Ian Bezek submits:
Shares of the small, and seemingly defunct Alanco Technologies (ALAN) surged 113% Wednesday, as shares rallied from $1 to almost $3 before settling at $2.17 after a wild day of trading. The surge was sparked by this announcement that Alanco was entering into a reverse merger with the Singapore social networking company Yuuzoo.
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The Street Sweeper submits:

By Melissa Davis

* Editor’s Note: This story is the first in a two-part investigative series, with the second article scheduled to run after the Fourth of July holiday.

Over the years, regulatory filings show, Star Scientific (CIGX) has often changed its pretty story — with the former cigarette  [ Read More ]

Liam Mulcahy submits:

Investment Thesis:

Universal Display Corporation (PANL) is massively overvalued due to a misunderstanding of its strategic positioning within the OLED display market. With a current market cap of $1.6 billion, UDC is trading at a tremendous multiple of what we believe the SAM (Serviced Addressable Market) to be. As the Street  [ Read More ]

Gabriel Oriente submits:
It is difficult to find good articles and information as a short seller. Starting with Seeking Alpha, there may be dozens of long idea articles in a day, but only a handful of short-selling idea articles. When I tried using Smart Money’s stock screener to find good shorting ideas, I could easily find  [ Read More ]

StockAnalyst submits:
1) The recent positive sales performance is more a function of a poor 2009 than a great 2010. While “bulls” will point to strong comparable store metrics, I would point out (again) that this metric is flawed for growing concepts. Specifically, if in a typical year, Chipotle (CMG) units open at  [ Read More ]