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AGORACOM Financial News TV – Breaking Small-Cap And Micro-Cap Financial News At The Open (June 03/09)

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:00 AM on Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

Good morning to you all. Please find enclosed a summary of the breaking small-cap and micro-cap financial news we highlighted on our TV show this morning. It’s June 3 and we’ve found 2 great press releases and Stock Halts to report on at the open. Another great day for small-cap and micro-cap financial news.

If you are new to the show, 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 news of the day in 3-5 minutes. You can watch AGORACOM TV right from our home page .

If you miss an episode or want to search for your company in our archive, you can visit our industry leading Small-Cap Podcast site at any time:

If you want to subscribe to our Small-Cap RSS Feed or download our podcast everyday via iTunes, or your favourite podcatcher, just use the following:

As always, don’t forget to visit the AGORACOM Marketplace where we list compelling summaries for over 85 great small-cap and micro-cap companies that you can sort by exchange and industry to suit your personal investing tastes.

TODAY’S SMALL-CAP AND MICRO-CAP BREAKING FINANCIAL NEWS BEFORE THE OPEN

Our daily 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 entries in our small-cap, micro-cap news blog, where I simply cut and paste my TV notes for your benefit, without any editing, so don’t give me a hard time!

Now, onto our show notes for the day.

** Denotes an AGORACOM Client. AGORACOM TV Only Reports News From AGORACOM Clients That Meets The Same Newsworthy Threshold Of All Other Press Releases.

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AGORACOM Sponsors 2009 Reverse Merger Conference

Posted by AGORACOM at 3:05 PM on Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

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AGORACOM is proud to announce we will once again be sponsoring the Reverse Merger Conference being held this year at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, June 11 & 12.

 This conference is for serious professionals in the business of alternative IPO transactions. The two-day event covers all of the technical issues relating to reverse mergers, self-underwriting, and other alternative routes to the public market.

I will once again be providing the Investor Relations keynote speech.  This year, my speech will be called, “SEC Greenlights Blogs, Twitter and RSS Feeds For Investor Relations…But What Are They?” 

This speech is a ‘must attend’ if you are:
 
1. Public Companies and IRO’s:  You’ve ignored them as irrelevant and for having quirky names – but with tens of millions of investors using them and the SEC green lighting them for investor relations, you now need to understand how social media tools such as Twitter, Blogs and RSS Feeds can supercharge your investor relations.
 
2. Fund Managers and Investors:  Learn how to use social media to cut through clutter, connect with the smartest people around the world and create an international business network never before possible.

You can also watch my previous presentations using the following links:

PIPEs Conference 2006 – E-Mail Is Dead. How To Conduct Great IR In A Web 2.0 World

PIPEs Conference 2007 – How To Use The Web To Find New Investors And Turn Them Into An IR Machine

PIPEs Conference 2008 – Best IR Practices During Market Turmoil

Once again, we are very proud to be a part of these great Deal Flow Media Events and encourage you to participate if you fall into one of the following categories:

·       Structured Finance and PIPE Investors

·       Investment Bankers

·       Investor Relations Professionals

·       Private Company Management Teams

·       Accountants

·       Attorneys

·       Equity Analysts

·       Venture Capitalists

See you in Las Vegas!

Regards,

George

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AGORACOM Sponsors 2009 Vancouver Cambridge Conference

Posted by AGORACOM at 2:55 PM on Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

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AGORACOM is very proud to announce that we are once again sponsoring a Cambridge Conference. This time, we are sponsoring the 2009 World Resource Investment Conference on at the Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, BC on June 7th and 8th.

The 2009 event promises to be an incredible conference for both investors and public companies as it features an world class line-up of speakers, covering all types of direct investments in resource public companies, speculative investing, resource exploration, oil & gas, world outlook, investment strategies and more.

AGORACOM is ideally situated in the middle of all the action at booth #131 so if you plan to attend please stop by.

SPEAKER WORKSHOP

In addition, I will also be conducting a Speaker Workshop on Sunday, June 7th at 12:30 PST called, “Learn To Use Blogs, Twitter and RSS Feeds To Make You A Power Investor”. For years, CEOs and IROs have ignored them as irrelevant and having quirky names, but with tens of millions of investors using them, public companies incorporating them and even the SEC green lighting them for investor relations, you now need to understand how social media tools can supercharge your market knowledge.
This workshop will teach you how to use social media to cut through clutter, get the information you need directly to you and connect with the smartest people on the planet.

