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OTCPicks.com Stocks to Watch for Thursday, August 7th MEXP, VRGI, VRNM, UDHC

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Our Stocks to Watch tomorrow include Marine Exploration Inc. (OTC: MEXP), Virogen Inc. (OTC: VRGI), Verenium Corp. (Nasdaq: VRNM), Ulysses Diversified Holdings Corp. (OTC: UDHC)

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MARINE EXPLORATION INCORPORATED (OTC: MEXP)

"Up 160.00% on Wednesday"

Marine Exploration, Inc., a development stage company, engages in marine treasure hunting expeditions. It involves in the exploration and recovery of deep-ocean shipwrecks, including the marketing, sale, and distribution of recovered artifacts, replicas, merchandise, and books through various retail and wholesale sales channels. The company was incorporated in 1996 as Jenkon International, Inc. and changed its name to Multimedia K.I.D., Inc. in 1999. Later, it changed its name to SYCO, Inc. in 2006; and to Marine Exploration, Inc. in 2007. The company is based in Denver, Colorado.

VIROGEN INCORPORATED (OTC: VRGI)

"Up 90.00% on Wednesday"

Virogen, Inc. is the developer and patent holder of a revolutionary vaccine to combat Newcastle disease, a deadly disease that kills chickens worldwide.

VERENIUM CORPORATION (NASDAQ: VRNM)

"Up 64.36% on Wednesday"

Verenium Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development and production of specialty enzyme products, and production and commercialization of biofuels. It operates in two segments, Biofuels and Specialty Enzymes. The Biofuels segment focuses on the production and commercialization of biofuels, primarily ethanol from cellulosic biomass. The Specialty Enzymes segment develops customized enzymes for use in alternative fuels, specialty industrial processes, and animal nutrition and health markets. Its products include Fuelzyme-LF, an alpha amylase enzyme, designed to improve the efficiency and economics of ethanol production from corn and other grain, or starch sources; Purifine enzyme for biodiesel applications; Amylase-T Transgenic Corn Amylase; Fuelzyme-CX enzymes for cellulosic ethanol; Purifine for edible oils; Luminase for pulp and paper processing; Phyzyme XP; Quantum phytase; Bayovac SRS that is designed to prevent disease in farmed Atlantic salmon; and Phytase-T, which supplements Quantum phytase. The company has strategic collaborations with Syngenta AG for the discovery and development of a range of novel enzymes; Bunge Oils, Inc. to discover and develop novel enzymes for the production of edible oil products; Cargill Health and Food Technologies to discover and develop novel enzymes for the production of a proprietary Cargill product; BASF AG to develop biocatalytic enzymes; DuPont Bio for the production of ethanol and other chemical products from corn biomass; and Bayer Animal Health to develop and market products to prevent infectious diseases in fish. It operates in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. The company was founded in 1992 under the name Industrial Genome Sciences, Inc. and changed its name to Diversa Corporation in 1997. Further, it changed its name to Verenium Corporation in 2007. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

ULYSSES DIVERSIFIED HOLDINGS CORPORATION (OTC: UDHC)

"Up 30.00% on Wednesday"

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.

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