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No idea buddy. I will see if I can at least get us what industry it is. I am sure the company did not want their name used or they would have put it in the PR. I remember Gary Liebowitz telling me that customers of security products almost never allow their names to be used.
Smells good to me.
Exobox Brings in Sales of ExoDetect(TM)
globenewswire
February 5, 2010, 1:56 pm
HOUSTON, Feb. 5, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Exobox Technologies Corp. (OTCBB:EXBX - News)  announced it is continuing to grow its customer base through sales this month of ExoDetect(TM), the industry's first SaaS-based Data Leak Detection technology product. Exobox's current customers include one of the nation's leading health companies and a number of Fortune 500 companies. The company is ramping up its sales efforts and hopes to close more sales over the next few weeks.Â
"We are pleased to have our improved ExoDetect(TM) and ExoWatch(TM) products out in the marketplace helping these major corporations secure their confidential data," said Richard Kampa, Exobox President and CEO.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Exobox-Brings-in-Sales-of-pz-248061593.html?x=0&.v=1
Thank the lord because I just finished this months Good House Keeping, lol.
Like I said Mr. Kampa is not fluff and is upfront. Dillon in the old days would have threw names around and worded it so it sounded like they were already talking to these big companies and bedazzle us with BS.
Well it is not something to read, but it will do. Great Find, sounds good to me. He said they have a Technology officer is being hired.
I bought 30,000 under $2, lol. Now I wish I had bought more.
Toyota is going to have some serious butt kissing to do. I bet the advertising campaigns start soon, lol.
I am sure that is something Mr. Kampa will work on as soon as they get the AV ready for market.
Well this just makes me mad!
So everyone preaches save water, so everyone saves water. Now they go and penalize everyone for saving water, just cant win in America anymore.
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/queens/2010/02/04/2010-02-04_great_you_saved_water_now_fight_the_proposed_rate_hike.html
Great, you saved water! Now fight the proposed rate hike
BY Clare Trapasso
DAILY NEWS WRITER
Thursday, February 4th 2010, 10:57 AM
CONSERVING WATER is typically a good thing - except when you're penalized for your frugality.
Elected officials are urging people to speak out against the Water Board's potential double-digit water rate hike at a public hearing in St. Albans on Feb. 16.
The rate hike is needed, officials have said, because people are using less water, which means less revenue.
"The only way to stop the soaking of taxpayers is by showing up and making our voices heard," City Councilman Peter Koo (R-Flushing) said. "We must remain ever watchful, informed and ready to fight."
He attended a Queens Borough Board meeting Monday where a representative from the city Department of Environmental Protection spoke about the proposed rate hike.
The agency is holding public hearings in each borough to discuss water rates, which could climb as much as 14.3%, according to documents obtained by the Daily News. That's on top of the 12.9% increase in 2009 and 14.5% hike in 2008.
The Queens meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Feb. 16 at the Majority Baptist Church, 115-21 Farmers Blvd. in St. Albans.
The water system is operated by the DEP, but the Water Board determine its finances. A DEP spokeswoman said a rate hike proposal will be ready in April.
The rates are set to go up because the public has been using 12% to 13% less water over the last few years, former DEP Commissioner Steve Lawitts previously told the Daily News.
That didn't sit well with Koo.
"This is against our common sense," said Koo, who plans to picket the Feb. 16 meeting. "You don't increase prices when people buy less."
The average annual water bill for a single-family house is about $900, according to the Independent Budget Office. If the rate increase is approved, that bill would go up to more than $1,000.
Corey Bearak, president of the Queens Civic Congress, said another hike would be outrageous.
"People are struggling, and this takes money right out of their pockets," said Bearak. "It disproportionately punishes the middle class and working families."
