NFL Season Opens: Buyer Beware

As we head into the start of the NFL Football Season, it’s time to highlight Sports Franchises who were victimized by Fast Talking Stock Promoters.   Here are a few deals which soured:

Aussie Soles arrived on the scene in 2008 led by Craig Taplin, who lives in Kelowna. The company planned to market Croc-type shoes emblazoned with the CFL logo in exchange for a royalty on every pair sold.

The Lions gave ...read more

Dewey Wanted to Apologize for His Recent Encounter

To the Guy Who Tried to Mug Me InDowntown  Savannah   night before last.

Date: 2010-10-6, 1 :43 a.m.  E.S.T.

I was the guy wearing the black Bur berry jacket that you demanded that I hand over, shortly after you pulled the knife on me and my girlfriend, threatening our lives. You also asked for my girlfriend’s purse and earrings. I can only hope that you somehow come across this rather important message.

First, I’d like to ...read more

(Nasdaq:Tune)Microtune to be acquired by Zoran (NAZDAQ:ZRAN)

Microtune (NAZDAQ: TUNE)  The Board of Directors have agreed to be acquired by Zoran (NAZDAQ: ZRAN) for $166 million,, or $2.92/share effective in the 4th Quarter pending approval by the Microtune shareholders.

Ten years ago, Microtune invented the world’s first high-performance broadband TV tuner on an integrated circuit and ushered in the age of radio frequency (RF) miniaturization. The Company pioneered state-of-the-art enabling chip technology that now makes digital TV signal reception possible, anywhere, on ...read more

Promotion Campaign Working for First Liberty Power (OTC:FLPC)

Investors are still buying shares of First Liberty Power Corp. (OTC:FLPC) today after MicroStockProfit started a promotional campaign for the exploration stage Lithium mining company based in Nevada. As I write, shares of FLPC were trading up an additional 7 percent at $0.47 per share on double its average daily volume.

Not bad after gaining nearly 42 percent yesterday on robust volume of almost 500,000 shares, compared to an average daily ...read more

3 Things You Need to Know Before Trading

Stocks were generally weak in Asian Trade. The Nikkei led the way down with a loss of more than two percent, the Hang Seng was almost one and a half percent lower, Australia lost 0.8% and Shanghai was off by a fraction. Most indexes in Europe are fractionally higher, with the Footsie currently up by a quarter percent and the Dax higher by 0.4%. US stock futures are up by ...read more

(OTCBB:AREM), American Rare Earth and Materials Corp. +32%

  American Rare Earths and Materials, Corp. (“AREM”) recently announced that the company’s ticker symbol as quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board has been changed from (OTCBB:ETGF – News) to (OTCBB:AREM)   The company’s name change from Element 21 Golf Company (E21) to American Rare Earths and Materials, Corp., and symbol change were formally approved. As previously announced, AREM’s corporate name was legally changed effective July 16, 2010, pursuant to a redomestication merger ...read more