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Pilgrim's Pride Corp. upgraded by BB &T Corp. to buy.
http://www.analystratings.net/stocks/NYSE/PPC/
ambulance chasing nonsense.....usually posted by shorts.
short positions decline.... down 1.69% FYI..glta.
http://quotes.barrons.com/CLSN
Key Stock Data
Dividend Yield
CLSN has not issued dividends in more than 1 year.
P/E Ratio
N/A
Market Cap
$69.10 Million
Shares Outstanding
61.15 Million
Public Float
57.13 Million
Shares Sold Short
Short Positions (06/28/2013)
11.89 Million Shares
Change from Last
-1.69%
Percent of Float
20.82%
Just a reminder......clsn insider stock purchases.
Transaction Summary
Total insider purchases and sales reported to the SEC
Timeframe Transactions Shares
Last 3 months
5 Purchases
0 Sales
30,000
0
Last 6 months
7 Purchases
1 Sales
53,750
37,272
Last 12 months
27 Purchases
1 Sales
301,742
37,272
Celsion Corporation Issues Statement Regarding Misleading Blog Entry
Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/celsion-corporation-issues-statement-regarding-misleading-blog-entry-2013-06-12
$404,000.00 bought right at the close....
Just went all in...........no dry powder left.
Signed and posted on my facebook page.
Big fish still buying ... 1.87 million buy just a minute ago.
Big fish still buying ... 1.87 million buy just a minute ago.
Yeah ......a bag full of money.
Agreed .....twenty-something trying to promote his blog.
fyi.........glta
Factbox: China's voracious appetite spurs farm expansion
By Niu Shuping
Fri Apr 20, 2012 12:07am EDT
(Reuters) - A growing number of companies have laid out plans to build or expand pig and chicken farms in China to meet rising demand in the world's second largest economy.
Massive centralized farm operations are opening up all over the country, replacing millions of small-scale backyard breeders -- a shift that has spurred a need for better breeding stock.
China produces an estimated 50 million metric tonnes of pork each year and accounts for nearly 55 percent of global pig production. To avoid price fluctuations, and deal with growing food safety concerns among consumers, the Chinese government is encouraging and investing heavily in a Westernized style of large-scale farming.
Here are some of the leading players in China's pork industry, as well as their latest expansion plans.
AGFEED INDUSTRIES FEED
The U.S-listed company has reportedly been aggressive in its efforts to take over and expand its pig farms in the provinces of Fujian, Hainan, Hunan, Guizhou and Jiangsu, on the heels of bolstering its annual hog production to 600,000 animals in the Jiangxi province this year. The firm, also a major animal feed producer, set up a joint venture with Hypor, B.V., part of the Hendrix Genetics Company in China. The company aims to boost its hog sales to more than 2 million hogs per year.
CHUYING AGRO-PASTORAL CO
The company, based in the central Henan province, recently announced plans to invest 450 million yuan to build hog processing and breeding centers in the north province of Henan.
Other expansion plans include constructing a swine slaughterhouse in Henan. The company sold 720,900 piglets and 267,900 hogs in 2011.
COFCO
The state-run trading company plans to invest 3.5 billion yuan on 60-million-chicken breeding and slaughtering facilities and swine breeding farms in the southwest province of Sichuan this year. It set up a joint venture last year with Mitsubishi Corp to invest $1.5 billion on hog, chicken breeding and processing facilities.
COFCO, which holds a minority stake in world's largest hog processor Smithfield Foods, has said it aims to be the largest pig farmer in China and produce 10-15 million hogs per year by 2015, up from the current annual rate of 1.5 million.
The firm has announced plans to invest over 20 billion yuan to set up three pig farming bases in Tianjin, Jiangsu and Wuhan, with each expected to produce three million pigs annually.
CP FOODS
The Thailand-based group has started construction of a 3.6-billion-yuan breeding and slaughtering facility in central Hubei province which, by year's end, will have the capacity to annually process one million hogs.
The company has also built breeding and slaughtering facilities in Shandong; a one-million hog farm in the central province of Hubei last year; and one-million-hog and 100-million-chicken farms in the southern province of Guangdong.
GUANGDONG WEN'S FOODSTUFFS GROUP CO.
