deCODE genetics Inc. (DCGN)

Stock Stars, Growth Stock Wire, and Knobias reported earlier on deCODE genetics Inc. (DCGN) and today we highlight the company here at the QualityStocks Daily Newsletter.

Trading on the NASDAQ Global Market, deCODE genetics Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company working to develop diagnostics and drugs for common diseases. They are accomplishing this by applying their discoveries in human genetics to this process. The company has their headquarters in Reykjavik, Iceland.

deCODE is a leader in gene discovery and their approach and resources have enabled them to isolate key genes contributing to diseases, from cardiovascular disease to cancer. These genes are providing the company with drug targets rooted in the basic biology of diseases. Through the work of their laboratory, deCODE is offering a range of DNA-based tests for gauging risk and providing for the prevention of common diseases. These tests include deCODE T2™ for type 2 diabetes; deCODE AF™ for atrial fibrillation and stroke; deCODE MI™ for heart attack; deCODE ProCa™ for prostate cancer; and deCODE Glaucoma™ for a major type of glaucoma.

The company is also using their expertise in human genetics, and integrated drug discovery and development capabilities, to offer other products and services. These are in DNA-based diagnostics, bioinformatics, genotyping, structural biology, drug discovery and clinical development. They provide these services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. They offer these services through their subsidiary deCODE chemistry, based outside Chicago, and deCODE biostructures, based near Seattle. Their subsidiary Encode, established in 1999 in Reykjavik offers a complete range of clinical services, including information-rich clinical trials.

deCODE announced yesterday that their scientists, and colleagues at Radboud University Medical Center in the Netherlands, reported the discovery of two common single-letter variants in the human genome (SNPs) that confer increased risk of urinary bladder cancer. These are the best-replicated genetic variants ever linked to bladder cancer risk. This study analyzed genotypic data from over 40,000 patients and controls from Iceland, the Netherlands, and eight other European countries. The variants will be integrated into the deCODEme™ personal genome scan.

Today, deCODE genetics Inc. (DCGN) closed at $0.69 down $0.16 or 18.82 percent. Volume was 961,515 for a 3-month average volume of 195,365. The 52-week range for the stock is $0.77 to $4.41.

FutureNow Group Inc. (FUTR)

Penny Stock Perfection and BestDamn PennyStocks reported today, Alphatrade did earlier, and today we are highlighting FutureNow Group Inc. (FUTR) here at the QualityStocks Daily Newsletter.

FutureNow, Inc. began in 1998 as a kitchen table operation in Brooklyn, New York. Today, the companyb founded by Bryan and Jeffrey Eisenberg, is a New York City based interactive marketing optimization firm. The company has achieved recognition as a leading solutions provider for increasing online conversion rates, accountable multi-channel marketing, and web analytics. The company trades on the OTCBB and has a market capitalization of $15.32 million.

The company helps enterprises market better with their patent-pending Persuasion Architecture® methodology. They also do so through their online marketing optimization services. FutureNow helps clients achieve their offline and online marketing goals. They work to convert a company's online traffic into leads, subscriptions, and sales. They have helped companies like Dell Computers, Overstock.com, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, NBC Universal, Logoworks by HP, Everbank, CardScan, Southern Company, CafePress.com, LowerMyBills, Agora Publishing, and RADirect to market better and improve online results.

The company provides optimization consulting, software, training, and website and campaign assessments. For long-term projects with enterprises, they offer continuing optimization consulting. They also provide free resources, low cost resources, and full Persuasion Architecture® planning for websites and marketing and branding campaigns.

FutureNow's Persuasion Architecture is a framework, methodology, and software tool for companies. It is for planning, building, and optimizing persuasive systems on-line and off-line. It helps their clients' document every assumption based on their customers' personal motivations. It measures scenarios and optimizes strategies based on those predictions using their Web analytics scenario language. FutureNow and their offerings have received recognition from the Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur Magazine, Internet Retailer, Marketing Sherpa, ClickZ, Inc. Magazine, as well as Forbes.

