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Gas-Bot
Feb. 05 - No need to get out of the car to refuel - new Dutch robot can do it for you. The "Tankpitstop" robot is the brainchild of Dutch inventors Nico Van Staveren and Henk Hofman who hope their robotic petrol pump attendant will become a familiar sight on the gas forecourts of the world.
http://www.reuters.com/resources/flash/includevideo.swf?edition=US&videoId=75624
Under Construction
NO PUN INTENDED!
http://www.waltweisel.com
Administrative Contact :
Coroware
jc7vz6rr4dt@networksolutionsprivateregistration.com
ATTN: WALTWEISEL.COM
c/o Network Solutions
P.O. Box 447
Herndon, VA 20172-0447
Phone: 570-708-8780
Technical Contact :
Coroware
jc7vz6rr4dt@networksolutionsprivateregistration.com
ATTN: WALTWEISEL.COM
c/o Network Solutions
P.O. Box 447
Herndon, VA 20172-0447
Phone: 570-708-8780
Record expires on 23-Jan-2018
Record created on 23-Jan-2008
Database last updated on 01-Feb-2008
if it really was Coro, why would they use this sort of registration?
if it is not Coro, i think the DNS registration can be revoked.
fmr CFO/COO/President indicted ELEVEN DAYS before this PR:
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=712594
"...INRA fired him as soon as it became known to them." What exactly is your factual basis for this statement?
You and a handful of others are obviously willing to conceal numerous facts about the people who control this "company," and as i regularly post facts that you seem to dislike, you (and those others) just offer attack-attack-attack instead of rebuttal, and present zero facts.
PS Removed By: IH Admin Reason: Off-Topic
okay, let's look...
"LOOK at the actions this company has taken in the past six months!!"
--stock was around $0.10 in July/August
--President/COO sentenced for federal crime/s involving smuggling money.
--lawsuit filed against them by fmr. controller
--lost a bunch of Coro employees
--death spiral financing to keep the lights on
--reportedly have no auditor due to unpaid bills
--"sweetheart appointment" CEO died
--terminated fmr. CEO/Chair after reported large bonus
--extensive construction at casa de weisel (with a growing list of mechanic's liens)
--reported purchase of fifty foot yacht
--kept fmr. CEO/Chair as "consultant" (S-8 anyone?)
--"sold" back AL_tronics subsidiary in sweetheart deal
--had a bunch of weak PUMPS
--influx of highly suspect newbie posters, including one using fmr. CEO/Chair's AOL e-mail who has posted what appear to be drunken rants
--approx. 75-90% decline in stock price
--there's more, but suffice it to say that imo the "company" is rotten from the inside
here's the estimated price performance for casa de weisel:
more liens for the founder, former CEO and Chairman weisel...
whattaguy.
http://www.leeclerk.org/OR/showdetails.aspx?id=9355524&rn=21&pi=1&ref=search
http://www.leeclerk.org/OR/showdetails.aspx?id=9357919&rn=23&pi=1&ref=search
http://www.leeclerk.org/OR/showdetails.aspx?id=9360379&rn=25&pi=1&ref=search
based on pumpy "logic," since Softee offered to buy yahoo, then they must also be on the verge of buying this "company" due to this latest "development."
up and up, eh pinky pumpsters?
more like down and dirty imo.
btw, HO already had a "time-out."
especially when your former head bean counter just got convicted by the feds and is now on probation. my guess is VanDelay is cooperating fully...
hopefully weisel will live just long enough to be held accountable.
close to a million... apparently borrowed it for his house, but it looks like he used the RWT subsidiary's credit to get the money (guaranteed) from the SBA. seems like he (or the company) have not paid back any of it.
i wonder if that is even legal?
http://www.fedspending.org/faads/faads.php?reptype=r&detail=-1&datype=T&sortby=t&database=faads&recip_id=757334&fiscal_year=2002&record_num=f500
maybe he was thinking, gee, i hope nobody notices this growing list of mechanics' liens!
http://www.leeclerk.org/OR/ShowDetails.aspx?id=9352795&direct=1
eleven days after being indicted, he's named CFO -- then while the feds are planning to convict him, he's promoted to COO and President.
think he's cooperating with the government these days?
the "old" INRA...?