Hosted by: George Tsiolis, Founder of AGORACOM.com

Panelist: Peter Grandich, Chief Commentator of AGORACOM.com

See you in Vancouver!

Regards,
George

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AGORACOM Financial News TV – Breaking Small-Cap And Micro-Cap Financial News At The Open (June 02/09)

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:00 AM on Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

Good morning to you all. Please find enclosed a summary of the breaking small-cap and micro-cap financial news we highlighted on our TV show this morning. It’s June 2 and we’ve found 2 great press releases and Stock Halts to report on at the open. Another great day for small-cap and micro-cap financial news.

If you are new to the show, 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 news of the day in 3-5 minutes. You can watch AGORACOM TV right from our home page .

If you miss an episode or want to search for your company in our archive, you can visit our industry leading Small-Cap Podcast site at any time:

If you want to subscribe to our Small-Cap RSS Feed or download our podcast everyday via iTunes, or your favourite podcatcher, just use the following:

As always, don’t forget to visit the AGORACOM Marketplace where we list compelling summaries for over 85 great small-cap and micro-cap companies that you can sort by exchange and industry to suit your personal investing tastes.

TODAY’S SMALL-CAP AND MICRO-CAP BREAKING FINANCIAL NEWS BEFORE THE OPEN

Our daily 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 entries in our small-cap, micro-cap news blog, where I simply cut and paste my TV notes for your benefit, without any editing, so don’t give me a hard time!

Now, onto our show notes for the day.

** Denotes an AGORACOM Client. AGORACOM TV Only Reports News From AGORACOM Clients That Meets The Same Newsworthy Threshold Of All Other Press Releases.

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AGORACOM Ranks 57 In Profit 100 Ranking of Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies

Posted by AGORACOM at 10:31 AM on Monday, June 1st, 2009

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TORONTO, June 1st, 2009 – AGORACOM North America’s largest online investor relations community and social networking website for serious small and micro cap retail investors, proudly announces that it has been selected by PROFIT Magazine as one of Canada’s fastest growing organizations.

Measured against a running five-year revenue growth, AGORACOM ranks 57th overall in the 21st annual PROFIT 100 ranking of Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies by PROFIT Magazine using results reported for the period between 2003-2008.

“We are thrilled to have our company achieve the #57th position on the PROFIT 100, and honoured to have received this recognition in spite of a tough economy,” says AGORACOM Founder George Tsiolis. “We are especially proud of the fact we are a Web 2.0 organization that has demonstrated a successful business model beyond mere advertising, Web 2.0 is not just about Facebook, YouTube and social networking sites. We are using the web to deliver real services to real customers, while generating real revenues and profits. I hope others Web entrepreneurs can follow our lead.”

In 2008 over 1.3 million retail investors from more than 200 countries visited AGORACOM.com 7.9 million times to read 96 million pages of small-cap news and information.

“It was clear as day to me the investor relations model for small-cap public companies was inefficient and broken. Small public companies needed a faster, more cost-efficient way to communicate their message to current and prospective shareholders around the world. The Web was the solution,” added Tsiolis. “Today, that vision has translated into millions of investors communicating with hundreds of small-cap companies via a moderated online community. I want to deeply thank our clients for believing and now benefiting from this great model. We pioneered the space, are still the leaders and now expanding into Europe, China and a mobile platform, so I look forward to being part of The PROFIT 100 for many years to come. Finally, this achievement serves as a real credit to our management team, employees and families, all of whom have sacrificed so much to make this happen.”

Ranking Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies by five-year revenue growth, the PROFIT 100 profiles the country’s most successful growth companies. Published in the June issue of PROFIT and online at PROFIT100.com, the PROFIT 100 is Canada’s largest annual celebration of entrepreneurial achievement.

“The PROFIT 100 are an inspiration to entrepreneurs at all stages of growth, from startup to major corporation,” says Ian Portsmouth, editor of PROFIT. “Their business practices and product innovations are exemplary of how businesses can succeed in uncertain times”.

About AGORACOM:

AGORACOM is North America’s largest online investor relations community for small-cap companies. We’ve partnered with the world’s biggest Internet companies, including Globe Investor, Yahoo, AOL, Google and Blackberry to market our clients to a massive audience of new small-cap investors. Over 300 small-cap public companies and their CEOs have trusted AGORACOM and our online investor relations model to reach millions of current and prospective small-cap investors from around the world. No rumours, profanity, stock bashing or hyping. Our traffic ranking is above the top 0.5% of all websites around the world. Visit AGORACOM online at http://www.agoracom.com or follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/agoracom.