Last week, FutureNow announced that they entered into a new business relationship with Dutch company Orange Valley. Orange Valley will represent FutureNow's Persuasion Architecture® methodology and software in The BeNeLux. Orange Valley is an Internet marketing consultancy and software distributor. A group of web analysts, bloggers, and business consultants recently founded Orange Valley. Orange Valley will offer Persuasion Architecture® consulting to clients in their territory and will collaborate to offer FutureNow's software-as-a-service solution in the coming year.

Today, FutureNow announced that they are increasing their ownership in Alkemi International, Ltd., a joint venture established in 2007. Alkemi and FutureNow joined forces to aggressively market services to the Australian and New Zealand markets. FutureNow extended to Alkemi a limited-term exclusive territory licensing agreement. FutureNow will now increase their equity participation in Alkemi.

FutureNow Group Inc. (FUTR) closed today's session at $0.19 up 2.70 percent. Volume was 418,323 for a 3-month average volume of 64,516.90. The stock's 52-week spread is $0.10 to $1.50.

Napster Inc. (NAPS)

StockEgg.com reported today, Street Insider, Knobias, and InvestorPlace.com did previously, and today we are highlighting Napster Inc. (NAPS) as well here at the QualityStocks Daily Newsletter.

Trading on the NASDAQ Global Market, Napster Inc. offers interactive music services enabling music fans to sample, listen to, subscribe to, and purchase from online music catalogs using secure and legal platforms. Founded in 2000, Napster has their corporate headquarters in Los Angeles, California. They also have offices in London, San Diego, and New York.

The company focuses on their online music distribution business under their Napster brand name. They have broad content agreements with the five major record labels, and numerous independent labels. Napster provides their customers with access to the largest catalog of online music, covering all musical genres. The company's music subscription service offers unlimited access to radio, billboard charts, and advanced discovery, community, and programming features. They provide all of this in an advertising-free environment.

Napster To Go subscribers can perform unlimited transfer of music to compatible MP3 players, CDs, PCs, music-enabled cellular phones, and digital media devices for the home. Napster also offers an a la carte download store, Napster Light. Napster has a partnership with Ericsson to introduce Napster Mobile, a complete, feature-rich service that provides customers the ability to purchase artist images, ring tones, and full-length songs for their mobile handsets.

The company is also working with XM Satellite Radio to offer the first online service to provide a single interface for accessing, purchasing, and downloading music heard from XM and Napster. Napster currently offers their service in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Japan.

Today, retailer Best Buy Co. Inc said they plan to buy Napster Inc. for $121 million in cash. Best Buy said they would pay $2.65 per share. The companies' said the proposed acquisition includes Napster's approximately 700,000 subscribers, their Web-based customer service, and mobile capabilities.

Today, Napster Inc. (NAPS) closed at $2.53 up $1.17 or 86.03 percent. Volume was 20,442,982, significantly greater than their 3-month average volume of 200,815. The stock's 52-week range is $1.03 to $3.71.

U.S. Precious Metals Inc. (USPR)

Standout Stocks reported today, Micro-Cap Opportunity, Green Baron, Kaboom Stocks, HotOTC.com, OTC Picks did earlier, and today we highlight U.S. Precious Metals Inc. (USPR) here at the QualityStocks Daily Newsletter.

U.S. Precious Metals Inc. engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties. Headquartered in Celebration, Florida, the company trades on the OTCBB and concentrates their activities on properties in Mexico. Their goal is to acquire prospective gold and silver mineral assets in the country. The company also actively works to discover, acquire, and define gold and other valuable metals deposits, in the U.S., as well as throughout the Americas.