Cornell OWNS Coroware -- literally.
i was Coro's biggest fan and strongest supporter.
you don't have the slightest clue.
caskets or cuffs...?
imo that's how this scam saga is going to end for many of the pigs who ran the scam.
so far it's a tie.
caskets: 1
cuffs: 1
meanwhile, back in Ft. Liars...
Monday, January 28, 2008
Innova Robotics And Automation CEO Dies
INRA (OTCBB) Innova Robotics and Automation announced the CEO, Eugene Gartlan, died January 25 after a short illness. Innova's Board of Directors appointed Lloyd Spencer, president and chief executive officer of Innova subsidiary, CoreWare (sic), as temporary CEO of Innova until the board of directors appoints a successor to Mr. Gartlan.
Before his appointment to CEO of Innova, Mr. Gartlan served as Innova's executive director of strategic development and as CFO. Mr. Gartlan career included positions at the executive level for leading financial firms and international publishing companies including CFO for The Thomsan Corporation, CFO for Moody's Investors Service, CFO of Maxwell Macmillian Internationl (sic) Publishing Company and CFO of International Data Group. Mr. Gartlan was a CPA with Price Waterhouse earlier in his career.
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Posted by Fisher_One at 9:57 AM
http://1000-penny-stocks.blogspot.com/2008/01/innova-robotics-and-automation-ceo-dies.html
Ft. Liars: CEO dies, shares rise...?
link back to a post from six months ago providing info to show gartlan was already severely (and probably terminally) ill when he was placed in the CEO post by his good buddy weisel --- can't spend any more of it gene.
With sadness and deep regret, Innova Robotics & Automation (OTCBB: INRA) today announced that its CEO, Eugene Gartlan, passed away on January 25, 2008, following a brief illness. A resident of Naples [Bonita Springs], Florida, Mr. Gartlan was highly regarded in the finance and publishing industries for his professional capabilities, leadership and generosity of spirit.
"We are deeply saddened by Gene's untimely death and join the company's management and employees in expressing our sympathy to his family, who now bear such a great loss," said Charles House, Chairman of the Board. "While we mourn his passing, we are fortunate to have known him as a friend and business colleague and we are grateful for all his contributions."
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2008/jan/28/fort-myers-company-announces-death-ceo/
shouldn't the Chairman of this company be named Walt's House?
is there a judgment lien section in the financials...?
maybe it's right next to the Reg FD / gagged TA section...?
links that stink...
http://sunbiz.org/scripts/jlidet.exe?action=DETLIST&inquiry_number=J04900013095&inquiry_date=045914688000100000&return_number=J04900013095&return_date=045914688000100000
http://sunbiz.org/scripts/jlidet.exe?action=DETLIST&inquiry_number=J04900013491&inquiry_date=045918144000100000&return_number=J04900013095&return_date=045914688000100000
http://sunbiz.org/scripts/jlidet.exe?action=DETLIST&inquiry_number=J04900013492&inquiry_date=045918144000100000&return_number=J04900013095&return_date=045914688000100000
http://sunbiz.org/scripts/jlidet.exe?action=DETLIST&inquiry_number=J04900016324&inquiry_date=045954432000100000&return_number=J04900013095&return_date=045914688000100000
http://sunbiz.org/scripts/jlidet.exe?action=DETLIST&inquiry_number=J05900007563&inquiry_date=046211040000100000&return_number=J04900013095&return_date=045914688000100000
http://sunbiz.org/scripts/jlidet.exe?action=DETLIST&inquiry_number=J05900007864&inquiry_date=046213632000100000&return_number=J04900013095&return_date=045914688000100000
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=26295302
hot dog robots anyone?
why is innova traded on the frankfurt xetra under the symbol HT9A?