Wens, the country's largest hog breeder, produced 777 million chickens and 6.64 million hogs in 2011 at its own facilities and through contracts with some 52,000 farmers.
The company plans to build farms to house 30 million broilers and 300,000 hogs a year in the central province of Anhui. It also announced last year that plans were in place to build two hog farms in the southwest province of Sichuan, each with 1 million heads.
The company, based in the south province of Guangdong, is also eyeing expansion efforts in the country's northeast provinces, with hopes to raise five to six million hogs a year.
HUNAN TANGRENSHEN (TRS) GROUP CO LTD
The company - a major genetic breeder and livestock feed producer - processes 2.6 million pigs a year and produces 3.2 million metric tonnes of livestock feed in 2011. The group has signed a joint venture with U.S. swine genetics company Whiteshire Hamroc, whereby the Indiana-based breeder would supply genetically selected pigs to help Tangrenshen eventually produce 10 million pigs per year.
NEW HOPE GROUP
China's top animal feed producer, New Hope Group, said it plans to build more pig farms to expand its annual hog production by three million in the next three years to tap growing domestic demand.
New Hope's chairman, Liu Yonghao, told Reuters that large-scale commercial breeding would take 70-80 percent of the market in the coming five to 10 years.
MUYUAN FOODSTUFF CO. LTD.
Muyuan Foodstuff, one of the leading hog breeders in China, runs more than 20 pig farm operators and aims to be producing six million hogs by the year of 2015.
Last May, the company started operation of breeding and slaughtering facilities with 1.5 million hogs a year in the central province of Henan.
SHUANGHUI GROUP
Shuanghui, one of the country's major hog processors, has an annual slaughter capacity of more than 30 million pigs, but only processed about one-third of that capacity last year. The company is currently investing in its own hog production after a tainted-meat scandal in 2011.
YURUN GROUP
Yurun, one of major meat processors, had an annual pig slaughter capacity of 46.05 million hogs by the end of 2011 and aims to reach 70 million heads per year by 2015.
(Reporting By Niu Shuping; Editing by Alden Bentley)
if you want to be taken seriously add some constructive commentary.........if not.....go back to the yahoo board.
more fyi .......m2p2 newsletter.
http://www.m2p2.com/newsletters/Newsletter%201st%20Quarter%202012%20(E).pdf
there was no ask/bid price. I put in a limit buy and it went through at the price i asked for in about 15 minutes.
My "buy" went through at 10:43 am ...... I am using etrade market trader and it went through no problem.
just placed a buy for feed on my etrade acct........ no problem putting it through, it is listed as "live".
Just an FYI.........
BI Research Biweekly Update Line 2/13/12- (NVIV.ob, CMFO, FEED.pk, CRR, KOG)
InVivo is up 14% at this writing to $2.70, marching steadily higher as the day progresses. I started writing the update below before this advance today became so pronounced. I don’t see any news so possibly an analysts or newsletter recommendation, or just a big buyer(s) who is enthused by this excellent story and taking a position. [As I wrap this up I see the shares then sold off to close up 4% at $2.45, geez- http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=NVIV.OB&t=1d&l=on&z=l&q=b&c= ] There was an article on Seeking Alpha on Friday, see below but not sure how much this accounts for. I would note that the shares took off more earnestly after lunch today http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=NVIV.OB&t=5d&l=on&z=l&q=l&c= but have been steadily ramping over the past 5 days. However, this and another piece is what I originally set out to discuss so here-
An initiation of coverage of InVivo with an Outperform by Zacks back in late July recently came to my attention and is still a very interesting read in that it attempts to value InVivo. Though 7 months old, I highly recommend reading this: http://www.zacks.com/stock/news/57851/Initiating+Coverage+of+InVivo+Therapeutics?print=print
The author estimates, with a number of reasonable assumptions, that the shares are worth $4.14 at present value (discounted at a harsh/very conservative 50% per annum to present value) on a go it alone basis but would be worth more like $7 to an acquirer who would have more muscle/resources to ramp sales higher and faster. Now while the shares have advanced 26% in the past five days [17% by the close, including 4% today http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=NVIV.OB&t=5d&l=on&z=l&q=b&c= ], I don’t think it is due to this old article, of course, nor the 2/10/12 article on Seeking Alpha also about why InVivo is an attractive takeover target, because much of this move occurred before this article came out. It’s hard to say, but definitely should get your antenna twitching.