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/queens/2010/02/04/2010-02-04_great_you_saved_water_now_fight_the_proposed_rate_hike.html#ixzz0eaz40OLN
Well I agree with you about the oil deal. Mr. Kampa was upfront and when we talked he said it sucked and he had to go back and talk to Sam S. He told me that he did not even see why some one would do a deal like that. He told me the company has been beat up over the years by mismanagement and he had to fix some things. I do not think most understand the whole oil thing. The deal had a interest payment at the end that would have sank us or taken any financing $ that EXBX received away from the company and into some one elses pocket. He was able to go back and renegotiate it. We feel like Sam S got to keep shares, on the flip side Sam S did not make out with as much as he could have. Sam S was entitled to more shares in the future and a lot of money that would have been due to him. Once you close on your mortgage you have 3 days to rescind it after that it is a done deal. This was a done deal and Mr. Kampa went back and some how was able to get Sam S to undo the deal. Sam S lost shares in the future, lost CASH that was going to be due and had to give back current shares. If you are in good standing with your mortgage company, call them up and see if you can modify your mortgage (that's to change the terms), good luck. They will tell you unless you go late no deal. Mr. Kampa went back and killed it before it went into default. So again Sam S did not make out with nearly as much as he could have and in the end he did get SC@WED. That transfer of ownership, legal fee's for the contracts and other associated costs were involved and Sam S as far I as know did not recoup them. IMO that's why he got to keep some shares.
Hey learning,
Just my thoughts but Mr. Kampa said 12 to 18 months from the time coding starts. IMO other vendors might be worried when we get rolling. If the AV were to come along early to mid next year and the economy is worse, we (EXBX) might actually sink a few of them. We have no where but up from here to go. Some of these large AV companies have huge bottom lines to try and maintain. So when EXBX comes along, cuts into those profits and due to the economy they get hit harder in loss of sales we may actually enter the market at a perfect time. For some of these large vendors the perfect storm may be brewing and we might just actually be the wind that blows them away. Like I said Mr. Kampa IMO has a plan.
Toyota says Prius had brake design problems
AP
OK, Toyota needs a new IR company, lol.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100204/ap_on_bi_ge/toyota_recall
Toyota Motor Corp. Managing Officer Hiroyuki Yokoyama, right, speaks during a AP – Toyota Motor Corp. Managing Officer Hiroyuki Yokoyama, right, speaks during a press conference at the …
TOKYO – Toyota acknowledged design problems with the brakes in its prized Prius, adding to the catalog of safety woes at the Japanese automaker as it reels from massive global recalls involving faulty gas pedals.
Toyota Motor Corp., which Thursday reported a $1.7 billion profit for last quarter, said it had corrected problems with the antilock brake system in Prius models sold since late last month, including those shipped overseas.
But the company was still deciding what steps to take to fix the problem in Prius cars sold in Japan and overseas before late January.
Complaints about braking problems in the Prius — the world's top-selling gas-electric hybrid — have been reported in the U.S. and Japan, combining to some 180, and come amid a recall of nearly 4.5 million vehicles for faulty gas pedals.
The flaw, which requires a software programming change to fix, makes the brakes momentarily unresponsive. Toyota was checking if there were reports of similar problems with other hybrid models though they use a different braking system from the Prius.
Whether a recall is necessary for the Prius was still undecided, according to Toyota executive Hiroyuki Yokoyama, but the transport minister urged the company to consider it and is ordering an investigation.
Paul Nolasco, a company spokesman, said the time lag for brakes kicking in felt by drivers stem from the two systems in a gas-electric hybrid — the gas-engine and the electric motor.
When the car moves on a bumpy or slippery surface, a driver can feel a pause in the braking when the vehicle switches between the traditional hydraulic brakes and the electronically operated braking system, he said.
The brakes start to work if the driver keeps pushing the pedal, but the driver may momentarily feel they aren't working, he said.
A major Toyota dealership in Tokyo said the automaker had informed dealers that Prius brakes can sometimes fail to work for less than a second but it had not told owners.
"It is disappointing because the Prius was receiving such rave reviews," said Hiroyuki Naito, a manager at the dealership. The latest model Prius hit showrooms last May and is only made in Japan.
In recent weeks, the automaker had answered questions about its overseas recalls for gas pedals with assurances that problems didn't extend to Japanese vehicles, implying it was doing a better job with quality control in Japan.
But Prius owners were worried.
Akira Suzuki, 25, who makes surf boards and teaches surfing, was excited about the high mileage his recently purchased hybrid offers — but concerned about its possible problems.
"I'm not sure how safe it is. I plan to drive very carefully," said Suzuki, who lives in a Tokyo suburb.
Despite snowballing problems with quality, Toyota reported Thursday a $1.7 billion profit for the October-December quarter, citing healthy sales of its green models including the Prius, and predicted it would return to profit for the fiscal year through March.
