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SEC Suspends Trading in 61 OTC Pump-and-Dump Stocks

Posted: June 3, 2013 at 10:00 am

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is continuing a step toward booting microcap OTC shell companies from trading as a part of its "Operation Shell Expel" effort. Today's round of ...
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Investor Caution: Indentifying the Next Penny Stocks (AMD, ALU, GERN, MTG, OCZ, OSG, RSH, RAD)

Posted: November 9, 2012 at 10:20 am

Some companies are in real trouble. Some are under severe industry pressure, and some are just faltering due to missteps and bad luck. With the economy remaining weak and with ...
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Verizon Picks Up Telematics Firm, But No Bargain (VZ, HUTC, GM, TM, QCOM, TRMB)

Posted: June 1, 2012 at 9:01 am

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) has announced a definitive merger agreement with Hughes Telematics Inc. (OTC: HUTC). The all-cash offer totals $612 million, or $12/share. Hughes closed at $4.35 last ...
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The Implosion Games (SNPK)

Posted: April 26, 2012 at 12:22 pm

Sunpeaks Ventures, Inc. (NASDAQOTCBB: SNPK.OB) is a company which might sound like it is a ski resort or some form of outdoor sporting outfit.  It is not.  The company's stock has ...
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SEC Nails Another Chinese Stock Fraud Scheme (AUTCF)

Posted: April 11, 2012 at 12:25 pm

The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced that it has charged AutoChina International Limited (OTC: AUTCF) AND 11 INVESTORS with conducting a market manipulation scheme.  The charges showed that the company ...
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E.U. Financial Transaction Tax: Stupid Idea From Stupid Leadership

Posted: September 28, 2011 at 10:27 am

If you can count on the Europeans to invent one thing, it is the invention of taxation.  The latest effort by the European Commission is one that is just baffling if ...
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Home Ownership No Longer a Federal Goal (FNMA, FMCC)

Posted: February 14, 2011 at 2:32 pm

If the US government is truly able to exit the mortgage credit market, that move will be a seismic shift in a 75-year old government commitment to underwrite home ownership ...
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Is Ambac Closer To Being Saved? (ABK, LEHMQ, BAC)

Posted: October 6, 2010 at 4:50 pm

Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: ABK) is neither a company nor a stock that is without controversy.  It has a lot of fans who have been buying shares before and ...
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PetroAlgae (Biomass) Raising $200 Million in IPO (PALG, FWLT)

Posted: August 11, 2010 at 11:44 am

PetroAlgae Inc.  has just filed to come public via an initial public offering.  While terms were not disclosed, the filing is for up to $200 million in common stock.  The ...
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YRC Worldwide: Lessons From SIRIUS XM (YRCW, SIRI)

Posted: July 12, 2010 at 10:50 am

YRC Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ: YRCW) is starting to do what many companies do when they have a large business with thousands of shareholders and employees with a low stock price ...
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Public Service Announcement: Fannie & Freddie New OTC Tickers (FNM, FRE, FNMA, FMCC)

Posted: July 7, 2010 at 4:57 pm

Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) (OTC-BB: FNMA) and Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE) (OTC-BB: FMCC) have both just made their 'public service announcements' showing the new tickers for the shares of their ...
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Delisting Posse Heads to Ambac (FNM, FRE, ABK)

Posted: July 6, 2010 at 5:14 pm

We already knew all about the big delistings for Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) and Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE).  Now the delisting process is heading the way of Ambac Financial Group, ...
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Freddie Mac Delisting, Fannie Mae Next (FNM, FRE)

Posted: June 16, 2010 at 8:24 am

The day has come for Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE) and Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM).  Freddie Mac has notified the New York Stock Exchange of its intent to delist its common ...
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NASDAQ/NYSE Delisting Notices Galore (BFNB, DEAR, DCGN, DNE, EUBK, HRZB, IAO, IPII, INHX, RPC, RGCI, RHIE, TONE, VIAP, XBKS)

Posted: December 31, 2009 at 8:52 am

It is year-end.  That means that NASDAQ and the NYSE have been sending out more and more letters of non-compliance to public companies over their subsequent listing requirements.  Some are ...
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Quasi-IPO FILING: Golden Minerals Company (GDMN)

Posted: October 15, 2009 at 10:24 am

An initial public offering filing has been made by a company called Golden Minerals Company, although we would rate this as a quasi-IPO that looks more like a secondary offering ...
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