SilverSun Technologies, Inc., a premier total solutions provider specializing in business management applications and professional consulting services, today announced its first financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2012.

Net service revenues increased 35% to $2,549,885 from $1,886,446, offsetting the decline in software sales due largely to the closing of several major sales being pushed to the second quarter reporting period and beyond. Total revenues climbed 5% year-over-year to $2,908,859 from $2,761,445.

Notwithstanding a one-time, non-cash charge of $719,267 booked as share-based compensation expense related to previously described restructuring, SilverSun Technologies achieved income from operations on a non-GAAP basis of approximately $33,676, which compared to income from operations of $235,000 in the same period a year prior. On a GAAP reporting basis and after factoring in the one-time, non-cash expense item, loss from operations for the first quarter of 2012 totaled $685,591.

As of March 31, 2012, the company had $99,952 in cash; $1,164,352 in accounts receivable; zero long term debt; and total stockholders’ deficit of $839,623.

“We continue to be very pleased with the positive progress SilverSun is making in diversifying and expanding our principal operating subsidiary SWK Technologies’ revenue mix with proprietary software and service-oriented offerings,” Chairman, President, and CEO Mark Meller stated. “This successful strategy has helped to offset any material impact of several large Sage software sales, originally expected to close in the first quarter, being pushed or postponed into later reporting periods.”

Meller continued, “We continue to aggressively execute on our business plan. We acquired one reseller in January, and announced the signing of a letter of intent to acquire Hightower in March. We anticipate that transaction closing imminently. The Company continues to aggressively seek out acquisitions in the Small and Medium-Sized Business software marketplace, and we hope to be in a position to announce further acquisitions in the coming weeks and months.”

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FluoroPharma Medical, Massachusetts-based developer of advanced imaging pharmaceuticals for use with positron emission tomography (PET), intends to become the leader in the early detection of coronary artery and alzheimer diseases, two of the most high-profile diseases in the country. Through the use of unique FluoroPharma chemical agents, PET technology will help clinicians detect and assess subtle indications of pathology long before the appearance of traditional symptoms. Early detection has long been established as a major factor in the success of disease intervention, and is also a critical tool in associated research.

The technology behind such early detection is represented by FluoroPharma’s principal products:

• CardioPET – This imaging agent exploits the dietary needs of the heart as it relates to glucose and fatty acids. By introducing a chemical group which alters the breakdown of fatty acids (the hearts main food source), clinicians can track their distribution into the heart muscle and assess health and viability.

- Agent: Muscle State Imaging Agent
- Type: Fatty Acid (Labeled with Fluorine 18)
- Condition: Coronary Artery Disease
- Status: Phase 1 clinical trials completed

• BFPET – By recognizing the electrical charge of the myocardial cell walls, this imaging agent allows a view into the blood flow of the heart, and identifies tissue with perfusion as well as mitochondrial integrity of the cells – a strong indicator for cell viability.

- Agent: Blood Flow Imaging Agent
- Type: Positively Charged Molecule (Labeled with Fluorine 18)
- Condition: Coronary Artery Disease
- Status: Phase 1 clinical trials completed

• VasoPET – By targeting active molecule receptors associated with inflammatory conditions, this imaging agent allows visualization of areas in the blood vessels that may potentially initiate thrombosis and embolism.

- Agent: Vulnerable plaque Imaging Agent
- Type: Receptor Connecting Molecule (Labeled with Fluorine 18)
- Condition: Coronary Artery Disease
- Status: Pre-Clinical studies completed

• AZPET – This imaging agent specifically seeks out and attaches to amyloid deposits in the brain. This allows a PET scan to reveal the areas where amyloid plaque has deposited, helping in the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease.

- Agent: Amyloid Deposit Imaging Agent
- Type: Molecule that targets that bind Amyloid Protein (Labeled with Fluorine 18)
- Condition: Alzheimer’s Disease
- Status: Development Stage

For more information, see the company website at www.FluoroPharma.com

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In uncertain times, when the future of the economy is less than clear, it’s not surprising that businesses turn to outsourcing to fill production gaps. Outsourcing, first and foremost, means flexibility, freedom from the economic commitments inherent in operational scale-ups. In short, it’s something of a hedge against future downturns. If business heats up, you can increase your outsourcing. If business cools down, you can cut back without painful layoffs. But flexibility is only one of the benefits of outsourcing, which is why an increasing number of companies, including large global enterprises, are turning to companies like Beacon Enterprise Solutions.

Beacon, a global IT services provider, is a great example of IT outsourcing’s other key benefit. Specifically, it places at your fingertips the most advanced technologies and the most skilled technical professionals, when your company, or one of its operations, is unable or unwilling to build its own in-house IT base. One of the most basic rules of business is to maintain a focus on your core strengths, and nothing can distract attention and drain corporate energy faster than trying to keep up with the constantly morphing world of Information Technology. By leaving the headaches of IT to the IT professionals, the full force of a company’s resources can be directed at what it does best.

This requires a form of partnership with your IT provider that is rare in the industry, but it is one of Beacon’s greatest strengths. Beacon makes a point of developing long-term relationships with its corporate clients, teaming with its customers to make the kind of IT decisions that will continue to pay off for years to come. Beacon represents not only flexibility, but a mutual commitment to the future. It’s why Beacon has been able to work with demanding corporate giants like Merck, Volvo, and UPS, and why Beacon continues to be highly successful.

For additional information, visit the company’s website at www.AskBeacon.com

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Yesterday, Ambient Corporation, a leader in providing flexible and scalable smart grid communications platforms and technologies, announced it has taken its first step into the European market with a trial of its Power Quality Monitoring application and energy sensing equipment.

Part of the Low Carbon Networks Fund, overseen by U.K. regulator OFGEM, the trial is being conducted by U.K. distribution network operators (DNOs), Western Power Distribution, and U.K. Power Networks. The trial is focused on evaluating low voltage current sensor technologies and how network operators can utilize them in running their grids.

Being selected for participation in this project represents a key step for Ambient, as the company ventures into new geographies with significant potential. By deploying Ambient’s communications platform with its internally developed software applications, DNOs have the capability of performing real-time current and voltage sensing, generating valuable data for monitoring their distribution networks and substations.

