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OTCPicks.com: OTCPicks.com Stocks to Watch for Monday, February 25th WWSG, IPZI, GRXI, UPBS, ROFO(M2 PressWIRE Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) RDATE:25022008 Our Stocks to Watch tomorrow include Worldwide Strategies, Inc. (OTCBB: WWSG), IPtimize, Inc. (OTC: IPZI), GTREX Capital, Inc. (OTCBB: GRXI), Upstream Biosciences Inc. (OTCBB: UPBS), Rockford Corporation (NASD: ROFO). Visit http://www.otcpicks.com to register for our Daily Market Mover's Digest Newsletter, and Email Stock Watch Alerts. WORLDWIDE STRATEGIES (OTCBB: WWSG) "Up 90.00% on Friday" Detailed Quote: http://www.otcpicks.com/quotes/WWSG.php Worldwide Strategies Incorporated provides business process outsourcing services in the United States and internationally. It offers call center services, such as technical support, language interpreting, debt collections, and help desk solutions. The company provides various outbound call center services, which include direct mail follow-up, database selling, debt collection, contacts with decision makers, surveys, customer satisfaction, information and literature fulfillment, appointments scheduling, seminar population, product promotion, lead-generation/qualification/management, market intelligence, and up sell/cross sales campaigns. Worldwide Strategies also offers a range of inbound call center services comprising catalog orders, consumer response follow-up, customer service, dealer location, toll-free response, help desk, direct mail response, direct TV response, direct radio response, print media response, Web site response, seminar registration, answering service, inquiry handling, email management, product technical information, interactive voice response, sales lead qualification, and technical support services. In addition, it offers 911 emergency language interpreting services for public service organizations, such as cities, counties, states, and federal agencies. Further, Worldwide Strategies markets and resells predictive dialers, power dialers, ACD *IVR, options voice over Internet protocol, agent monitoring/coaching, digital call recording, and real-time graphical reports. Additionally, the company, through its subsidiary, Centric Rx, Inc., provides health services and pharmacy solution. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. WWSG News: February 22 - NewMarket Technology, Inc. Releases First Letter in Series of Updates on Acquisitions, Subsidiary Listings, Dividends and Move to a National Exchange NewMarket Technology, Inc. (OTCBB: NMKT) released a letter from CEO Philip M. Verges. The letter is the first in a series of letters to be released over the next few weeks to provide detailed updates on the Company's plans for acquisitions after a two year hiatus, to continue with the independent listing of subsidiaries, to issue dividends and to move to a national exchange. Highlights of NewMarket related transactions have recently been released involving the company's two subsidiaries, NewMarket China, Inc. and NewMarket Latin America, Inc., and digiMedical Solutions, Inc., Alternet Systems, Inc. (OTCBB: ALYI), Worldwide Strategies, Inc. (OTCBB: WWSG), Pegasus Wireless Corporation (OTCBB: PGSW), and Enable IPC Corporation. The upcoming series of letters will elaborate on more details related to these transactions. The letter is included in its entirety below: Dear Stakeholders and All Whom Have Interest in the Small Business Market: We launched a crusade here at NewMarket over five years ago and many of you reading this letter have played an essential role in the NewMarket crusade. After creating a technology start-up ten years ago, the NewMarket founders suffered the fate of most early stage technology companies - a severe lack of available investment capital. By 2002, after the "dotcom bubble" burst, most early stage technology companies launched within the preceding five years closed their doors. That same year, NewMarket otherwise decided to launch our crusade to change the market's perception of investments in early stage technologies by building an entirely new business model designed to build investor confidence by improving the predictability of investment performance. NewMarket's vision is to establish a recognized, respectable and repeatable early stage technology investment scenario. NewMarket is in the business of continuously introducing new technologies to new markets. 