Toyota shares tumbled on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, falling 3.5 percent to close at 3,280 yen ($36) after plunging 5.7 percent the previous day. Since Jan. 21, when the U.S. recalls were announced, the stock has lost about 22 percent.
Earlier in Washington, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood startled the public with a comment, which he later retracted, that Americans should park their recalled Toyotas unless driving to dealers for accelerator repairs.
The Prius was not part of the recall spanning the U.S., Europe and China over sticking gas pedals in eight top-selling models including the Camry. That recall involved 2.3 million cars in the U.S. alone.
Toyota senior managing director Takahiko Ijichi defended the automaker's quality standards.
"We have not sacrificed the quality for the sake of saving costs," he said. "Quality is our lifeline. We want our customers to feel safe and regain their trust as soon as possible."
Toyota for the first time gave an estimate of the costs of the global gas-pedal recall. The $2 billion total represents $1.1 billion for repairs and $770 million to $880 million in lost sales.
Toyota is expecting to lose 100,000 in vehicle sales because of the recall fallout — 80,000 of them in North America.
The tarnishing of the Prius nameplate is also a serious setback for Toyota's recovery from the global auto slump.
"It's very unclear what the future will bring," said Mamoru Katou, auto analyst with Tokai Tokyo Research. "Toyota's image as a leader in hybrids has been hurt."
The automaker has received 77 complaints in Japan about braking problems for the Prius. Separately, the Japanese government confirmed 14 complaints. About 100 complaints over Prius brakes have been filed in the U.S.
At least one accident has been reported in Japan suspected of being linked to faulty braking. In that accident, in July 2009, a Prius crashed head on into another car, slightly injuring two people, according to the transport ministry.
Toyota had looked into that accident and concluded there were no problems with the Prius.
In the U.S., harried dealers began receiving parts to repair defective gas pedals in millions of vehicles and said they'd be extending their hours deep into the night to try and catch up. Toyota said that would solve the problem — which it said was extremely rare — of cars unaccountably accelerating.
Toyota is set to face additional questioning from U.S. congressional and other government investigators. Toyota has shut down several new vehicle assembly lines and is rushing parts to dealers to fix problems with the accelerators, trying to preserve a reputation of building safe, durable vehicles.
The latest recall involves 2009-10 RAV4 crossovers, 2009-10 Corollas, 2009-10 Matrix hatchbacks, 2005-10 Avalons, 2007-10 Camrys, 2010 Highlander crossovers, 2007-10 Tundra pickups and 2008-10 Sequoia SUVs.
U.S. lawmakers who are now digging into the recalls say they would look into the Prius.
Many consumer groups have questioned whether Toyota's gas pedal fix will work and have asserted it could be connected to problems with the electronic throttle control systems.
Yasuaki Iwamoto, auto analyst with Okasan Securities in Tokyo, said the big challenge for Toyota was rebuilding its damaged brand, especially in overseas markets.
"For all people who own Toyota cars, for all people with jobs related to Toyota, this huge sense of uncertainty simply isn't going away," he said.
Thanks boss, now about those health benefits you have been giving us, lol.
I thought that was great also about the AS and I know it was a concern for many. 1 less thing for us all to speculate about. I did not know it was 510 million and thought it was 500 million, I learned something new.
Poor Toyota, WTF?
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Toyota-hit-by-over-100-Prius-apf-61349719.html?x=0
Toyota hit by over 100 Prius brake complaints
hit by over 100 complaints in US, about Prius brake problems
Shino Yuasa, Associated Press Writer, On Wednesday February 3, 2010, 7:12 am EST
TOKYO (AP) -- Toyota Motor Corp. has been hit by over 100 complaints in the U.S. and Japan about brake problems with the popular Prius hybrid, the latest in a spate of quality troubles for the automaker as it grapples with massive global recalls.
The Japanese company's sales are being battered in the U.S. -- Toyota's biggest market -- after recalls of top-selling models to fix a gas pedal that can stick in the depressed position.
The new Prius gas-electric hybrid, which went on sale in Japan and the U.S. in May 2009, is not part of the recalls that extend to Europe and China, covering nearly 4.5 million vehicles.
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has received about 100 complaints involving the brakes of the Prius new model. Two involved crashes resulting in injuries.
Japan's transport ministry said Wednesday it has also received 14 complaints since July last year about brake problems with Toyota's new Prius hybrid.
