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Would you mind supporting that rather broad statment? If not please be quite. I don't want to see the kind of nonsence we saw the last time you inserted your foot into your mouth. AND BESIDES, EXACTLY WHAT DIFFERANCE DOES IT MAKE AND WHO GIVES A DAMN AS LOMG AS IT WORKS.
Total agreement. Hang on and enjoy the rewards.
Wow! Lots of progress here. Just flying up the charts!
Sorry caps locked on.
In a word, NO. EVERY APP THAT CLAINS TO HAVE THE INFO WANTS TO CHARGE YOU FOR IT. INCLUDING IHUB
We are a solar installation company waiting for it's patent to be approved!
One last one for the road.
MantisToboggan MD you have a grand total of 32 posts on this board.
cheeky you have a grand total of 21 posts.
Neither one of you show that you own ANY stock in this company.
Bottom line here, your history to me.
Ignorance is bliss.
Excuse me? I'm bashing stock. Would you like to support that with some facts? I currently own three stocks, one of which is Tfer. All three are into profits for me. Why the hell would I bash a stock that is making me money you old fart. Did you just have a senior moment?
I'm sorry. I take it don't care to be corrected. If you see my last response to you as anger may I suggest you take a close look in the mirror. I and others here have ridden along on this stock for a long time. I am a long here. You apparently just arrived. Perhaps doing a more complete DD on the history of this company would benefit you in the future. As for anger, no, I promise you will know it when you see it.
I think that would make a lot of us happy happy, however I don't see that happening just yet. Jmo
Sorry, Ihookup wasn't even on the radar screen back then. There simply is no relationship to then and now. I have had this stock for over a year now. I remember the filings but was not seen as anything more than confidence in TFER nothing more.
Since these filings are for june 2013 I'm not sure what it is you want us to see?
Since the company is also known as Panasonic I would think they would be all over this if it is a patent infringement.
I think I understand what this means. It looks as though these five inventions were indeed acknowledged as pre inventions contributing to SOLAR3D. At least that is how I'm reading it
PATENT CITATIONS
Cited Patent Filing date Publication date Applicant Title
WO2009100519A1 * Feb 10, 2009 Aug 20, 2009 Univ Alberta Photovoltaic device based on conformal coating of columnar structures
WO2011005462A1 * Jun 18, 2010 Jan 13, 2011 The Regents Of The University Of California Nanostructure, photovoltaic device, and method of fabrication thereof
US20030106581 * Dec 17, 2002 Jun 12, 2003 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Silicon structure, method for producing the same, and solar battery using the silicon structure
US20100139759 * Nov 23, 2007 Jun 10, 2010 Kobenhavns Universitet Optical device
US20120032168 * Apr 30, 2009 Feb 9, 2012 Cho Hans S Photonic device and method of making the same
* Cited by examiner
CLASSIFICATIONS
International Classification H01L31/0236, H01L31/042
Cooperative Classification H01L31/02366, H01L31/02363, H01L27/1428, Y02E10/52
Pump and dump
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The "night singer of shares" sold stock on the streets during the South Sea Bubble. Amsterdam, 1720.
"Pump and dump" (P&D) is a form of microcap stock fraud that involves artificially inflating the price of an owned stock through false and misleading positive statements, in order to sell the cheaply purchased stock at a higher price. Once the operators of the scheme "dump" their overvalued shares, the price falls and investors lose their money. Stocks that are the subject of pump and dump schemes are sometimes called "chop stocks".[1]
While fraudsters in the past relied on cold calls, the Internet now offers a cheaper and easier way of reaching large numbers of potential investors.[1]
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Pump and dump schemes may take place on the Internet using an e-mail spam campaign, through media channels via a fake press release, or through telemarketing from "boiler room" brokerage houses (for example, see Boiler Room).[2] Often the stock promoter will claim to have "inside" information about impending news. Newsletters may purport to offer unbiased recommendations, then tout a company as a "hot" stock, for their own benefit. Promoters may also post messages in chat rooms or stock message boards urging readers to buy the stock quickly.[1]
If a promoter's campaign to "pump" a stock is successful, it will entice unwitting investors to purchase shares of the target company. The increased demand, price, and trading volume of the stock may convince more people to believe the hype, and to buy shares as well. When the promoters behind the scheme sell (dump) their shares and stop promoting the stock, the price plummets, and other investors are left holding stock that is worth significantly less than what they paid for it.