13,000 Stakeholders Contribute to NewMarket Early Stage Technology Vision Over 13,000 retail investors have become stakeholders in the NewMarket crusade. Over 13,000 individuals have purchased and are holding stock in NewMarket. I use the word stakeholder because purchasing stock in NewMarket makes a retail investor much more than just a shareholder in another public company. We meet with hundreds of investors and shareholders every year in public forums NewMarket conducts or participates in to share what we have learned along the crusade trail and to present the map of where we plan to go next. We publish volumes of letters, emails and press releases to reach thousands more with our message. The participation of those 13,000 stakeholders has been the heart and soul of the NewMarket crusade over the past five years. Stakeholder Frustration; Stakeholder Passion I have the privilege of speaking with many stakeholders every year. Sometimes the conversation is initiated around a stakeholder's frustration. NewMarket has fought numerous battles along the way. Some of which we have won and some of which we have lost. While we are winning the early stage technology investment war, we are not without our causalities and injuries from lost battles. The stakeholder frustrations I encounter almost always stem from the passion that stakeholder has for the NewMarket vision and their sense that the Company could be doing more or doing something better to realize that vision. The frustrations I encounter are more than the usual shareholder frustration resulting from less than desirable stock price performance. NewMarket stakeholder frustrations are perhaps the best measure of NewMarket's success. Stakeholders have made the Company's vision their own. They are expressing to management what management can do to be a better custodian of the vision. I too have my own frustrations and when I hear the frustrations of another stakeholder I am delighted by the passion I know we share for the NewMarket vision. Fundamental Financial Performance Measures of Success In addition to the stakeholders' passion for the NewMarket vision, the Company has many additional measures of success. The Company has enjoyed tremendous growth from $1 million in reported revenue in 2002 to approximately $100 million in annualized revenue today. Unlike many early stage, fast growth technology companies, NewMarket has even managed to maintain profitability throughout its rapid growth. NewMarket's growth has been recognized by being named near the top of the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 for three years running. Globally Positioned to Flourish Through Down Economy in North America Futhermore, notably, NewMarket has established operations in two of the world's high growth areas, namely Latin America and Asia. NewMarket began operations overseas several years ago and has core, regional systems integration businesses well established in each of those markets. NewMarket China reported $29.5 million in revenue in 2006 and has already reported $27.9 million through the first three quarters of 2007. Latin American operations had approximately $16.5 million in revenue through the first three quarters as well. Now that China's annual GDP growth of over 10% annually and Brazil's position in the world as a prime investment area are now being recognized, NewMarket is well positioned to take advantage of the regional growth with established, core systems integration businesses in each country. Higher Purpose; Higher Profit Additional measures of success include NewMarket's "higher purpose" contributions to the world's developing economic regions laboring against basic resource constraints to simply establish a universal standard of living. In the course of NewMarket's crusade to build a recognized, respectable and repeatable early stage technology investment scenario, the Company has discovered the opportunity to expand this crusade into the world's developing economic regions. The world's developing economic regions regularly provide retail investors better return on investment prospects, while at the same time supporting job creation where it has otherwise been difficult. The majority of NewMarket's revenue growth has come from developing economic regions in Asia and South America where the Company has likewise created hundreds of jobs. The OTCBB as a Pioneer in the Global Small Business Market NewMarket has great confidence in the future of the micro-cap public markets. The Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board (OTCBB) market is a pioneer in the micro-cap public world. The OTCBB is only ten years old. While other "penny" markets may have existed before to trade the stocks of small businesses, start-ups or distressed companies, the OTCBB set out to legitimize the "penny" market through standardization, regulation, and oversight. The financial market is experiencing a global proliferation of "penny" exchanges today with initiatives underway in England, France, Germany, Singapore and China, to name only a handful of more notable markets. This proliferation is in response to the financial market's increasing awareness of the return potential from small business investments. Small business accounts for the majority of the global gross domestic product (GDP) and the majority of global employment. Even in the United States, over fifty percent (50%) of domestic GDP and employment comes from small business. The small business market space has always been a vital market segment, rich with investment potential. Now, the OTCBB is pioneering the opportunity for middle income investors to participate in and benefit from the small business market space. The rest of the world's financial markets are following the OTCBB's lead. Investment in publicly listed small businesses is growing rapidly every year. Overcoming the Pitfalls of the OTCBB; Improving the Caliber of Participants The OTCBB is not without its pitfalls. Most investors