Pilgrim's Pride Corporation (PPC)

Hototc reported today, Knobias, Trading Markets did recently, and we are reporting on Pilgrim's Pride Corporation (PPC) too, here at the QualityStocks Daily Newsletter.

Trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and founded in 1945, Pilgrim's Pride Corporation is the largest chicken company in the U.S. and the second largest in Mexico . Headquartered in Pittsburg , Texas , the Company employs approximately 53,500 people in the United Sates and Mexico . Pilgrim's Pride has the capacity to process more than 45 million chickens per week for more than 9 billion pounds of poultry per year. Their net sales for fiscal year 2007 amounted to $7.6 billion.

The company has major facilities in Texas , Alabama , Arkansas , Florida , Georgia , Kentucky , Louisiana , North Carolina , Pennsylvania , South Carolina , Tennessee , Virginia , West Virginia , Puerto Rico, and Mexico . They also have associated facilities in Arizona and Utah . The Company's target markets are foodservice, retail, and frozen entrée customers. They distribute their products through retailers, foodservice distributors, and restaurants throughout the United States , Puerto Rico, and in the northern and central regions of Mexico . Pilgrim's Pride owns and operates 33 chicken processing plants in the United States and three in Mexico . They also have 12 prepared-foods plants and roughly 6,400 growers supply poultry for the Company's operations. In addition, they own and operate 8 distribution centers in the U.S. and 18 in Mexico .

The company's Pittsburg, Texas distribution center features a fully automated, 40-million-pound capacity freezer, featuring RFID and GPS technologies, which allow for worldwide inventory tracking. Their Mt. Pleasant , Texas prepared-foods plant is one of the largest in the United States . It has the capability to produce 2,000 different products and more than 7 million pounds of finished goods per week. Pilgrim's Live Oak, Florida facility features advanced air-chilling technology to process chickens that are antibiotic-free and raised on an all-vegetable diet. The company also has their Pilgrim's Feed operation, which manufactures more than 155,000 tons of high-quality bulk and bagged feed annually for livestock and show animals.

Pilgrim's Pride produces 42 million dozen table eggs per year. They have the ability to produce up to one million dozen eggs per week during peak holiday seasons. Their EggsPlus™ product has the nutrients of a normal egg plus increased levels of Vitamin E, Lutein, and Omega-3 essential fatty acids. The Company exports commodity chicken products to over 80 countries, including China , Japan , Kazakhstan and Russia .

Today, Pilgrim's Pride Corporation (PPC) closed trading at $3.57 up $0.44 or 14.06 percent. Volume was 9,077,440 significantly higher than their 3-month average volume of 3,336,340. The 52-week range is $2.10 to $34.45.

ZBB Energy Corporation (ZBB)

Red Chip reported today, Small Cap Pulse and OTC Picks did previously, and we are reporting as well on ZBB Energy Corporation (ZBB) here at the QualityStocks Daily Newsletter.

Headquartered in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin , ZBB Energy Corporation provides clean energy storage solutions based on proprietary zinc rechargeable energy storage technology. With additional offices located in Perth , Australia , they trade on the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) as part of the Electric Utilities industry and have a market capitalization of $21.34 million. Their clean energy storage solutions address requirements in markets such as alternative energy applications, large electrical utilities, and green residential and commercial architecture.

Founded in 1998, ZBB Energy Corporation markets their modular, transportable, and environmentally friendly Zinc Energy Storage Systems (ZESS). The Company and their subsidiaries develop and manufacture these energy storage systems for utility companies, renewable energy generators, commercial, and industrial customers. The basis of their solutions is their proprietary zinc-bromine rechargeable electrical energy storage technology. The company's systems combine their zinc-bromine batteries with computer hardware and software that interface with clients' power sources to recharge during off peak times and discharge power as required.

