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OTCPicks.com Stocks to Watch for Thursday, February 28th PFNO, ERUC, ADST, SOHL, HCPC, DLAV

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Our Stocks to Watch tomorrow include ParaFin Corporation (OTC: PFNO), ER Urgent Care Centers (OTC: ERUC), AdStar, Inc. (NASD: ADST), Southern Trust Securities Holding Corp. (OTCBB: SOHL), Heritage Capital Credit Corporation (OTC: HCPC) and DealerAdvance, Inc. (OTCBB: DLAV).

 

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PARAFIN CORPORATION (OTC: PFNO)

"Up 333.33% on Wednesday"

 

Detailed Quote: http://www.otcpicks.com/quotes/PFNO.php

 

Parafin Corporation, a development stage company, engages in the acquisition and exploration of oil and gas properties. It owns an 80% interest in the Alto Parana Block consisting of 2,456,452 hectares in Alto Parana Province, Paraguay. Parafin Corporation also holds a farmout agreement to acquire a 50% working interest in a hydrocarbon concession and operating oil field comprising 7,000 hectares located in the Republic of Columbia, South America. The company was founded in 1978. It was formerly known as Caribou Energy, Inc. and changed its name to E.T. Capital, Inc. in 1994. Further, the company changed its name to eCom.com, Inc. in 1999; to E.T. Corporation in 2002; and to ParaFin Corporation in 2004. ParaFin Corporation is based in Palm Desert, California.

 

ER URGENT CARE HOLDINGS (OTC: ERUC)

"Up 150.00% on Wednesday"

 

Detailed Quote: http://www.otcpicks.com/quotes/ERUC.php

 

ER Urgent Care Holdings, Inc. operates emergency care centers that offer after-hours health care in Florida and Kansas. It provides healthcare services for children, adults, and seniors, as well as offers employee injury, illness, and general healthcare programs. The company also offers physical examination services; occupational urgent care services, such as work-related injuries, sprains/fractures, and lacerations; and occupational healthcare services, including drug screening NIDA/NON-NIDA, breath alcohol testing, spirometry, audiometry, PPD Test, Immunization/HEP B series, and flu shots. It also offers other related services, such as X-Ray, limited laboratory, and limited pharmacy services. The company was founded in 2000 and based in North Miami Beach, Florida.

 

ADSTAR INCORPORATED (NASD: ADST)

"Up 102.63% on Wednesday"

 

Detailed Quote: http://www.otcpicks.com/quotes/ADST.php

 

AdStar, Inc. provides technology services to the classified advertising industry in the United States. It offers services using its proprietary software that electronically connects advertisers with newspaper publishing systems, as well as online advertising formats. The company enables professional advertising agencies, businesses, and individuals to send ads to publishers electronically. Its services are provided on an application service provider (ASP) basis, enabling publishers to expand their relationships with advertising customers using a single integrated platform. The company's professional software applications accept transmissions from classified advertising agencies and corporations using desktop software and Web-based communications. Its ASP Web site technology enables visitors to a newspaper's Web site, giving the opportunity to buy classified ads, for both the print and/or online editions of the newspaper on a 24/7 basis. AdStar's XML Gateway technology allows third parties, internal newspaper applications, and Web publishers to facilitate the processing of classified advertising. In addition, the company, through its subsidiary, Edgil Associates, Inc., provides credit card processing services to the newspaper industry. Edgil offers system integration services, installation support, training, and customer service. Its software product, EdgCapture, allows publishers and groups of publishers to establish their own private payment processing interfaces. The company was founded in 1986 and is based in Marina del Rey, California.

 

AR GROWTH FINANCE CORPORATION (OTC: ARGW)

"Up 270.00% on Wednesday"

 

Detailed Quote: http://www.otcpicks.com/quotes/ARGW.php

 

AR Growth is a Delaware corporation based in Miami, Florida established to invest in finance-related companies in Argentina and ultimately throughout South America. The major shareholders of AR Growth include: (i) Southern Trust Securities Holding Corp., (OTCBB: SOHL), the holding company for the Coral Gables, Florida based broker-dealer and investment banking firm, Capital Investment Services, Inc.; (ii) Administracion de Carteras S.A., an Argentine investment banking advisory company and (iii) Inversora Castellanos S.A., an Argentine company directed and owned by former managers of SanCor, the largest dairy cooperative in Argentina.

 

HERITAGE CAPITAL CREDIT CORPORATION (OTC: HCPC)

"Up 50.00% on Wednesday"

 

Detailed Quote: http://www.otcpicks.com/quotes/HCPC.php

 

Heritage Capital Credit Corporation, through its subsidiary, Independent Capital Credit Corporation, engages in commercial property lending business. It offers financial services related to real estate market. The company operates through four segments: Commercial Mortgage Lending, Capital Markets, Credit Provider, and Proprietary Technology segments. The Commercial Mortgage Lending segment engages in real estate lending, which includes processing, origination, sale, and servicing of commercial mortgage loans. The Capital Markets segment specializes in off-balance sheet arrangements relating to the securitization of commercial loans. The Credit Provider segment provides credit enhancement feature. The Proprietary Technology segment offers software that provides platform for underwriting, servicing, and securitizing commercial property loans and proprietary loan products. The company was incorporated in 1989 as Executive Telecard Corp. of Florida and changed its name to Automax Group, Inc. in 2001. Further, it changed its name to Heritage Capital Credit Corporation in 2004. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware.

 

DEALERADVANCE (OTCBB: DLAV)

"Up 47.06% on Wednesday"

 

Detailed Quote: http://www.otcpicks.com/quotes/DLAV.php

 

DealerAdvance™, Inc. (http://www.dealeradvance.com/) is an innovator in applying technology and the Internet along with process improvement methods to increase business efficiency and sales. The Company has developed the only hand-held technology that is an integrated technology called WebDA™ which, among many features, allows automobile dealers to capture a customer's purchasing requirements, customers and dealerships personnel to search inventory at multiple locations, locate an appropriate vehicle in stock and print out the necessary forms. Through an integrated CRM (Customer Relationship Management) application, the system sends detailed tasks for prospect and customer follow-up and produces management reports to measure compliance. DealerAdvance™ allows sales professionals to increase sales, improve customer follow-up, and reduce administrative costs. The new web based hand-held application allows sales people to desk a deal from anywhere on the lot and allows management access from off the lot, which creates complete accountability for the dealers operations.

 

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