with experience involving OTCBB listed companies have had one or more unfortunate experiences. The potential of the OTCBB to grow into a globally recognized premier small business exchange is often masked by those unfortunate experiences. The success of the OTCBB and the public small business market at large will depend not only on the regulators ability to improve the oversight process, but even more importantly on the increased caliber of small business issuers, institutional investors, and retail investors. Any place money is exchanged will inevitably attract its fair share of society's thieves attempting to profit through deceit and scam. As the benefits of any environment where money is exchanged become more recognized, the caliber of new participants improves and in turn mitigates the efforts of society's thieves. NewMarket's Lessons Learned and Contributions to the OTCBB NewMarket and its 13,000 stakeholders are an example of the increasing caliber of small business public market participants. The NewMarket crusade has been active for half the life of the OTCBB. Not only are we an example of the increasing caliber of participants, we are making a contribution to the overall improvement of the market. The approximate median market cap of OTCBB listed companies is $8 million and the approximate median revenue of OTCBB listed companies is $5 million. When NewMarket started on the OTCBB over five years ago, the Company's market cap and revenue were well below the OTCBB's medians. Today, the Company's approximate $40 million market cap and $100 million in annualized revenue is well above the OTCBB medians. That progress has taught the Company many lessons about the OTCBB environment. We are making a contribution by sharing those lessons with other retail investors and other OTCBB issuers. NewMarket's Lessons Learned and Contributions to its Stakeholders The lessons learned are of course improving NewMarket's prospects in addition to making an overall contribution to the OTCBB at large. The specifics of NewMarket's vision to establish a recognized, respectable and repeatable early stage investment scenario include building the Company into a national exchange listed company managing a portfolio of micro-cap listed subsidiaries where subsidiary stock produces dividends for NewMarket shareholders. NewMarket's vision has never changed, though the challenges of realizing the vision have become more clear. The challenges are not insurmountable, but do require management to modify plans. National Exchange Listing, Independent Subsidiary Listing and Dividends NewMarket has approached a national exchange listing from a few different perspectives, to include direct listings and reverse mergers. Some of these efforts have been publicly disclosed. The Company has also approached the independent listing of subsidiary operations from a few different perspectives. We have learned a number of lessons about the complexities of consolidating the financial statements of multiple public companies, in addition to the challenges of listing foreign operations on a US exchange. We are better prepared now, more than ever before, to move forward with additional independent listings. In conjunction with the challenges of executing on plans to independently list subsidiary operations, we have faced issues with plans to issue dividends to NewMarket shareholders in conjunction with the independent listing of subsidiary operations. Again, we are better prepared now, more than ever before, to move forward with issuing dividends in conjunction with the independent listing of subsidiary operations. A Milestone Investment and the Next Step Toward the NewMarket Vision After five years of entrepreneurial growth, funded primarily through cash produced by operations and supplemented by ongoing founder investment, NewMarket established its first institutional investment relationship in the fourth quarter of last year. In conjunction with that investment, the Company recently filed its first registration statement in five years. The institutional investment is serving as a platform for the Company's next step toward realizing its vision. First Edition in a Series of Stakeholder Letters Over the next few weeks, I will release a series of letters to elaborate on the Company's updated plans to continue the independent listing of subsidiary companies in addition to expanding the portfolio of subsidiary companies through acquisition. Highlights regarding NewMarket's Mobility Computing expansion and independent listing in addition to our attempt to acquire the operational assets of Pegasus Wireless Corporation have already been disclosed. Further details will be released within the upcoming series of letters elaborating on the Company's updated growth plans. Additional acquisition initiatives and independent listing initiatives will also be released. The series of letters will include an update on the Company's plans to list on a national exchange and the Company's updated dividend plan. NewMarket Gratitude and Commitment to Stakeholders All of us working here at NewMarket are excited about the Company's progress to date and enthusiastic about our anticipated progress in 2008. We