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The 2 I've participated in AEGY and AXLX. Boy can I pick em.
NITE 146 M @.0003
ETRF 116 , @ .0003
CDEL 27 M @ .0003
CSTI 26 M @ .0003
VERT 10 M @ .0003
ATDF 1.2 M @ .0003
I dumped AXLX 3 seconds after reading reverse split
AXLX - just announced 2000 / 1 Reverse Split
OK, I'm going to put a stop to this as I've certainly got the pusher's attention. The posts being referred to are more than a year old - the loss that was so painful then has since been resolved - the last time this situation unfolded.
I live in Georgia - and have physically gone to see the touted "facilities" etc. I've spoken to the development authorities around Cordele as I have other business with the city.
I have personally never been able to verify any of the claims made by the company as related to physical buildings or locations. I know the area well. In addition I know the timber industry in GA very well. I'd love to see it happen, but there is no evidence of it.
That being said - this security is an excellent opportunity to make a buck or two off a momentum play.
I've made my yearly visit - good luck to you all.
This is of course only my opinion - go look for yourself
X
Certainly, I went back and read my last post on the VGPR board from 1/29/13 - more than a year ago. Thank you for your research and reminder. Tax time will spark a negative comment or two.
As you will also note I've posted a total of 405 times in about 5 years. Not to be compared with nearly 10,000. Perhaps I choose to comment only when i feel its necessary and have something to say.
And with all comments - It's only my opinion.
Great luck to you
X
Sir - Thank you for your oh-so-wise advice. Please note, I never used the word "scam" nor did I indicate any trades I may or may not have made.
I did reference a clear pattern which is evidenced by the charts to indicate this stock is a sometimes darling of those who trade purely on rumor and momentum. While some are yelling "to the moon" they are dumping everything into the run so others have a fancy new bag to hold.
Again, congratulations on the profits made.
X
Guys - Congratulations on the recent profits - but please take them and run. This is rumor driven and its happens every few months. There is no meaningful news - maybe a couple of fluff PR's. We've seen it before. Please take a moment and review the last 3 years of charts. The story is clear.
This is of course my opinion - do as you wish
X
Minor suggestion - maybe a list in the stickies of the current stocks of interest and a date when they were originally brought to the group. Thanks
Watching Flex and this board for a few weeks. Looking for an initial alert to begin here. Very interesting board. Thanks X
CBAI - back in at 0.0042
733K at .0055
Really ? - why would I need your assurances or warnings. Thanks so much for your input.
Team of super civic minded do-gooders warning everyone repeatedly. Really putting in the hours for the common man. Making me read everything I can find from other sources.
Quite a chorus we got going here
I'm not seeing it either - have similar small "what if" position
Dave - there are folks here who have been watching for a seriously long time. While it may seem its just sour grapes it really isn't. This is such a blatant scam that it requires those with any integrity at all to warn off the new moths flying near the web. My money is gone with no chance of return. Due to reverse splits there is no quantity of shares left to recover. I now own 2 shares at a basis of over 600.00 each. You figure it out. This is a scam of the first order. X
Thank you - found it in the meantime - AmeriTrade still doesn't have it. It a lottery play to begin with - i'm gonna see where this goes. X
I have not seen this news anywhere - is there a link please X
AONE (Q) Govt. approves sale of assets to Chinese company. So much for inaugural speeches.
Yep - bought it hook - line - and sinker. Sometimes experience is expensive. LOL
I leave it in the portfolio as a reminder of a lesson learned.
I'm not a basher. Just a factual statement from an owner of this stock for a very long time. Just because I don't agree with you doesn't make me a "basher"
It astounds me that there is a whole new crop of people interested in this company. My 140,000 shares from 3 years ago have been reverse split down to 2 shares - not a typo - 2 SHARES.
You may say sour grapes - and you are right. I would just say that if you want to day trade this then go for it. but it isn't a place to put your kids college money. Believe NOTHING that comes from this company.
AONE(Q) of previous interest to this board. Showing 20+ percent rise today so far - bids are in. Maybe there's an info leak
We don't do OTC etc etc
AF - sent you an email a couple days ago regarding possible opinion of the events of AONE(Q) Since this was a stock there was interest in on the board. Haven't heard anything here about it since the "Q" and delisting. Did you dump it ? Are you still waiting to see what happens ?
And thank you in advance to those who will inform me that we do not discuss this type of stock in this room. X
OK - will do. x
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wow - this board is like kicking around in a pasture.
ANX and HUSA - hanging on with help of distilled grains and crossed fingers.
AONE - Reuters - WILMINGTON, Delaware | Thu Oct 18, 2012 7:38pm EDT
(Reuters) - A lawyer for Chinese auto parts maker Wanxiang Group Corp said on Thursday it plans to make a superior bid for the battery business of A123 Systems than what a U.S. company has offered.
