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www.PicksThatMove.com: "Picks that move" Alerts, September 11, 2009: HOMB, BIOD, DCTH, ARTL, DITC and OPTV.
[September 12, 2009]

www.PicksThatMove.com: "Picks that move" Alerts, September 11, 2009: HOMB, BIOD, DCTH, ARTL, DITC and OPTV.


(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Picksthatmove.com Alerts include Home BancShares, Inc. (Nasdaq: HOMB); Biodel Inc. (Nasdaq: BIOD); Delcath Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: DCTH); The Aristotle Corporation (NASDAQ: ARTL; ARTLP); Ditech Networks (NASDAQ: DITC) and OpenTV Corp. (NASDAQ: OPTV) -- September 11, 2009 Home BancShares, Inc. (Nasdaq:HOMB) trading at $20.40 on a volume of 16,032 shares.

In a press release out on September 11, 2009 Home BancShares, Inc. Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Stock CONWAY, Ark., Sep 11, 2009 -- Home BancShares, Inc. (Nasdaq:HOMB), parent company of Centennial Bank, today announced that it has commenced an underwritten public offering of approximately $90 million of its common stock. The underwriters will have a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 15 percent of the offered amount of common stock from the Company to cover over-allotments, if any. Stephens Inc. and RBC Capital Markets Corporation will serve as joint bookrunners, and Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated and Howe Barnes Hoefer & Arnett will be co-managers.

Home BancShares, Inc. is a bank holding company, headquartered in Conway, Arkansas. Our wholly-owned subsidiary, Centennial Bank, provides a broad range of commercial and retail banking and related financial services to businesses, real estate developers and investors, individuals and municipalities. Centennial Bank has locations in central Arkansas, north central Arkansas, southern Arkansas, the Florida Keys and southwestern Florida. The Company's common stock is traded through the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol "HOMB".


-- September 11, 2009 Biodel Inc. (Nasdaq: BIOD) trading at $5.21 on a volume of 16,070 shares In a press release on September 11, 2009 Biodel Inc. to Present at Morgan Stanley 2009 Global Healthcare Unplugged Conference on September 14th, 2009 DANBURY, Conn., Sep 11, 2009 -- Biodel Inc. (Nasdaq: BIOD) today announced that Dr. Solomon Steiner, Chairman and CEO of Biodel, will present a corporate update at the Morgan Stanley 2009 Global Healthcare Unplugged Conference in New York on Monday, September 14, 2009 at 4:30 pm Atlantic Time.

About Biodel Inc.

Biodel Inc. is a specialty biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative treatments for endocrine disorders, such as diabetes and osteoporosis. Biodel's product candidates are developed using VIAdel(TM) technology, which reformulates existing FDA-approved peptide drugs. For further information regarding Biodel, please visit the company's website at www.Biodel.com.

-- September 11, 2009 Delcath Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: DCTH) trading at $3.98 on a volume of 556,523 shares.

In a press release out on September 11, 2009 Data Safety Monitoring Board Unanimously Recommends Continuation of Delcath's Phase III Clinical Trial Enrollment Reaches 95% Accrual -- NEW YORK, Sept 11, 2009 -- Delcath Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: DCTH), a medical technology company testing its proprietary treatment method for primary and metastatic cancers to the liver, announced that the Data and Safety Monitoring Board ("DSMB") reviewed clinical data on 77 patients enrolled in its pivotal Phase III clinical trial and unanimously recommended that the trial continue to enroll patients with the goal of reaching the 92 patients required to complete the study. In addition, the Company announced it now expects enrollment to be completed by mid-October.

About Delcath Systems, Inc.

Delcath Systems, Inc. is a medical device company specializing in cancer treatment. The Company is testing a proprietary, patented drug delivery system for the treatment of liver cancers. Delcath's novel drug delivery platform is testing the delivery of ultra-high doses of anti-cancer drugs to the liver while preventing these high doses of drug from entering the patient's bloodstream. The Company is currently enrolling patients in Phase III and Phase II clinical studies for the treatment of liver cancers using high doses of melphalan. The Company's intellectual property portfolio consists of twenty-seven patents on a worldwide basis including the U.S., Europe, Asia and Canada. For more information, please visit the Company's website atwww.delcath.com.