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=HT9A.F&t=2y
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=HT9A.BE
http://finance.yahoo.com/lookup?s=innova
http://new.quote.com/global/stocks/quote.action?s=HT9A-FRA
Quotazione azioni Innova Robotics+Autom HT9A
http://tinyurl.com/3x6chd
http://new.quote.com/global/stocks/quote.action;jsessionid=abcY-UIX8p5c74t1g24Er?s=HT9A-FRA&fromSearch=true
http://it.advfn.com/quotazioni/XETRA/innova-robotics-autom-HT9A.html
this is where pumpy comes up with some wild theory on worldwide roboblahblahblah.... instead of something more like the loophole this listing could create for Cornell (Yorkville) as a "dual-listed" security.
http://charts.quote.com/cis/qc?cont=HT9A-FRA&period=D&size=620x300&bartype=BAR&plot1color=(35,62,142)&bardensity=LOW&showvaluemarkers=false&showextendednames=true&showdatainheader=false&STUDY=BOLL&STUDY0=2&[0]STUDY=CCI
http://charts.quote.com/cis/qc?cont=HT9A-FRA&period=D&size=800x550&bartype=CANDLE&plot1color=(35,62,142)&bardensity=HIGH&showvaluemarkers=false&showextendednames=true&showdatainheader=false&STUDY=BOLL&STUDY0=2&[0]STUDY=CCI
$680,393.53+
who will pay these pumpy?
plus interest, of course...
http://sunbiz.org/pdf/72840E71.pdf
http://sunbiz.org/pdf/1410060D.pdf
http://sunbiz.org/pdf/1410060E.pdf
http://sunbiz.org/pdf/65270249.pdf
http://sunbiz.org/pdf/384417AC.pdf
http://sunbiz.org/pdf/606812B2.pdf
rub-a-dub-dub, 10K grub
ABB robot shakes hands at K 2007 in Dusseldorf
The K 2007 event in Dusseldorf will allow visitors to lead the ABB Australia IRB140 robot by hand to demonstrate how easy it is to program the machine.
This lead-by-hand technique lets the user hold the robot gripper while a command de-energises the robot and it goes limp. The user then moves the robot by hand and simply demonstrates the required positions for a machine cycle or for part processing.
In the case of part processing, such as cutting or polishing, the program afterwards re-runs the robot along the taught positions. This automatically adds all necessary positions to generate the perfect processing path.
The IRB140 robot is a compact and powerful 6-axes machine with a combination of fast acceleration, large working area and high payload suitable for smaller injection moulding machines.
Also on the theme of user friendliness, ABB’s easy to use, yet powerful programming solutions meet a broad variety of robotic applications in plastics and rubber processing.
ABB also introduces a unique new service for monitoring and fault finding in robot applications, whereby diagnostics and predictive machine condition monitoring can be effected over the Internet. The robot controllers communicate wirelessly via an embedded web server to alert service requirements – maximising uptime, preventing unplanned stoppages and minimising maintenance costs.
http://www.ferret.com.au/c/ABB-Australia/ABB-robot-shakes-hands-at-K-2007-in-Dusseldorf-n734756
25-Jan-2008 <------ hey, it's tomorrow's news today!
MIT, Swiss firm partner for energy research
January 24, 2008 10:03 AM ET
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Switzerland's ABB have announced a $5 million partnership for research in clean energy and efficiency technology.
ABB made a five year commitment to working in MIT's Energy Initiative to do research on nanofluids, power electronics, intelligent robotics and equipment heat management. The company will also sit on the institute's governing board.
http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.aspx?feed=ACBJ&date=20080124&id=8087721
destination unknown...
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
it seems that this guy did...
you know what is really UP?
construction activity at la casa de weisel.
http://www.leeclerk.org/OR/showdetails.aspx?id=9323420&rn=34&pi=0&ref=search
http://www.leeclerk.org/OR/showdetails.aspx?id=9342614&rn=36&pi=0&ref=search
what's not?
http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080106/NEWS01/801060351/1002
you want creepy? here's freakin' creepy:
whatever you say pumpy...