ZBB's systems are for use in load management for generation, transmission, and distribution utilities and energy service companies. They are also for commercial and industrial customers. In addition, their systems are for the storage of renewable energy, such as wind, hydro, and solar energy production. These systems are also used for the uninterruptible power supply and power quality protection from voltage, current, or frequency deviations for both commercial and industrial customers.

Last Friday, ZBB Energy Corporation announced that a co-operative joint venture agreement between China Century Capital Limited and ZBB was terminated by mutual agreement on October 2, 2008. This termination cancels the exclusive manufacturing, marketing, and distribution rights granted by ZBB to the joint venture company, ZBB China Pty Ltd. ZBB held a 49 percent interest and China Century Capital Limited held a 51 percent interest in this entity. ZBB now regains 100 percent of their rights in China , Hong Kong, and Macau . Rob Parry, Chief Executive Officer of ZBB Energy Corporation said, "This was an appropriate decision for ZBB at this time to reclaim our ownership of this important region going forward. It should also be noted that this does not impact our involvement in the Future House USA project in Beijing ."

Today, ZBB Energy Corporation (ZBB) closed at $1.95 up $0.17 or 9.55 percent. Volume was 8,885 for a 3-month average volume of 21,339.40. The 52-week range is $1.35 to $4.54.

China Organic Agriculture Inc. (CNOA)

Stock Stars reported today, StockMarket NewsAlert did yesterday, Knobias, SmallCap Voice, Hot Otc, HotStocksRus, PamplonaPicks.com, OTC Stock Exchange, Standout Stocks did earlier, and we choose to highlight China Organic Agriculture Inc. (CNOA) today, here at the QualityStocks Daily Newsletter.

With offices in Los Angeles , California , and Liaoning, China, China Organic Agriculture Inc. is an active trader of agricultural products in China . Trading on the OTCBB, their mission is to capitalize on China 's growing economy with the ability to acquire upscale products. China Organic Agriculture, Inc. is engaging in the organic foods revolution. They are one of the largest producers of green and organic rice in China .

Founded in 2002, China Organic Agriculture controls all aspects of the rice production process from seeds to planting, as well as research and development and distribution. China Organic Agriculture has established their brand loyalty among China 's affluent population with high-quality, fully certified organic rice products. China Organic Agriculture is also working to establish broad distribution of several agricultural, food, and related premium products. They have an extensive distribution network throughout major cities, including Beijing , Shanghai and Nanjing .

The Company has their 20,000 square meter processing factory, and they have a 7.1 percent share of China 's green rice market and a 3.6 percent share of the organic rice market. The Company's total combined output is 88,600 tons. For the twelve months ended December 31, 2007, the Company's revenue was $44.5 million, a 390 percent increase over $9.0 million for the comparable period of 2006. For the twelve months ended December 31, 2007, net income was $13.5 million, a 300 percent increase over $3.4 million for the same period in 2006.

The Company announced at the end of September that they finalized the terms for their previously announced acquisition of Dalian Huiming Industry Ltd. Dalian Huiming is a major agriculture products trading company with broad distribution throughout the northeastern provinces of China . China Organic Agriculture also announced at the end of September that they sold their Jilin Songyuan City ErMaPao Green Rice Limited subsidiary for $8.7 million to Bothven Investments Limited.

This week, the Company announced preliminary results for the third quarter of 2008. They are forecasting revenue between $34 million and $36 million, net income between $8 million and $9 million, and earnings per share of $0.14 to $0.16.

Today, China Organic Agriculture Inc. (CNOA) closed trading at $0.30 up $0.01 or 3.45 percent. Volume was 210,666 for a 3-month average volume of 271,894. The 52-week range is $0.16 to $4.37.

Merge Healthcare Incorporated (MRGE)

Greenbackers reported today, OTC Picks, Knobias, Standout Stocks, OTC Live did earlier and today we are focusing on Merge Healthcare Incorporated (MRGE) here at the QualityStocks Daily Newsletter.

