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After 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 […]
Read moreDuring the second quarter of 2013, Acme United (ACU – $13.40) achieved the best quarterly sales and earnings numbers in its entire history. Typical back-to-school products such as iPoint pencil sharpeners, non-stick scissors and titanium scissors contributed to the success. Also Camillus knives, Pac-Kit first aid kits and C-Thru Ruler saw increased sales. Looking ahead, the second half of 2013 […]
Read moreIn our interview, Mr. Johnsen, the Chairman and CEO of Acme United (ACU – $13.20), looks back at the recently ended, and very important, second quarter. Additionally, he shares what we can expect from Acme in the rest of 2013. Furthermore, we learn how the company has overcome the loss of its largest customer in Europe and how the acquisition […]
Read moreDS Healthcare Group (DSKX – $2.05) is an exciting introduction on Smallcaps.us. It’s active in the personal care products sector and specializes in hair re-growth and general hair care products. Thanks to a number of revolutionary products, the Company is able to grow significantly. In the first quarter of 2013, for example, sales grew to almost $4 million, or up […]
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