-- September 11, 2009 The Aristotle Corporation (NASDAQ: ARTL; ARTLP) last at $5.36 In a press release out on September 11, 2009 The Aristotle Corporation Declares Semi-Annual Preferred Stock Dividends STAMFORD, Conn., Sep 11, 2009 -- The Aristotle Corporation (NASDAQ: ARTL; ARTLP) announced today that it has declared semi-annual cash dividends of $.33 and $.36 per share, respectively, on its outstanding shares of Series I Preferred Stock and Series J Preferred Stock. The dividends are payable on September 30, 2009, to holders of record on September 22, 2009. Dividends are payable on Aristotle's Preferred Stock on March 31 and September 30, if and when declared by Aristotle's Board of Directors.

About Aristotle The Aristotle Corporation, founded in 1986, and headquartered in Stamford, CT, is a leading manufacturer and global distributor of educational, health, medical technology and agricultural products.

-- September 11, 2009 Ditech Networks (NASDAQ:DITC) last trade at $1.68 on a volume of 6,500 shares In a press release out on September 11, 2009 Ditech Networks and SimulScribe Establish a Strategic Relationship to Market Voice to Text Applications Strategic Relationship Enables Ditech Networks to Expand Its Voice Application Portfolio to Include Voice to Text Offerings for Carriers and Enterprises MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sep 11, 2009 -- Ditech Networks (NASDAQ:DITC), a global leader in mobile voice processing applications, today announced it has entered into a strategic relationship with SimulScribe, in which Ditech Networks will be the exclusive global marketing and sales partner for SimulScribe's voice-to-text (VTT) applications to service providers and enterprises.

About Ditech Networks Ditech Networks is revolutionizing modern communications with advanced voice processing solutions that perform tasks spanning from voice-enabled Web 2.0 and unified communications services to network and speech enhancement. Ditech Networks believes in the power and simplicity of human speech; its technology is being designed to deliver compelling voice capabilities to new communications methods like social networking and text messaging, allowing consumers to use voice in ways that make sense in today's Web 2.0-savvy world.

Leveraging over 15 years of deployments with communications providers around the world, Ditech Networks offers unique, effective products and services that put the subscriber's experience first, assisting carriers with revenue generation, service differentiation, network expansion and call capacity. Ditech Networks' customers include Verizon, Sprint/Nextel, Orascom Telecom, AT&T, China Unicom, Global Crossing and West Corporation. Ditech Networks is headquartered in Mountain View, California. For more information, visit www.ditechnetworks.com.

-- September 11, 2009 OpenTV Corp. (NASDAQ:OPTV) trading at $1.35 on a volume of 296,609 shares In a press release out on September 11, 2009 OpenTV Announces Free SDK Development Suite Company Makes Software Development Suite Available to Developer Community at No Charge Allowing Easy Application Creation for Interactive Television AMSTERDAM, Sep 11, 2009 -- OpenTV Corp. (NASDAQ:OPTV), a leading software and technology provider of advanced digital television solutions, today announced that it is licensing its suite of application development tools to the developer community at no charge. The OpenTV SDK Development Suite is an integrated interactive application development environment for OpenTV middleware that allows developers to create applications for interactive television using the complete functionality of an OpenTV-enabled set-top box.

About OpenTV OpenTV is one of the world's leading providers of advanced digital television solutions dedicated to creating and delivering compelling viewing experiences to consumers of digital content worldwide. The company's software has been integrated in more than 133 million devices around the world, and enables advanced program guides, video-on-demand, personal video recording, interactive and addressable advertising and a variety of enhanced television applications. For more information, please visit www.opentv.com.

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