The participation of Ambient and other companies in this project will provide a clear understanding of the technologies available for Low Voltage Network monitoring. This will give essential data, allowing for greater visibility of the Low Voltage Network and, subsequently, facilitate smart networks.

The Power Quality Monitoring application is part of the Ambient Smart Grid Communications Platform, which facilitates multiple smart grid applications, in parallel, and is capable of using various communications simultaneously.

Ambient Corporation is engaged in designing, developing, and selling the Ambient Smart Grid communications platform, with products and services including communications nodes; AmbientNMS, a network management system; integrated applications; and maintenance and consulting services to help utilities save on operational costs. Ambient uses open, standards-based technologies and in-depth industry experience to provide utilities with solutions for their smart grid initiatives.

For more information, visit www.ambientcorp.com

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Zix, the leader in email encryption services, announced the release of a new and improved version of ZixPort®, a secure Web portal. This upgraded version includes message recall and two-factor authorization, providing increased control and flexibility of encrypted email messages to compliance and security officers.

ZixPort is a delivery method that enables bidirectional email encryption for recipients who do not have ZixCorp® Email Encryption Services. ZixPort is available to any recipient with an Internet browser, and can be easily accessed on mobile devices as well. The message recall feature gives compliance, security officers, and administrators the ability to remove messages from ZixPort if an email is sent to the wrong recipient or the wrong file is mistakenly attached.

The second new feature in this release of ZixPort is two-factor authentication in a streamlined, user-friendly process that is perfectly suited for financial institutions and government organizations that require additional security without inconveniencing recipients. This new authentication method will be the third authentication method offered with ZixPort, along with integration with customer’s existing Single Sing-on technology and solutions from third-party two-factor authentication providers.

“ZixCorp has set the bar in industry-leading email encryption services. We are constantly investing in our products to ensure that we exceed customer demands, as well as meet our commitment to deliver innovative, easy-to-use secure email,” said Rick Spurr, ZixCorp’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “ZixPort is an essential delivery method in our portfolio of services, and the new features of ZixPort enhance control and flexibility for our customers and continue to extend our lead in the market.”

The new message recall feature is scheduled to be rolled out in June 2012. Two-factor authentication is expected to be commercially available in August 2012. For additional information, please visit ZixCorp’s booth – no. 85 – at the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit on June 11 – 14, 2012, or contact 866-257-4949.

For more information, please visit www.zixcorp.com

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Plandai Biotechnology, a producer of highly bioavailable botanical extracts, today announced a preliminary agreement with ZZ2, a private farming conglomerate in Southern Africa and the largest producer of fresh tomatoes in the continent of Africa. Based on a long-standing working relationship, Dunn Roman Holdings Africa (Pty) Limited, a subsidiary of Plandai, will, under a new contract, acquire tomato waste from ZZ2 which will be processed to recover highly bioavailable antioxidants using the company’s exclusive Hydrodynamic Extraction System.

Plandai Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Roger Duffield, commented, “As with green tea catechin extract, our hydrodynamic system converts the tomato carotenoid isomers into a highly bioavailable product. This partnership with ZZ2 is especially advantageous because it gives us an extremely inexpensive and readily available source material throughout the year. With an initial agreement to acquire 30 tons of tomato waste per day, we can yield substantial volumes of carotenoids (lycopene, phytoene and phytofluene). With the current market price for even poorly-absorbed lycopene at $3,000/kg, this opportunity could add in excess of $700,000 in monthly revenues.

Discussing the timing of commencing production of these carotenoids, Mr. Duffield added, “A huge portion of our prior research has been in this field and has already been validated through a USDA study. As shown in the recent publication by Dr. Ishida in Food Chemistry—Effects of a Hydrodynamic Process on Extraction of Carotenoids from Tomato—Plandai’s extraction process has already demonstrated the ability to deliver highly bioavailable carotenoids in numerous studies undertaken in conjunction with the California tomato processing industry and the USDA. In addition, unlike our green tea catechin extract, there will be no delay in getting raw materials ready for extraction. ZZ2 has an ample and ready supply of tomato waste available 365 days a year. We therefore anticipate that the tomato carotenoid extracts could actually come to market well ahead of our green tea gallate extract and bring us one step closer to becoming the world’s largest supplier of highly bioavailable botanical extracts from live plant materials.”

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Today, Zynex, a developer of advanced non-invasive devices for a variety of medical functions ranging from cardiac monitoring and electrotherapy, to neurological diagnosis and actual stroke rehabilitation, was pleased to announce that the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year® 2012 program (Mountain Desert region – Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico) has named the company’s President and CEO, Thomas Sandgaard, as one of the top three finalists for this coveted award.

Only the top innovators, who have shown the ability to deliver financial performance as well as a strong dedication both to the business and the communities in which the business operates, are selected each year for recognition as outstanding entrepreneurs. Needless to say, this is a huge boon both for the company and for Mr. Sandgaard, who was selected by the independent panel of judges, and who will be on hand June 28 at the Seawell Ballroom (Denver Center for the Performing Art) gala awards ceremony.

While eager to win this crowning achievement, ZYXI’s top man knows that it is the hard work, dedication, and constant drive to excel by the entire company team, which has propelled Zynex to its position of success thus far. From rather humble beginnings in 1996, to today handling all aspects of engineering, manufacturing, marketing, and selling the wide array of (chiefly electrotherapy) pain managing and rehabilitation devices the company offers, ZYXI has had quite the meteoric rise in the medical device industry. Today the company’s fully developed line of FDA-cleared products is seen all over the world.

ZYXI consists of three divisions, each of which is dedicated to a specific area: Zynex Medical, Zynex Monitoring Solutions, and Zynex NeuroDiagnostics. Zynex NeuroDiagnostics for instance, is responsible for the superb NeuroMove device, something stroke and spinal cord injury sufferers could have only dreamt of decades ago. This strong technical platform shows abundant promise in a variety of markets and the company is rapidly moving to aggress the parallel EMG, EEG, auditory, sleep pattern, and nerve conductivity (diagnosing neurological disorders) device spaces via ongoing development of the portfolio of technology, as well as shrewd acquisitions of identified technologies with serious potential.

