Featuring MSNB’s new video advertising; MYL’s Indian biotech partnership; market position for ASTI, FSYS, and CBAK; and PACR’s dividend.

Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT), Mylan Inc. (Nasdaq: MYL), Ascent Solar Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: ASTI), Fuel Systems Solutions Inc. (Nasdaq: FSYS), China BAK Battery Inc. (Nasdaq: CBAK) and Pacer International Inc. (Nasdaq: PACR).

Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) Stock Alert – MSNBC.com Chooses YuMe for Online Video Ads

Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) said its online news Web site MSNBC.com has chosen YuMe Inc. as the company’s provider of target advertising. The Redwood City, Calif.-based YuMe Inc. will power MSNBC.com’s online video, and will provide video advertising for NBC’s “Nightly News” and the “Today” show, with uncommitted inventory sold as ad space.

MSNBC says the choice of YuMe gives marketers an opportunity to appeal to a wide audience as the videos can be embedded and enjoyed on their own Web sites.

Microsoft develops, manufactures, licenses and supports a range of software products for computing devices. The company’s software products include operating systems for servers, personal computers and intelligent devices, server applications for distributed computing environments, information worker productivity applications, business solution applications, high-performance computing applications and software development tools and video games.

The company provides consulting and product support services, and trains and certifies computer system integrators and developers. Microsoft sells the Xbox 360 video game console and games, the Zune digital music and entertainment device, PC games and peripherals.

The company has five segments: Client, Server and Tools, the Online Services Business, the Microsoft Business Division, and the Entertainment and Devices Division.

In June 2008, the company acquired Navic Networks. In September 2008, it acquired DATAllegro Inc.

In its recent chart, MSFT is trading at its higher Bollinger Bands range, a bullish condition signaling that the stock is strong relative to the recent price action. MACD reflects a bearish signal, with the indicator trending below its 9-day moving average signal line, indicating downwardly trending moving averages.

Mylan Inc. (Nasdaq: MYL) Stock Alert – Mylan Partners with India’s Biocon to Commercialize Generic Biotech Drugs

Mylan Inc. (Nasdaq: MYL) and India’s Biocon Ltd. (BION.BO) recently announced they will collaborate to enter into the emerging market of generic biotechnology drugs. The partnership will include the development, manufacturing, supply and commercialization of “multiple” generic biotechnology drugs to be sold globally.

Details of the agreement include the sharing of development, capital and related costs to the commercialization of any drug brought to market. Mylan will retain exclusive rights in the United States, Japan and Europe, and share in the profits with Biocon elsewhere.

A Mylan spokesman said the company will not disclose the particular drugs it plans to develop at this time, but said each targeted drug must have more than $1 billion in annual sales potential.

Biotechnology medicines have been the focus of many generic drug companies, as drugs made from living cells appear to be the source of new growth in the pharmaceuticals sector.

Teva Paharmaceuticals Industries and Novartis’ Sandoz subsidiary are viewed as the big players in the biogenerics sector.

Robert Coury, CEO of Mylan, said the partnership with Biocon is “one of the more comprehensive and high-quality biologics initiatives reported within the industry to date.”

“Our first impression is that this is likely a step in the right direction for Mylan, which is finally making the committing step into the field and picked a credible partner to do it with,” analyst Ronny Gal of Sanford Bernstein said in a note to clients.

Mylan and its subsidiaries comprise a global pharmaceutical company that develops, licenses, manufactures, markets and distributes generic, brand and branded generic pharmaceutical products and active pharmaceutical ingredients (API).

Mylan’s products cover an array of therapeutic categories, and offer a range of dosage forms and delivery systems, including oral solids, controlled-release, steriles, injectables, topicals, liquids, transdermals, semi-solids and high-potency products.

In its recent chart, MYL is trading below its lower Bollinger Bands range, a bearish condition signaling that the stock is weak relative to the recent price action. MACD reflects a bullish signal, with the indicator trending above its 9-day moving average signal line, indicating upwardly trending moving averages.

