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AGORACOM Small-Cap TV – Today’s Best Press Releases Before The Open (August 20th)

Posted by AGORACOM at 8:34 AM on Monday, August 20th, 2007

Good morning to you all. Please find enclosed a summary of the great small-cap and micro-cap press releases we highlighted on our TV show this morning. If you haven’t seen the show yet, it is a daily, fast-paced, edgy report that we put out at or before the open everyday that strictly reports on the best small cap and micro cap press releases of the day in 3-5 minutes. You can watch the show by going to AGORACOM every morning.

Our TV show focuses on content over form so that you can get profitable information into your hands as fast as possible. The same holds true for these blog entries where I simply cut and paste my TV notes for your benefit, without any editing.

As always, don’t forget to visit the AGORACOM Marketplace where we list over 60 great small-cap companies by exchange and industry for your convenience.

Greenfield Financial Group Inc. (GRF – TSX Venture Q2 + Dividend

Q2 revenues increased to $1,628,879 from $938,189 + 77%

Q2 Earnings increased to $848,444 from a loss of ($51,056)

H1 revenues totaling $2,902,821 compared to $1,634,942 a year earlier. +81%

H1 earnings totaling $1,245,299 compared to a loss of ($73,749) in 2006.

Board of Directors has approved a Dividend of three cents ($0.03) per Common Share to Shareholders of Record on August 27, 2007, with a payment date of September 12, 2007 6.66%

Specialty Finance sector in Canada. a provider of specialty finance services, offering asset-based revolver loans and recourse factoring lines of credit from $200,000 to $5.0 million to growth oriented small cap businesses.

.45

General Steel Holdings, Inc. (”General Steel”), (OTC Bulletin Board: GSHO – Record Q2),


Sales Revenue reached a record $121.3 million, up 312% from the second
quarter of 2006
Gross Profits reached a record $8.11 million, up 410% from the second
quarter of 2006
Net Income reached a record $1.9 million, up 2086% from the second
quarter of 2006
Earning per share rose to $0.06 per share, up from $0.003 per share
from the second quarter of 2006.

China‘s first publicly traded steel company in the US, reports record financial results for the second quarter ended on June 30, 2007.

5.60 (Way off highs this year)

Empire Industries Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:EIL Q2 and H1

Q2

Revenue up 53% to $31.8 million from $20.8 million
Gross profit up 249% to $5.2 million from $1.5 million
— Income before tax from continuing operations increases $1.0 million over prior year

H1

— Revenue up 37% to $53.9 million from $39.4 million
Gross profit up 159% to $9.6 million from $3.7 million
— Income before tax from continuing operations increases $2.1 million over prior year

steel fabrication business + acquisitions

.43
Sino Gas International Holdings, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SGAS – Q2)


Revenue reached $2.8 million, up 232% from the second quarter of 2006
Gross profit reached $0.9 million, up 139% from the second quarter of
2006
Net income rose to $0.5 million, or $0.03 per fully diluted share, up
104%

developer of natural gas distribution systems in small and medium- sized cities, as well as a distributor of natural gas to residential, commercial and industrial customers in China,
Second Quarter 2007 Highlights

4.00 (Way off highs this year)

Longview Capital Partners Incorporated (TSX-V: LV) (FRANKFURT: L6V – H1)


— Revenues increased to $20.3 million from $8.7 million for the six
months ended June 30, 2006
— Net income grows to $7.3 million from $5.0 million for the six months
ended June 30, 2006
Earnings per share of $0.07 compared with $0.08 for the six months
ended June 30, 2006
Fair value of investment portfolio increases to $102.0 million from
$87.5 million at December 31, 2006
– a increase in value of 16.5%

.61 Way off $2.30

Nautilus Minerals Inc. (TSX VENTURE:NUS)(AIM:NUS)

notes the current volatility in world equity and debt markets and confirms the following

cash position as at July 31, 2007 was approximately C$289 million equivalent to C$2.22 a share …only trading at $2.90 … way off from over $5.50 a couple of months ago.

– Nautilus is debt free.

– Anglo- American and Barrick Gold hold close to 20%

Nautilus is the first company to commercially explore the ocean floor for high grade gold-copper-zinc-silver …. positioned to become a world leader in underwater mineral exploration.

2.90

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