This will mark the 26th annual Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award, a symbol that has come to stand for as the par excellence metric whereby to judge the potential, vision, and leadership of the best and brightest entrepreneurs. The award is a true, unique hallmark, standing as the only global award of its kind for recognizing the most dynamic and capable businesses in over 140 cities and 50 countries worldwide, driving that recognition via an ingeniously localized model (having regional, national, and also global awards in the program).

Regional winners get kicked up to the nationals and announcements will be made for the Ernst & Young National Entrepreneur of the Year Overall Award, this Nov 17, at the awards ceremony in Palm Springs, CA. The awards themselves mark a culmination of the larger Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Forum, a national assemblage of high-growth companies and market leaders.

The Entrepreneur of the Year Awards are nationally funded by SAP America and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, and are founded/produced by Ernst & Young LLP, with localized sponsorship in the Mountain Desert region coming from a variety of sources, including ADP, CliftonLarsonAllen, The Denver Business Journal, Faegre Baker Daniels, JohnstonWells Public Relations, and Scherzer International. Ernst & Young is recognized as a global leader in advisory, transaction, and tax services, as a global organization of firms, serving just about every industry you can think of.

Quite the major coup for ZYXI, which has already established a solid reputation in the medical device space and now looks to go even further after being recognized via CEO Sandgaard for exceptional performance in the space.

For more information about today’s announcement, or to learn more about Zynex, Inc., please click your way over to the company’s website at: www.ZynexMed.com

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Satcon Technology is a leading provider of utility-scale power conversion solutions for the renewable energy market. For over 27 years, the company has designed and delivered some of the most advanced and efficient energy systems for solar photovoltaic, stationary fuel cells, and energy storage systems.

The company today announced it has been selected by Western Wind and Lord Electric to supply 30 megawatts of its Equinox Prism Platform solution, a fully integrated multi-megawatt medium voltage building block, optimized for utility-scale photovoltaic installations. Western Wind and Lord Electric will deploy twenty 1.5 megawatt Equinox Prism Platforms to power the second largest photovoltaic plant in Puerto Rico.

The Equinox Prism Platform is a turnkey utility-grade multi-megawatt solution, complete with factory-integrated step-up transformers, disconnect switches, and power conversion electronics. The factory-integrated solution leverages Satcon’s next-generation Equinox photovoltaic inverters with 98.5 percent peak efficiency and the industry’s widest thermal operating range. This delivers the highest levels of performance with low installation cost, giving it the industry’s lowest levelized cost of energy.

All Prism Platform solutions include EDGE Adaptive Control Architecture, enabling instant voltage stabilization, frequency control, and dynamic grid support. This architecture secures the continuous operation of the photovoltaic plant in the event of ground faults and achieves the performance guidelines established by the German Association of Energy and Water Industries.

For additional information about Satcon Technology Corporation and its products, please visit the company’s website at www.satcon.com

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Today, Hooper Holmes announced that it has expanded its relationship with NBC National Marketing, Inc. (NBCNM) to serve as its provider of management services. NCBNM is a premier National Marketing Organization within the life insurance industry.

“NBCNM realizes the breadth of services available through Hooper Holmes, and after working with their team of professionals, it was obvious that we could not provide the services to our members with near the effectiveness and efficiency as Hooper Holmes,” said Jim Wolfe, NBCNM member. “There are other entities in our industry that can provide similar services, but Hooper Holmes has committed valuable resources to make sure our system is one of the best in the industry.”

In 2011, NBCNM sought a centrally-managed support function to provide administrative sales support and application processing services to its member offices. NBCNM and Hooper Holmes began a pilot program which consisted of several core carriers. Supported by a team of brokerage-trained customer service representatives, the case management process was designed with the goal of expediting the submission-to-commission process, improving the quality of new business submissions, and improving overall placement ratios. Consistent quality performance has now led NBCNM to adopt Hooper Holmes for other key carriers.

Dan Dodson, Hooper Holmes’ Senior Vice President of Life Insurance, remarked, “We are excited about the expanded partnership with NBCNM, which underscores our ability to deploy our services and industry experience to better serve our customers. NBCNM has been a great partner, and we are proud of the results that they have experienced with our team. As NBCNM looks to expand its footprint in the marketplace and provide superior service to its members, we look forward to playing an important role with them.”

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FACT, a company focused on supporting healthier lifestyles, has successfully developed and launched a varied line of bakery and nutraceutical products through its two wholly owned operating subsidiaries, Food and Culinary Technology Group, Inc. (FACT Group) and Fact Products, Inc. The company continues developing products with the end goal of improving the lives of consumers worldwide.

FACT targets the rapidly growing market of consumers who are looking for products to improve their overall health or who have health conditions that could be significantly improved by a change in diet. The company combines high production standards, quality ingredients, and the proven benefits of high fiber to serve today’s consumer, enabling consumers to enjoy the baked goods they love no matter how particular their diet. All of FACT’s products are specially formulated to help address key health issues without compromising taste or texture.

FACT Group is engaged in developing, licensing, and supplying premium functional bake mixes and products to manufacturers, distributors, and marketers of bakery goods through various channels, including retail, food service, and specialty markets. FACT Products provides nutraceutical and supplement solutions for global markets.

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HDS International Corp. is a green technology company based in Providence, R.I. The company specializes in providing carbon capture and sequestration solutions and industrial open-water algae biomass production solutions for the production of renewable energy, carbon elimination, and other bioproducts.

HDS International’s licensed technologies provide the company with a strategic position and competitive advantages within its markets, including renewable energy and eco-sustainability. The company’s goal is to use its assets of licensed intellectual property, pioneering technologies, developmental progress, talent, know-how, and company commitment to become a leader in green technology, renewable energy, and eco-sustainability in ways that will maximize long-term shareholder value.

HDS International’s solutions utilize natural biological systems for the sequestration of carbon dioxide through ocean-based biomass production, representing the development of a new industry. The company has identified hundreds of potential customers and partners with direct interest in applying this system of ocean-based biomass production using carbon dioxide from industrial sources. HDS International’s systematic approach and versatile technologies allow the company to solve individual challenges that are unique to different project locations.