Wanxiang intends to bid at the auction for A123, which filed for bankruptcy earlier this week, Bojan Guzina said at a court hearing in Delaware. The Chinese company also plans to fight Johnson Controls Inc (JCI.N) for the role of initial bidder for A123, the attorney said.
A123, a maker of lithium-ion batteries used in hybrid and electric vehicles, declared bankruptcy amid a backdrop of quality-control problems and a disappointing market for electric vehicles. The company had won a $249 million U.S. government grant in 2009.
Wanxiang has been pursuing A123 for months. The bankruptcy came after a $465 million rescue deal by the Chinese company unraveled after the U.S. battery maker was unable to meet some conditions of the agreement.
"My client feels it has been left at the altar a couple of times," Guzina, a lawyer for law firm Sidley Austin, which represents Wanxiang, said in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington.
A123 entered bankruptcy with an agreement to sell its automotive operations, including two factories in Michigan, to Milwaukee-based Johnson Controls (JCI.N) for $125 million.
But that deal is subject to a court-supervised auction, and Wanxiang plans to contest Johnson Controls as the initial bidder -- or "stalking horse" -- in the sale process. Funds raised in the auction will go to repaying A123's creditors.
"We believe our stalking horse proposal will be materially better than Johnson Controls'," Guzina said.
A spokesman for Johnson Controls did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Judge Kevin Carey, who welcomed competitive bidding for A123, is scheduled to rule on the initial bidder on October 30.
"It's nice that the debtor has become the popular girl at the dance with at least two bidders, maybe more," he said.
A123 also has attracted bidders for its non-automotive operations, which includes grid storage batteries.
Wanxiang must receive approval from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States and the government of China to acquire A123. The Chinese company will submit its proposals next week, Guzina said.
The A123 bankruptcy has quickly became politicized with less than four weeks before the U.S. presidential election. Republican candidate Mitt Romney said the government grant awarded to A123 was an example of the Obama administration "gambling away billions of taxpayer dollars."
The White House has allotted about $90 billion for various clean-energy programs as part of its economic stimulus plans.
Obama campaign spokesman Adam Fletcher said this week that the investments helped to more than double renewable energy production from wind and solar, "creating good-paying jobs and bringing manufacturing back to our shores."
Wanxiang arrived in court armed with its own proposed bankruptcy loan, known as a debtor-in-possession (DIP) loan, to counter the financing Johnson Controls arranged with A123. Carey approved on an interim basis the Johnson Controls loan after concessions were made to bring it in line with Wanxiang's proposal.
DIP loans often place stringent requirements on a bankrupt company, such as ordering asset auctions on tight deadlines. The loans give a lender influence over the outcome of a case.
Guzina said Wanxiang would seek to replace the Johnson Controls DIP loan at the October 30 hearing, when A123 will also seek final approval for its bankruptcy finance.
The attorney also said Wanxiang wants to extend the bidding period for the battery maker's business closer to the end of the year, compared to A123's proposed auction on November 19. Given the time it needs for approvals, Wanxiang has an interest in slowing down the bidding process.
The case is A123 Systems Inc, Delaware Bankruptcy Court, No. 12-12859.
(Reporting By Tom Hals; Editing by Martha Graybow and Phil Berlowitz)
AONE - this is on Drudge Report now:
Troubled battery maker won private meeting and phone call with Obama, a trade mission slot and $250 million in stimulus money before it went bankrupt.
Even as advanced battery maker A123 Systems struggled for financial viability, it played the Washington insider game, where political money and access go hand in hand.
The Massachusetts firm dished out nearly $1 million to hire a powerhouse lobbying firm with close ties to President Barack Obama between 2007 and 2009, and two of its top executives made personal donations to several high-profile Democrats in Congress as it won federal funding for its efforts to build the next generation of lithium batteries for electric vehicles.
And its president and CEO, David Vieau, an early financial backer of President Barack Obama, scored five invitations to the White House in 2009 and 2010, including a meeting he attended with the president, White House logs show. And when the company opened a new Michigan plant, Obama made a high-profile call to congratulate.
The company offered a compelling storyline for an administration eager to create jobs and spur alternative energy: it would employ hundreds of new workers at two plants in the politically critical state of Michigan that was hoping to revive its lagging auto industry.
The efforts paid off.
The company managed to get several lawmakers in both parties to support its request for federal funding, securing almost $6 million during the end of the Bush administration and then a $250 million grant from the American Recovery and Reconstruction Act after Obama took office.
A123's stimulus grant accounted for 12.5 percent of the stimulus' $2 billion fund to support the manufacturing of advanced electrical vehicle components, making it one of the biggest beneficiaries among 29 companies that split the momney.
And the firm scored a spot on a 2011 Obama administration's trade mission to India, a country hungry for alternative energy technologies. The trip put A123 in elite company as just one of only about 300 American companies to get invited on a trade mission during Obama's first term in office.
