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Wednesday, 07/13/2005 12:22:53 PM

Wednesday, July 13, 2005 12:22:53 PM

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Semi-OT Little CAFE continues to rise with its "light bulb" invention.
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=CAFE&t=5d
FASC can do the same someday with its KDS.
Or much better.

INVESTORS SAW THE light on Tuesday.

Shares of Host America (CAFE) skyrocketed 104% to a 52-week high of $6.35 after the tiny Hamden, Conn., company cut a deal to test its energy-saving fluorescent lighting technology in 10 Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) locations in the Southwest. While financial terms weren't disclosed, speculators banked on the hope that the trial agreement could lead to Host America installing its LightMasterPlus systems in all of Wal-Mart's 3,725 domestic stores.

"The point of this is to figure out a template for a large number of stores," says Bill Relyea, an analyst at New York investment bank H.C. Wainwright & Co. "There would be no reason to do just 10." (Relyea owns shares of Host America; H.C. Wainwright & Co. has an investment-banking relationship with the company.)

David Murphy, Host America's chief financial officer, agrees.

"If it works for 10 stores, it will work for 1,000 stores," says Murphy. "Our intention is to work with America's largest retailer, and upon a successful test site roll out the product to the entire company."

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