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Today before the opening bell, International Stem Cell Corporation announced its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2012.

Consolidated net revenues for the period were $1.08 million compared to $1.52 million a year earlier. The year-over-year decrease in revenues is due to fewer sales generated from the Lifeline Skin Care (LSC) direct sales channel, partially offset by higher Lifeline Cell Technology (LCT) sales generated from larger distributors. LSC and LCT accounted for 51% and 49% of total revenue in the three months ended March 31, 2012 compared to 75% and 25%, respectively, in the comparable period a year ago.

For the three months ended March 31, 2012, development expenses were $3.80 million, representing a decrease of approximately 5% compared to the corresponding period in 2011. The decrease primarily reflects lower general and administrative expenses resulting from decreased stock-based compensation expense and lower laboratory-related expenses. The decrease was partially offset by higher cost of sales ratio resulting from increased sales concentration of lower margin products, and higher marketing and selling expense related to LSC. The Company continued to invest in its sales and marketing infrastructure, including significant enhancements to the e-commerce platforms, increased advertising and strengthening the sales and customer service organization.

Cash and cash equivalents at March 31, 2012 were $6.01 million compared to $1.34 million at December 31, 2011, reflecting an increase of $4.67 million resulting from two financing transactions including the issuance of shares of Series G preferred stock for $5.00 million and issuance of shares of common stock for a total of $2.08 million in the first quarter of 2012.

The company continued to focus its research and development efforts on the creation of additional parthenogenetic stem cell lines for therapeutic use and on the advancement of the disease area research programs, particularly pre-clinical in vivo safety and efficacy studies in Parkinson’s disease and new methods for high-throughput cell culture and stem cell differentiation.

ISCO’s wholly-owned subsidiary Lifeline Skin Care drove sales by expanding acquisition of both retail and trade customers, increasing the average order value and enhancing customer loyalty and retention. New retail customers were attracted by an increased social media presence and national exposure on TV shows such as ABC’s “The Talk” and the use of risk-free introductory offers and free sample promotions. In addition, LSC continued to increase the number of strategic marketing partnerships. Although LSC revenue for the quarter was lower than the same period in 2011, the sales were generated from more diversified sources with much greater growth potential and reduced reliance on individual third parties.

Lifeline Cell Technology, ISCO’s wholly-owned subsidiary specialized in cells and media research products, grew revenue across all three sales channels including domestic, international, and OEM, showing a 39% increase over the same quarter of 2011.

The overall financial position of the company was significantly improved. ISCO increased its liquidity by securing a total $7.03 million of capital through equity financing transactions in the first quarter of 2012.

Dr. Andrey Semechkin, ISCO’s CEO and Co-Chairman, commented, “The first quarter of this year has been a challenging one for ISCO. However, with the significant improvement of our balance sheet position resulting from the closing of the financings, coupled with the addition of Dr. Berglund as a new independent director to our Board of Directors, I believe that we have strengthened our foundation on which we can increase our competitiveness.”

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GlobalWise Investments, and its wholly owned subsidiary Intellinetics, a leading-edge technology company focused on the design, implementation and management of cloud-based Enterprise Content Management (ECM) systems in both the public and private sectors, today announced financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2012.

The company’s total revenues for the period were $360,328, an increase of $121,202, or 51%, from the company’s first quarter 2011 results of $239,126. Moreover, gross profit increased $21,398 to $56,381 for the quarter as compared to $34,983 during the first quarter of 2011, a 61% increase.

Total operating expenses increased by $780,852 for the quarter versus the same period a year earlier. This increase is primarily due to one-time expenses and corresponding costs of public company reporting incurred when Intellinetics, Inc. merged with GlobalWise.

“We had a very busy first quarter this year and we’re extremely pleased with the direction and transformation of the company in such a short period,” stated GlobalWise’s President and CEO Mr. William J. “BJ” Santiago. “Leveraging our 18-year operating history as a software solutions provider, we’re now rapidly migrating to a cloud-based, channel distribution model with great success. For example, our substantial first quarter growth is in direct correlation to the success of on-boarding just one key channel partner in the third quarter of 2011 that serves the healthcare industry. I believe that the success we’ve had in on-boarding similar dynamic partners late last year and throughout this first quarter will replicate the same financial success over the next year. We believe the short-term, one-time expenses of the merger will be more than offset in the future by the benefits of having access to additional sources of capital as we continue to execute our growth strategy both in North America and abroad in the cloud computing sector.”

With the merger complete, GlobalWise has significantly ramped-up its sales efforts, securing five new channel partner agreements since February. The company believes the expansion of its reseller program to include Latin America in the second quarter of 2012 will continue to increase, driving growth for the next several years.

For additional information on GlobalWiseInvestments, visit the company’s website at www.GlobalWiseInvestments.com

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SmallCapVoice.com, Inc. announced that a new audio interview with Sharewell Capital Group, Inc. (Pink Sheets: SHCG) is now available. The interview can be heard at http://smallcapvoice.com/blog/5-11-12-smallcapvoice-interview-with-sharewell-capital-group-pink-sheets-shcg

SmallCapVoice.com is a recognized corporate investor relations firm, with clients nationwide, known for its ability to help emerging growth companies build a following among retail and institutional investors. SmallCapVoice.com utilizes its stock newsletter to feature its daily stock picks, audio interviews, as well as its clients’ financial news releases. SmallCapVoice.com also offers individual investors all the tools they need to make informed decisions about the stocks they are interested in. Tools like stock charts, stock alerts, and Company Information Sheets can assist with investing in stocks that are traded on the OTC BB and Pink Sheets.

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There I was sitting in my living room wondering where to begin. We had purchased a couch two weeks ago and delivery was in two days. I thought it would be a good idea to really clean up. I had done this about 4 years ago and now seemed like the perfect time again.

Fortunately, a friend of the family who has an eye of organizing had been helping me. So here I was with boxes everywhere; boxes to go to storage and others still yet to be broken down into categories.

