ECDC flies, CMGR sells, WTKN flops

Posted on Wednesday, December 1st, 2010

East Coast Diversified Corp. New (OTCBB: ECDC) surged 144.26 percent in Wednesday afternoon trading to 1.49 cents, on 6,000 shares, well below its daily average of 180,926.

Camelot Entertainment Group Inc. (OTCBB: CMGR) ran the competition ragged Wednesday, trading in 113.05 million shares, above its daily average of 101.4 million. Share prices were flat at four-100ths of a cent.

WellTek Inc. (OTCBB: WTKN) went south 63.16 percent in Wednesday afternoon trading to seven-100ths of a cent. Volume was a whopping 4.13 million shares, compared to usual volume of 1.32 million. WTKN is an Orlando-based a global health, fitness and wellness company.


DNN gains ground, MOT sells widely, OREX falters

Posted on Wednesday, December 1st, 2010

Denison Mines Corp. (AMEX: DNN) climbed in price 7.42 percent to $3.33 early Wednesday afternoon. Volume was 4,929,037 shares, twice-and-a-half its normal daily volume.

Motorola Corp. (NYSE: MOT) proved quite the popular stock early Wednesday, trading in 33,997,244 shares, its normal share average around 25,960,500 for a full day. Shares in the electronics maker improved 5.55 percent to $8.09. Motorola said late Tuesday that it will split into two entities in January; Motorola Mobility Holdings, including the mobile phone and television set-top box operations, and Motorola Solutions, which will include other communications devices used in government and industry, like bar-code scanners and walkie-talkies.

Orexigen Therapeutics Inc. (NasdaqGM: OREX) fell in price 9.25 percent to $4.71. Volume of 1,798,407 shares nipped ahead the stock’s full-day average. The San Diego-based company brings its weight-loss drug Contrave to an FDA panel next week


BPZ takes off, F rolls off lot, UTI trips

Posted on Wednesday, December 1st, 2010

BPZ Resources Inc. (NYSE: BPZ) climbed in price 13.96 percent to $4.49 early Wednesday afternoon. Volume was 2,578,093 shares, twice-and-a-half its normal daily volume. The Houston-based oil and gas exploration and production company said Wednesday is putting an oil field in northwest Peru into commercial production.

Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) traded in 49,710,370 shares by early Wednesday, its normal share average around 82,302,100. Shares in the carmaker improved 3.07 percent to $16.43. Ford announced Wednesday that sales of its cars and trucks rose 20 percent last month

Universal Technical Institute (NYSE: UTI) demurred in price 9.51 percent to $18.74. Volume of 559,592 shares more than tripled the stock’s full-day average. Phoenix-based UTI announced fourth-quarter net income of $7.2 million, or $0.29 per diluted share, as compared to net income of $7.6 million, or $0.32 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of the prior year.


TRTB sees beautiful price rises, TLGN, HHWW trade widely, INBG stumbles

Posted on Wednesday, December 1st, 2010

True 2 Beauty Inc. (Pink Sheets: TRTB) saw a healthy price leap of 26.32 percent to 24 cents Wednesday by noon. Volume in the stock was 407,950 shares, compared to usual daily volume of 94,598 shares. True 2 Beauty, Inc. is a leading manufacturer and distributor of male sexual potency pills and liquid products in the United States.

Totally Green Inc. (Pink Sheets: TLGN) traded in 1.12 million Wednesday, dwarfing its usual volume of 416,698. Prices for the stock hiked 24.07 percent to 17.99 cents. Share prices for this Tulsa, Oklahoma-based supplier of food-service industry beverages and bottled water have been steadily following a company name and ticker symbol this month.

Horiyoshi Worldwide Inc. (OTCBB: HHWW) did 859,540 shares Wednesday noon, rapidly approaching its daily average of nearly 1.8 million shares. The price improved 1.53 percent to $1.655. HHWW announced today that the company has expanded its international retail distribution with luxury department store, Harvey Nichols.

International Building Technologies Group Inc. (OTCBB: INBG) scaled back in price 66.67 percent early Wednesday afternoon to one-100ths of a cent, on volume of 36.2 million, about nine times its usual average. This City of Industy, California-based developmental stage company supplies building panels used in construction industries around the world.


LTON climbs, BAC busy, SCMR slips

Posted on Wednesday, December 1st, 2010

Linktone Ltd. (NasdaqGM: LTON) spiked in price 29.79 percent to $1.83 Wednesday. Volume of 1,462,072 shares rolled over its normal daily volume of 22,877. The Chinese wireless interactive entertainment service provider announced Wednesday that its GAAP net income stood at $600,000 U.S. in the third quarter of this year, up from $100,000 U.S. in Q2, but down from the $700,000 U.S. in Q3 2009.

Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) did brisk business Wednesday, trading 119,934,419 shares, quickly closing in on its daily average volume of 198,958,000. BAC shares nipped ahead in price 0.78 percent to approach noon at $11.02. Bank of America Merrill Lynch today announced the composition and weights for the 2011 Merrill Lynch Commodity index eXtraSM. The MLCX is designed to provide a liquid benchmark for commodity market performance, tracking liquid and cost efficient investments.

Sycamore Networks Inc. (NasdaqGS; SCMR) saw its share prices fall Wednesday morning by 14.49 percent to $25.67. Share volume of 1,024,435 shares nearly quadrupled the stock’s full-day, three month average. The bandwidth solutions company reported quarterly financials Wednesday Revenue for the first quarter of fiscal 2011 was $11.7 million, compared with $15.6 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2010. Net loss for the first quarter of fiscal 2011, on a generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) basis, was $6.5 million, or $0.23 per share, compared with a GAAP net loss of $10.4 million, or $0.37 per share for the first quarter of fiscal 2010.