Founded in 1998, U.S. Precious Metals concentrates their efforts on mineral resources mainly located in the southern portion of the states of Michoacán and Sonora, Mexico. In fact, the company owns exploration concessions to the Solidaridad properties located in Michoacán, Mexico. The Solidaridad project is a significant gold, silver, and copper resource located south of the city of Morelia. In 2007, roads were improved and there was the establishment of a metallurgical lab and a warehouse to store and analyze drill cores in Morelia. In early 2008, a drilling campaign began to establish the parameters of the surface mineralization in the area.

U.S. Precious Metals Inc. also owns interest in the El Diamante gold and silver mining property in southern Michoacan, Mexico. They hold an option to conduct geological studies on six mining claims near Caborca in Sonora, Mexico. In addition, they hold an option to acquire exploration rights on La Ceibra property, located in Sonora as well.

Today, the company's CEO and Chairman of the Board, M. Jack Kugler, announced that the results of the drilling campaign initiated in February 2008 has shown there are proven and probable reserves in the company's mining concession in Southern Michoacan, Mexico. Mr. Kugler stated that he is extremely pleased with the results thus far, and is optimistic as the drilling campaign continues. Applied Minerals, hired by U.S. Precious Metals to provide an Ore Reserve Report, indicated that there is sufficient drill and assay information to provide a proven reserve figure for the drilling completed thus far. The veins represent an estimated 5-acre area of the concession, which is 42,000 acres in size.

U.S. Precious Metals Inc. (USPR) closed trading today at $0.35, which was down $0.04 or 10.26 percent. Volume was 267,230 for a 3-month average volume of 78,840. The 52-week range is $0.14 to $1.31.

Xenonics Holdings Inc. (XNN)

Knobias reported on Xenonics Holdings Inc. (XNN) and today we choose to report on the company as well here at the QualityStocks Daily Newsletter.

Founded in 1996 and listed on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX), Xenonics Holdings Inc. (XNN) develops and produces advanced, lightweight, and compact ultra-high intensity illumination and low-light vision products. Headquartered in Carlsbad, California, Xenonics makes their products for military, law enforcement, public safety, and commercial and private sector applications.

Through their patented technologies, Xenonics provides their customers the products they need so they can see farther and perform their duties more efficiently and safely. All branches of the U.S. Armed Forces use Xenonics' NightHunter® line of illumination products. In addition, law enforcement and security agencies do as well. The company designed their SuperVision® night vision device for commercial and military applications.

Their SuperVision® night vision device is a hand-held, lightweight, high-definition night vision system. It utilizes an advanced multispectral CCD sensor and proprietary digital signal processor to transform ambient light that is invisible to the naked eye into a sharp and clear digital video image on an HDTV display. This offers a user resolution, clarity, range, and up to 8 times zoom capability.

An investigator for the U.S. Forest Service reported to Xenonics recently about his experience with the company's patented SuperVision high-definition night vision device. "Without SuperVision, we would have missed a 60 pound narcotics exchange, the subsequent arrest of four individuals, and the seizure of two firearms. We purchased a SuperVision to support our night operations in large marijuana grow sites deep in the mountains of northern California," the investigator wrote.

Xenonics CEO Chuck Hunter said, "This is typical of the feedback we receive from police and public safety officers representing more than 80 departments around the country. SuperVision delivers the nighttime surveillance capabilities our customers have long been looking for, but could not find before even with the most expensive Gen 3 equipment. SuperVision is proving itself in the field to be an invaluable tool that helps police and public safety officers perform their difficult jobs better, easier and safer."

Recently, the company announced higher revenue and a smaller net loss for the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2008 compared to the same periods of last year. For the three months ended June 30, 2008, the net loss was $783,000, or $0.04 per share, compared to a net loss of $1,952,000, or $0.11 per share, for the third quarter of fiscal 2007. Revenue increased 85 percent to $1,892,000 compared to $1,023,000 last year. For the first nine months of fiscal 2008, the net loss decreased to $249,000, or $0.01 per share, versus a net loss of $2,534,000, or $0.14 per share, for last year's first nine months. Revenue for this period increased 153 percent to $9,074,000 compared to $3,585,000 for the same period last year.