Now I was in complete overwhelm stuck wondering what to do next. My mind was in a whirl. Can you relate? Is any of this resonating with you?

When I catch myself during these times, I’ve trained myself to shift the situation by ADDing Perspective. Until you can become aware of what’s happening, you’ll most likely move directly into "Brain Freeze." As one of my clients said, "I know the overwhelm is consuming me but I can’t seem to do anything about it."

You can! As you know, ADD is situational so too Life is situational. In this situation, the burst of adrenaline has triggered one of my symptoms under stress – overwhelmed with details. Overwhelm is some form of fear. The fear is always related to something we just don’t understand. What we don’t understand may be the whole notion of brain freeze and what you can do when you find yourself in the midst of it.

The following is an exercise to unlock your "brain freeze" and move from overwhelm to overcome; from reaction to action.

1. Practice recognizing when and in what situations you become in my case, overwhelmed. Once you do, say out loud, "I’m overwhelmed! Good! At least I know I am." This moves you from focusing on what is not working to what works: from challenge to success; from a victim, blaming others, yourself, the circumstances to a hero accepting responsibility. This puts you firmly in charge.

2. Brain freeze is a bio-neurological set back. Do not take it personally. You’re brain chemistry is rattling the cage. Take a moment to calm the agitation.

Give yourself a break literally. Take 1 – 5 minute break. VISUALIZE yourself with your completed project. In my case, my new couch at home. My older couch finding a new home. Everything stored and in it’s perfect place.

3. Once there, look around. What do you see? What do you hear? What could you smell, touch, and/or taste. Most importantly, how do you feel?

4. Breathe this in and smile. Take a deep breath and smile. By this time, you just might find that your brain has unlocked. Once your brain has unlocked, you’ll be able to prioritize, decide what’s next and get moving closer to your goal.

5. Now, take one item and only one item and complete the task. It doesn’t matter which item. The action of choosing one and completing it creates "success momentum."

Learn to focus on one activity at a time. Do it the best you can by remembering what works for you and practice taking small steps over and over. You will find that this simple exercise is translatable to so many other situations. You can move from being overwhelmed and reactive to getting what you love you really want.

Step by step you move closer to personal clarity and personal happiness.

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DecisionPoint Systems, Inc., a provider of enterprise mobility and RFID systems, today posted its first-quarter results for the three months ended March 31, 2012, reflecting an increase in sales and a narrowed quarterly loss.

Revenue was $17.8 million, compared to $12.8 million for the same period a year ago.

Gross profit was $3.8 million, compared to $2.3 million for the same period of 2011; gross profit margin was 21.1%, compared to 18.2% for the same period a year ago.

DecisionPoint reported a net loss of approximately $459,000, or a loss of $0.06 per share, compared to a net loss of $1.65 million, or $0.38 per share, in the same period a year ago.

As of March 31, 2012, the company had $5.1 million available under its revolving credit facility and a cash balance of approximately $0.5 million. The company reduced its term loan down to $1.75 million from $2.0 million at December 31, 2011.

“Strong execution and new product introductions led to record revenue and gross margin expansion in the first quarter of 2012,” Nicholas Toms, CEO of DecisionPoint stated in the press release. “Our field mobility solutions continue to gain traction with our wireless carrier partners and customers. The pipeline of opportunities in our retail and warehouse and distribution segments continues to expand. Our improving utilization and continuing focus on cost control combined with the ongoing shift in our revenue mix in favor of software and professional services resulted in gross margin gains that we believe are sustainable going forward.”

Toms reports that the company’s tablet-based assisted shopping solution continues to generate revenue and is gaining acceptance among consumers; combined with recently introduced packaged solutions to be sold through carrier partners, the company reaffirms its guidance that revenue will grow more than 25 percent in 2012.

“Retail solution sales have continued to bounce back as the industry is in the beginning stages of a technology upgrade that will enhance retailers’ own competitiveness,” Toms stated.

For more information visit www.decisionpt.com

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ProGaming Platforms has developed an ingenious framework for massive multiplayer online gaming that allows authenticated, head-to-head competitive play, with complete scoring, results, and stats. Able to function with almost any online skill game (and be licensed by any online gaming provider), the PPTF platform fuses pay-to-play online gaming with the ability for winners to receive monetary rewards, and all within a sophisticated architecture that prevents cheating and skill-level disparity, so that veterans cannot exploit novices (a common problem).

Complete with a proprietary billing system that is simple and easy to setup with third-party gaming servers (as well as typical commercial billing systems), the PPTF platform brings tight, zero-middleware accounting security together with the flexibility needed to handle multiple game types/billing scenarios (CTF, DM, TDM, etc.). A statistically determined ranking system is aggregated for each player based on accumulated data from play, this data is stored in a server side file, and the ranking system is then used to accurately/quickly pair opponents of similar skill levels, circumventing an age old problem in online gaming, while offering a silver-bullet solution that can supercharge the player base.

The real trick to getting a game viral is to have something players really enjoy and can come back for again and again. Competitive online gaming is already very popular and PPTF has a wonderful solution for easily getting players setup so they can simply pay a fee to compete and then potentially win back their entry fee, plus that of the opponent(s). This is an incredible draw; from bragging rights and the exhilaration of victory to rewards for success, the PPTF platform infuses existing games with functionality that most gamers will find irresistible.

With companies like Zynga (some 227M actively monthly users) looking to potentially get into online gambling (Mar 5 – CEO, Mark Pincus confirmed ZNGA plans to enter online gambling space), and the more recent announcement (Mar 21) of Zynga’s acquisition of extremely popular “Draw Something” (a sort of massively multiplayer Pictionary for the real-time connectivity age) developer, OMGPOP, for a reported $200M, the potential for PPTF is obvious. The $200M OMGPOP acquisition by ZNGA marks the largest move to date for ZYnga, which has dominated emergent mobile territory with leading products like “Words With Friends” (coming in at second largest purchase, with the $53M paid for publisher Newtoy, Inc. back in 2010), pushing serious user numbers thanks in large part to robust leveraging of Facebook and social media.

