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OTCPicks.com Stocks to Watch for Friday, March 14th ADCS, BXXX, CVLL, UHCR, MMTIF, DFNS

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Our Stocks to Watch tomorrow include Advanced Content Services, Inc. (OTC: ADCS), Brooke Corporation (NASDAQ: BXXX), Community Valley Bancorp (NASDAQ: CVLL), Ulysses Holding Corp. (OTC: UHCR), Micromem Technologies Inc. (OTCBB: MMTIF) and Defense Industries International, Inc. (OTCBB: DFNS).

 

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ADVANCED CONTENT SERVICES (OTC: ADCS)

"Up 40.00% on Thursday"

 

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

 

Formerly known as International Minerals Mining Group Inc., Advanced Content Services Inc. is engaged in a variety of online projects. The current share structure of common stock for the company is 470 million shares of common stock authorized with 223,663,681 shares issued and outstanding.

 

BROOKE CORPORATION (NASD: BXXX)

"Up 39.44% on Thursday"

 

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

 

Brooke Corporation makes and manages investments in the insurance, banking, and financial services industries. Its holdings include two publicly-traded companies, Brooke Capital Corporation and Brooke Credit Corporation, and a wholly owned privately held company, Brooke Brokerage. Brooke Capital operates a franchise network of property and casualty insurance agencies in the United States. Its franchise network includes approximately 900 agencies generating annualized insurance premiums from personal lines of insurance and small commercial policies. Brooke Capital also operates a life insurance company. Brooke Credit is a specialty finance company that underwrites senior loans to businesses in insurance and death care industries, such as unaffiliated insurance agencies, funeral homes, and other businesses. Brooke Brokerage operates a federally-chartered thrift institution that offers a range of commercial banking products. It accepts interest bearing and non-interest bearing demand deposits, savings deposits, time deposits, and certificates of deposit, as well as offers personal and mortgage loans. Brooke Brokerage offers its products and services utilizing a network of independent agents, as well as through the Internet and other electronic means, such as automated teller machines. The company was founded in 1986 and is based in Overland Park, Kansas.

 

COMMUNITY VALLEY BANCORP (NASD: CVLL)

"Up 25.00% on Thursday"

 

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

 

Community Valley Bancorp operates as the holding company for Butte Community Bank that provides banking services to individuals and various-sized businesses in California. The company accepts checking, interest bearing transaction, savings, time certificates of deposit, and retirement accounts. It also offers home equity and consumer loans, agricultural loans, government guaranteed loans, commercial and industrial loans, and real estate loans. In addition, Community Valley Bancorp offers cashier's checks, traveler's checks, bank-by-mail, night depository, safe deposit boxes, direct deposit, automated payroll services, cash management, lockbox, and other customary banking services. Further, it provides telephone banking and Internet banking, merchant, and investment services, as well as credit, debit, and ATM card services. As of June 22, 2007, the company operated 13 branches in 10 cities, including Chico, Colusa, Corning, Magalia, Oroville, Paradise, Red Bluff, Redding, Yuba City, and Marysville, as well as loan production offices in Citrus Heights and Gridley. Community Valley Bancorp, through its strategic alliance with Linsco Private Ledger Financial Services, provides annuities, insurance products, mutual funds, and various investment products. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Chico, California.

 

ULYSSES HOLDING CORPORATION (OTC: UHCR)

"Up 38.46% on Thursday"

 

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

 

Ulysses Holding Corp. is a retail owner/operator and franchiser optical holding company within the 17 Billion Dollar a year retail optical industry, specializing in acquiring single to small multi-store operations that are well established within their communities that the owner(s) are looking for an exit strategy due to retirement or other plausible reasons. The company will also expand (under certain circumstances) the number of units through joint ventures, franchising or the development of new locations that will meet the company’s criteria for success. The company will also expand revenue through management/consulting agreements with existing store owners. The company will also derive revenues from brokering franchise/sales deals to some of the larger optical retailers in the industry. The company’s business plan calls for ten to fifteen retail outlets within the first twelve months of operations and twenty to thirty additional outlets within the second twelve months of operations with an overall objective of a minimum thirty to thirty five outlets within a twenty four month period. The company’s policy is not to change any of its new acquisitions employees or operations as it intends to maintain the community environment and involvement that was established by its former owner(s) while incorporating the advantages of corporate buying strength and centralized administration.

 

MICROMEM TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED (OTCBB: MMTIF)

"Up 32.19% on Thursday"

 

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

 

Micromem is a fabless semiconductor device company devoted to development of MRAM technology. Micromem's patents in MRAM create a solution for performance driven, radiation hard non-volatile memory applications. It has been in the business of researching and developing magnetic based memory for over seven years. Micromem's Magnetic random access memory, is non-volatile, read/write addressable, and fabricated from radiation hard materials. Our markets include aerospace and defense, sensors and RFID. Future growth and technical evolution will come from the pervasive computing, PDA and display markets.

 

DEFENSE INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL (OTCBB: DFNS)

"Up 32.45% on Thursday"

 

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

 

Defense Industries International, Inc. is a leading manufacturer and global provider of personal military and civilian protective equipment and supplies. Defense Industries' main products include body armor, bomb disposal suits and bullet-resistant vests and jackets; ballistic wall covers, ceramic armor plates and lightweight armor UHMW-PE plates; personal military equipment, battle pouch units and combat harness units; dry storage units, liquid logistics, tents and vehicle covers; winter suits, sleeping bags and backpacks. The Company's manufacturing facilities meet American EQNET and international ISO 9001 standards. For additional information, please visit the Company's web site at www.defense-industries.com.

 

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