Merge Healthcare Incorporated, trading on the NASDAQ Global Market, is an innovative medical imaging software and services company. With a current market capitalization of $52.51 million, the Company has their corporate headquarters in Milwaukee , Wisconsin . Merge Healthcare's solutions solve mission-critical issues for radiology practices, outpatient imaging centers, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, and device manufacturers worldwide.

The company designed their Fusion RIS, Fusion PACS, and Fusion RIS/PACS for imaging centers, hospitals, and specialty clinics where optimal productivity is critical. They also designed their advanced visualization and clinical applications, such as Merge Mammo™ digital mammography emphasizing an ease-of-use approach that enhances medical imaging workflow with optimum clinical efficiency and effectiveness. Their DICOM viewing software, eFilm Workstation™, is the most widely used diagnostic desktop software in the world. Clinicians use eFilm Workstation™ (an FDA-approved Class II Medical Device) to view digital MRI, CT, X-ray and other images. This is to diagnose and recommend patient treatment. Merge has also developed their eFilm RIS/PACS for imaging centers with less than 10,000 annual procedures.

Merge announced this week the implementation of Authentic eFilm™, a software amnesty program to help organizations comply with license agreements for eFilm Workstation™ and to address unauthorized use of their software. Merge Healthcare also joined as a new member in the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA). As the software and digital content industry's principle trade association, SIIA works with members to stop software piracy.

Today, the Company announced preliminary, unaudited financial results for the three months ended September 30, 2008. Net sales are estimated to be between $14.4 million and $14.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2008. Merge expects net income per share of $0.01 or less for the three months ended September 30, 2008.

Merge Healthcare Incorporated (MRGE) closed today at $0.90, which was up $0.17 or 23.29 percent. Volume was 110,907 for a 3-month average volume of 107,489. The 52-week spread is $0.26 to $4.35.

Power of the Dream Ventures Inc. (PWRV)

Red Chip reported today on Power of the Dream Ventures Inc. (PWRV) and we choose to as well, here at the QualityStocks Daily Newsletter.

Power of the Dream Ventures, Inc. is a technology holding company based in Budapest , Hungary . Trading on the OTCBB, they identify and harness the technological skills of Hungary 's high-tech industry. Their mission is to turn promising ideas and ready to market products/technologies into global industry leaders.

Power of the Dream Ventures Inc. focuses on developing, acquiring, licensing, and co-developing technologies that originate exclusively in Hungary . The Company conducts their operations through their wholly owned subsidiary Vidatech. They focus on technologies that are in a prototype stage based on existing patents or in a prototype stage prior to patenting.

They also focus on existing products that require additional capital to commercialize. In addition, they look for emerging science and high technology research projects that require patenting, product development, and marketing help. They will also look for early stage university spin-off technologies and ideas that represent "disruptive technologies" that have the potential to affect the marketplace.

Power of the Dream Ventures works to enable solutions in the environmental technologies, power generation, power storage, software products and services, biotechnology, medical devices and the 'disruptive technologies' fields.

The Company recently announced the licensing of their FireSAFE technology to a group of Hungarian technology investors-managers. FireSAFE is an environmentally friendly, biodegradable liquid designed to prevent, and extinguish natural fires that are difficult to contain with water or other fire-fighting solutions. FireSAFE reaches the heart of the fire, coating all surfaces with a crystalline layer that hardens when exposed to heat. The layer is capable of withstanding heat as high as 1,100 degrees centigrade. The biodegradable active ingredient decomposes within four months. FireSAFE is also a preventive solution. During fire season, those areas that are the most likely to burn can receive spraying with the solution. Lumber used in construction is also treatable with FireSAFE to increase its fire resistance.

Today, Power of the Dream Ventures announced that they finalized a financing commitment of up to $5,000,000 from YA Global Investments, L.P. The terms of the financing allow the Company to sell up to $5,000,000 in tranches of equity. This financing commitment provides Power of the Dream with the necessary capital to continue the development of their technology portfolio and to acquire additional technologies.