are grateful for the patience, feedback and support of our stakeholders. With a market capitalization value less than the book value of the Company, we understand the frustration expressed by some of our stakeholders. We welcome that frustration as an expression of every stakeholder's commitment to the NewMarket vision and corresponding desire to see the vision realized. I have every confidence that with the execution of the updated plan, every NewMarket stakeholder will enjoy the benefit of the Company's fundamental financial value aligning with the market capitalization value. Even more substantially, I have every confidence NewMarket will continue to exemplify the best potential of the public small business marketplace through the Company's ongoing revenue growth and ongoing profitability leading to the establishment of a regular and continuous issue of shareholder dividends. A Call to Action I am sure many of you are investors in other publicly listed small companies. As part of NewMarket's vision and commitment to a higher purpose, I ask that you consider forwarding our letter on to the management of the other publicly listed small companies in which you invest and encourage them to contact NewMarket so we can start a dialogue to share lessons learned from our respective experiences and combine efforts to improve the market place in which we all participate. Believe in the Small Business Marketplace, Philip Verges CEO NewMarket Technology, Inc. IPTIMIZE INCORPORATED (OTC: IPZI) "Up 65.52% on Friday" Detailed Quote: http://www.otcpicks.com/quotes/IPZI.php IPtimize, Inc. provides broadband voice and data services in the United States. It offers hosted voice over Internet protocol services (VoIP). The company's voice services include VoicePilot, a hosted VoIP service that allows customers to put voice traffic onto an existing data network; and VoIP Connect, a telephone line replacement service, which enables businesses to put voice traffic onto existing broadband Internet connect. IPtimize also offers consulting services, including information technology services, managed firewall, and single or multi-service provider networks and equipment. The company is based in Denver, Colorado. IPZI News: February 22 - IPtimize Closes $1.65 Million Bridge Loan to Fund Expansion of Core Offering IPtimize, Inc. (OTC: IPZI) ("IPtimize" or the "Company"), a broadband voice and data service provider, announced effective today, February 22, 2008, and pursuant to a Bridge Loan Agreement of even date with a group of non-affiliated lenders (the "Bridge Loan Agreement"), IPtimize borrowed an aggregate of $1,650,000 to fund its offering of broadband voice and data services to the cable TV industry (the "Bridge Loan"). The Bridge Loan was represented by a nine-month promissory note bearing interest at the rate of 12.99% per annum and convertible into shares of the Company's Common Stock at $0.45 per share (the "Note"). In addition to the usual representations and warranties, the Bridge Loan Agreement granted to IPtimize the right to prepay the Loan Amount on 45 days prior written notice at any time after the closing bid price for the Company's Common Stock for 20 consecutive trading days is $1.35 or greater and the minimum average daily trading volume of during such 20 day trading period shall have been 50,000 shares. As additional consideration, the Bridge Loan Agreement, provided that the Note holder's were to collectively be issued five-year warrants to purchase an aggregate of 1,833,333 restricted (i.e., unregistered) shares of the Company's Common Stock at $0.45 per share (the "Warrant Shares"). IPtimize agreed to register the Warrant Shares in the first Registration Statement filed by it under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. GTREX CAPITAL INCORPORATED (OTCBB: GRXI) "Up 50.00% on Friday" Detailed Quote: http://www.otcpicks.com/quotes/GRXI.php GTREX Capital, Inc. conducts business in the travel industry. As of March 31, 2007, the company had one operating subsidiary, Global Travel Exchange, Inc., which offers Voyager Network travel distribution platform providing direct access to reservation systems of various travel suppliers, including airlines, cruise lines, hotels, car rental companies, and providers of other travel amenities worldwide. It searches for availability and price for the itinerary suggested by the buyer over various direct connected suppliers and global distribution systems; and presents the aggregated result in the format preferred by the buyer. The company was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Temecula, California. GRXI News: February 21 - GTREX Capital Files Form 8-K Reporting Acquisition of 85% of Green Globe, Ltd., Owner of the Premier International Brand for Sustainable Travel, Tourism and Related Businesses Geoffrey Lipman and Terry De Lacy Appointed to Company Board of Directors GTREX Capital, Inc. (OTCBB: GRXI), a holding company with subsidiary operations in the travel distribution industry, has filed Current Report on Form 8-K that includes details of its acquisition of Green Globe, Ltd., a British company that owns the Green Globe brand, the premier international brand for sustainable