutional investors of Senior Convertible Notes and warrants. The transaction is expected to fund today. Seven Hills Partners LLC served as the placement agent for the transaction.
"We are pleased to announce this financing from a group of solid institutional investors familiar with both our market place and our long term prospects," said Howard C. Birndorf, Nanogen chairman and chief executive officer. "This financing provides the company with a vehicle for long term continued investment in the company and allows us to focus on our core objectives of managing the business and improving our EBITDA performance."
The unsecured Senior Convertible Notes to be issued in the financing will bear interest annually at a rate of 6.25% per annum and will provide investors with the right to convert principal into registered shares of Nanogen common stock at $1.27 per share, which carries a premium of approximately 12% over the closing bid price of Nanogen's stock on August 24, 2007. The Notes have a three year term and, subject to certain conditions, the company may elect to make payments of interest in cash or stock. After 24 months, Nanogen will have the right to force conversion of the Notes into shares of the company's common stock, depending on the performance of the common stock. The company will initially place $7.3 million of the funds in a restricted bank account that will become unrestricted subject to certain stock price performance criteria.
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/story.aspx?guid={1C641187-64D0-437E-9DF2-E121F0FEF8C6}&sit...
Short squeeze on the news perhaps:
2007 Aug 27, Wave Systems Corp. today announced that its latest edition of EMBASSY® Trust Suite software is shipping with the new series of desktop motherboards from Intel Corporation. Intel® Desktop Boards Executive Series is the fifth generation of Intel boards to include Wave's software.
(IHub #150,461, 8/27/07)
Should be an interesting week here with Seagate.
I have some Sep 25 stxie calls and dec 25 stxlx calls. The latest info of a Chinese company wanting to buy Seagate should move the shares this week. If you have shares and you want to sell covered calls, wait a day or 2 to see how the market reacts before you make your play. Seagate is on an upward roll now which should continue for some time. I will probably buy more in the money calls and roll them forward taking profits with each move of 1-2 points.
Re Seagate:
A Chinese technology company has expressed interest in buying a maker of computer disk drives in the United States, raising concerns among U.S. government officials about the risks to national security in transferring high technology to China.
The overture, which was disclosed by the chief executive of one of the two remaining drive makers in the United States, William Watkins of Seagate Technology, has resurrected issues of economic competitiveness and national security raised three years ago when Lenovo, a Chinese computer maker, bought IBM's personal computer business.
Although disk drives are not on a list of export-controlled technologies, the attempted purchase of an American disk-drive company would require a security review by the federal government, according to several government officials.
In recent years, modern disk drives have become complex computing systems, with hundreds of thousands of lines of software used to encrypt data and ensure their integrity.
That could raise the specter of secret tampering to make it possible to pilfer information via computer networks, intelligence officials have warned.
Watkins did not identify the Chinese company. But he said that the possibility of an acquisition is ringing alarm bells at government agencies.
"The U.S. government is freaking out," Watkins said Thursday.
Reached Friday night, Treasury officials declined to comment on possible Chinese overtures for an American maker.
Watkins said Seagate, which employs about 3,000 people in the Twin Cities area, is not for sale. But he also said that if a high enough premium were offered to shareholders, a sale would be difficult to stop.
http://www.startribune.com/535/story/1382210.html
Upward movement looks sustained in a generally depressed market. Should the general market move forward, Seagate should accelerate as FDE drives kick in big. General Friday pull back to be expected, but if Seagate moves forward, that would a very bullish sign.