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AGORACOM Financial News TV – Breaking Small-Cap And Micro-Cap Financial News At The Open (Sept 3/08)

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:30 AM on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

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 September 3rd and we’ve found 5 great press releases and stock halts from both sides of the border 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 and 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.

  • GuestLogix – TSX-V:GXI $1.05
  • Gamma Pharmaceuticals – OTC BB:GMPM $1.00
  • **Gryphon Gold – TSX:GGN, OTC BB:GYPH $0.31
  • Sprylogics International – TSX-V:SPY $0.13
  • TTM Resources – TSX-V:TTM $1.00

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AGORACOM Financial News TV – Breaking Small-Cap And Micro-Cap Financial News At The Open (Sept 2/08)

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:30 AM on Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

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 September 2nd and we’ve found 5 great press releases and stock halts from both sides of the border 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 and 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.

  • China Agri-Business – OTC BB:CHBU $0.45
  • **Pro Travel Network – OTC BB:PTVL $0.51
  • Greencastle Resources – TSX-V:VGN $0.345
  • Sherwood Copper – TSX-V:SWC $4.65
  • Kimber Resources – TSX:KBR $1.27

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AGORACOM Client Intelligence Report – August 2008

Posted by AGORACOM at 12:00 PM on Sunday, August 31st, 2008

AGORACOM Client Intelligence Report – August Issue

We’re pleased to provide you with the August 2008 edition of the AGORACOM Client Intelligence Report.

WHY AN “INTELLIGENCE REPORT”

For the benefit of our new clients, we call this newsletter an Intelligence Report because it provides you with important information, data and trends that impact your business – information that you normally don’t have time to find.

As you know, we move faster than any IR firm on the planet, so knowing what we are doing in advance helps both of us coordinate our activities. This is especially true for what we expect to be an extremely fast moving and exciting year in 2009.

In short, greater market intelligence that puts you ahead of all of your peers.

I can’t stress enough my recommendation that you review our monthly newsletter carefully for the purposes of incorporating some of our market intelligence into both your IR and business initiatives. AGORACOM is now the largest small-cap IR firm and site on the continent thanks to our effective use of web technology. As such, following us will help you achieve your goals.

Off The Blog:

**For confidentiality reasons, the “Off The Blog” items are not mentioned in the blog posts as they are only available to AGORACOM clients**

On The Blog:

AGORACOM Surpasses 1,000,000 Investors For The Year..Great News For Clients!

AGORACOM is now the fastest growing Small-Cap Community in North America. Follow our online strategies and make your company a leading destination of online investors. read more…

Big News – SEC OK’s Websites and Blogs For Full Disclosure. Online IR Takes Off

If you had any doubts about online Investor Relations, the SEC updated its online policy this month and is fully supporting ALL Web 2.0 communications strategies. IR will never be the same. read more…

SEC – “Financial Disclosure Meets The Matrix”. EDGAR OUT, IDEA In

Say goodbye to EDGAR and Forms. SEC Chairman, Christopher Cox, held an online conference introducing the financial disclosure system of the 21st century. It’s web-based and web-driven…but we’re not going to say we told you so! read more…

Aurelian Shareholders Use AGORACOM / The Web To Revolt Against Kinross Bid

A fascinating story about shareholders of Aurelian Resources who are successfully using the web to vote down a “friendly” takeover bid from Kinross Gold. Their HUB has generated 816,000 page views in the past 30 days! read more…

Gold/Silver/Copper Price Drop Is Actually VERY Good For Small-Cap Stocks

Worried about lower gold, silver, copper prices? George makes the case for lower commodity prices and stable stock market vs. sky-rocketing commodity prices and crashing stock market. read more…

Small-Cap (Canadian) CEO Lesson: Canadian Internet Access Is Huge And Growing

If you’re a small-cap CEO that doubts the power of finding online investors, then consider the fact that 22 million Canadians are now using the web, growing to 25 million by 2012. Start now and win, start later and eat your competitors dust. read more…

AGORACOM Voted Top 10 Designed Financial Site

Morgan Stanley, Bloomberg, CNN Money, TD Ameritrade …. and AGORACOM. We must be doing something right. read more…

Prediction Comes True: Online Small-Cap Shareholder Activism Has Arrived

When a small-retail investor used the web to vote out Directors at Motorola and Yahoo, we predicted a similar small-cap revolt within 12 months … it took 11 months. read more…

We hope you found this edition of the AGORACOM Client Newsletter to be helpful. If you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact us or your AGORACOM representative for further assistance.

