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Let’s start with two charts. Pretty depressing right? They’re the YTD charts for gold (top) and silver. Since their hay days in September of 2011, the valuable metals lost 35% and 53% of their value respectively. On their way down, they created an avalanche, in which thousands of commodities related stocks were decimated to a fraction of what they were […]
Read moreAfter achieving the best quarterly sales and earnings numbers in its entire history in the second quarter, Acme United (ACU – $14.57) also set a new third quarter sales record for the period ending September 30, 2013. Strong sales of back-to-school products such as titanium kids scissors and stainless scissors contributed to the success. Sales of first aid kits to […]
Read moreGlobal Minerals’ (CTG – $0.08) Strieborná project has excellent on-surface and underground infrastructure, including 3,000 metres of underground tunnels, power, railway access, paved highways and an experienced work force. In September of 2013, the Company announced an updated NI 43-101 compliant resource. Contained silver in the Measured and Indicated categories increased by 37% over the previous estimate and tonnage jumped […]
Read moreAfter achieving the best quarterly sales and earnings numbers in its entire history in the previous quarter, Acme United (ACU – $15.02) now set a new third quarter sales record for the period ending September 30, 2013. Strong sales of back-to-school products such as titanium kids scissors and stainless scissors contributed to the success. Also sales of our first aid […]
Read moreAcme United (ACU – $14.91) hired John Ward as General Manager of Acme United Canada. He replaces Harry Wanless, who retired. Mr. Ward was formerly Director of Sales at Esselte Corporation, where he was a key contributor to the successful launch and growth of the Dymo identification product line. After Esselte’s acquisition by Newell Rubbermaid in 2005, Mr. Ward was […]
Read moreGlobal Minerals Ltd. (CTG – $0.09 & DFPN – €0.06) released an updated NI 43-101 resource estimate for its 100% owned Strieborná high-grade silver/copper/antimony vein project in Slovakia. This new resource estimate incorporates 6,143 meters of additional drilling conducted since the last resource update and represents a 37% increase in measured & indicated silver resources and a 19% increase in […]
Read moreAcme United (ACU – $14.24) had a very strong first half of the year with all-time record earnings in the second quarter. This is especially nice because it was achieved in a soft office market where retailers saw their sales decrease by 3 to 6 percent. Additionally, all of the Company’s brands grew and contributed to these solid results. Looking […]
Read moreAcme United (ACU – $14.24) purchased a 340,000 square feet manufacturing and distribution center in Rocky Mount, North Carolina (see large image below). The facility was acquired for $2.8 million, and will be used to consolidate the Company’s two current distribution centers in North Carolina, which are only half the size of the new building. Acme needed more inventory space […]
Read moreWhile Global Minerals’ (CTG – $0.11 & DFPN – €0.07) team is working hard to move the Strieborná project towards production, we’ve prepared a Prezi presentation, which covers the surprising history of the Strieborná area and the potential for taking the silver mine towards production in the foreseeable future. We expect to see a steady news flow from Global Minerals […]
Read moreThe crisis in U.S. health care expenditures reveals an unsustainable path with expenditures reaching $2.7 trillion in 2011 and expected to reach $4.6 trillion by 2020. And prescription-drug costs are increasingly playing a major role in contributing to this crisis as costs continue escalating at more than twice the rate of inflation and at a rate significantly higher than other […]
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