OTCPicks.com Daily Market Movers Digest Midday Report for Wednesday, December 10th NXHD, SMAS, MKTY, CTIC

Our Stocks to Watch today include Nexia Holdings Inc. (OTCBB: NXHD), Somatic Systems Inc. (OTC: SMAS), Mechanical Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: MKTY) and Cell Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: CTIC).

NEXIA HOLDINGS INCORPORATED (OTCBB: NXHD)

"Up 100.00% in morning trading"

Nexia Holdings, Inc., headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, is a diversified holdings company with operations in real estate, health & beauty, and fashion retail. Nexia owns a majority interest in Landis Lifestyle Salon (www.landissalons.com), a hair salon built around the world-class Aveda™ product line. Through its Style Perfect, Inc. subsidiary, Nexia owns the innovative retail and design firm Black Chandelier and its related brands. Black Chandelier currently operates one retail location and online store at www.blackchandelier.com.

SOMATIC SYSTEMS INCORPORATED (OTC: SMAS)

Somatic Systems is the worldwide center for Clinical Somatics™, the groundbreaking drug-free, non-surgical approach to pain relief. This proprietary system uses natural, non-invasive movement techniques — conducted through one-hour hands-on sessions, therapeutic exercises classes, and home exercises lasting as little as 5 minutes a day — to relieve pain and limitation resulting from accident, trauma and repetitive stress, including back pain, knee pain, joint problems, carpal tunnel syndrome, TMJ, scoliosis, bursitis, sciatica, headaches, tendonitis and more. Clinical Somatics™ also provides performance gains and injury prevention for casual and professional athletes. Somatic Systems is pursuing a 3-part growth strategy, consisting of a nationwide rollout of pain management Somatics Clinics; increased production and distribution of therapeutic videos, books, and other retail self-help Somatics Products; and expanded Somatics Training Programs to supply Clinic practitioners serving medical and orthopedic professionals and institutional and corporate programs. The company operates a suite of web sites offering Somatics information, products, resources and opportunities at www.somatics.org.

MECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED (NASDAQ: MKTY)

"Up 37.30% in morning trading"

Mechanical Technology, Incorporated, through its subsidiaries, engages in developing and commercializing off-the-grid rechargeable power sources for portable electronics. The company offers fuel cell power solution that consists of Mobion Chip, the direct methanol fuel cell power engine, and methanol replacement cartridges for various applications, such as mobile phones and mobile phone accessories, digital cameras, portable media players, PDAs, and GPS devices. It also provides precision non-contact physical measurement solutions, condition based monitoring systems, portable balancing equipment, and semiconductor wafer inspection tools for the manufacturing, semiconductor, commercial/military aviation, automotive, and data storage industries. The company's test and measurement instruments and systems consist of electronic, computerized gauging instruments for position, displacement, and vibration applications for the design, manufacturing, and test markets; semiconductor products for wafer characterization; and engine balancing and vibration analysis systems for military and commercial aircrafts. It sells its products directly, as well as through sales representatives and distributors to original equipment manufacturers primarily in the United States, Europe, Japan, Singapore, and internationally. The company has strategic alliance with Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.; Duracell; and Trident Systems, Inc. Mechanical Technology, Incorporated was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Albany, New York.

CELL THERAPEUTICS INCORPORATED (NASDAQ: CTIC)

"Up 32.67% in morning trading"

Headquartered in Seattle, CTI is a biopharmaceutical company committed to developing an integrated portfolio of oncology products aimed at making cancer more treatable. For additional information, visit www.celltherapeutics.com.

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