Fraudsters frequently use this ploy with small, thinly traded companies—known as "penny stocks," generally traded over-the-counter (in the United States, this would mean markets such as the OTC Bulletin Board or the Pink Sheets), rather than markets such as the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) or NASDAQ—because it is easier to manipulate a stock when there is little or no independent information available about the company.[3] The same principle applies in the United Kingdom, where target companies are typically small companies on the AIM or OFEX.
A more modern spin on this attack is known as hack, pump and dump.[4] In this form, a person purchases penny stocks in advance and then uses compromised brokerage accounts to purchase large quantities of that stock. The net result is a price increase, which is often pushed further by day traders seeing a quick advance in a stock. The holder of the stock then sells his stock at a premium.[5]
Specific examples[edit]
Jonathan Lebed[edit]
During the dot-com era, when stock-market fever was at its height and many people spent significant amounts of time on stock Internet message boards, a 15-year-old named Jonathan Lebed showed how easy it was to use the Internet to run a successful pump and dump. Lebed bought penny stocks and then promoted them on message boards, pointing at the price increase. When other investors bought the stock, Lebed sold his for a profit, leaving the other investors holding the bag. He came to the attention of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which filed a civil suit against him alleging security manipulation. Lebed settled the charges by paying a fraction of his total gains. He neither admitted nor denied wrongdoing, but promised not to manipulate securities in the future.[6]
Park Financial Group[edit]
In April 2007, the U.S. SEC brought charges against Park Financial Group as a result of an investigation into a pump and dump scheme during 2002-2003 of the Pink Sheet listed stock of Spear & Jackson Inc.[7]
Pump and dump spam[edit]
Pump and dump stock scams are prevalent in spam, accounting for about 15% of spam e-mail messages. A survey of 75,000 unsolicited emails sent between January 2004 and July 2005 concluded that spammers could make an average return of 4.29% by using this method, while recipients who act on the spam message typically lose close to 5.5% of their investment within two days.[8] A study by Böhme and Holz[9] shows a similar effect. Stocks targeted by spam are almost always penny stocks, selling for less than $5 per share, not traded on major exchanges, are thinly traded, and are difficult or impossible to sell short. Spammers acquire stock before sending the messages, and sell the day the message is sent.[10]
Pump and dump differs from many other forms of spam (such as advance fee fraud emails and lottery scam messages) in that it does not require the recipient to contact the spammer to collect supposed "winnings," or to transfer money from supposed bank accounts. This makes tracking the source of pump and dump spam difficult, and has also given rise to "minimalist" spam consisting of a small untraceable image file containing a picture of a stock symbol.[citation needed]
Short and distort[edit]
Main article: Short and distort
A variant of the pump and dump scam, the "short and distort" works in the opposite manner. Instead of first buying the stock, and then artificially raising its price before selling, in a "short and distort" the scammer first short-sells the stock, and then artificially lowers the price, using the same techniques as the pump and dump but using criticism or negative predictions regarding the stock. The scammer then covers his short position when he buys back the stock at a lower price.[11]
Regulation[edit]