Xenonics Holdings Inc. (XNN) closed today at $1.00, which was down $0.09 or 8.26 percent. Volume for the stock was 2,592 for a 3-month average volume of 33,933.80. The 52-week range is $0.70 to $2.35.

Butler National Corp. (BUKS)

Today we are highlighting Butler National Corp. (BUKS) here at the QualityStocks Daily Newsletter.

Trading on the OTCBB, Butler National Corporation operates in the Aerospace and Services business segments. Established in 1968, the company has their corporate headquarters in Olathe, Kansas. Butler is part of the Aerospace/Defense Products and Services industry in the Industrial Goods sector.

Butler's Aerospace segment focuses on manufacturing support systems for "Classic" commercial and military aircraft. These include the Butler National Transient Suppression Device (TSD) for installation on the Boeing 737 and 747 Classic aircraft, switching equipment for Boeing/Douglas Aircraft, and weapon control systems for Boeing Helicopter. These support systems also include performance enhancement structural modifications for Learjet, Cessna, Dassault, and Hawker/Beechcraft business aircraft. The company's Services segment includes electronic monitoring of water pumping stations, temporary employee services, Indian gaming services and administrative management services.

The company has their Avcon Industries Inc. subsidiary in Newton, Kansas. Avcon modifies business and cargo type aircraft at their facility in Newton. The modifications include aircraft conversion from passenger to freighter configuration, addition of aerial photography capability, stability enhancing modifications for Learjets, and other special mission modifications.

The company also has their Butler National Corporation in Tempe, Arizona. Butler National Corporation’s Avionics manufacturing plant produces UL certified products and has both military and FAA manufacturing and repair certifications. The switching units produced by this subsidiary are to switch the presentation to the flight crew from one radio system to another, from one navigational system to another, and to switch instruments in an aircraft.

Butler National Services Inc, the company's subsidiary in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, is their environmental monitoring segment. They engage in the sale of monitoring and control equipment, and the sale of monitoring services for water and wastewater remote pumping stations via electronic surveillance by radio or telephone. This subsidiary contracts with government and private owners of water and wastewater remote pumping stations to provide monitoring and preventive maintenance services.

BCS Design Inc. is Butler's architecture and engineering subsidiary. They provide architecture, structural engineering, and graphic design services. This subsidiary began in 1997, and their clients take part in the complete building design process with them.

Today, Butler National Corporation announced their financial results for the first quarter fiscal 2009 for the period ended July 31, 2008. Sales for the fiscal quarter-ended July 31, 2008, increased 11 percent to $5.2 million compared to $4.7 million for the same period in fiscal 2008. Net income increased 37 percent to $318,000 compared to $232,000 for the same period in the last fiscal year.

Butler National Corp. (BUKS) closed today's session at $0.32 down $0.02 or 5.88 percent. Volume was 21,200 for a 3-month average volume of 25,749.20. The 52-week range is $0.25 to $0.58.

Capstone Turbine Corp. (CPST)

Small Cap Investor, Micro-Cap Opportunity, and Small Cap Stock Analyst all reported earlier on Capstone Turbine Corp. (CPST) and today we are highlighting the company here at the QualityStocks Daily Newsletter.

Capstone Turbine Corp. is a manufacturer of low-emission microturbine systems, which they market commercially. Incorporated in California in 1988, the company's first ten years of operation saw them mainly involved in research and development. Headquartered in Chatsworth, California, they trade on NASDAQ, and went public on June 29, 2000. The company has sales and/or service centers in New Jersey, New York, Mexico City, Milan, Nottingham, Shanghai, and Tokyo.

Capstone Turbine's systems have the distinction of logging millions of documented runtime operating hours. The applications served include Combined Heat and Power (CHP); Combined Cooling, Heating, and Power (CCHP); Biogas and Oil and Gas Resource Recovery, and Secure Power. The company is part of the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Combined Heat and Power Partnership. This partnership is for the improvement of U.S. energy infrastructure, and for reducing emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases.