About PROFIT Magazine:

PROFIT: Your Guide to Business Success, is Canada’s preeminent publication dedicated to the management issues and opportunities facing small and mid-sized businesses. For more than 25 years, Canadian entrepreneurs across a vast array of economic sectors have remained loyal to PROFIT because it’s a timely and reliable source of actionable information that helps them increase their revenues, boost their profitability and get the recognition they deserve for generating positive economic and social change. Published six times a year by Rogers Publishing Ltd., PROFIT is distributed almost exclusively to the chief executives of companies with 5 to 250 employees and annual revenue of $1 million to $25 million, reaching 306,000 readers across Canada. Visit PROFIT online at http://www.PROFITmagazine.ca.

CONTACT INFORMATION

MEDIA INQUIRIES

Mitchell Fanning

Director of Marketing / Communications

[email protected]

CORPORATE INQUIRIES

George Tsiolis, LL.B

President

AGORACOM

[email protected]

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AGORACOM Content On New GlobeInvestor.com

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:41 AM on Friday, May 29th, 2009

Good morning to you all.  As many of you know, GlobeInvestor.com has undergone a major redesign and is in the midst of their transition.  We first announced our content partnership with GlobeInvestor.com back in July of 2008 and now happy to announce that:

  • Our content has been migrated to the new site
  • Our content partnership is expanding

First, to have a look at our migrated content, have a look at the Energy and Resources section of Globe.  You can see our vertical content brick in the right hand margin.  I’ve also included an image of it below:

Second, our content partnership is expanding as you can expect to see a couple of more such content bricks in the coming days.  I’ll update you as they go live.

SIGNIFICANCE TO THE SMALL-CAP INDUSTRY

This development is significant to both our clients and the small-cap industry in general.  Why? GlobeInvestor.com and ReportOnBusiness.com are the online business and investing arm of the Globe & Mail, Canada’s national newspaper.  This is the Wall Street Journal of Canada.  It is where all investors, both retail and institutional, go to find investment ideas. How many investors?  3rd party traffic services say the number is approximately 950,000 unique visitors per month, though we’ve heard the number is bigger.

Add this all up and you have the small-cap industry coming out of the shadows and into the mainstream.  The web now provides quality small-caps and mid-caps with a chance to finally be judged on meritocracy, while pushing scam stocks further into oblivion.  This represents a major shift in market efficiency, which was once significantly out of balance by choosing to simply ignore all emerging companies.

Good news for investors.  Good news for quality companies.  Good news for content providers such as GlobeInvestor.com.  Win-Win-Win.

Regards,
George

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Futuremedia (FMDAY: PINK) Eliminates Over 2M GBP From it’s Balance Sheet via CVA

Posted by AGORACOM at 11:13 AM on Thursday, May 28th, 2009

Futuremedia (FMDAY: PINK) Eliminates Over 2M GBP From it’s Balance Sheet via CVA (Company Voluntary Arrangement)

Futuremedia Highlights

During this period of global market turmoil, the quality of a company’s management can be determined by how well it handles its balance sheet and expenses.  Our client, Futuremedia, has exhibited some great talent over the past 6 months via the following:

The sale of FM Learning division (Oct ’08) and the successful completion of the Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) on April 7th have considerably strengthened the company’s balance sheet. The CVA eliminated £2.2 million of unsecured debt from the balance sheet and established a 5 year payout plan for the remaining £750k of unsecured legacy debt.

After the first 6 months of fiscal 2009

  • Revenues are up 16% compared to the prior year period.
  • Audited figures for Spice division for the full fiscal year 2008 achieved ₤7.35 million in revenue.
  • Gross margin was 42% and Spice division was EBITDA positive by £21k for the full year.
  • Corporate operating overhead was reduced in 2008 full fiscal year by 46% compared to the prior-year period. In monetary terms, corporate overhead was reduced by over £1.58 million for the full fiscal year.

Recent & Upcoming Events

The company recently represented three clients at MIPIM (the world’s premier real-estate summit and four clients (NBC Universal, CBS Paramount, Al Jazeera, and the Discovery Network) at MIPTV. Looking ahead, the company will support clients at the Cannes Film Festival as well as the largest show and event of the year; the Lions International Advertising Festival.

What is a CVA and how does it affect shareholders?

After Futuremedia received several queries from North American shareholders all asking the same thing, I figured it would be a good idea to explain how exactly a CVA (Company Voluntary Arrangement) works.