Thank-you and have a great day.

Yours truly,
George Tsiolis

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AGORACOM Survey – Republican Vice-Presidential Nominee, Sarah Palin

Posted by AGORACOM at 7:57 PM on Friday, August 29th, 2008

Good evening to you all. John McCain gave us quite a lot to talk about following the surprise announcement of Sarah Palin as his choice for Vice-President.

True, she is an unknown quantity but is that a positive or negative? We’d like to hear from you, so we’ve prepared the following anonymous survey. If you have more to say beyond the multiple choice answers, speak up by posting your comments below!

If you want to keep track of the responses, you can view them here.

Regards,
George

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AGORACOM Financial News TV – Breaking Small-Cap And Micro-Cap Financial News At The Open (Aug 29/08)

Posted by AGORACOM at 10:36 AM on Friday, August 29th, 2008

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 August 6 and we’ve found 6 great press releases and stock halts from both sides of the border 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.

**Star Navigation – TSX-V:SNA $0.14

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AGORACOM Financial News TV – Breaking Small-Cap And Micro-Cap Financial News At The Open (Aug 28/08)

Posted by AGORACOM at 10:37 AM on Thursday, August 28th, 2008

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 August 5 and we’ve found 4 great press releases and stock halts from both sides of the border 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.

  • Zongshen PEM Power Systems – TSX-V:ZPP $1.14
  • SilverBirch – TSX-V:SVB $0.23
  • Goldrea Resources – TSX-V:GOT, PINK:GORAF $0.12
  • Buffalo Resources – TSX-V:BFR $1.24

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AGORACOM Surpasses 1,000,000 Small-Cap, Micro-Cap Investors For The Year

Posted by AGORACOM at 9:36 AM on Thursday, August 28th, 2008

I am very pleased to announce that AGORACOM has hit a major milestone this month, our 1 millionth visitor! If a picture is worth a thousand words, this snapshot from our Google analytics is worth 1,000,000 words:

[CLICK ON IMAGE FOR LARGE, CLEAR GRAPH]

As you can see, the actual number of visitors is 1,109,628. We surpassed the 1,000,000 mark on July 25. With respect to dates, we started counting on October 5, 2007, when we we announced the launch of our wiki-powered “Investor Controlled Discussion Forums”.

When we made first made the announcement, we set out to destroy the stock discussion forum status quo that we have all come to hate over the past 10 years thanks to unrelenting spam, profanity, stock bashing, stock hyping and assorted noise. Many thought it could not be done because we could neither change habits nor unseat the incumbents. We not only knew we could, we knew that we would. Now, more than lip service, the following numbers speak for themselves:

THE TALE OF THE TAPE

(Figures for October 5, 2007 – August 27, 2008. All figures reported by Google Analytics)

  • Unique Visitors 1,109, 628
  • Visits 6,764,163
  • Page Views 90,633,470
  • Pages Per Visit 13.40
  • Avg Time On Site 10:04
  • Number Of Countries/Territories 205
  • Top 10 (Canada, USA, Germany, Netherlands, UK, Belgium, Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, Mexico)

The numbers look even better when you consider

  • We built our model on quality vs quantity. As such, this is pure discussion. No spam, flaming and bickering traffic.
  • We are only focusing on small-cap and micro-cap stocks …for now.

THE STATUS QUO IS CRUMBLING

We are very happy to see the data back up our theory that investors deeply desire the ability to amalgamate and discuss individual stock investments in a civilized community. investors are no longer willing to accept the unacceptable.

Until now, the trash has ruled the day, forcing the masses to abandon discussion forums and conduct due diligence either on their own, or in small groups. It is inefficient but it is the best option we’ve had for nearly a decade.

Eventually, the market corrects inefficiencies and AGORACOM has set its sights on correcting this one.

By refusing to sacrifice quality for quantity, AGORACOM is attracting and will continue to attract smart and conscientious investors that understand the wisdom of crowds. Eventually, quality begets quality and a massive community that both generates its own content and moderates itself will replace the status quo.

