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Extra froth in small cap land…

Monday, October 4th, 2010

We don’t spend a lot of time tracking small cap stocks. But we couldn’t help but notice an interesting dichotomy that popped up last week. Last Tuesday, Hyperdynamics (HDY) saw its stock jump 25% in one day, making it onto those lists of biggest gainers. It was also a new 52-week high for the stock [...]

Pumping penny stocks in the name of acting…

Friday, March 21st, 2008

Being an aspiring actress is no doubt hard work and sometimes you wind up doing stuff you’re less than proud of for the paycheck. Or the clip. Yesterday, the SEC announced that it was suspending trading in three companies: NeoTactix (NCTX), Graystone Park Enterprises (GPKE), and Younger America (YNGR). The suspensions were not for securities [...]

Brian Ross, Andrew Cuomo as contra-indicators..

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

Late Friday, the ABC News program 20/20 aired a pretty negative report about Bodies: The Exhibition, which is run by Atlanta-based Premier Exhibits (PRXI). The basic gist of the report was that the bodies in the exhibit were less than legitimate and some might have been political prisoners from China who died of less than [...]

At ArcSight, at least there’s the yacht…

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Yesterday, ArcSight (ARST) went public, but didn’t manage to close above the $9 IPO price, ending the day at $8.78. This morning, it’s trading even lower. But don’t feel too bad for Chairman and CEO Robert Shaw. After all, he still has the yacht club and the company-paid airline tickets to get to his homes [...]

Another wrong number: Callwave

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

Speaking of wrong numbers, over the weekend I received this friendly little note from the folks at Callwave (CALL), which I’ve used on those rare occasions when someone needs to send me a fax: Dear Michelle Leder, You asked and we heard you. Now we’ve added several powerful new features to your CallWave fax service. [...]