Dallas, TX – YRC WORLDWIDE INCORPORATED (NASDAQ: YRCW) "Up 47.13% on Thursday"
YRC Worldwide Inc., a Fortune 500 company and one of the largest transportation service providers in the world, is the holding company for a portfolio of successful brands including YRC, YRC Reimer, YRC Glen Moore, YRC Logistics, New Penn, Holland and Reddaway. YRC Worldwide has the largest, most comprehensive network in North America with local, regional, national and international capabilities. Through its team of experienced service professionals, YRC Worldwide offers industry-leading expertise in heavyweight shipments and flexible supply chain solutions, ensuring customers can ship industrial, commercial and retail goods with confidence. The company is headquartered in Overland Park, Kan.
NEXT 1 INTERACTIVE INCORPORATED (OTCBB: NXOI) "Up 98.33% on Thursday"
Next One Interactive, Inc. (NXOI) is a multi-faceted media company specializing in Travel and Real Estate. Next One plans the delivery of targeted content via multiple digital platforms including Satellite, Cable, Broadcast, Broadband and mobile. In today's digital market Next One Interactive delivers information and entertainment to consumers. The company business plan calls for multiple revenue streams from real estate and travel content delivery including transactional commissions, referral fees, advertising and sponsorship. The multiple revenue streams and integrated media platforms allow for the delivery of measurable return on investment to its advertisers, sponsors and business partners.
VRINGO INCORPORATED (AMEX: VRNG) "Up 17.79% on Thursday"
Vringo is a leading provider of software platforms for mobile social and mobile video services. With its award-winning video ringtone application and other mobile software platforms — including Facetones™ — Video Remix and Fan Loyalty - Vringo transforms the basic act of making and receiving mobile phone calls into a highly visual, social experience. Vringo's video ringtone service enables users to create or take video, images and slideshows from virtually anywhere and turn it into their visual call signatures. In a first for the mobile industry, Vringo has introduced its patented VringForward technology, which allows users to share video clips with friends with a simple call. Vringo's Facetones™ product creates an automated video slideshow using friends' photos from social media web sites, which is played each time a user makes or receives a mobile call. Vringo's Video ReMix application, in partnership with music artists and brands, allows users to create their own music video by tapping on a Smartphone or tablet. Lastly, Fan Loyalty is a platform that lets users interact, vote and communicate with contestants in reality TV series, as well as downloading and setting clips from such shows as video ringtones. Vringo's video ringtone application has been heralded by The New York Times as "the next big thing in ringtones" and USA Today said it has "to be seen to be believed."
LUCAS ENERGY INCORPORATED (AMEX: LEI) "Up 26.27% on Thursday"
Lucas Energy Inc., an independent oil and gas company (the "Company" or "Lucas"), announced that the Company has commenced drilling the Kuntschik No.1HST well new lateral in Gonzales County, Texas. The Kuntschik No.1 well was purchased by Lucas Energy, Inc. in 2005 along with the sister well, the Kuntschik No.2. Both wells are horizontal Austin Chalk well. The Kuntschik No.1 well was completed in the Austin Chalk "D" zone. The current plan is to plug back the old lateral and drill a new lateral in the Austin Chalk "C" zone. The proposed new lateral will be approximately 4800 fee in length.
MULTIBAND CORPORATION (NASDAQ: MBND) "Up 15.14% on Thursday"Multiband Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides software and integrated billing services, including voice, data, and video services in the United States. The company offers services to multiple-dwelling units, including apartment buildings, condominiums, and time share resorts, as well as provides local and long distance telephone cable television, telephone, and Internet services. It also operates as a master service operator for DirecTV, a provider of satellite television service. The company offers satellite television services to residents of multi-dwelling units through a network of affiliated operators. As of March 15, 2008, Multiband Corporation had approximately 95,300 owned and managed subscriptions. The company was founded in 1933. It was formerly known as Vicom, Incorporated and changed its name to Multiband Corporation in 2004. The company is based in New Hope, Minnesota.
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