The company's Capstone MicroTurbine™ is a compact, turbine generator that provides electricity onsite, or close to the point where required. Their MicroTurbine is suitable for remote locations and city centers. It delivers efficient, clean, high quality power from a wide variety of fuels. These include Low Pressure Natural Gas, High Pressure Natural Gas, Compressed Natural Gas, Diesel, Gaseous Propane, Kerosene, "Sour" Gas, Landfill Gas, and Digester Gas. They designed their MicroTurbine to offer reliable small-scale power production. Product features include maintenance-free air bearings, low emissions of non-catalyzed fossil fuel combustion, and digital power conversion. Capstone MicroTurbines produce alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC) power.

Capstone Turbine has shipped over 4,000 Capstone MicroTurbine® systems to customers worldwide through their distributors, dealers, and original equipment manufacturer integrators. The company announced on June 30, 2008 the signing of a new distributor agreement with Ecodyne-Pacific Rim, Inc. This is for all of Capstone’s applications and market segments, except Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEV), for Alaska.

On September 12, Capstone Turbine announced that they signed a supply agreement with Barber-Nichols, Inc. for Capstone’s air bearing technology. This is for use in non-competitive equipment manufactured and sold by Barber-Nichols. Under the agreement, Capstone will be the exclusive supplier for air bearing technology to Barber-Nichols. Barber-Nichols will have the right to incorporate Capstone air bearing components in non-competing applications and products they design, manufacture, and sell.

Today, Capstone Turbine Corp. (CPST) closed at $1.75, which was down $0.13 or 6.91 percent. Volume was 2,512,308 for a 3-month average volume of 4,673,580. The stock's 52-week range is $1.02 to $4.42.

China Energy Recovery Inc. (CGYV)

SmallCap Voice, Knobias, SmallCap Network, OTC Journal, and MicroCap Press all reported today on China Energy Recovery Inc. (CGYV) and we are as well here at the QualityStocks Daily Newsletter.

China Energy Recovery Inc. is an international leader in energy recovery systems, with a primary focus on the Chinese market. The company has their headquarters in Shanghai and they design, fabricate, implement, and service energy recovery systems. Their technology captures industrial waste energy to produce low cost electrical power. Their system can capture and reuse over 90 percent of the energy that would otherwise be lost. This allows manufacturers to reduce their energy costs, lessen their emissions footprint, and generate sellable emissions credits.

The company focuses their efforts on the petrochemical, paper manufacturing, coke processing, steel, cement, and refining/power generation industries. China Energy Recovery's systems aid in reducing sulfur dioxide emissions. The company is responsible for successfully installing one hundred energy recovery systems in China and internationally. Their systems are in Egypt, Turkey, Korea, Vietnam and Malaysia. They intend to expand their marketing to customers in North America and Europe.

The company has made a commitment to continued investment in Research and Development. Their corporate plan is to build China's first state-of-the-art energy-recovery system research and fabrication facility. This is to allow them to meet the increased demand for their goods and services. The company's mission is to expand their technology so they can provide solutions for other inefficient energy intensive industrial processes.

Last Friday, the company announced that they expect to hit record backlog orders for their fiscal year 2008. They expect to reach record revenues for 2008 with the outlook for 2009 continuing in an upward trend. China Energy Recovery CEO, Mr. Qinghuan Wu said, "We’re very pleased to see such widespread and growing interest in our systems. Our product is catching on with customers in our traditional sectors such as industrial chemicals, but we’re also experiencing considerable growth in new industries such as biomass. And we expect our markets to continue to expand"

Total contract values for backlog orders received and planned for completion during 2008 are close to US$16 million. This is almost a 115 percent increase over the same period in 2007.

China Energy Recovery Inc. (CGYV) closed today at $3.27 down $0.13 or 3.82 percent. Volume was 115,164 for a 3-month average volume of 8,690.77. The stock's 52-week spread is $0.54 to $12.90.