One is a relatively new entity backed by a powerful multinational Australian bank and attempting to double in size with a merger. The other is a leader in a highly cyclical business that’s selling for peanuts and is ripe for consolidation. Read More

Maxwell Technologies (NSDQ: MXWL) yesterday reported a net loss of $4.3 million, or $0.25 per share, on revenue of $12.6 million for its first quarter ended March 31, 2007, compared with a net loss of $7.5 million, or $0.45 per share, on revenue of $12.0 million for the same period in 2006. Read More

Coal is far and away the world's most-important source of electric power and has been for decades. There are two good reasons for this: Coal is more abundant than oil or gas, and it's cheap. Read More

There’s been a lot of speculation of late that May’s the month the global markets will sell off once again, which is what happened at this time last year. Read More

In the past week this company announced a joint venture with paint and coatings behemoth Sherwin Williams. Read More

Industrial Nanotech (OTC: INTK, http://www.industrial-nanotech.com/) has been rolling out press releases on almost a daily basis for about a month now. Most are typical “Hey, don’t forget about us! We’re public!” announcements. Read More

It’s been a while since I ran down The Real Nanotech Investor Pioneers and Big Dogs. Read More

Oxonica (http://www.oxonica.com/) will be keeping the pundits busy this week following Friday afternoon’s request to suspend trading in its shares after the formal announcement of the Petrol Ofisi deal being called off. Read More