It’s a new age of gaming, with social networks and massively multiplayer environments drawing larger audiences as each day passes (especially in China where gaming industry growth has exploded alongside mobile usage and Internet availability). PPTF’s capacity to monetize on top of what is an extremely efficient framework for tying it all together, places the company in an ideal position to capture substantial market space should online gambling legalization really take off. The recent move by the Justice Department, reinterpreting the federal law that banned sports betting to more accurately address the new paradigm (since this isn’t sports betting, its head-to-head real-time competition between players), has caused investors eyes to light up, as 20 states move to open up the market by legalizing online gambling.

The domestic and global potential is certainly there for PPTF and with ZNGA (market cap upwards of $11B, with $2B in cash on the sheet) eyeing potential acquisitions, the PPTF platform’s broad appeal to players as a strong benchmark and way to make money playing video games, is very attractive. To a $35B global market ready for carving, the technology PPTF has created is a sharp knife, bringing real-time statistical tracking of scores and rigorous security together with a sophisticated enough software apparatus to seamlessly address the payment/billing required. The $5-6B poker market currently ends up overseas and there is a vast array of existing skill based games already designed to be competitive, they just lack a wagering structure.

Between the more traditional gaming spaces and the sprawling, rapidly evolving mobile space dominated by social media integration, there is plenty of room for PPTF’s technology to be applied for some truly amazing results that have yet to even be considered. Indeed, the technology has the potential to create a whole new standard and the fairness of the environment it creates, as well as the transparency in score keeping, appeals to gamers in ways you’d almost have to be a gamer to fully appreciate. Needless to say however, the enhanced experience for the end users, where the chance at monetary reward for a nominal entrance fee is as close as skill can take them, should be immediately obvious to any investor. Simply by integrating the PPTF platform games become better products that are more appropriately aligned to the target market’s demands.

PPTF isn’t waiting around for larger players to pick up the ball and run with it though. With newer racing games coming down the pipe and more of them in recent years, like publisher EA’s Need for Speed franchise, there is even more room for growth now, and PPTF’s platform is readily extensible to new engines/games that are developed. This extensibility means the platform can grow as the market grows, taking advantage of new territory, whether it is in the more traditional hardware space or the latest tablet/mobile game.

For additional information, visit the company’s websites at www.ProGamingCorp.com and www.ProGamingCorp.info

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Moments ago, Dynasty Limousine, a full service Luxury Transportation and Limousine firm covering the southeast United States, released its quarterly report for Q1 2012.

The period represents the best start in the company’s 14-year history. Revenues, net profit, and assets were up over the same period one year ago.

“Dynasty added many new vehicles to its fleet in the latter part of 2011 and this helped contribute to a great start in 2012,” stated Pierce Fleming, Dynasty’s CFO. “Our clients are excited about our new offerings, and we have plans to further upgrade our fleet and services throughout the year. We are continuing to offer the highest level of service that Dynasty is known for, even as the company grows and adds additional clients. We would like to thank our professional team of dispatchers, chauffeurs, and office personnel for providing a great experience to our valued customers.”

Those who wish to access the full report and information disclosure can do so via the following link: http://www.otcmarkets.com/financialReportViewer?symbol=DNYS&id=81411

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Vision Industries’ recent announcement that it has finalized a purchase order agreement with Total Transportation Services, Inc. (TTSI) represents a major step for the Gardena, California, company. Vision is a developer of zero emission electric/hydrogen hybrid powered vehicles and turnkey hydrogen fueling systems. The agreement with TTSI, one of the largest delivery carriers in Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach, calls for an initial purchase from Vision of 100 Tyrano Class 8 Trucks, the nation’s first street legal zero emission Class 8 hydrogen/electric hybrid GVWR (Gross Vehicle Weight Rating) truck. The agreement also allows TTSI to purchase an additional 300 Vision trucks, which would bring the total value of the contract to approximately $108 million.

Vision’s proprietary electric/hydrogen hybrid drive system combines the acceleration of a battery powered electric vehicle with the extended range provided by a hydrogen fuel cell. The result is vehicles having superior pulling capabilities, extended range, and lower lifetime cost of ownership. On a per mile basis, Vision heavy-duty Class 8 trucks are substantially less expensive to operate than diesel or natural gas powered trucks, offering a per mile cost savings of around 35% to 45%.

Vision CEO, Martin Schuermann, said of the agreement: “It has been a long road from our letter of intent signed a year ago to the closing of definite agreements. However, it was a very productive process in which we could identify specific needs of the trucking industry and translate those needs into our technology.”

The company also offers the Zero Emission Terminal Tractor (ZETT) electric/hydrogen hybrid, a terminal tractor designed to work a double shift before refueling. The ZETT is jointly developed by Vision and the Capacity of Texas.

For additional information on Vision Industries, visit the company’s website at www.VisionIndustriesCorp.com or www.VisionMotorCorp.com

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Maxygen announced that it will receive a $30.0 million payment from Bayer HealthCare LLC in connection with Bayer’s clinical development of a recombinant factor VIIa product candidate for the treatment of hemophilia. Maxygen sold the recombinant factor VIIa product candidate (previously designated by Maxygen as MAXY-VII) to Bayer in July 2008 for an upfront cash payment of $90.0 million. The purchase included all of its other hematology assets.

As of Monday, the additional $30.0 million contingent payment was based on the product candidate’s further development by Bayer and was also subject to the satisfaction of certain patent related conditions – all of which have been satisfied. Maxygen is not eligible for any further payments from Bayer related to these assets.

“The receipt of the full payment from Bayer represents a significant milestone in our continuing efforts to maximize returns for our stockholders,” said James Sulat, Chief Executive Officer of Maxygen. “We congratulate our colleagues at Bayer for this achievement and are pleased to see a program originally developed by Maxygen continue in clinical development.”

At March 31, 2012, Maxygen held approximately $155.3 million in cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments. As of April 30, 2012, the company had 27,756,742 outstanding shares of common stock.

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International Stem Cell Corp. this morning announced that several of its leading scientists will be presenting experimental results from three of ISCO’s pre-clinical therapeutic programs at the 15th Annual Meeting of American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy, in Philadelphia at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 17th.