Power of the Dream Ventures Inc. (PWRV) closed today's session at $0.23 up $0.01 or 4.55 percent. Volume was 3,000 for a 3-month average volume of 11,784.80. The stock's 52-week range is $0.10 to $4.00.

Artfest International Inc. (ARTI)

Alphatrade, Small Cap Voice, and Stock Stars previously reported on Artfest International Inc. (ARTI) and today we highlight the company as "One to Watch" here at the QualityStocks Daily Newsletter.

Trading on the OTCBB, and headquartered in Addison, Texas, Artfest International Inc. prints, markets, and sells limited edition, signed, and numbered fine art and collectibles. They connect artists, investors, decorators, designers, private collectors, and galleries. Founded in 2002, Artfest International also provides a variety of multi-cultural programming. These include artist documentaries, live paintings, artist collections, artist interviews, live concerts, and other content with an art focus.

Artfest International also features new artists, special exhibits, and celebrity events in diverse U.S and international markets. Their subsidiaries are The Art Channel, Inc. (www.artchannel.tv), and Art Channel Galleries, Inc. The Company launched recently their proprietary global social network www.MyArtfest.com. It is the world's first web-based social network dedicated to art in its various forms. MyArtfest will allow independent artists worldwide to directly present their work to art lovers and enthusiasts. The art community can use MyArtfest to exchange ideas and to buy and sell works of art and associated services. Artfest International plans to garner revenue with MyArtfest through advertising and marketing space sales. They will also collect fees on art sold through their site.

Artfest International announced in September that film and television director, producer, and writer Jack Weis joined the Company. Mr. Weis will produce and direct the programming for the Artfest's wholly owned subsidiary Art Channel Galleries, Inc. This subsidiary is one of Artfest's venues that bring artists and buyers together in part through television programming. Mr. Weis has an extensive major motion picture background as a director of photography on fourteen feature films.

The Company recently purchased a 35,000 square foot showpiece facility in Dallas , Texas . This facility will allow Artfest International to develop and produce high quality advertising and programming for traditional and Internet television through their television subsidiary, ArtChannel.tv. It will bring viewers and advertisers to their art and collectables direct marketing site as well as their social networking site. This facility will also handle the demanding requirements of top recording artists. In addition, it will handle the major film, television, and commercial requirements of Fortune 500 corporations and their entertainment divisions.

Today, Artfest International Inc. (ARTI) closed at $0.013 up $0.008 or 160.00 percent. Volume was 548,000 for a 3-month average volume of 44,801.50. The stock's 52-week range is $0.01 to $1.20.

Ivanhoe Energy Inc. (IVAN)

Greenbackers reported today, Big Oil Stocks and Micro-Cap Opportunity did recently, On The Market, Trading Markets, Knobias, and StockEgg.com did previously, and today we are highlighting Ivanhoe Energy Inc. (IVAN) at the QualityStocks Daily Newsletter.

Ivanhoe Energy Inc. is an independent, international heavy-oil development and production company. Headquartered in Vancouver , British Columbia , they trade on the NASDAQ Capital Market with the ticker symbol IVAN and on the Toronto Stock Exchange with the symbol IE. Ivanhoe's primary operations are in Canada , the United States , China , and Latin America . They also have other business development opportunities worldwide.

The Company focuses on using advanced technologies, including their proprietary, patented heavy-oil upgrading process (HTL™) to pursue long-term growth in their reserves and production. This past July, Ivanhoe Energy completed an acquisition agreement with Talisman Energy Canada , an affiliate of Talisman Energy Inc., to acquire interests in leases located in the heart of the Athabasca oil sands region in Alberta , Canada . The net result of the acquisition was that Ivanhoe Energy purchased two leases for a total consideration of $90 million Canadian.