< $500 traded and you're all exclamation points.
where does it say anything about the outstanding share count as maintained by a transfer agent anywhere in your link? if the TA made the share count available to the public, how would that possibly be non-public information?
do you think anyone from Cornell has access to that info?
do you think anyone from Cornell can change that share count at their whim?
do you think the TAs for any of the Dow components are gagged?
imo a pic of the apparently now-vacant Ft. Liars HQ is about as relevant as it gets, unless one is just a pumper clown. and btw, a pic of weisel's car would probably be more relevant than anything you have ever posted, especially since imo it was quite possibly paid for with the sale of stock...
http://www.zillow.com/HomeDetails.htm?zprop=63296275
ADVC and YA (Cornell) and Innova are all connected
here's a sample:
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.asp?Message_id=21991301
and here's some 411 about this board:
http://boardreader.com/fp/Investors_Hub_Discussion_Group_68461/Innova_Robotics_and_Automation_Inc_INRA_1463693.html
as well as Ft. Liars, name changes, reverse splits, and assorted thieving scumbags (IMO!) all continue to surface... that reminds me, "advanced" communications changed its name to "encompass." interesting that none of the Ft. Liars companies, or "encompass," are included on the YA (Cornell) website.
HO's pic is fake...
http://manufacturedenvironments.com/2005/faust/former_video_warehouse.jpg
it is a building that looks similar enough (even appears to have 3 bays) to the Ft Liars swampland sinkhole that it seems plausible.
PS the date joe went back to was invasion of the insiders v. 1.0
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=21446038
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msgs.asp?board_id=2096&NextStart=8562&BatchSize=100
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/profile.asp?User=103745
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/profile.asp?user=105887&PrevStart=21557465
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/profile.asp?user=104215
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/profile.asp?user=116481
have forgotten more about Coro than you seem to know...
go back and check past posts for all sorts of insights on msft. while you're at it, check what a departing employee had to say in October on that subject. recent PR = fluff imo, but at least the lights are apparently still on (not some of the ones in Fort Liars though). and as for the various pumpers, you avoided this post:
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=21469561
explain away the column on the far right. and btw, it isn't the only thing this company has in common with "advanced" communications==========>
link please.
"SEC Fair Disclosure Rules and Regulations apply to any information that is not in the public domain. Because of those Rules and Regulations, the Transfer Agent cannot tell one shareholder what the outstanding shares are on a particular date when other shareholders can not receive the same information at the same time."
wow jonesie, that matrix is shocking.
you should send it to the SEC (if they don't already have it).
look at the far right column, and then read upandclown's posts.
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.asp?Message_id=21991301
less accurate than a broken clock...
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/profile.asp?user=105887
either you are deliberately trying to trick people, or you just don't have a clue what the Ft Liars Club did here at the expense of shareholders. imo the financing scam will just continue to pull the stock lower and lower and lower.
who knows what the O/S really is when the TA has been gagged?
go back and read the messages from October -- numerous Coro employees posted here on their way out the door.*
*sunshine not included.
"I'm still working like crazy, but it is a little more fun."
"Highly misrepresented right now..."
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/profile.asp?User=105887
imo the entire body of your posts fits this characterization. that you think a host a pink pumpers is somehow representative of anything fundamentally positive demonstrates that you are either a moron or a charlatan, or both.
imo all these recent pumper blurbs are probably more indicative of Cornell (aka Yorkville) seeking to DUMP millions of shares.
subpenny and another reverse split are coming eventually imo.
HO, why not get Murphy's lawsuit against the company? stop by the Lee County courthouse and pick up a copy of Murphy's papers. it looks like that one is going forward. the company was served last week.
http://www.leeclerk.org/Civil_Detail.asp?CsNum=07-SC-007482&CsType=SC4%20$2500%20-%20$5000
btw, different charts show different things...
get some pics of this too...
Here's that po box it's located in an old winn dixie shopping plaza called summerlin square.