Firstly, the application of A9 dopaminergic neurons derived from human parthenogenetic stem cells (hpSC) for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. Demonstrating functional dopaminergic neurons in vivo represents an important milestone towards the goal of creating well characterized populations of cells that could be used to develop a treatment for Parkinson’s.

Secondly, the differentiation of hpSC and embryonic stem cells into cornea-like constructs for use in transplantation therapy and the in vitro study of ocular drug absorption. There are approximately ten million people worldwide who are blind as a result of damage to their cornea. Generating human corneas from a pluripotent stem cell source should increase the likelihood that people will receive treatment in the future even in the absence of suitable tissue from eye banks.

Lastly, the in vivo and in vitro characterization of immature hepatocyte derived from hpSC. Such cells could be used to develop a treatment for individuals with a liver that has been damaged by disease or sufferers of genetic disorders that inhibit normal liver function. In both cases, implanting healthy hepatocyte cells could treat the underlying disease and prolong the life of the individual.

“These results not only show the progress we have made in these important programs, but also demonstrate the broad application of human parthenogenetic stem cells in the development of treatments for incurable diseases,” stated Dr. Ruslan Semechkin, Vice President of Research and Development.

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VolitionRX, a life sciences company focused on developing blood-based diagnostic tests, today announced it has raised $1.0 million through the closure of a private placement of 582,510 shares at $1.75 per share. The company will use the proceeds in part to fund clinical trials of VolitionRX’s first NuQ™ test kits.

The funds are allocated to initial clinical trials of VolitionRX’s NuQ kits, blood-based diagnostic tests based on VolitionRX’s Nucleosomics technology; as well as for ongoing capital needs.

“We’re delighted that we have raised over $1 million, which will allow us to begin clinical trials of our tests, both in-house and in independent external trials in multiple centers across Europe and the rest of the world,” Cameron Reynolds, CEO of VolitionRX stated in the press release. “We are very encouraged by the promising results we’ve seen in initial validations of our NuQ tests and are hopeful that we’ll see similarly good results in larger clinical trials.”

The deal also entitles the holder to one share of common stock and a warrant to purchase a half share of common stock at $2.60 per share valid for four years.

In addition to the capital raised, 13 parties comprised of directors, employees, and consultants converted salaries and outstanding debt owed to them by VolitionRX on the same terms, for a total of $184,776.74.

For more information visit www.volitionrx.com

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Data Storage, a provider of cloud storage and cloud computing focused on data protection and business continuity solutions, today announced it has completed the first two phases of its three-phased expansion plan for its Waltham data center facility.

The company says the phase 1 and 2 completions more than triple the company’s existing footprint with the additional installation of IBM’s iSeries High Availability and Disaster Recovery server hardware and the new IBM iSeries Hosted Cloud solution.

In addition to the added High Availability and Disaster Recovery capacity upgrades, the expansion also greatly increases the company’s cloud-based offsite storage and data vaulting capabilities, which opens the door for opportunities within highly regulated industries such as finance and healthcare, where the need for storage on physical media is often inadequate, and exposes media to loss, theft, and degradation.

“Demand for our hosted solution offerings, especially in HA and DR services geared towards SMB customers, has grown significantly over the past year,” Matthew Grosso, executive vice president and CTO at Data Storage stated in the press release. “The completion of our phase 1 & 2 expansion in Waltham is just another step in our multi-year roadmap as we plan to meet greater demands for our High Availability and Disaster Recovery services. These expansions will enable us to roll out additional cloud services over the coming months.”

For more information visit www.datastoragecorp.com

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GlobalWise Investments, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Intellinetics, provides cloud-based ECM (Enterprise Content Management) solutions to both public and private sectors in the U.S., and is now beginning to expand outside the country. In late April, the company announced a channel partnership with SOIN Integrales, a partnership that expands GlobalWise sales opportunities into Latin America. It’s just one of many partnerships that GlobalWise believes will result in triple-digit growth for the next several years:

• May 2, 2012 – Channel Sales Partnership announced with eVero Corporation, opening up opportunities in the health and human services industries
• April 17, 2012 – Channel Sales Partnership with FormFast, expanding product scope into healthcare
• April 10, 2012 – Membership with Center for Digital Education, expanding K-12 educational solutions
• April 3, 2012 – Channel Sales Partnership with ImageSoft, opening up new client possibilities throughout North America
• March 27, 2012 – Channel Sales Partnership with B2B Computer Products, with 35 distribution centers throughout the U.S.
• March 6, 2012 – Channel Sales Partnership with Primary Solutions, serving the developmentally disabled community throughout Ohio

The expansion of partnerships is not the only anticipated driver of sales for GlobalWise. Cloud computing is itself rapidly expanding, as evidenced by IBM Market Insights’ prediction that the adoption of cloud computing will grow by 26% CAGR between 2010 and 2013.

In addition, the ECM industry continues to grow, predicted by Gartner to expand beyond $5.7 billion by 2014 with a compound annual growth rate of 10.1%. The company’s flagship Intellivue™ product has experienced great success in its target markets by building on-demand process solution templates pre-configured with 90% best-practice for immediate economic and improved operational impact. Intellinetics is specifically targeting the largely underserved small-to-mid sized business marketplace with its cloud-based Intellivue™ ECM product line and distinctive Channel/OEM distribution model.

For additional information on GlobalWiseInvestments, visit the company’s website at www.GlobalWiseInvestments.com

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The risk off trade (sell everything) continued to extend to gold today as worries over the European debt crisis mounted. Continued political gridlock in Greece and problems in the Spanish banking system fed the doubts about the continent’s economic viability and that of its currency, the euro, in its current state. Gold moved higher earlier this year, along with other riskier assets like stocks, as investors thought the euro crisis was receding.

Spot gold hit a 4 ½ month low on Monday, dipping down to $1559.81 an ounce, its lowest point since December 2011. Gold closed in New York on Friday at $1,578.30. An analyst at Commerzbank, Daniel Briesemann, spoke about gold’s current weakness, “Gold is under severe pressure. The US dollar is being seen as a safe haven at the moment and as long as the dollar is appreciating against the euro this is clearly weighing on the gold price.”