One method of regulating and restricting pump and dump manipulators, is to target the category of stocks most often associated with this scheme. To that end, penny stocks have been the target of heightened enforcement efforts. In the United States, regulators have defined a penny stock as a security that must meet a number of specific standards. The criteria include price, market capitalization, and minimum shareholder equity. Securities traded on a national stock exchange, regardless of price, are exempt from regulatory designation as a penny stock,[12] since it is thought that exchange traded securities are less vulnerable to manipulation.[13] Therefore, CitiGroup (NYSE:C) and other NYSE listed securities which traded below $1.00 during the market downturn of 2008-2009, while properly regarded as "low priced" securities, were not technically "penny stocks". Although penny stock trading in the United States is now primarily controlled through rules and regulations enforced by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the genesis of this control is found in State securities law. The State of Georgia was the first state to codify a comprehensive penny stock securities law.[14] Secretary of State Max Cleland, whose office enforced State securities laws[15] was a principal proponent of the legislation. Representative Chesley V. Morton, the only stockbroker in the Georgia General Assembly at the time, was principal sponsor of the bill in the House of Representatives. Georgia's penny stock law was subsequently challenged in court. However, the law was eventually upheld in U.S. District Court,[16] and the statute became the template for laws enacted in other states. Shortly thereafter, both FINRA and the SEC enacted comprehensive revisions of their penny stock regulations. These regulations proved effective in either closing or greatly restricting broker/dealers, such as Blinder, Robinson & Company, which specialized in the penny stocks sector. Meyer Blinder was jailed for securities fraud in 1992, after the collapse of his firm.[17] However, sanctions under these specific regulations lack an effective means to address pump and dump schemes perpetrated by unregistered groups and individuals.
Sorry surehands that was not meant for you.
Picky picky picky moderators on the board. They like to pick and choose whats off topic which changes on a daily or person moment. I will state to the monitors THAT I PAY FOR THE PRIVILAGE OF POSTING ON THIS AND OTHER BOARDS. unless you would like to refund my money start doing your job correctly. THAT MEANS EITHER APPLY THE SAME RULES TO EVERYONE OR GET OUT OF MY LIFE.
OTHERS ON THIS BOARD HAVE MENTIONED OTHER STOCKS AND NOT BEEN CENSORED.
one lsat thought for you. YOU ARE NOT GODS!
Please do.
And then the trumpet will sound!
31%
Try to keep in mind that they have a multi-billionare backing them.
They dried up!
Thank you.
I give up. You insist on turning everything into a negative view point. It simply isn't worth my, or anyone elses for that matter, time to debate with a rock.
Until the first quarter finacial comes out, then it will change completly and reach for the stars. You just refuse to buy into the FACT that this is a profitable company now and the market will acknoledge that shortly. IMO
Sunworks baby sunworks. Go check the stock prices of the other installer companies. Would it break your heart if this stock went to $30? Oh, and do you have a positive bone anywhere in your body?
Did I miss something. We are not selling panals? Is that correct? Why did Solar3d buy SunWorks?
Appears the CEO will get the same wealth some here plan on getting. Yes? Think he's worth it?
Thank you!
You know if you say something often enough no matter what you know or don't know eventually it will come true even if it is only for a split second. Having said that, I really hope you are correct one of these times.
Damn, and here I have been resisting getting my alchemy pot out. Oh well nothing for it now. It's time to turn the gold back into lead. We just thought that turning a sows ear into a silk purse would really be great, but obviously Solar3d will never turn into a gold mine.
Now your talking reality here. Have a Angry Apple while your munching those chips. Apple juice is good for you.
I don't bet against your guesses!
ALRIGHTY NOME!!!! Way to level the opposition. Whoa I'm lovin' it . Way to go good buddy.
AND I WAS SAYING? Good grief Charlie Brown. Where is Linus when you need him. We need the great PUMPKIN to show up NOW. Everybody out to the pumpkin patch. NOW!
Mannn I am just sucking the hind tit today on getting thoughts out there. You just beat my suggestion by a hair?
You know, if i were Jim Nelson, and I monitored this board, which he might, I would probably be LMAO over some you and your assine assumptions, therories, speculations, blue skying, doom saying, chicken little, sky is falling conversations as to why he is selling stock. Go do yourselves a favor and read up on 10B accounts. It of course IS POSSIBLE, the Death Star is hovering around just out of sight waiting to blast SLTD into a Galaxy Far Far Away. NOT!!!