Innova Robotics and Automation, Inc. (BB: INRA)
P.O. Box 08278
Ft. Myers, FL 33908
btw, made the OTCBB loser list yesterday.
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do some research.
some of the complaining posters here have never posted any DD yet gripe incessantly with zero marks about how this board supposedly has some big effect on the PPS.
get a grip on yourselves. a pattern of deception from the company, its cronies, and its financiers is the reason for the massive decline in the stock, not anything on iHub. if you performed any real research, you might already know this.
as Harry just mentioned, weisel is still knee-deep in this thing and is "owed" the equivalent of TWENTY THREE MILLION SHARES, and he remains a relevant topic and public persona.
ask weo about his years of communications with weisel. the guy is the founder, former CEO, and former chairman, and has controlled the subsidiaries for years. he was just featured in a Ft. Liars local news article a few weeks ago, and is STILL a supposed "consultant" for the company.
some here do little else except complain and seem to think that everything weisel should just be swept under the rug. apparently that position is one designed to trick newbie potential shareholders into ignoring what went down here in the last year or so.
as you can see from the iBox, there are some recent updates. but why do some of you think you are entitled to have me do all the work for you?
do your own research. post a link to a photo of the new CEO and it'll be in the box. this is at least the THIRD TIME i have mentioned it, yet the group of lazy no mark complainers has still not bothered to post anything beyond opinions.
hey harry, why don't you take some photos of the now shuttered Ft. Liars HQ? seems to me that closing down the HQ is something worth disclosing, don't you?
you could also post those photos on photobucket or something similar and have them here by the end of the day.
casting off for now...
"I'm still working like crazy, but it is a little more fun."
SW Fla. companies don't share in stock markets' 2007 serendipity
By Tim Engstrom
tengstrom@news-press.com
Originally posted on January 06, 2008
Gains in major stock indexes in 2007 offered no lift to Southwest Florida's publicly traded companies, which either drifted lower or sank like a rock to close the year.
The Dow Industrials gained more than 6 percent and the Nasdaq exchange finished more than 9 percent higher. The Standard and Poor's 500 index gained 3.5 percent.
Yet, an unlikely investor who purchased a single share in 16 local public companies at closing prices on Jan. 3, 2007, likely would be searching for a new financial adviser.
That investor would have paid $254.95, after adjusting for dividends, for the portfolio. After the close on Dec. 31, it was worth just $141.05, a decline of nearly 45 percent.
Combined, the locally based public companies have a market capitalization of $4.9 billion and employ more than 45,000 people nationally.
Bonita Springs-based homebuilder WCI Communities Inc. was down 80 percent on the year, but even that high-profile company doesn't take the honors for biggest decline. Tiny Innova Robotics, whose founder and chairman stepped down in December, ended the year down 93 percent. It makes the 56 percent decline for Chico's FAS stock almost seem mild.
Reasons for the decline extend beyond Southwest Florida, said David Kamm, investment adviser with Raymond James. "We have a fractured market right now because some sectors are struggling and others are doing pretty well," said Kamm, who also writes a column for The News-Press.
Many of the sectors struggling — home building, financial services, health care, retail — are represented locally. Those thriving, such as oil or gold mining operations, are not.
To make matters worse, Southwest Florida's companies are all mid-size and smaller and that is generally reflected in the price of the stocks.
"When the general market gets salty, it's more difficult for lower-priced stocks than for higher-priced stocks," Kamm said. "Generally, the institutional investors don't take large positions in smaller stocks and that can make them vulnerable."
For some of the companies, the reasons for the declines are obvious, even locally.
WCI, for example, builds luxury homes and high-rise condominiums in a real estate market where contract defaults and cancellations outpace new orders.
In fact, the company's growing debt has forced it to renegotiate its credit agreements with its lenders and it has until Monday to come to new terms.
WCI investor Arletta Banas said she is hopeful better days are ahead for the company, and others. "To me, the market is like life: It goes up and down," said Banas, who lives in the company's Pelican Preserve community off Colonial Boulevard. "If you endure, you will be satisfied with your decisions."
