General Commentary

Shares of Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: EK), a seller of imaging products, technology, solutions and services to consumers, businesses and professionals, rebounded in Monday’s trading session. Eastman Kodak shares rose to an intra-day high of $0.47 on Monday before finishing the day 7.52% higher at $0.400.

Despite the gains on Monday, Eastman Kodak shares are down more than 38% in the last five trading sessions.

Eastman Kodak shares fell sharply last week after the Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter, reported that the company may file for bankruptcy if it fails to sell its portfolio of digital imaging patents.

Kodak has been looking to sell its digital imaging patents since last year to boost its financial position. The company has posted significant losses in the last few years due to increasing competition. However, so far there has been no progress on the patent sale front, raising worries that the company may file for bankruptcy.

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Shares of U.S. Precious Metals Inc. (OTC: USPR), an exploration-stage mining company engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of mineral properties in Mexico, surged in Friday’s trading session.

The penny stock of U.S. Precious Metals rose to an intra-day high of $0.30 on Friday before finishing the day 41.90% higher at $0.298, with volume up from daily average of 506,567 to 946,351. U.S. Precious Metals shares gained 75.29% in the last three trading sessions.

U.S. Precious Metals announced last week that it on December 29, 2011 it appointed Daniel Joonsikk Moon to its board of directors. Moon, who resides in Hong Kong, is currently the president and CEO of Lucky TCL and Flambue Ltd. With offices in Beijing, Hong Kong and Seoul, Lucky TCL designs and manufactures smelters for the mining industry with a primary focus on gold, copper and iron ore. Moon has been the president and CEO of Lucky TCL since 1993.

Meanwhile, Flambue, where Moon has served as a president and CEO since 1996, is a Hong Kong-based commodity trading business.

Commenting on the appointment of Moon, Jerry Pane, CEO of U.S. Precious Metals, said that the company is pleased to have an industry expert of Moon’s caliber as a member of its board and is certain that he will provide significant contributions to the shared vision for the company’s growth and market expansion next year and beyond. Pane said that Moon’s vast amount of experience in contract services and his reputation overseas with industry leaders in impeccable.

U.S. Precious Metals believes that Moon will be able to pursue strategic alliances for the company with his overseas business contacts.

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Shares of RF Micro Devices Inc. (NASDAQ: RFMD), a Greensboro, North Caroline-based company engaged in the design and manufacture of radio frequency components and compound semiconductor technologies, plunged in Friday’s trading session.

RF Micro Devices shares fell to a new 52-week low of $4.45 on Friday before finishing the day 19.50% lower at $4.54.

RF Micro Devices shares plunged on Friday after the company provided quarterly financial update for its third quarter ended December 31, 2011. The company said that its revenue for the December quarter was $225 million.

RF Micro Devices’ Cellular Products Group revenue was approximately $179 million in the third quarter. The company’s Multi-Market Products revenue was approximately $46 million.

Bob Bruggeworth, president and CEO of RF Micro Devices, said that the company is navigating broadly lower demand in 2G handsets and softness across MPG’s markets. Bruggeworth said that despite the challenging macro environment, the company is winning new business with industry-leading products and technologies and full expects to grow in fiscal 2013, supported by market share gains, new product launches and expanding relationships with both channel partners and customers.

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Shares of Vantage Drilling Company (AMEX: VTG), an international offshore drilling company focused on operating a fleet of drilling units, fell sharply in Thursday’s trading session. The small-cap stock of Vantage ended the day 4.67% lower at $1.02. In the last three months Vantage shares have fallen 15%.

In the most recently reported quarter (Q3) Vantage posted a net loss of $11.9 million, or $0.04 per share, compared with a net loss of $5.8 million, or $0.02 per share reported for the same period in the previous year.

Paul Bragg, chairman and CEO of Vantage Drilling, said at the time of the release of the third-quarter results that the company’s fleet performed very well during the quarter as it achieved nearly 100% productive time operating its jackup fleet and the Platinum Explorer operated at nearly 97% productive time.

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Shares of Andiamo Corp. (PINK: ANDI) slipped in Wednesday’s trading session. The penny stock ended the day 5.56% lower at $0.0017, with volume up from daily average of 8.01 million to 37.18 million.

Earlier this week, Andiamo provided a positive outlook for 2012 for the explosive App sector, where the company’s Action App subsidiary has crossed 12 million download mark. Dustin Secor, CEO of Andiamo, said that Action App operates in a very profitable portion of the smartphone industry and with the company’s App inventory soon to be over 100 Apps and with the deployment into Android, the company expects that the numbers will continue to increase.

Secor further said that the company is adding social integration into all of its Apps so that it can capture more of its users within its own App network. He added that as the company’s back end database continues to grow, it has an ever increasing amount of users to market its Apps to, as well as other advertising opportunities that it is exploring.

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Shares of Lightwave Logic Inc. (OTC: LWLG), a development stage company engaged in the production of prototype electro-optic demonstration devices, are continuing to climb in today’s trading.

At last check, the penny stock of Lightwave Logic was trading 3.45% higher at $1.80, with volume up from daily average of 125,805 to 126,416. Lightwave Logic shares rose to an intra-day high of $1.88 today. The penny stock gained 38.46% in the last three trading sessions. continue

Shares of Fuse Science Inc. (PINK: DROP), an innovative consumer products holding company, fell sharply in Tuesday’s trading session.