With the current trend in place, most market analysts think that gold could test the $1500 an ounce level fairly soon. A dip below that price is also possible as long as the US dollar remains strong against the euro thanks to the European debt crisis. The euro fell to near a four-month low against the dollar, which rose against a basket of currencies. Since commodities like gold are priced in dollars, any rise in the dollar’s value usually implies weakness in commodity prices.

Also weighing on the sentiment for the precious metal, investors in gold futures and options cut their net long positions by 20 percent to the lowest level since December 2008. However, in the actual physical market for gold there is better news. Jewelry makers and buyers of gold bullion seem to be taking advantage of the fall in prices and are stepping up their buying. Physical gold dealers say that “supply is a bit tight in the physical market.”

Overall though, as long as the US dollar retains its current strength, gold prices should continue to drift lower in the days ahead.

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American Standard Energy reported a sharp year-over-year increase in oil and gas revenues in the first quarter of 2012. The company also confirmed progress on the exploration and development of onshore oil and gas assets.

American Standard Energy reported oil and gas sales of $5 million in the quarter ending March 31, 2012, up 109% from the $2.4 million recorded in the corresponding quarter of 2011. The company said that the increase was due to many factors, including higher production and higher realized prices for crude oil.

American Standard Energy reported production of 68,137 barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) in the most recent quarter, up 61% from the first quarter of 2012. The production level was higher due mostly to an acquisition of producing properties that the company made last year.

American Standard Energy continued to acquire acreage and increased its leasehold to 112,400 acres during the first quarter of 2012. The additional acreage was located in the Williston Basin and Permian Basin.

American Standard Energy spent $67.1 million in capital during the first quarter of 2012, with $57.4 million devoted to leasehold acquisitions, and the balance related to drilling and other development activities.

For more information on the company, go to www.asenergycorp.com

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ISCO has formed a triple bottom pattern with support at 40 cents. There is more support down at 34 cents, but the 40 cent mark has produced two bounces in excess of 50 percent (to $0.68 and $0.65) in the last five months. Technical traders will be watching closely for the pattern to repeat.

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Cover-All Technologies, a Delaware corporation and leading developer of sophisticated software solutions for the property and casualty insurance industry, announced its business intelligence (BI) solution, NexGen Business Intelligence, has been included in a Novarica report profiling insurance BI solutions. Novarica is a research and advisory firm focused on insurance technology strategy. The report, “Business Intelligence Solutions for U.S. Insurers 2012 (Q1),” profiles 19 vendors that currently offer BI solutions. The report describes the growing importance of BI and key areas of use by property/casualty insurance companies.

According to Martina Conlon, principal for Novarica’s insurance team and author of the report, many insurers today are recognizing the value of leveraging their internal data to improve their business, and they are investing accordingly. BI supplies historical, current, and predictive views of business operations by utilizing data to analyze information, make decisions, and manage performance.

The profile of Cover-All Technologies particularly notes NexGen Business Intelligence’s “…over 150 measures that can be sliced and diced using over 90 dimensions” and the fact that six insurers in the United States currently rely on the solution.

Cover-All’s BI was created to offer a proven, scalable, modern, and transformative solution for organizations seeking to unlock and leverage the value of their information. Cover-All Technologies feels that being featured in the Novarica report is a beneficial step in sharing with the industry all the benefits of its comprehensive insurance-specific BI solution, including features like prebuilt key performance indicators and drill down capabilities.

Since 1981, Cover-All Technologies has been a leading developer of sophisticated software solutions for the property and casualty insurance industry. The company was the first to deliver PC-based commercial insurance rating and policy issuance software. Cover-All is presently building on its reputation of offering quality insurance solutions, a knowledgeable staff, and superior customer service by creating new, innovative insurance solutions that leverage current technologies and give customers outstanding capabilities and value. The company continues its tradition of developing technology solutions that revolutionize the way the business of property and casualty insurance is conducted.

For more information, visit www.cover-all.com

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Quasar Aerospace Industries just announced that after a meeting of the majority of shareholders and the Board of Directors, the company has reduced the total number of shares authorized to four hundred and seventy-five million (475,000,000).

According to the press release issued this morning, Quasar Aerospace felt that the share reduction was prudent at this time. The company stated that it will continue to look to align its share structure and capitalization more appropriately; including the conversion terms of the preferred shares.

Quasar Aerospace also reminded the investment company of its announced conference call scheduled for Wednesday May 16, 2012, at 2:30 p.m. EDT. Those interested in participating should dial +1 (712) 432-0900, then enter the participant access code, 497592#, when prompted. Participants are encouraged to access the call at least five minutes before it is to begin. A playback of the call will be available later at +1 (712) 432-0990.

To learn more about the company, visit www.quasaraero.com

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Quasar Aerospace Industries is an integrated aviation/aerospace corporation focused on executing an innovative and highly synergistic business strategy to develop competitive aircraft and train aircraft pilots. By combining several businesses in the aviation/aerospace industry with an integrated and self-supporting network, the company will be able to operate in a more complex environment and achieve greater success.

Rather than forcing acquired business to conform to a master corporate plan, Quasar allows these entities to retain their operational independence and unique corporate cultures. In doing so, the resources, talents, insight, experience, and market potential of each will be supported and enhanced in a cooperative process, leading to increased productivity, efficiency, and scalable economies for increased profitability and market relevance.

Quasar’s strategic vision is centered on two core principles: (1) a phased approach to the development of individual acquisitions and opportunities to insure early profitability and minimize financial risk through time, and (2) the development of an integrated network of companies whose synergies will enhance profitability throughout the company. Quasar targets companies with a proven track record and significant consolidated cash flow to expand its business with the support of positive consolidated cash flow from day one.

Quasar currently owns Atlantic Aviation, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary that provides high-quality flight training programs; Quasar Aircraft Corporation, a wholly owned Nevada corporation; A-Cent Aviation, a wholly owned subsidiary recognized as a leader in pilot training, aircraft sales, and aircraft management in the Colorado Springs area; and Corporate Air Repair, LLC, a provider of aircraft maintenance and repair services (Quasar owns 1/3).

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