WCI Communities Inc.
The year began with an unsolicited bid of more than $950 million — $22 a share — for luxury homebuilder WCI Communities Inc. from billionaire investor Carl Icahn.
The bid was rejected but Icahn leveraged his stake in the company into taking the seat of chairman of the board.
But contract cancellations and defaults outpaced new orders and the company's losses mounted. The company reported losses of $18.8 million in the first nine months of the year.
In November, the company cut its work force to about 2,100 jobs — down about 46 percent from its 2006 peak of 3,889 — to generate annual savings of about $46 million in salaries and benefits. One-time costs of the restructuring, including severance, were about $5.4 million.
The stock rose to about $24 per share after Icahn's offer, but fell as low as $3.
Chico's FAS Inc.
Fort Myers-based Chico's FAS Inc. ended a decade-long run of sales growth in late 2007 when sales dropped in an increasingly tight-fisted retail market.
In December, the company reported net income of $23.6 million, or 13 cents per share, in the three months ended Nov. 3, down about 44 percent from the $42.2 million, or 24 cents a share, in the comparable period a year ago.
The stock peaked around $27 earlier in the year before sales waned and the stock ended the year in the $9 range.
Executives also warned that the company's fourth-quarter earnings — to be announced in March — may only break even.
"Retail has definitely been under pressure, there is no question. It's just very tough out there," Chico's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Scott Edmonds said in late November.
However, Edmonds said he remains confident the company has brighter days ahead and, in December, bought $1 million worth of company stock.
Health Management Associates Inc.
Naples-based Health Management Associates Inc. — a hospital operator — started the year by passing out a $10-a-share dividend to shareholders, but it borrowed billions to do it and the company's financial picture clouded as the year progressed.
Unpaid patient bills increased and profits fell by about 85 percent late in the year.
The company appointed Burke W. Whitman as CEO and his predecessor, Joseph Vumbacco, stepped down from his board position in December.
HMA operates 59 hospitals in 15 states, including Lehigh Regional Medical Center in Lehigh Acres and the Physicians Regional Health System with two campuses in Collier County.
Radiation Therapy Services Inc.
The Fort Myers-based Radiation Therapy Services expects to end its nearly four-year run as a public company early this year.
The company, which operates radiation treatment centers primarily under the name 20th Century Oncology, announced in October that it would be acquired by Vestar Capital Partners for $764 million, or about $32.50 a share. The companies valued the acquisition at $1.1 billion including debt.
The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of this year.
The company went public in June 2004, with an opening share of $13.02. Trading has leveled off near the pending purchase price. The company reported net income of about $24 million in the first nine months of the year.
Source Interlink Cos.
In May, Source Interlink made a $1.2 billion cash deal for more than 70 magazine titles, including Motor Trend and Soap Opera Digest, and 90 associated Web sites.
The purchase, completed in August, made the Bonita Springs-based company a magazine publisher for the first time. The company's major focus had been distributing magazines, books, DVDs and CDs published by other companies to 110,000 retail stores nationwide.
The deal has boosted the company's revenues, but non-cash accounting write-offs related to the purchase have pushed the company to a loss in recent quarters. The company reported a net loss of $415,000 in the first nine months of the year. The stock opened the year around $8 per share, but fell below $3 per share as the year ended.
Whitney Information Network
Russ Whitney, founder of the Cape Coral-based Whitney Information Network, announced his resignation as the company's chief executive officer as of Dec. 31.
Whitney, 52, will continue to serve as chairman of the board of directors and will act as an adviser to the company. His resignation was among the recommendations of an internal investigation launched after the company announced a year ago that it was under investigation by the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia and the Securities and Exchange Commission. Federal authorities have refused to comment on those investigations.
The company notified the Securities and Exchange Commission in May that its earnings reports have been delayed by the internal investigation.
MIVA Inc.
Fort Myers-based MIVA Inc. shifted its focus to selling ads on Internet browser toolbars and Web sites it develops in 2006, moving away from selling its advertising network to other site operators.