The penny stock of Fuse Science ended the day 10.94% lower at $0.570, with volume up from daily average of 3.28 million to 3.74 million. Fuse Science shares are up nearly 68% in the last three months. continue

Sirius XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI), a satellite radio company with more than 20 million subscribers, today announced that customers of America’s largest automotive retailer, AutoNation Inc. (NYSE: AN), will be eligible to receive a 3-month Sirius XM subscription when they buy a pre-owned vehicle with a factory-installed satellite radio. continue

Shares of TherapeuticsMD Inc. (OTC: TXMD) fell sharply in Wednesday’s trading session. The penny stock ended the day 11.76% lower at $1.50, with volume up from daily average of 4,200 to 11.08 million. Despite the sharp decline on Wednesday, TherapeuticsMD shares are up 48.51% in the last one month.

TherapeuticsMD is a specialty pharmaceutical company engaged in the development of over-the-counter and prescription versions of nutritional supplements, drugs, medical foods and other medical products. continue

Shares of Parlux Fragrances Inc. (NASDAQ: PARL), a designer, manufacturer, distributor and seller of prestige fragrances and beauty-related products, saw a huge rally in Tuesday’s trading session after the company signed a definitive merger agreement with Perfumania Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: PERF).

Parlux shares rose to a new 52-week high of $6.60 on Tuesday. The stock ended the day 71.18% higher at $5.94. continue

Shares of TransAtlantic Petroleum Ltd. (ADR) (AMEX: TAT), an integrated international oil and gas company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and production of oil and natural gas, soared in Friday’s trading session. The small-cap stock ended the day 9.26% higher at $1.18.

TransAtlantic, which holds interest in developed and underdeveloped oil and gas properties in the U.S., Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania, last month provided an update on operations at Selmo Field in southeastern Turkey. continue

Shares of Navistar International Corporation (NYSE: NAV), a holding company engaged in the manufacturing of International brand commercial and military truck, IC Bus brand buses, MaxxForce brand diesel engines and Monaco RV recreational vehicles, are seeing a huge rally in today’s trading after the company announced its fourth-quarter financial results.

At close Tuesday, Navistar shares were trading 6.49% higher at $38.91, with volume up from daily average of 1.15 million to 3.77 million. Navistar shares are down 32.21% this year. continue

General Moly Inc. (AMEX: GMO) is a development-stage company engaged in the exploration, development and mining of properties primarily containing molybdenum. The company has an 80% interest in the Mt. Hope Project, which is primary a molybdenum property located in Eureka County, Nevada.

Earlier this month, General Moly announced the publication of the Mt. Hope project’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). continue

Shares of Cablevision Systems Corp. (NYSE: CVC), a cable operator in the U.S., are sinking in today’s trading after the company announced that its COO resigned.

Tom Rutledge, who has been with Cablevision for nearly a decade, informed the company that he is resigning from the post of COO this month. Cablevision has not given any reason for Rutledge’s departure. The company said that it has started a search for an executive to look after the cable operations. continue

Shares of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ: KTOS), a specialized national security company providing mission critical products, services and solutions for the U.S. national security priorities, are climbing in today’s trading after the company announced receipt of $1 million production award for specialized electronics supporting U.S. Navy P-8A aircraft.

At last check, Kratos Defense shares were trading 2.72% higher at $5.66, with volume at 88,060. continue

Columbia Laboratories Inc. (NASDAQ: CBRX), a biotechnology company engaged in the development, manufacturing and sale of pharmaceutical products that use its bioadhesive drug delivery technologies, announced that a meta-analysis of data from five double-bind, placebo-controlled trials of vaginal progesterone showed that administering vaginal progesterone to asymptomatic women with sonographic short cervix in the mid-trimester of pregnancy substantially lowers the risk of preterm birth and neonatal morbidity. continue

Shares of Seaspan Corp. (NYSE: SSW), an independent charter owner of containerships, are seeing a huge rally in today’s trading after the company launched a tender offer to purchase up to 10 million of its Class common shares.

At last check, Seaspan shares were trading 16.75% higher at $12.20, with volume up from daily average of 339,937 to 2.71 million.

Seaspan today commenced a tender offer to acquire up to 10 million of its Class A common shares at a price of $15 per share. The price represents a premium of 43.5% over Seaspan shares’ closing price on December 12, 2011. continue

Cheniere Energy (AMEX: LNG), an energy company primarily engaged in LNG-related businesses, today announced that its subsidiary, Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC signed a LNG sale and purchase agreement with GAIL India Ltd.

Under the terms of the agreement, GAIL will purchase nearly 3.5 million tons per annum of LNG from train four. The company said that prior to the start of train four operations, GAIL will purchase bridge volumes of nearly 0.2 mtpa on commencement of operations of train two. continue

Shares of SIGA Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: SIGA), a biotechnology company engaged in the research, development and commercialization of products for the prevention and treatment of serious infectious diseases, are soaring in today’s trading. At last check, SIGA Technologies shares were trading 26.09% higher at $2.32, with volume up from daily average of 462,940 to 1.77 million. continue