The 14 complaints included an accident in July 2009, in which a Prius crashed head on into another car at an intersection. Transport ministry official Masaya Ota said two people were slightly injured in the accident.
"The Prius driver in the accident told police that a brake did not work," Ota said. "Other Prius drivers also complained brakes were not so sharp." The complaints in Japan involve the new Prius model, and the vehicles were all made in Japan, he said.
The ministry ordered Toyota, the world's No. 1 automaker, to investigate the complaints. The other 13 cases happened from December to January 2010. Ota said the ministry has yet to receive a formal report on the complaints from Toyota.
Toyota spokeswoman Ririko Takeuchi said the company has received reports about the Prius complaints in North America and in Japan and was now looking into the matter.
Toyota shares plunged 5.7 percent to 3,400 yen ($38) with jittery investors dumping stocks in the wake of the Prius woes in the U.S. and Japan. The benchmark Nikkei stock index edged up just 0.3 percent to 10,404.33 as the drop in Toyota dampened sentiment.
"Investors were worried the latest trouble involving the Prius could get bigger. The problem could pose a bigger question on Toyota's quality and safety," said Kazuhiro Takahashi, market analyst at Daiwa Securities SMBC Co. Ltd.
Also Wednesday, the South Korean government said Toyota's local unit was recalling 444 vehicles over defects in gas pedals and floor mats.
The vehicles were made in North America, and the more than 19,000 Toyota vehicles imported from Japan weren't part of the recall, the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs said in a statement.
Toyota is facing growing criticism that it has not done enough to ensure the safety of its vehicles.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told The Associated Press Tuesday that federal officials had to alert Toyota to the seriousness of the safety issues that eventually led to the recalls.
"They should have taken it seriously from the very beginning when we first started discussing it with them," he said. "Maybe they were a little safety deaf."
LaHood also said the U.S. government was considering civil penalties for Toyota for having dragged its feet on safety concerns.
Toyota executive vice president Shinichi Sasaki acknowledged Tuesday in a Nagoya, Japan, news conference that it took prodding from NHTSA officials for the company to decide on the U.S. recall.
Toyota has long prided itself on sterling vehicle quality and assembly line methods that empowered workers to ensure faultless production.
The latest recall, announced Jan. 21, over sticky gas pedals affects 2.3 million vehicles in the U.S. alone.
Any serious problems emerging in the Prius, Toyota's flagship green car model, is certain to further tarnish its brand.
The Prius, now in its third generation since its 1997 introduction, is the best-selling gas-electric hybrid in the world, racking up a cumulative 1.6 million units sold so far, according to Toyota.
Hybrids, by going back and forth between a gasoline engine and electric motor, tend to offer better mileage in slow-speed and stop-and-go driving that's common in crowded cities.
AP Business writers Yuri Kageyama in Tokyo and Kelly Olsen in Seoul contributed to this report.
By all means please do cut in, lol.
No problem and no need to thank me. I refuse to sit around and twist and turn waiting like we all did during the Dillon years. Mr. Kampa is a great person and if we EVER had a chance of success it is with Mr. Kampa. He really is what a CEO is about, knows what to do and how to do it. Dillon scared me because like I said he would baffle you with BS. I would call him with a question and when we hung up I would scratch my head and have to try and decipher with my decrypto ring what he said. Kampa is straight forward and he has a plan. If / when I talk to him again I will let everyone know what he has to say or at least what he had for lunch, lol.
Well all I can say is that during the Dillon days we would speculate ourselves into a frenzy. Regan was a blip in our lives and scr@wed up more in a few months then most due in an entire career, lol. Mr. Kampa has been very up front and shown more transparency than Dillon ever did. So instead of sitting and speculating and guessing I figure scr@w it, not like I am bashful. I have no problem with confronting Mr. Kampa and he knows it. I have to say he has never once tried to BS me.
Dillon on the other hand just outright lied and smiled. When I talked to him I felt like I needed to take a shower he threw so much BS at me.
Liebowitz I only said he made me feel better and that was about it.
Kampa is IMO who we needed a few years ago, fortunately he is here now.
JMHO but I think everyone is on edge. I think Mr. Kampa will ease every ones minds soon enough and all will be happy in EXOBOX land once again, lol.
I believe and I am not 100% on this at all so do not hold me to it, it was over 1 but under 200,000, lol, just messing with you. I really don't remember, I promise I will let you know if it is ok.
