Markets on both sides of the border moved sharply higher in the holiday-shortened week.

This week, StockHouse launched its Special Report on uranium, and next week, we’ll be reporting from the Casey Research Uranium Summit in Las Vegas. Publisher, Executive Editor Darin Diehl gave a précis (http://www.stockhouse.com/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19535) on the supplement in his Publisher’s Notebook column. 

It can be very confusing to choose a promising uranium junior from among the many companies staking properties with potential uranium deposits. JoAnne Summers did some Homework for Uranium Investors (http://www.stockhouse.ca/featuredsector/index.asp?page=editorials&edtid=5) to find out how to conduct due diligence in the hot sector.

The Resource Report profiled Delta Exploration (TSX: V.DEV), a company that began drilling at its copper-uranium project (http://www.stockhouse.com/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19530) in Mali this month.

Danny Deadlock published an update about biometric security company Bioscrypt (TSX: T.BYT) after the company announced a 3D face-recognition desktop camera (http://www.stockhouse.com/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19529) that would be used to authenticate the users of a particular computer.

Another metal has been vying for the attention of StockHouse readers. Molybdenum companies like Georgia Ventures (TSX: V.GVI) are hot lately, and reporter Sean Mason got the latest Buzz on the BullBoards (http://www.stockhouse.com/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19536).

Meantime, a company with a Guatemala gold property (http://www.stockhouse.com/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19538) appeared in this week’s Micro-cap Spotlight.

Gold companies were topped several lists in this week’s StockHouse Top Five (http://www.stockhouse.com/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19540), assembled by Sean Mason and Keri Korteling.

While Steven Saville looked at the reasons junior gold companies (http://www.stockhouse.com/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19542) have outperformed the majors.

The blogger dwothers, profiled in this week’s Best of the Blogs by Keri Korteling, believes that near-term producers are the best way to play the commodities boom (http://www.stockhouse.com/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19545).

From the health sector, the Bio Check had a half-billion dollar proposition (http://www.stockhouse.com/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19541) for any big pharma company that cared to listen.

A patent announcement that is expected to help clear the air around coal-fired power plants (http://www.stockhouse.com/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19547) had the Thermal Energy International (TSX: V.TMG) BullBoard buzzing. Sean Mason looked at what the posters’ reactions.

With first quarter reports approaching quickly, investors in U.S. consumer staples (http://www.stockhouse.com/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19548) ETFs may want to look for profit taking opportunities, according to Don Vialoux of the ETF Check.

John De Goey asked “What would Yoda do?” (http://www.stockhouse.com/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19546) in his weekly STANDUP Advice column.

And Nancy Zambell offered up timely advice for investors hoping to ease the pain of capital gains taxes (http://www.stockhouse.com/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19550).