But first, a little history; the CVA has been in UK law since 1986. In London alone, over 12,000 companies have taken advantage of this rescue option. In short, qualifying companies that are struggling with cash flow or excessive legacy debts can negotiate a deal with all its creditors at once that allows the company to repay some of its legacy debt out of future profits over an agreed upon period of time. The catch is that the company must demonstrate to the UK courts that it has a viable business plan going forward. Additionally, it may not pay out dividends during the CVA period and must receive approval from 75% of the unsecured creditors and 50% of the company shareholders. Speaking of shareholders, it is important to note that the shareholders’ ownership stake is in no way affected by a CVA. Also, the company’s directors remain in control and the company does not go into liquidation. It is strictly a deal between a company and its creditors.

Click here to view full press release

Futuremedia IR Hub

Futuremedia Profile

Congrats to our friend George O’Leary and their entire team. Time to get this news out into the marketplace.

Regards,
George

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ChinaSecurities.com Small-Cap Company Feature: HLS Systems International, Ltd.

Posted by AGORACOM at 2:03 PM on Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

As many of you know, we are very bullish on the long-term future of Chinese small cap and mid cap companies for two reasons:

1] The obvious reason – China is the fastest growing economy on the planet and nothing is going to slow down its ascent over the next 50 years and beyond. Investing in growth companies there just makes too much sense.

2] Great Results and Valuations – Many Small Cap Chinese Companies are listing in the US (OTCBB, NYSE Alternext and NASDAQ) with great financial results. Unlike many dubious US Small Cap Companies, Chinese Companies don’t seem to believe in losing money or failing to execute in a business plan. As such, 7-digit revenues and profits are very common.

From a valuation point of view, many Chinese companies became a victim of their own success in Q4 2008 and Q1 2009. Why? When the world needed to start liquidating, one of the first places they looked were China where most investors had significant gains to sell into. This resulted in the proverbial baby being thrown out with the bathwater and some great valuations.

TODAY’S FEATURED COMPANY

Holi

HLS Systems International Limited engages in the research, development, production, sale, and distribution of industrial automation and control systems for the industrial, rail, and nuclear power sectors in the People’s Republic of China.

On May 26th, the Company announced its unaudited financial results for its fiscal third quarter ended March 31, 2009

Check out the full year results below!

Read Full Press Release

China Stocks TV Segment

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Revenues of $22.9 million, an increase of 24.1% year-over-year
  • Non-GAAP net income of $2.1 million, as compared to $2.0 million
    year-over-year
  • $177.7 million backlog, as compared to $164.2 million quarter-over-
    quarter, and $153.7 million year-over-year
  • Cash and cash equivalents of $106.2 million as of March 31, 2009

MY COMMENTS:

The Company provided an outlook for 2009. They stated that they are well on track to achieve its previously provided annual guidance for FY 2009 of revenues between $150 million and $165 million. Also, they continue to see more opportunities in each of HLS’ business segments, especially in high-speed rail, driven by the government’s economic stimulus package. This is not the first we’re hearing about this stimulus package. It looks like a lot of companies are VERY bullish on it. Company closed yesterday at $5.50 which is just off their 52-week high of $5.70 so it’s obvious that they are performing very well.

As always, this is my view in a snapshot. It is intended to give you a running start into your research. Now, you have to do your own due diligence to make sure the valuation is not impaired by other factors including balance sheet items, lawsuits or any other negative events.

If you have any comments, I’d love to see them below.

YOUR RESEARCH STARTING POINTS FOR CHINESE SMALL CAP AND MID CAP COMPANIES

We’ve provided investors with two great starting points to research great Chinese small cap and mid cap companies.

1. ChinaSecurities.com – ChinaSecurities.com tracks 250 of the best small cap and mid cap companies trading on North American exchanges. It provides you with the best of the best in two ways. First, the front page lists the best news of the day coming out of the space. It does so by giving you a text view of the best press releases by industry and via Chinese Stocks TV, a 5-minute broadcast every morning just after the open. Chinse Stocks TV is archived, so you can catch up on shows you missed.

Second, if you want to research each of the 250 companies to find candidates for your portfolio, it has a very intuitive directory that lets you quickly review each company on the master list, or parse it out by industry and exchange if you have a particular sector of interest. Cool stuff.

2. Right here on AGORACOM, you can refer to our China category for other featured Chinese Small-Cap Companies. As always, we will disclose any IR relationship with any public company. Given the sheer number of great Chinese Small-Cap Companies out there, you can expect us NOT to have an IR relationship with most of these companies.