I just sent him an email, I will let you know if he replies.
He did mention it and I really did forget. If it means that much I will try and call him tomorrow and ask if he could let me know so I can post it. If he says yes I will and if he says no I will not.
4. I highly disagree. The former employees worked for the company not for Mr. Regan, which was another employee. The company is liable for the payroll, not Mr. Regan.
OK, he said he was working on it. They worked for Regan and Regan fired them! See you are saying it is the company and he did not disagree and said he was resolving it.
2. As any investor, he's putting his money on the company. He's betting he will be able to turn this company around and make some money. Like all of us.
He is not an investor, he is the CEO of a company with no money.
3. Only received 1,000,000 shares. Most of us put a lot of money on EXBX and we still don't have 1,000,000 shares. "Only" is a matter of perspective.
He received these shares, whats the current PPS? Also please show me a CEO that does not get shares from the company they run!
11. I'd like to find somebody that gets 30,000,000 shares cleaning windshields. Even with today's PPS it's worth $ 810,000.00.
Can you show me where Sam V has 30,000,000 shares?
I'm not trying to put anybody down or complain about everything but I don't like seeing some people spinning the information in one direction for whatever reason.
Where is the spin? Thats what he said! Actually you are complaining, lol.
I think that Mr. Kampa might be a very good CEO able to bring EXBX from the shadows, but let's stick to the facts.
Those are facts of our conversation, you are trying to spin them. That's what he said. Sorry if you do not like the fact that he is working, not taking money, not taking shares, putting his own money in. I guess you do not like good news?
I know that's why I am waiting to buy options on this. This current issue is probably going to effect the bottom line for a quarter or 2.
Actually I put the "X" in. He mentioned the amount of shares but I forgot ;)
Well I just hung up with Mr. Kampa and this is what I was able to get. I left him a message earlier and he returned my call. I believe he was in the office, I heard a lot of commotion and people in the background.
1. Mr. Kampa was paid the month of November and that was it.
2. He is paying for things out of his own pocket such as Edgar filings to his CC. He is paying for a Condo in Texas at his own expense. He is paying traveling expenses from his home (another state) to Texas, so he can see his family. He is paying for other obligations out of his own pocket.
3. He has only received 1 million shares of EXBX. Told me shares were given out in the past like like gum at a Wrigley's gum convention.
4. As far as employees not being paid they were former employees that worked for Regan and he is trying to resolve it.
5. I asked him why he does not work for $1 a year and he said "Are you a fool?" (just kidding, he did not say that) he said whats the difference. The company has nothing right now and that's what I am working on, "FUNDING". He said he is putting the company first, like keeping what shares he has for "FUNDING", not taking money for pay is so he can pay the bills.
6. I asked if his salary was being accrued and he said at this time it was the least of his issues and was not looking to get money so he could take cash to pay himself back like Dillon did. He said he realizes that is a major concern and said "NO I WILL NOT GET FUNDING (CASH) AND TAKE IT IN BACK PAY".
7. Said he is working non stop and has been in many meetings. Said he was with attorneys all day today.
8. I asked if we could have a Toga party at his place and he said no.
9. I told him to please do something soon or I would be crashing with him at his Condo because my wife is going to kick me out. He said to please be patient he is working as fast as he can and hopefully will have something to put out soon.
10. MrOwl brought up the patents and back pay and could he put claim to them, I asked and he said no, others would lay claim to them first and are in line before him. He told me at this point he is last in line for anything. He told me "I am not here for nothing. If I did not believe I would not be here laying all this money out of my pocket".
11. He said Sam V is putting in a lot of time with not much in return. He said at this point he could make more cleaning windshields at a busy intersection in the down town area.
12. I asked Mr. Kampa if he was going to increase the AS and dilute us over 500 million shares. he said all companies reserve the right to do so. He said if it were to occur he would have to file and 60 to 75 days notice would have to be given before that could occur. He said legally he can not say it would never happen nor can any other CEO of any other publicly traded company but if I was worried about it happening that I should not loose sleep over it. He said he was trying to work within the framework of the X amount of shares he has and will do whats right for all.
***He told me it was alright to share this with all. He has not read the board lately because he has been busy and working late evenings.
I asked him if I could call him again later this week or the beginning of next and he said it would be fine.