Ascent Solar Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: ASTI) Stock Alert – Ascent Solar Trebles Nasdaq Since March Low; Cap-and-Trade Legislation Passes U.S. Congress

Investors polled by some of the Web’s most respected financial sites rate Ascent Solar Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: ASTI) Outperform, with longer-term expectations among investors that the company will benefit from cap-and-trade legislation and the promise of the solar sector.

Trading volume has been unusually high lately due to the cap-and-trade legislation moving through the U.S. Congress, which was recently passed by the House late Friday night 219-212. Oil reached $72 per barrel on the NYMEX on Monday.

Mkt Cap $184.69M

P/E Ratio N/A

52-Wk Range $2.19 - $10.96

Avg. Daily Vol. 241,000

Since the March 9 closing low of 1,268.64, the Nasdaq has risen 45.4%, settling on Monday at 1,844.06, while ASTI has risen 218% from its March 9 low of $2.45 to close Monday at $7.79, outperforming the Nasdaq by nearly a 5 to 1 margin.

Ascent is a development-stage company formed to commercialize flexible photovoltaic (PV) modules using a technology.

The company’s manufacturing process deposits multiple layers of materials, including a thin film of copper-indium-gallium-diselenide (CIGS) semiconductor material, on a flexible, lightweight, plastic substrate and then laser patterns the layers to create interconnected PV cells, or PV modules, in a process known as monolithic integration.

The thin-film PV modules require less than 1% of the semiconductor material to achieve the same power output as a c-Si-based PV device.

In its recent chart, ASTI is trading above its higher Bollinger Bands range, a bullish condition signaling that the stock is strong relative to the recent price action. MACD reflects a bullish signal, with the indicator trending above its 9-day moving average signal line, indicating upwardly trending moving averages.

Fuel Systems Solutions Inc. (Nasdaq: FSYS) Stock Alert – Fuel Systems Outperforms Nasdaq from March Rebound; Cap-and-Trade Bill Moves Stock

Investors polled by some of the Web’s most respected financial sites rate Fuel Systems Solutions Inc. (Nasdaq: FSYS) Outperform, with longer-term expectations among investors that the company will benefit from the trend toward alternative energy sources and methods during the rebound in the price of oil.

Trading volume has been unusually high lately due to the cap-and-trade legislation moving through the U.S. Congress, which passed by the House late Friday night 219-212. Oil reached $72 per barrel on the NYMEX on Monday.

Mkt Cap $364.66M

P/E Ratio 13.74

52-Wk Range $9.83 - $61.24

Avg. Daily Vol. 526,000

Since the March 9 closing low of 1,268.64, the Nasdaq has risen 45.4%, settling on Monday at 1,844.06, while Fuel Systems Solutions Inc. (Nasdaq: FSYS) has risen 65.3% from its March 9 low of $11.59 to close Monday at $19.16, outperforming the Nasdaq.

Fuel Systems designs, manufactures and supplies alternative fuel components and systems for use in the transportation, industrial and power generation industries on a global basis.

The company offers an array and combination of gaseous fuel components; solid-state components and software that monitor and optimize fuel pressure and flow to meet manufacturers’ engine requirements; gaseous fueled internal combustion engines, or engines manufactured by original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) that are integrated with Fuel Systems’ fuel delivery and electronic controls, and systems integration support to integrate the gaseous fuel storage, fuel delivery and/or electronic control components and sub-systems to meet OEM and aftermarket requirements.

On January 15, 2009, the company completed the acquisition of Distribuidora Shopping S.A. and its subsidiary Tomasetto Achille S.A.

In its recent chart, FSYS is trading below its lower Bollinger Bands range, a bearish condition signaling that the stock is weak relative to the recent price action. MACD reflects a bearish signal, with the indicator trending below its 9-day moving average signal line, indicating downwardly trending moving averages.