In early February China Marine (CMFO $1.57) suddenly vaulted form $1.36 to as high at $1.75 on no news (+28%). However, a few days later it was reported via a 13-G filing that Prescott Group Capital Management’s Small Cap Funds had become a greater than 5% owner, reporting 1,685,000 shares owned or a 5.6% position. http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1099977/000119312512042974/d295805dsc13g.htm That’s all I know but this is encouraging. Hopefully this is well timed and the drag on revenue and EPS growth, resulting from the sag in demand for its salty seafood snacks caused by the nuclear contamination of the ocean in Japan (even though the currents go away from China), is coming to an end. The shares have since digested some of that gain but are back up 6% today to $1.57 currently.
Ag Feed voluntarily delisted from NASDAQ because it could not refile its financials in time, but the good news is that it was then able to begin trading on the pink sheets, where it now trades under the symbol FEED.pk at $.35, not too far from where it was when trading was suspended. The Company has acknowledged that Chinese management in the legacy Chinese hog farm division engaged in some accounting improprieties and that this was done without recent U.S.-based management’s knowledge. If they were cooking the books over there, they were sure doing a lousy job, reporting losses nonetheless. I think there is a worthwhile company in here somewhere, especially now that grain prices have backed off of their earlier high levels and hog prices have remained relatively high. The US operations are solid. The Company’s push into western style hog farming is now producing hogs for market at last, so that’s good. Under new management the legacy farms are… well… I don’t know… that remains to be seen once the smoke clears. But presumably there is a profitable nucleus there. They have already disposed of 7 or 8 losers in that regard. As to the Animal Nutrition business, before feed prices went up so much and hog prices went down so much that many of its customers went belly up and defaulted on what they owed the Company, it was sufficiently profitable in its own right that the Company was even preparing to take it public. So there appears to be is promise there as well, when commodities are even close to reasonable prices. However, since the early days of following AgFeed, commodity prices have often enough not cooperated, prompting me to once again urge the company to initiate some Hormel-style (like in the U.S.) cost plus contracts. Anyway, while you can technically bail now if you want, for the above reasons I have not given up on this one by any means.
I should note, however, that AF Sellco (Ag Feed Selling Co??) which is the entity that sold M2P2 to Agfeed, is saying their $9.7 million note to the Company (secured by the equity in M2P2), taken as partial payment, has experienced a default event because the financials were no good. However, while this is logical, this was not actually listed in the documents as one of the 9 events that could trigger a default. And in fact the lender is not at this time looking for repayment of the note, maybe just trying to keep its options open for now. Discussions are ongoing. Never a dull moment.
All too often lately the Wall Street process just turns my stomach. Most recently Carbo Ceramics’ (CRR $88.64) stock price is taking a beating because natural gas prices dipped so low that scores of rigs pulled out of gas plays like the Marcelus and Hainesville and headed over to liquids rich or outright oil plays. This has caused some delays in orders of things like proppants while the drilling emphasis moves and E&P (energy and production) companies refocus on less … gassy … areas. Of course, this necessitates a reconfiguration of distribution arrangements for those providing service to E&P companies. So no big surprise this is affecting Carbo Ceramics. In any business, stuff happens. Investors with a longer term horizon deal with it and wait it out, short term investors and traders bail out. This is not a sea change, Kodak moment. Use of proppants should only increase over the longer term. Investors always overdo things to the downside (and the upside) and at a certain
fyi...glta
Kodak Wins Approval for Financing With Plans for Patent Sale
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-01-19/kodak-wins-approval-for-financing-with-plans-for-patent-sale.html
K. Ivan F. Gothner
Director
AgFeed Industries, Inc.