travel, tourism and related businesses. The complete Form 8-K can be viewed through a link on the GTREX Capital website at www.gtrexcapital.com/investor.php. The Form 8-K reported that GTREX Capital has purchased a total of 85% Green Globe, Ltd. (U.K.) through a securities purchase and share exchange agreement with two principal shareholders and one minority shareholder. GTREX Capital expects to purchase the remaining 15% of Green Globe, Ltd. (UK), which would be positioned as a wholly owned subsidiary of GTREX Capital, Inc. In addition to the purchase of Green Globe, the Form 8-K disclosed that on February 20, 2008, the company entered into an intellectual property purchase agreement with Sustainable Tourism Development International, Inc. ("STDI"), an Australian Company, for the purchase of the intellectual property rights to the sustainability portal technologies designed and developed by STDI. The purchase will include the start up of a new Global Travel Exchange initiative that will utilize the STDI intellectual property. The Form 8-K also reported the appointment of two new members, Terry De Lacy and Geoffrey Lipman, to the company's Board of Directors. Geoffrey Lipman currently serves as Assistant Secretary General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), a specialized agency of the United Nations and the leading international organization in the field of tourism. From 2001 to 2005, Mr. Lipman served as Special Advisory to Secretary General of the UNWTO. During that period, Mr. Lipman also served as Chairman of Green Global Village and a member of the board of directors of Green Globe Ltd. (U.K.). Mr. Lipman was the first President of the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), the global business leaders' forum. Between 1990 and 1999, he shaped its agenda during its growth from 10-100 members and the positioning of travel and tourism as the world's largest industry, as well as its Millennium Vision for open markets, elimination of barriers and sustainable development. Mr. Lipman is an Adjunct Professor at Victoria University's Centre for Sustainable Tourism (Australia) and Griffith University (Australia) as well as Senior Research Fellow at George Washington University (US). He is also a Board Member of Great Canadian Railway Company. He was a member of two European Union High Level Commissions, on Airline Liberalization and on Tourism Employment, as well as a member of the UK Roundtable on Sustainable Development. He is a Fellow of the Tourism Society, Member of the President of Zambia's Business Advisory Council and the Ethiopia Think Tank. He has been Tourism Envoy for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator & Tourism Advisor to the Commonwealth Business Council & World Economic Forum. He has written and lectured around the world on tourism strategy, sustainability and airline liberalization, co-authored books on opening up European Aviation and established a Think Tank on Free Trade in the Air. Mr. Lipman spent 20 years with the International Air Transport Association (IATA), where he was Executive Director and Head of Government Affairs, later as Executive Director of IFAPA, a foundation representing passengers, and as partner in Global Aviation Associates, a strategic airline consultancy specializing in government relations and competition matters. Terry De Lacy recently took up a position as professor in sustainable tourism and environmental policy at Victoria University, having stood down in July 2007 after 10 years as CEO of the national Sustainable Tourism Co-operative Research Centre (STCRC), established by the Australian government. Previously, Dr. De Lacy was Dean of the Agriculture and Natural Resources faculty at the University of Queensland and held a continuing chair in environmental policy at that university. Before that, he was professor of natural resources at Charles Stuart University. Dr. De Lacy's research area is in environmental policy specializing in natural resources and sustainable tourism. He has authored six books, over 100 articles, 30 keynote addresses, been granted two patents, received 10 Australian Research Council grants, and has attracted over $9 million in personal research. Professor de Lacy has extensive research and project experience in Asia, specifically in China. He was appointed to the Queensland Government's China Council and the Joint Australian India Government's Sustainable Tourism joint working party. He has carried out a number of policy, program and project evaluations both in Australia and overseas for international agencies and national governments. He is a director of several "for profit" and "not for profit" companies including Chairman of STDI Pty Ltd. Dr. De Lacy coordinated the development of the Earthcheck program, which is being used in over 50 countries by Green Globe to benchmark the sustainability performance of tourism businesses and destinations. When working at STCRC he coordinated a proposed R&D program for tourism and climate change for the Australian government and recently led a destination adaptation to climate change strategy for the Sri Lankan government. Additional biographical information on Mr. Lipman and