The company drew praise from both sides of the aisle, including from Samuel Bodman, Bush's Energy secretary, and from Obama himself who called the firm's new Michigan plant when it opened Sept. 13, 2010 and even boasted how he had met with Vieau personally at the White House.
"You guys are making us proud," the president said. "The work you’re doing will help power the American economy for years to come."
But all the promise and political influence couldn't overcome the realities of a startup industry. And when electric vehicle sales lagged and the firm had to replace defective cells in a battery it made for a Fisker electric car, the company teetered toward collapse.
By the time it filed for bankruptcy Tuesday -- the fourth major clean energy company backed by the Obama administration to fail -- it had already collected more than half the taxpayer money it had won from the stimulus. And it reignited an election-year debate over the government's screening process for picking clean energy loan and grant recipients.
Republicans and Democrats immediately traded barbs from Michigan to Washington, a process certain to play out for several days as the merits of government support for the clean energy sector remains a hot topic of debate. The GOP jumped at the chance to portray the company as a failed pet project of the Obama administration, but as reported by the Washington Guardian, several Republican lawmakers have been advocates for cleaner car technology, including current Michigan Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra.
Whatever the arguments in the election, the company's efforts to win political influence are undisputed.
Senate lobbying records show A123 hired the powerhouse lobbying firm of Skadden Arps, paying it $380,000 in 2007, $480,000 in 2008 and $110,000 in 2009 to help it secure government backing. The firm has connections across the lobbying company, including four lawyers who served as fundraising bundlers for Obama's 2008 election. Lobbyist Leslie Goldman - the Energy Assistant Secretary for International Affairs under President Jimmy Carter - handled A123's lobbying, disclosure records show.
Among the company's early accomplishments was getting several members of Congress to support its case for federal funding.
Inside the White House, A123's Vieau won invitations to several events, including at least one meeting with President George W. Bush to show off the company's technology in 2007. More recently, the CEO was invited to at least five events or meetings in 2009 and 2010 at the Obama White House, attending at least three of them. One was a small meeting with just seven people and Obama on April 30, 2010, the White House visitor logs show.
Obama referenced the meeting when he called the company's new factory a few months later. "I met with David and some of the A123 team here at the White House back in April, and it’s incredibly exciting to see how far you guys have come since we announced these grants just over a year ago," the president said.
White House spokesman Eric Schultz did not return repeated calls and emails seeking comment Wednesday.
Vieau was an early supporter of Obama, donating $2,300 to the then-senator’s 2008 campaign. His generosity to Democrats continued. He donated a total of $5,000 to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee between 2010 and 2011; $2,000 to Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry in 2010; and since 2009 almost $5,000 to Rep. Edward Markey, who represents Massachusetts’s 7th district near the company's headquarters, according to Federal Election Commission donation records.
One of the company’s vice presidents, Mujeeb Ijaz, also made some donations, chiefly $2,300 this year to Rep. Gary Peters, a Democrat in Michigan where the company has two plants,including one producing lithium batteries for cars. Peters was one of 17 Michigan members of Congress who wrote a letter to Energy Secretary Steven Chu in 2009, advocating that some Recovery Act money be given to A123 to support job growth in the state.
The company doesn't have its own political action committee and neither Vieau nor A123 officials returned phone calls seeking comment.
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HUSA - anyone still in ? 8 yr lows B .40/A .4099
ANX - yes - I still have a small position
HUSA - hasn't seen these levels since 2003
between AONE, EGI, and HUSA I'm now back to original capital. all profits gone
HUSA This is from a Schedule 13G filing posted today. but event was october 1, 2012 so prob not the cause of the drop. don't think its an "event". Just looking for a cause. X
Item 4.
Ownership
Provide the following information regarding the aggregate number and percentage of the class of securities of the issuer identified in Item 1.
The information required by Items 4(a) — (c) is set forth in Rows 5 — 11 of the cover page for each Reporting Person hereto and is incorporated herein by reference for each such Reporting Person.
The number of Shares reported as beneficially owned consists of (i) 4,050,000 Shares and (ii) warrants to purchase an aggregate of 1,238,428 Shares. The warrants are not exercisable to the extent that the total number of Shares then beneficially owned by a Reporting Person and its affiliates and any other persons whose beneficial ownership of Shares would be aggregated with such Reporting Person for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, would exceed 9.99%.
The Company’s Prospectus Supplement (to Prospectus dated August 26, 2009, Registration No. 333-161319), filed on October 3, 2012 indicates there were 52,180,045 Shares outstanding as of the completion of the offering of the Shares to the Reporting Persons.
Heights Capital Management, Inc., which serves as the investment manager to Capital Ventures International, may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of all Shares owned by Capital Ventures International. Each of the Reporting Persons hereby disclaims any beneficial ownership of any such Shares, except for their pecuniary interest therein.
I pulled the trigger on HUSA too quick - in at .60
EGI - I'm off almost 20% from purchase price. does anyone see it rebounding in the near term. Fixin to dump it.