Regards,
George

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La Mancha Confirms the Presence of a Second Enriched Zone At the Hassai Property

Posted by AGORACOM at 1:30 PM on Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

Highlights from the press release include:

Key Points:

HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Follow-up drilling below the Hadal Awatib pits returns high-grade gold and copper intersections
  • The enriched ore appears to be easily mineable by deepening the present pit
  • Drilling intersects Cu/Au-rich primary ore corresponding to the stringer zone of the VMS lens

BEST INTERSECTIONS INCLUDE:

  • 26 m at 1.19 g/t Au, 5.71% Cu and 1.17% Zn from 104 m(1)
  • 11 m at 19.24 g/t Au and 51.64 g/t Ag from 5 m(1)
  • 40 m at 0.68 g/t Au and 3.19% Cu from 10 m(1)
  • 11 m at 9.1 g/t Au and 99.27 g/t Ag from 1 m
  • 7 m at 21.53 g/t Au and 45.6 g/t Ag from 5 m
  • 3 m at 2.35 g/t Au and 13.27% Cu from 16 m
La Mancha IR Hub

La Mancha Profile

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Felony Criminal Charges For InvestorsHub.com Operator, Matthew Brown, In Penny Stock Scheme

Posted by AGORACOM at 10:55 AM on Thursday, May 21st, 2009

InvestorsHub.com operater Matthew Brown and 7 other participants were charged by the SEC for their involvement in manipulative trading schemes often timed the  to coincide with false or misleading press releases issued by companies to hype their stock. The four companies were GH3 International, Inc., Asia Global Holdings, Inc., Playstar Corp., and Xtreme Motorsports of California, Inc.

In addition, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Delaware also announced felony criminal charges against 6 members of the group, including Matthew Brown.

WERE INVESTORSHUB.COM MEMBERS VICTIMS OF THESE SCHEMES?

Further details about participants and charges are outlined below – but the big question for AGORACOM is whether members of InvestorsHub.com were taken advantage of in these schemes?  We know from the SEC’s press release that:

“In the scheme involving Asia Global stock, the SEC alleges that Dynkowski
personally saw to it that the manipulative trading was coordinated with misleading
press releases from the company, and in some instances he wrote the press releases
for Asia Global himself. According to the SEC’s complaint, Dynkowski instructed
Brown on Aug. 24, 2006, to have Asia Global issue a press release hyping the
company’s second quarter 2006 financial results and to “make it sound ENORMOUS.”

Given the fact Brown operates a very popular penny stock site that provides “free” stock alerts and also features sponsored penny stock press releases on its front page, it isn’t a stretch to assume that his very own members may have been victims of these manipulative trading and press release schemes. We’ll look deeper into the SEC complaint for any details.

PARTICIPANTS CHARGED BY THE SEC

The SEC’s complaint, filed in federal district court in Delaware, charges seven others in addition to Brown:

* Pawel Dynkowski of Newark, Del.

* Jacob Canceli of Mission Viejo, Calif., who is a stock promoter.

* Gerard J. D’Amaro of Pompano Beach, Fla., who is a stock promoter.

* Joseph Mangiapane Jr. of Laguna Niguel, Calif, who was a registered representative at AIS Financial, Inc and is currently CEO of Rubicon Financial, Inc., which owned AIS Financial, Inc. during the relevant time period.

* Nathan M. Michaud of Boston, Mass., who is a web site designer.

* Marc J. Riviello of Redwood City, Calif., who was a registered representative at AIS Financial, Inc.

* Adam S. Rosengard of Voorhees, N.J., who was a student at the University of Delaware during the relevant time period.

PARTICIPANTS CHARGED BY THE U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Delaware

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Delaware also today announced felony criminal charges against Dynkowski, Brown, Canceli, D’Amaro, Mangiapane, and Riviello.  Michaud the web designer and Rosengard the student were not charged.

CONCLUSION

Once again, we thank the SEC for aggressively going after penny stock fraudsters.  They are a scourge on an industry that is full of hard working and real small-cap companies that are trying to become tomorrow’s leaders.

Unfortunately, the pump and dump schemes often overshadow the efforts of real small-cap companies and often serve to set the identity of the space amongst investors.  The faster we get rid of them, the faster we can allow real small-cap companies to win or lose on their own merits, free of the baggage piled on by penny stock fraudsters.

Regards,
George

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