OTCPicks.com Daily Market Movers Digest Midday Report for Wednesday, August 6th USMM, PODM, UDHC, MEDQ, DVAX

Our Stocks to Watch today include U.S. Mine Makers Inc. (OTC: USMM), Capital Oil & Gas Inc. (OTC: PODM), Ulysses Diversified Holdings Corp. (OTC: UDHC), MedQuist Inc. (Nasdaq: MEDQ), Dynavax Technologies Corp. (Nasdaq: DVAX)

U.S. MINE MAKERS INCORPORATED (OTC: USMM)

Company Profile:

U.S. Mine Makers, Inc. is a US-based company engaged in "eco friendly" mining and processing of precious metals in Idaho, Nevada and Canada. The Company processes ore concentrate and hard rock ore to recover residual gold, platinum, rhodium and other precious metals from waste rocks of old abandoned mines. The Company`s goal is to process ore in a safe and economical manner, with little or no environmental impact.

CAPITAL OIL & GAS CORPORATION (OTC: PODM)

"Up 28.57% in morning trading"

Capital Oil & Gas operates retail filling stations/convenience stores throughout the State of Florida; the company is aggressively seeking additional acquisitions that can meet or exceed its current growth plan. Visit www.capitaloilgroup.net for more information.

ULYSSES DIVERSIFIED (OTC: UDHC)

"Up 10.00% in morning trading"

Ulysses Diversified Holdings Corporation operates in the retail optical industry in the United States. It owns, operates, and franchises optical stores that offer eyewear, including contact lenses and non designer eyeglasses and sunglasses. The company also offers designer eyewear. Ulysses Diversified Holdings Corporation was formerly known as Ulysses Holding Corp. and changed its name to Ulysses Diversified Holdings Corporation in May 2008. The company was incorporated in 1994 and is based in Jacksonville, New York.

MEDQUIST INCORPORATED (NASDAQ: MEDQ)

"Up 13.27% in morning trading"

MedQuist, Inc. provides medical transcription technology and services in the United States. It also offers digital dictation, speech recognition, and electronic signature technologies. The company offers DocQment Enterprise Platform, a Web-based dictation and transcription management system, which integrates dictation capture, workflow management, speech recognition, medical transcription, and document distribution. Its maintenance services include onsite maintenance and remote "break-fix" services, as well as application, hardware, and software technical support for its products. In addition, the company offers SpeechQ for Radiology, a front-end speech recognition software application that allows radiologists to dictate, edit, and sign their reports in a single session or send them to an editor following dictation. Further, it offers DocQment Ovation, a Web-based enterprise digital voice capture and transport solution. The company serves health systems, hospitals, and large group medical practices. It also has a collaboration agreement with Philips Medical Systems for product development. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Mount Laurel, New Jersey. MedQuist, Inc. is a subsidiary of Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.

DYNAVAX TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (NASDAQ: DVAX)

"Up 11.18% in morning trading"

Dynavax Technologies Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company, discovers, develops, and commercializes Toll-like Receptor 9 (TLR9) agonist-based products to treat and prevent infectious diseases, allergies, cancer, and chronic inflammatory diseases using proprietary approaches that alter immune system responses in specific ways. The company's TLR9 agonists are based on immunostimulatory sequences (ISS), which are short DNA sequences that enable the immune system to fight disease and control chronic inflammation. Its product candidates include HEPLISAV, a hepatitis B vaccine in Phase III clinical trial partnered with Merck & Co. Inc.; TOLAMBA, a ragweed allergy therapy in Phase II clinical trial; a therapy for metastatic colorectal cancer that is in Phase I clinical trial; and a therapy for hepatitis B in Phase I clinical trial. The company's preclinical asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) program is partnered with AstraZeneca AB. Dynavax Technologies Corporation was founded in 1996 under the name Double Helix Corporation and subsequently changed its name to Dynavax Technologies Corporation. The company is based in Berkeley, California.

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