DD Support Board and Research Team

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SMPP - Penny Lane Reports LLC

who is eastwindresearch.com?

Eastwind Research did a very noteworthy November press release campaign. Noteworthy because of the interesting collection of companies they were involved in promoting:

http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Eastwind-Research-Initiates-Coverage-on-dPollution-Inc-Locan-Inc-Washington-Mutual-Canabis-1346712.htm

Press Release Source: EastwindResearch.com On Wednesday November 3, 2010, 4:38 pm EDT

Eastwind Research Initiates Coverage on: dPollution Inc., Locan Inc., Washington Mutual, Canabis Science, Strategic Mgmt & Opportunity Corp., Kat Exploration, Goip Global, and Cascadia Investment

Wow what a group of companies. You could take any one of those and come up with quite the scandalous bit of research to go along with the company.

Companies that Eastwind Research promoted from August 2010 - December 2010 include:

Strategic Mining Corp (SMNG)
dPollution Inc. (RMGX)
Locan Inc. (LOCD)
Cannabis Science (CBIS)
Strategic Mgmt & Opportunity Corp. (SMPP)
Kat Exploration (KATX)
Goip Global (GOIP)
Cascadia Investments (CDIV)

What can we find out about Eastwind Research

The domain was registered by a private proxy on August 5, 2010

They give the following contact information:

Eastwind Research
1007 North Federal Highway #241
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304
Email: [e-mail]
Phone: [phone]

1007 North Federal Highway is a UPS Store:

http://www.theupsstorelocal.com/0530/

The website disclaimer gives no compensation details and leaves that section completely blank:

http://eastwindresearch.com/about/disclaimers/

Eastwind Research is an affiliate of Penny Lane Reports.

All contents on this website and EastwindResearch.com website are: Copyright (c) 2009 Penny Lane Report, LLC. and/or its suppliers.


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Penny Lane Reports also has a website

The domain was registered by a private proxy on May 28, 2009

They also give no compensation details:

http://pennylanereports.com/?page_id=10

And they give no contact information

Pennylanereports.com is an affiliate of PennyLaneReports.com, Inc.

twitter.com/pennylanereport
facebook.com/pennylanereports
myspace.com/pennylanereports
http://www.linkedin.com/in/pennylanereports
friendfeed.com/pennylanereports


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Another promotional site this group created is called pennyauthority.com

What an interesting group of companies they are involved in recently promoting:

http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/PennyAuthoritycom-Morning-Alerts-Kunekt-Freddie-Mac-Strategic-Mining-Corp-Fannie-Mae-1390049.htm

PennyAuthority.com Morning Alerts: Kunekt, Freddie Mac, Strategic Mining Corp, Fannie Mae, Cotton & Western Mining, Horiyoshi Worldwide, Mad Catz Interactive, Zanett Inc

Thu February 03, 2011 8:45 am

Companies PennyAuthority have been involved in promoting since Jan 4, 2011:

Target Development Group (TDGI)
Eagle Oil Holdings (EGOH)
Numobile (NUBL)
Bridgetech Holdings (BGTH)
Strategic Minerals Corp (SMNG)
dPollution Inc (RMGX)
American Power Corp (AMPW)
Radient Pharmaceuticals (RPC)
Willow Creek Enterprises (WLOC)
Global Health Ventures (GHLV)
Horiyoshi Worldwide (HHWW)
Kunekt (KNKT)
Cotton & Western Mining (CWRN)
Title Consulting (TITL)
Auction International (AUCI)
Gateway Industries (GWAY)
Royal Energy (ROYE)
Pacific Ethanol (PEIX)
EnergyConnect Group (ECNG)
Net Savings Link (CXLT)
AppTech Corp (APCX)
Amerilithium Corp (AMEL)
Earth Dragon (EARH)
Precision Petroleum (PPTO)


The domain for this site was registered by a private proxy on January 12, 2010.