China BAK Battery Inc. (Nasdaq: CBAK) Stock Alert – China BAK Battery Outperforms Nasdaq Since March Lows

Investors polled by some of the Web’s most respected financial sites rate China BAK Battery Inc. (Nasdaq: CBAK) Outperform, with longer-term expectations among investors that the company will benefit from the trend toward alternative energy sources and methods. Oil reached $72 per barrel on the NYMEX on Monday.

Trading volume has been unusually high lately due to the cap-and-trade legislation moving through the U.S. Congress, now passed by the House late Friday night 219-212.

Mkt Cap $186.91M

P/E Ratio 428.00

52-Wk Range $0.86 - $5.25

Avg. Daily Vol. 490,000

Since the March 9 closing low of 1,268.64, the Nasdaq has risen 45.4%, settling on Monday at 1,844.06, while China BAK Battery Inc. (Nasdaq: CBAK) has risen 242% from its March 9 low of $0.89 to close Monday at $3.04, outperforming the Nasdaq by more than a 5 to 1 margin.

China BAK Battery Inc. is engaged in manufacturing rechargeable lithium-based battery cells. It produces battery cells that are the principal component of rechargeable batteries used to power applications, such as cellular phones, notebook computers, portable consumer electronics, such as digital cameras, portable media players, portable gaming devices and personal digital assistants (PDA), and other applications, such as cordless power tools, mining lamps, light electric vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles.

The company’s products are packed into batteries by third-party battery pack manufacturers in accordance with the specifications of manufacturers of portable electronic applications. Its prismatic cells are targeted at the People’s Republic of China replacement market, where cellular phone batteries produced by independent battery manufacturers are purchased for use in second-hand cellular phones or as back-up batteries, and primarily comprises steel-case cells.

In its recent chart, CBAK is trading below its lower Bollinger Bands range, a bearish condition signaling that the stock is weak relative to the recent price action. MACD reflects a bearish signal, with the indicator trending below its 9-day moving average signal line, indicating downwardly trending moving averages.

Pacer International Inc. (Nasdaq: PACR) Stock Alert – Pacer International Dividend Yield Reaches 28.7%

Investors polled by some of the Web’s most respected financial sites rate Pacer International Inc. (Nasdaq: PACR) Outperform, with longer-term expectations of superior returns following a collapse in the stock and an attractive dividend yield of more than 28% as of Monday’s closing trade.

Mkt Cap $63.57M

P/E Ratio 3.04

Div. (Yield) 0.60 (28.7%)

52-Wk Range $1.57 - $25.21

Avg. Daily Vol. 614,000

Since the March 9 closing low of 1,268.64, the Nasdaq has risen 45.4%, settling on Monday at 1,844.06, while Pacer International Inc. (Nasdaq: PACR) has risen 31.4% from its March 9 low of $1.59 to close Monday at $2.09, underperforming the Nasdaq.

Pacer International Inc. is a asset-light North American logistics provider. The company provides transportation and logistics services to numerous Fortune 500 and multi-national companies, including Big Lots, C.H. Robinson, General Electric, Sony, Union Pacific, Toyota and ConAgra, which together represented approximately 18.7% of its revenues for the fiscal year ended December 26, 2008 (fiscal 2008).

The company provides its transportation services from two operating segments, its intermodal segment, which provides intermodal transportation services principally to transportation intermediaries, beneficial cargo owners and international shipping companies who utilize intermodal transportation, and its logistics segment, which provides truck brokerage, truck transport, supply chain management services, freight forwarding, ocean shipping and warehousing and distribution services to a range of end user customers.

In its recent chart, PACR is trading below its lower Bollinger Bands range, a bearish condition signaling that the stock is weak relative to the recent price action. MACD reflects a bearish signal, with the indicator trending below its 9-day moving average signal line, indicating downwardly trending moving averages.

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