The company narrowed its losses in the quarter ended Sept. 30, with a net loss of $3.3 million, or 11 cents per share, down from $4.5 million, or 14 cents a share, in the same period a year ago.
Chief Executive Officer Peter Corrao said the performance of the company's pay-per-click advertising network was weaker than expected.
Innova Robotics & Automation Inc.
Walt Weisel, founder of Fort Myers-based Innova Robotics and Automation, stepped down from his role as chairman of the board with the company as the year ended.
He signed on as consultant and vowed to continue working to bring "deals to the table" for the company, which writes software to control industrial robots, such as those in manufacturing.
The company reported a net loss of $5.2 million in the first nine months of 2006.
SMDK Corp.
In July, the Fort Myers-based company formerly known as SmartDisk Corp. sold its assets — except for its patents — to Verbatim Corp. for $9.5 million.
The company still trades lightly over the counter.
Alico Inc.
Profits for LaBelle-based Alico Inc. remained solid in its farming and ranching operations. However, the company's bottom line dipped into the red as it tucked tens of millions of dollars into reserves because of an ongoing IRS audit. The audit centers around the formation of Agri Insurance Co. Ltd. and its tax-exempt status from 2000 to 2004, the company said.
For the fiscal year, Alico posted a net loss of $13.8 million, or $1.88 a share, compared with net earnings of $6.5 million, or 88 cents a share, during fiscal year 2006. For the year, the tax reserves related to the audit were $26.2 million.
Beasley Broadcast Group Inc.
The Naples-based radio station operator watched profits fall as the economy tightened up around the nation.
Beasley Broadcasting owns 44 radio stations in 11 markets in the United States, including five stations in Southwest Florida: WJBX-99.3 FM, WJPT-106.3 FM, WRXK-96.1 FM, WXKB-103.9 FM, and WWCN-770 AM. In November, it reported quarterly net income of $1 million, or 4 cents a share, compared with $2.4 million, or 10 cents a share, in the same period a year ago.
NeoMedia Technologies Inc.
As 2007 drew to a close, NeoMedia appears to be severing its ties to Fort Myers. CEO William "Chip" Hoffman said in September the company was considering a move to major metropolitan areas like Atlanta, Washington, D.C., and Dallas.
In December, company filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission showed a return address in Atlanta. Calls to Fort Myers and Atlanta numbers for the company reached the same automated voicemail that keeps callers on line while attempting to forward the call.
Neomedia develops technology used to market products and services on mobile phones.
The company trades at about 1 cent a share and reported a net loss of $40 million in the first three months of the year.
NeoGenomics Inc.
A cancer genetics testing lab company based in Fort Myers, NeoGenomics was the major success story of 2006 with a stock price gain of about 690 percent, but it fell victim to the same trends as its publicly traded neighbors in 2007. Net profits swung to losses in 2007 as it invested in a new California laboratory and expanded staff.
The company recorded a net loss of $591,263, or 2 cents a share, in the period ended Sept. 30. The loss compares with a net profit of $31,895, or less than a cent per share, a year ago.
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DAVID M MURPHY VS INNOVA ROBOTICS & AUTOMATION INC.
http://www.leeclerk.org/Civil_Detail.asp?CsNum=07-SC-007482&CsType=SC4%20$2500%20-%20$5000
Case Number: 07-SC-7482
Uniform Case Number: not defined
Case Type: SC4 $2500 - $5000
Sub Case Type:
Judge: Dommerich, John W
Filed Date: 12/13/2007
Disposition:
Disposition Date:
Plaintiffs
Murphy, David M Attorney: David M Murphy
Defendants
Innova Robotics & Automation Inc Attorney:
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12/13/2007 Pre-Trial Summons Issued Innova Robotics & Automation Inc
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12/13/2007 Pre-Trial Summons Issued Innova Robotics & Automation Inc
12/13/2007 Statement of Claim
2/6/2008 Small Claims Pre-Trial (Judge:Dommerich, John W) Time - 08:30
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