Their disclaimer is incredibly vacant of any compensation reports or any list of stocks they may have owned while doing promotions on those companies

http://pennyauthority.com/disclaimer/

PennyAuthority.com is an affiliate of Penny Lane Reports


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Goldman Research Group is another promotional site run by this same group

The domain GoldmanResearchGroup.com was registered by private proxy on 4/1/10

Interesting that the website is no longer used for penny stock promotions but instead to sell furniture

http://goldmanresearchgroup.com/index.html

Copyright 2011 The Final Stage Home Staging, LLC

Between May 2010 and October 2010 Goldman Research Group was involved in promoting the following companies:

Alternative Energy Group (AEGY)
Idle Media (IDLM)
Aerius International (AERS)
EcoBlu Products (ECOB)
dPollution Inc. (RMGX)


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Pennykings.com is another promotional site made by the same group

Pennykings.com was registered by a private proxy on 4-1-10

They have no disclaimer on their website:

http://pennykings.com/about-us/disclaimer/

From Dec 2010 - January 2011 pennykings.com was involved in promoting the following companies:

Neurokine Pharmaceuticals (NEUKF)
Corcept Therapeutics (CORT)
Martek Biosciences (MATK)
Sunesis Pharmaceuticals (SNSS)
Arena Pharmaceuticals (ARNA)
Repros Therapeutics Inc.(RPRX)
Xoma Ltd. (XOMA)
Biosante Pharmaceuticals (BPAX)
Valence Technologies (VLNC)
China GengSheng Minerals (CHGS)
Imax Corporation (IMAX)
Inspire Pharmaceuticals (ISPH)


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Morning Star Research is another promotional site used by this same group.

The domain morningstarresearch.com was registered by private proxy on 4-1-10

Just like with Goldman Research this site has also been turned into an identical site to sell furniture:

It redirects to http://realtimestockauthority.com/index.html

realtimestockauthority.com was registered by

RadWeb Technologies, LLC
[e-mail]
600 North Pine Island Road, Suite 350
Plantation, FL 33324
US
Phone: [phone]

Record expires on 09-Jan-2013
Record created on 09-Jan-2010
Database last updated on 09-Jan-2010

http://steverepetti.com/index.html

Steve Repetti is probably only involved as the web designer

In May 2010 Morning Star Research was involved in promoting the following companies:

Paradigm Oil (PDGO)

http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Morning-Star-Research-Morning-Report-Ford-Motors-Paradigm-Oil-Goldman-Sachs-Bank-America-1157419.htm


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CNBCpicks.com is another promotional company created by this same group

The domain doesn't load any more and the registration information is far different from their other companies:

Registrant:
General Electric Company
Domain Administrator
3135 Easton Turnpike
Fairfield, CT 06828-0001
US
Email: [e-mail]

Registrar Name....: CORPORATE DOMAINS, INC.
Registrar Whois...: whois.corporatedomains.com
Registrar Homepage: www.cscprotectsbrands.com

Domain Name: cnbcpicks.com

Created on..............: Thu, Apr 29, 2010
Expires on..............: Sun, Apr 29, 2012
Record last updated on..: Tue, Jul 06, 2010

Administrative,Technical Contact:
General Electric Company
Domain Administrator
3135 Easton Turnpike
Fairfield, CT 06828-0001
US
Phone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

Through marketwire.com (just like all the other companies) they were involved in promoting the following companies in May of 2010:

Paradigm Oil and Gas (PDGO)

http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/CNBC-Picks-Pre-Market-Paradigm-Oil-BP-Plc-Popular-Inc-Bank-America-Citigroup-Sirius-1158544.htm


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All these promotion sites use one thing in common. The phone number on their press releases:

[phone]


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Being based in Florida according to one contact page you'd expect a Florida business entity to exist, but I could find none. The press releases are all sent out of Dover, Delaware and sure enough there is a Delaware Business entity for Penny Lane Reports LLC formed on 1/13/10