Nanchang , Jiangxi
Sector: CONSUMER GOODS / Processed & Packaged Goods
52 Years Old
Mr. Gothner joined our board of directors in December 2009. Mr. Gothner has been managing director and founder of Adirondack Partners, LLC, a private merchant-banking firm that focuses on serving small and mid-size growth companies, since 1993. He has been active as a merchant banker focusing on small and mid-size growth companies for his entire career. His work has focused on companies experiencing rapid growth as a result of introducing new technologies and products or by entering new markets. Prior to founding Adirondack Partners, Mr. Gothner was senior vice president of Barclays Bank from 1990 to 1992, responsible for establishing an investment banking unit to serve small and mid-sized companies. Mr. Gothner joined Kleinwort Benson Limited in 1986 and from 1987 to 1990, he served as a senior vice president of the firm and general manager of the KB Mezzanine Fund, L.P., a specialized fund which invested in the equity and junior capital of small and mid-sized businesses. Currently, Mr. Gothner serves on the board of directors of ArtID, LLC, a private company providing online exhibition space to artists, Covenant Group of China Inc., a publicly traded company engaged in the business of acquiring equity interests in private companies based and operating in China, and Best Buddies of Massachusetts. Mr. Gothner received a bachelor of arts degree in political science and economics from Columbia College and a M.I.A. from Columbia University?s School of International Affairs in international economic policy and finance. Mr. Gothner was a director of Global Maltrechs, Inc., a public company, which markets software applications and web and application development services until 2008. With 28 years of investment banking experience, we believe that Mr. Gothner has developed the financial expertise we require of our audit committee chairman and insight regarding strategic planning, which will continue to be relevant to the board?s oversight of AgFeed?s successful integration of its acquired subsidiaries.
these guys are not sharks...........bottom feeding carp.
they're just sucking the pond scum off the bottom.
YRC WORLDWIDE'S SHARES CHANGING HANDS AT HIGHER PRICES ON 1.4X ABOVE-AVERAGE VOLUME (YRCW)
Jul 11, 2011 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Shares of YRC Worldwide (NASDAQ:YRCW - Analyst Report) are trading up 13% to $1.30 today on above average volume. Approximately 4.4 million shares have traded hands today vs. average 30-day volume of 3.2 million shares.
Spikes in volume can validate a breakout or signify a potential turning point. As such, SmarTrend will continue to monitor shares of YRCW to see if this bullish momentum will continue.
SmarTrend currently has shares of YRC Worldwide in an Uptrend and issued the Uptrend alert on June 23, 2011 at $0.88. The stock has risen 30.7% since the Uptrend alert was issued.
http://www.zacks.com/research/get_news.php?id=192l7967
FYI
Teamsters, YRCW Approve Key Component in Restructuring Plan
Read more: http://www.benzinga.com/news/11/07/1753773/teamsters-yrcw-approve-key-component-in-restructuring-plan#ixzz1RogS5L1o
http://www.benzinga.com/news/11/07/1753773/teamsters-yrcw-approve-key-component-in-restructuring-plan
On Monday July 11, 2011, 10:34 am
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) -- Trucking company YRC Worldwide Inc. said Monday it has secured commitments for a three-year, $400 million asset-based loan facility.
The facility will replace the company's existing asset-backed securitization facility. It is considered a key step in the company's effort to improve the struggling company's liquidity.
YRC said it remains on track to close its restructuring later this month.
Its shares rose 15 cents, or 13 percent, to $1.30 in morning trading.
just an FYI........from the Bedford report.
Trucking Industry Steers Closer to Recovery
The Bedford Report Provides Analyst Research on YRC Worldwide & JB Hunt Transport
By: Marketwire .
Feb. 22, 2011 08:46 AM
NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 02/22/11 -- The trucking industry represents a very important component of the US economy. According to the US Bureau of Economic Analysis, the trucking industry adds about 5% to the Gross Domestic product each year. The trucking industry was hit exceptionally hard during the economic crisis with nearly 2000 companies going out of business and others reducing the size of their fleets. Only in the last eight months has demand volume begun to rise, giving truckers improving fundamentals. The Bedford Report examines the outlook for companies in the Trucking Industry and provides research reports on YRC Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: YRCW) and JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT). Access to the full company reports can be found at:
www.bedfordreport.com/2011-02-YRCW
www.bedfordreport.com/2011-02-JBHT
Truckers have been making a decent run in 2011 as shipment weights and load count are both increasing as various markets recover. Industry growth has not been smooth, however, as freight volumes have been erratic. The trucking industry growth is measured by the American Trucking Association Tonnage Index, which is a survey of a wide variety of trucking and shipping companies. The American Trucking Association (ATA) announced that its seasonally adjusted (SA) for-hire truck tonnage index was up 2.2 percent in December after slipping a revised 0.6 percent in November. The monthly increase puts the SA index at 111.6 in December -- the highest level since September 2008. ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello commented that he expects the "truck freight tonnage to grow modestly during the first half of 2011 and accelerate in the latter half of the year into 2012."