Like I said I am sure he has some things to clear up. I also believe he made it clear to everyone he needs money, hence the "FINANCING". I am not aware of any of the day to day operations and IMO that is a personal matter between the company and the employees. I am sure Mr. Kampa knows about it if you do and will address it.
IMO the company has nothing for him to get right now. It is also IMO that Mr. Kampa realizes he has probably about another 3 months to show some significant movement forward or....
In sales you learn a thing called "mining", sometimes the military teaches this to personnel. In banking when you apply for a mortgage they ask key questions for 2 reasons, 1. to get the info they need and 2. to see who they are dealing with. So I ask you how much is your home owners insurance, you say I have no idea. So I say is it $8,000 a year and you say no more like $1,500 a year. Ahhh see you did have a general idea. I ask how much is your home worth, you say $485K (everyone believes that the home they own is priceless), However I see your home is in a depressed area of Detroit, so I ask how much have homes sold for in your area, you say $190K. Well I no longer think that persons house is worth $485K and go with $190K and so forth. Sometimes you ask questions that you already know the answer 2 just to see what kind of response you will get, are they a liar or truthful?
So I was talking to Mr. Kampa and was trying to make up my mind about whether to keep going with EXBX or move on. I spoke to Liebowitz and he assured me he / they knew what they were doing and to relax, lol. With Kampa I mined the cr@p out of him, told him he had better have a plan and not just some trust me I can do this. He does have a plan and it is a good 1 IMO. He never tried to impress me with the flashy garbage Dillon use to throw around. He was up front and honest about the previous mismanagement and did not try to cover anything up.
I asked Mr. Kampa (this was 1 of those mining questions) if I could be a PP and buy shares from the company (trust me I had no intentions of doing it, but we all know how Dillon was if you offered money to him). He told me not at this time, he would not feel comfortable doing that until he fixed many issues first. He said that it MIGHT be a possibility in the future but it was not in his plans at this time.
I hope this long, drawn out blathering post was worth the read, if not sorry.
I did pick his brain rather extensively on many other subjects pertaining to EXBX and I have to say he scored a 100 with me. I have no problem bashing the ever living CR@P out of him if his plan seems to go off course. I have NEVER lied to this board or you and NEVER will.
I would bash Dillon silly and talked to him
I bashed that road map to hell while it was going on and I talked to Liebowitz
I was bashing Mr. Kampa, talked to him, calmed down (actually very excited) and will have no problem bashing the ever living .... out of him again. My patience is very short these days after 5 years just as yours are I am sure.
I signed an NDA so no I can not tell his plans. It did not say if I get mad that I could not blow a gasket on the board. I do not even have to tell you what I am mad about, maybe I am just irritated that day for some reason :)
Not butting in here, but....
Mr. Kampa IMO has come in at the wrong time to try to benefit from EXBX. They are in DEBT with no cash for now. The shares are almost maxed out so he will not be getting paid with stock and I will say that IMO he will not be raising the AS to further dilute. IMO he gets nothing if we get nothing, nothing to get from the company anymore. He either earns his check or I really do not see where he will benefit.
Well The patents were put back into the company. I am almost certain other debtors would step up also. They owe pay to others, the landlord which they renegotiated with gets about 11,000 a month because REGAN FORGOT TO PAY THEM, lol. So that 20K they had left I would assume ran out sometime ago. So one would ASSUME ( I only say that so no one trades on some one paying the bills, rotflmao) some one or something has been putting money into keeping the doors open. So maybe someone has our best interest at heart, has not taken pay, is putting money into the company out of personal funds.
Just a thought of mine.
DISCLAIMER: Do not ever buy or sell a stock based on an insider buying copy paper or paying the lighting bills, lol. I know some, myself included get very excited over office supplies but NEVER incorporate it into your investment strategies.
"Deferred compensation becomes company debt which is higher in priority than equity if things go bad for the company".
What would he get? The company has nothing right now but about 20K to pay the bills.
Hey learning,
I am down $40,000 and bought in the .40's, .30's, .20's, high teens and .10. I feel your pain, lol. I have not a doubt Mr. Kampa will be getting us our investments back with a huge return. That great DD Laser dug up about Mr. Kampa's pay says a lot. If we get nothing, he gets nothing.