HAPPY TO SEE A HAPPY COMMUNITY

Despite the plethora of great data illustrating our success, nothing makes us happier than reading the reaction of our members. Here are just some of the raving testimonials we’ve been able to pull from the site so far.

While we’re talking about our members, I want to take this moment to thank each and every one of them for believing in our model, spreading the word and breathing life into it. Without them, this would be one hell of an application with no users. A special thanks goes out to all HUB Leaders that abandoned their former communities at Stockhouse, Raging Bull, Yahoo Finance and others in hopes of a better experience. I’m glad our promises to you have been fulfilled.

BLOGS CAN NOT REPLACE DISCUSSION FORUMS

With the advent of financial blogs – and some pretty great ones that include Paul Kedrosky, Barry Ritholtz and Mark McQueen to name but a few – some might argue discussion forums are no longer necessary, even outdated. Don’t make that mistake. Blogs are great for insight into the most important economic issues from a wide array of great minds. However, they rarely stay focused on a particular topic for more than a day.

Stock discussion forums, on the other hand, provide investors with an ability to exchange ideas and analyze one particular stock 24/7/365. You might read about macro events (i.e. sub-prime or Apple earnings) on a blog but figuring out the ongoing impact on your specific stock investments requires an extended micro discussion that blogs can not provide.

CONCLUSION

This is Wiki meets IGC (investor generated content) at its finest. There are bigger communities to be sure – but can you find another vertical in which the need for a drastically more efficient model is needed more? Trillions of dollars are at stake. People’s futures are at stake. The implications of inefficient or imperfect information are severe.

Stock discussion forums are vital to the lives of so many people. I believe we are about to witness a paradigm shift that makes them valuable once again. Stay tuned for more.

Regards,
George

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AGORACOM Financial News TV – Breaking Small-Cap And Micro-Cap Financial News At The Open (Aug 27/08)

Posted by AGORACOM at 10:39 AM on Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

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 August 27 and we’ve found 6 great press releases and stock halts from both sides of the border 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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Aurelian Shareholder Revolt HUB Hits 816,000 Page Views (Past 30 Days)

Posted by AGORACOM at 10:32 PM on Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

[CLICK ON IMAGE ABOVE FOR ENLARGED, CLEARER IMAGE]

The Web 2.0 Aurelian Resources shareholder revolt against a “friendly” takeover bid by Kinross Gold has generated more than 816,000 page views over the past 30 days on the company’s HUB on AGORACOM. The graph above comes from our internal Google Analytics, so you can rely on them as accurate.

What is truly astonishing about this figure is the fact that it was registered dead smack in the middle of summer holiday season. If management and the board had been courageous enough to insist on a “go shop” clause and extended the offer to October 3rd from it’s current September 3rd inquiry, this figure would be anywhere from 50% to 100% higher.

Shareholders, led by these 6 HUB Leaders, have used the HUB to amalgamate, discuss and execute a strategy to vote down the bid, including submitting thousands of e-mail messages, telephone calls and letters to management, directors, media, analysts, bloggers, securities regulators and even other potential suitors.

The campaign has been a massive success and perhaps the best example of Web 2.0 Canadian shareholder activism with coverage from the likes of The Financial Post, Calgary Herald and Montreal Gazette.

Is management of Aurelian Resources listening? Though we would bet on it, we can’t be sure. On the other hand, there is strong evidence to suggest that Kinross Gold is watching quite closely, including Google searches for “Agoracom Aurelian”.

For our complete coverage of this amazing story, please read the following headlines.

Regards,
George

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AGORACOM Financial News TV – Breaking Small-Cap And Micro-Cap Financial News At The Open (Aug 26/08)

Posted by AGORACOM at 10:41 AM on Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

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 August 26 and we’ve found 6 great press releases and stock halts from both sides of the border 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.

  • Avatech Solutions – OTC BB:AVSO $0.87
  • New Market Technology – OTC BB:NMKTE $0.10
  • **Kinbauri Gold – TSX-V:KNB $0.56
  • Changfeng Energy – TSX-V:CFY $0.59
  • Motapa Diamonds – TSX-V:MTP $0.36
  • Lucara Diamond – TSX-V:LUC $0.90

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