Dr. De Lacy will be included on a new corporate website expected to be launched by the company with in the next several weeks. "We are thrilled to have Mr. Lipman and Dr. De Lacy accept appointments to the company's Board of Directors and look forward to their active participation in the fostering the growth of the Green Globe brand," stated Steven R. Peacock, interim president/chief executive officer of GTREX Capital. "Given its position as a leader in the field of tourism, we will look to follow the direction of the UNWTO in promoting the development of standards for responsible tourism, sustainable tourism, sustainable tourism for the elimination of poverty, and response to climate change. Mr. Lipman is particularly well suited to guide us in these areas, and we very much look forward to his ongoing contributions, particularly in the area of global climate change. "Dr. De Lacy's background as a leader in sustainable tourism and environmental policy for major Australian academic institutions, his experience in both for profit and not for profit settings and his tenure as CEO of the STCRC will provide the company with a unique and invaluable perspective on expanding the Green Globe brand to applications well beyond any currently in use. "We anticipate that the Board will have a very active hand in managing the direction of the company, and these two new Directors will help us to grow its worldwide partnerships, joint ventures and other affiliations that will support environmentally responsibility and positive responses to global climate change," Mr. Peacock added. UPSTREAM BIOSCIENCES (OTCBB: UPBS) "Up 50.00% on Friday" Detailed Quote: http://www.otcpicks.com/quotes/UPBS.php Founded in 2004, Upstream Biosciences is a pioneer in the discovery and development of novel compounds against tropical parasitic diseases and in the development of genetic diagnostics for cancer susceptibility and drug response. Upstream's innovative approach to drug discovery and its proprietary data mining pipeline enable it to apply advanced computational approaches to generating novel drug candidates and to locating and analyzing the genetic variations important to disease progression and drug response. For more information, visit www.upstreambio.com. UPBS News: February 20 - Upstream Biosciences Appoints Leading Bioinformatics Expert Dr. Winston Hide to Its Scientific Advisory Board Dr. Hide's Expertise Spans Bioinformatics, Computational Genomics, Drug Discovery and Tropical Diseases and Includes Distinguished Positions in Academia, the Public Sector and Industry Upstream Biosciences Inc. (OTCBB: UPBS) announced the appointment of Winston Hide, Ph.D., to its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). Dr. Hide is a world-renowned bioinformatics expert who is the founder and Director of the South African National Bioinformatics Institute at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) in Cape Town, South Africa. He is Professor of Genomics at UWC and currently serves as Visiting Professor of Bioinformatics at the Harvard University School of Public Health. Dr. Hide's areas of expertise include computational biology and bioinformatics, genomics, tropical diseases and cancer. He has had a distinguished career as a researcher and teacher and also played a major role in creating a series of institutions for advanced biological and medical research in Africa and elsewhere. As a member of Upstream's SAB, Dr. Hide has agreed to assist the company in the ongoing refinement of its advanced computational drug discovery platform and the development of its library of novel compounds for the treatment of tropical parasitic diseases, including malaria, leishmaniasis and trypanosomiasis, or African sleeping sickness. "Winston represents a treasure trove of knowledge and insight that are highly relevant to our drug discovery efforts," said Joel L. Bellenson, Chief Executive Officer of Upstream. "He is a world class bioinformatics expert who can understand our unique computational discovery platform at a profound level. He is an African who has devoted a significant portion of his career to building first class scientific institutions in Africa and to discovering better treatments for devastating tropical diseases. His broad research interests include cancer, and our library may contain compounds with potential against malignancies. Winston is also an entrepreneur who has achieved success in private industry. We look forward to his contributions to our efforts to rapidly advance our promising drug candidates for malaria and other tropical diseases." Upstream's computational drug discovery platform has the potential to identify and optimize multiple drug candidates quickly and efficiently. The company currently is conducting preclinical tests on a number of compounds in the hope of treating major tropical diseases. Upstream recently announced preliminary results indicating that its novel structural class of agents is demonstrating promising in vitro activity against malaria. Upstream's compounds have also shown encouraging therapeutic potential in vitro against leishmaniasis and trypanosomiasis. Malaria, leishmaniasis and trypanosomiasis, which are caused by