Employment and Consulting Agreements
On November 1, 2009, the Company hired Mr. Richard J. Kampa to serve as President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director. The agreement, with a term of six months, calls for a salary of $20,000 per month and an initial issuance of 1,000,000 common shares. When the agreement continues beyond six months, Mr. Kampa will receive 100,000 shares of common stock for each month the agreement remains in effect.
Thanks Laser for finding that. IMO that was HUGE!
Looks like Disney was smart buying Marvel
http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2010/02/01/ipads-secret-weapon-marvel-comics/?source=yahoo_quote
Now that we’ve all seen the iPad and debated its design merits, let’s cut to the chase: This thing will rise or fall on content. If Steve Jobs can get a bunch of cool books and apps on the thing, we’ll want one. If not, we won’t.
Where will His Steveness get some of those books? I say the same place he’s gotten so many movies and TV shows for iTunes in the past: Disney (DIS).
When Jobs needed movies for iTunes, Apple (AAPL) got them from Disney. When he needed TV shows? Disney (which owns ABC) was among the first to sign up. Why all the Disney love? Remember, Steve Jobs was the CEO of Pixar, which had a very lucrative movie distribution deal with Disney. Things only got cozier in 2006, when Disney bought Pixar for $7.4 billion, turning Jobs into the Mouse House’s largest individual shareholder.
But wait, you say. Disney isn’t exactly a major book publisher.
Oh, yes it is. Disney just bought Marvel, remember?
With Marvel comes Spider-Man, X-Men, Hulk, and all manner of other classic superheroes. Lately, much of the value from those characters has come through movies and TV. It’s easy to forget that these characters first came to life through full-color artwork on the printed page – a format that never translated very well to the digital realm.
Until the iPad, that is. The iPad will be the first mainstream computing device with the interface, the power, the battery, and the gorgeous color screen to truly bring comic books to life. And Apple already knows how to do it – they did a test run with Tyrese Gibson’s Mayhem book, a project that I guessed back in September was a precursor to Apple’s e-book format. It wouldn't be too hard to bring new comics – and all sorts of old classic titles – into the digital realm in brilliant color. The iPad's screen was practically made for it.
By bringing comics and graphic novels to the iPad, Apple will not only attract a loyal geek fan base that loves the medium. It will also offer an experience that Amazon (AMZN), Sony (SNE) and others in the e-ink e-book crowd can’t even approximate: Immersive graphics, in full color. Excelsior!
I could not agree more.
Well that explains how the company is paying the current bills.
Wow and look at that! All Mr. Kampa gets is 100,000 shares a month after 6 months, that's it. In 1 year he only will receive 1,200,000 shares a year, Scott use to sell 2x that in a quarter.
Employment and Consulting Agreements
On November 1, 2009, the Company hired Mr. Richard J. Kampa to serve as President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director. The agreement, with a term of six months, calls for a salary of $20,000 per month and an initial issuance of 1,000,000 common shares. When the agreement continues beyond six months, Mr. Kampa will receive 100,000 shares of common stock for each month the agreement remains in effect.
So it looks like Dr Kampa has some incentive to make this company a success. About a million good reasons.
Well if it is getting "close to insider trading information" you must have heard something? I have not, that's why I wrote
"Maybe Mr. Kampa has taken some $$ out of his own pocket to pay some bills until he gets funding? Or maybe some one else is putting $$ into EXBX until funding comes along? Your right how can EXBX be paying bills right now, hmmmm.
So tell us buddy what have you heard? Because I have heard nothing and would love to know which it is and who?
I really do not see where if Mr. Kampa or someone else were paying the electric bill and bought a ream of paper for the copier it would be insider info or trading information so you must have heard something and it must be more than someone paying the bills, hmmmm.
JMHO but I believe Mr. Kampa has something wonderful for us all. I will not be disappointed, I think, lol.
I agree! Mr. Kampa has not been given 1 share as of yet, he has not gotten paid 1 cent yet.
Posted by: rmeek1 Member Level Date: Monday, February 01, 2010 10:05:24 PM
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The progress of EXBX with it's potential should be marketed and phased in in the same way drugs are introduced to the market. Each successful phase brings a spike in PPS based on the earnings potential of a successful outcome.
If we introduce funding and success by phases we could go up a considerable amount based on the potential of a proactive system for commercial and residential use and the promise of more funding to go to the next step.
I think we need to stay on the upside of this deal. Mr Kampa is not doing this for nothing.