The Bedford Report releases regular market updates on the Trucking Industry so investors can stay ahead of the crowd and make the best investment decisions to maximize their returns. Take a few minutes to register with us free at www.bedfordreport.com and get exclusive access to our numerous analyst reports and industry newsletters.
Industry heavyweight, YRC Worldwide, has begun to benefit from the improved economic climate. Earlier this month the company said it earned $23.1 million, or 49 cents per share, in the fourth quarter, on revenues of $1.09 billion. YRC posted an impressive 16.6 percent year-on-year increase in regional transportation revenues. The trucking giant expects to be within credit agreement financial covenants and achieve positive EBITDA and in the first quarter of 2011.
The Bedford Report provides Analyst Research focused on equities that offer growth opportunities, value, and strong potential return. We strive to provide the most up-to-date market activities. We constantly create research reports and newsletters for our members. The Bedford Report has not been compensated by any of the above-mentioned publicly traded companies. The Bedford Report is compensated by other third party organizations for advertising services. We act as an independent research portal and are aware that all investment entails inherent risks. Please view the full disclaimer at http://www.bedfordreport.com/disclaimer
my e trade shows .53 as well.........not sure why.
a basher from yahoo board.......you can check out his bash record over on that board. a disgruntled employee imo.
is it possible they don't want to show a profit due to the pension fund issue?
This was posted back about a week or so. Reverse split is doubtful imo.
Quote:
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Our board of directors continues to evaluate the timing of a reverse stock split, and at this time, has not finalized a date. Assuming the closing price of our common stock price is not above $1.00 for ten consecutive business days by August 30, 2010, we expect to receive a delisting notice from NASDAQ. If we receive a delisting notice from NASDAQ, we would intend to request a hearing with NASDAQ to present a plan of compliance. The request for a hearing will stay the delisting of our common stock. We expect that a hearing would be scheduled 30 to 45 days after NASDAQ receives our request for a hearing. Although there is no assurance the exception would be granted which would extend the period to regain compliance with the NASDAQ marketplace rules, we believe its continued progress with all of its stakeholders would provide a solid basis for the exception.
looks like they bounced it off the 100ma and took out the stop loss crowd
All in.....
Too funny.........thanks. still lmao
I gotta ask.........what in the hell is going on in that loop you got running on the bottom left of your page? LMAO
e-trade won't let me put a conditional order(stop loss) on stocks under a buck. Anybody else have this problem?
FYI........go yrcw
Yrc Worldwide Incorporated $ 0.42
YRCW 0.08
Short Interest (Shares Short) 78,944,200
Days To Cover (Short Interest Ratio) 1.3
Short Percent of Float 13.77 %
Short Interest - Prior 140,518,800
Short % Increase / Decrease -43.82 %
Short Squeeze Ranking™ -13
% From 52-Wk High ($ 6.18 ) -93.17 %
% From 52-Wk Low ($ 0.10 ) 322.00 %
% From 200-Day MA ($ 0.93 ) -54.62 %
% From 50-Day MA ($ 0.26 ) 62.31 %
Price % Change (52-Week) -72.77 %
Shares Float 1,050,000,000
Total Shares Outstanding 1,054,074,097
% Owned by Insiders 0.06 %
% Owned by Institutions 63.70 %
Market Cap. $ 436,386,681
Trading Volume - Today 122,860,975
Trading Volume - Average 61,954,100
Trading Volume - Today vs. Average 32.96 %
Earnings Per Share -6.37
PE Ratio
Record Date 2010-JulyA
Still holding.......i made the mistake of selling VSTNQ when some members on a message board panicked and started yelling sell. That was back in Dec.09 when it was at $.03 (you all know where that stock went in the following months)........learned a valuable lesson. Keep emotion out of my decisions and identify the pumpers and bashers. Most of the members on this board have have provided invaluable information that has afforded the rest of us the opportunity to decide for ourselves.
And for that I wanted to say Thank you.
chef
at least it's a profession he is qualified for.......