related parasites, are leading sources of disability, death and economic hardship in Africa. "With our shared commitment to developing solutions for diseases disproportionately affecting the people of Africa and other developing nations, I am delighted to support the Upstream team at this exciting time in the company's development, as its computational discovery platform and library of drug candidates are producing positive preclinical data," said Dr. Hide. "Upstream's strategy of advancing its pipeline by leveraging relationships with a variety of global institutions is congruent with my own approach, and I look forward to supporting its drug discovery and development efforts going forward." In addition to his roles at UWC and Harvard, Dr. Hide currently leads a pathogen bioinformatics unit of the South African Medical Research Council where he is responsible for the bioinformatics of the Tsetse Fly Genome Project. The tsetse fly carries the pathogen that causes African sleeping sickness. In collaboration with the European 6th Framework Programme, the U.S. Department of Energy, the Brazilian Genome Project and the International Human Genome Consortium, Dr. Hide has developed several systems for disease gene discovery. Collaborating Institutions include Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Oxford, Riken, Cambridge and Tokyo Universities, and the Pasteur Institute. Dr. Hide founded the African Society for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics and established Africa's first World Health Organization African Regional Training Centre for Bioinformatics, its first National Bioinformatics Network, its first large-scale HIV bioinformatics program and its first accredited graduate program in bioinformatics. He was the first African to be elected to the Board of Directors of the International Society for Computational Biology. Dr. Hide was a Keck Computational Fellow at the Baylor College of Medicine Department of Molecular Genetics and also a Fellow at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC. He was a Director of Genomics at MasPar Computer Corporation in Silicon Valley. Dr. Hide is an International Kerr Programme Fellow of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research. Dr. Hide received a BSc degree from the University College Cardiff, University of Wales and a Ph.D. in molecular genetics from Temple University. He lectures widely and serves as an editorial board member and reviewer for numerous scientific journals. Dr. Hide is the recipient of many honors and awards. ROCKFORD CORPORATION (NASD: ROFO) "Up 54.64% on Friday" Detailed Quote: http://www.otcpicks.com/quotes/ROFO.php Rockford Corporation engages in designing, distributing, and assembling mobile audio systems. It offers digital and analog amplifiers, speakers, speaker enclosures, subwoofers, and accessories, such as amplifier wiring kits, fuses, circuit breakers, interconnect cables, speaker cables, stiffening capacitors, battery clamps, connectors, adaptors, and carpet/fabric/surface applications. The company also produces source units, enclosures, signal processors, digital media products, and other products. The company sells its products worldwide under the Rockford Fosgate, Lightning Audio, and Rockford Acoustic Design brand names. It offers its products to retailer stores operated by independent specialty dealers, audio/video retailers, consumer electronic chains, mass merchandisers, Internet retailers, and catalog merchants. Rockford Corporation was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Tempe, Arizona. ROFO News: February 21 - Rockford Corporation Announces Earnings Guidance for Fiscal 2007 and New Stock Buy Back Program Rockford Corporation (NASD: ROFO) announced it expects to earn a profit of approximately $0.7 million or $0.07 per diluted share for the year ended December 31, 2007. The profit includes a gain of approximately $0.4 million due to the recognition of our previously unrealized cumulative translation gains triggered by the dissolution of our European subsidiary. Rockford expects to report revenue of approximately $88.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2007. Rockford also announced that its Board of Directors has approved a new program to purchase up to 450,000 shares of Rockford's Common Stock in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions. Rockford has approximately 9.0 million shares outstanding currently. The program will expire on March 31, 2009, but may be suspended or discontinued at any time. Rockford has repurchased approximately 450,000 shares under its previously announced stock buy back program that had authorized purchases of up to 470,000 shares. Rockford management will direct the program. Rockford has not established specific goals as to the number of shares to be acquired or the purchase price. Decisions about these matters will be based on market conditions, working capital requirements, general business conditions and other relevant factors. If conditions are not favorable, then no purchases will be made. This program will be funded using borrowings from Rockford's existing credit facility. 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