Yesterday, Ivanhoe Energy Ecuador Inc. signed a contract with Ecuador state oil companies Petroecuador and Petroproduccion to explore and develop Ecuador 's Pungarayacu heavy-oil field. They will utilize Ivanhoe's HTL™ upgrading technology. Ivanhoe Energy's heavy HTL™ upgrades the quality of heavy oil and bitumen by producing lighter, more valuable crude oil, along with by-product energy, which can be used to generate steam or electricity. Ivanhoe Energy Ecuador is a Canadian company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Ivanhoe Energy Latin America Inc., the parent company of Ivanhoe Energy Inc.'s Latin America corporate group.

Ivanhoe also has their GTL Technology. This technology provides ultra-clean fuel that has the ability to improve air quality in major metropolitan areas. GTL technology uses syngas production and the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis process to convert natural gas into liquid synthetic fuels. GTL fuels are clear and free from sulfur and aromatic pollutants and exceed new and proposed Japanese, European Union, and U.S. environmental regulations.

Ivanhoe Energy Inc. (IVAN) closed Thursday's session at $1.12 down $0.03 or 2.61 percent. Volume was 2,747,763 for a 3-month average volume of 1,268,810. The stock's 52-week spread is $0.98 to $3.99.

Panacos Pharmaceuticals Inc. (PANC)

StockStars.net reported today, OTC Picks, Knobias, StockMarket News Alert, Momentum Traders, StockEgg.com did previously, and today we highlight Panacos Pharmaceuticals Inc. (PANC) here at the QualityStocks Daily Newsletter.

Trading on the NASDAQ Capital Market, Panacos Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s mission is to improve healthcare globally by discovering, developing, and commercializing urgently needed therapeutic products to treat serious viral infections. Headquartered in Watertown Massachusetts , they focus on the development of oral drugs with newer mechanisms of action to treat major viruses resistant to existing drugs. The Company is part of the Biotechnology industry in the Healthcare sector and they have a current market capitalization of $22.53 million.

Founded in 1992, Panacos merged with V.I. Technologies, Inc. (Vitex) in March 2005. Vitex was a biotechnology company developing products designed to improve the safety of the world's blood supply. Their merger with Panacos expanded the Vitex pipeline into novel, high value therapeutics. The Panacos team that joined Vitex is recognized for fundamental contributions to HIV biology and drug development. The combined company now has a strong intellectual property position. Panacos Pharmaceuticals has a research and development facility in Gaithersburg , Maryland . Their work at this facility focuses on the discovery and development of therapeutics for HIV and other serious viral diseases.

Panacos is developing anti-infective products through discovery and development of small molecule oral drugs for the treatment of HIV and other major human viral diseases. Resistance to currently available drugs is one of the major problems in HIV therapy and the leading cause of treatment failure. Panacos' proprietary discovery technologies are for combating resistance by focusing on novel targets in the virus life cycle, including virus maturation and virus fusion.

On Tuesday, Panacos announced that their 100mg tablet formulation of bevirimat has shown very good bioavailability compared to the Company's oral solution formulation of bevirimat. Bevirimat is the only novel-mechanism oral drug in late-stage development for HIV. This new tablet formulation will find use in the bevirimat extended-duration study, Study 205, and in the Phase 3 program. This is subject to positive results in the remainder of their Phase 2 program.

Alan W. Dunton, MD, President, and Chief Executive of Panacos stated, "Bevirimat has not been an easy product to formulate as a tablet. We have been successful in developing a 100mg bevirimat tablet that exceeds the bioavailability criteria we had identified to justify moving a tablet into future clinical development, particularly longer-term dosing in HIV patients. I would like to acknowledge the work our formulation team has done to achieve this important milestone. Today's news is significant for the Company and for the HIV patient population in need of new mechanism drugs."

Panacos Pharmaceuticals Inc. (PANC) closed today at $0.43 up $0.06 or 16.22 percent. Volume was 251,124 for a 3-month average volume of 160,630. The 52-week range is $0.20 to $2.87.