Winston-Salem 12/3/2009 6:53:25 AM
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SmallCapReview - Stocks to Watch Thursday - SNWT, NANO, PSS

 

San West Inc. (OTCBB: SNWT) Announced on Tuesday that that Buggy World has broadened its current Buggy Giveaway contest to include a Weekly Giveaway in addition to the Grand Prize Buggy Giveaway and 10 contest qualifiers.

 

Bryan Britton, Vice President of San West Inc. and General Manager of Buggy World, said this morning on the announcement, "This last week, Buggy World's booth in the Imperial Sand Dunes was a huge hit. We had thousands of visitors to the booth, which featured some of our top-selling buggies, information on our store in Santee, California and contest registration forms for the Buggy Giveaway. Needless to say, we could not be more pleased with how productive the Vendors Row location was for us."



What They Do: San West designs, manufactures, sells and repairs off-road buggies, and additionally provides aftermarket performance products and accessories for off-road buggies. Products are sold via three divisions: at retail store locations, via the online store and through its growing dealer network.

 

Nanometrics Incorporated (Nasdaq: NANO) $13.10. Today announced a follow-on order for ten of its Atlas® XP metrology systems, as well as industry-leading NanoDiffract™ software, from a leading memory customer. These systems are incremental to systems previously ordered and announced earlier this year. The systems are to be delivered to multiple factories throughout the fourth quarter of 2009 and first quarter of 2010 in support of technology re-tooling for next-generation DRAM and Flash manufacturing.



What They Do: Nanometrics is a leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of high-performance process control metrology systems used primarily in the manufacturing of semiconductors, advanced wafer-scale packaging, solar photovoltaics and high-brightness LEDs, as well as by customers in the silicon wafer and data storage industries.

 

Collective Brands (NYSE: PSS) $20.17. Today announced financial results for the third quarter ended October 31, 2009. Third quarter 2009 net earnings attributable to Collective Brands, Inc. were $36.9 million, or $0.57 per diluted share, compared to $47.5 million, or $0.74 per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2008. Taking adjustments(1) into account, third quarter 2009 net earnings attributable to Collective Brands, Inc. were $39.4 million, or $0.61 per diluted share, up $13.4 million, or 51.5%, versus the third quarter of 2008. Third quarter 2009 adjustments were related to the settlement of certain litigation and severance; and third quarter 2008 adjustments were related to litigation, severance, and the expiration of the Tommy Hilfiger adult footwear license.



What They Do: Collective Brands, Inc. is a leader in bringing compelling lifestyle, fashion and performance brands for footwear and related accessories to consumers worldwide. Collective Brands, Inc. is the holding company for Payless ShoeSource, Collective Brands Performance + Lifestyle Group, and Collective Licensing International.

 

 

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