US spied on Russian President Medvedev at 2009 G20 Summit – NSA leaks

The following is an excerpt from rt.com | June 16, 2013 |
As Britain readies to host the G8 summit, the documents uncovered by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden have revealed that back in 2009 US spies intercepted top-secret communications of then Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev, during his visit to London.
The Guardian, which has seen the documents, al…

Microsoft: Office 365 for iOS ‘Step in Right Direction,’ Says Nomura

The following is an excerpt from Tiernan Ray | June 14, 2013 | Barrons.com |
Nomura Equity Research‘s Rick Sherlund this afternoon writes that the announcement today by Microsoft (MSFT) that its “Office 365” productivity suite is available for Apple‘s (AAPL) iPhone is a “very limited first step in the right direction of delivering Office funct…

EU And US Launch Negotiations Over What Could be Biggest Trade Pact In History

The following is an excerpt from: Nat Rudarakanchana | June 17, 2013 | ibtimes.com |
President Barack Obama and top European officials formally launched negotiations over a trans-Atlantic EU-U.S. trade deal, potentially the biggest trade deal ever, at the sidelines of the G-8 summit in Ireland Monday.
U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron, a key figure in th…

Solar-powered plane lands in Washington after ‘pit stop’ in Ohio

The following is an excerpt from Alan Boyle | June 16, 2013 | msnbc.com |
The Swiss-made Solar Impulse plane made a smooth landing in Washington early Sunday, leaving just one more solar-powered hop to go in its cross-continent odyssey.
The 208-foot-wide (63-meter-wide) aircraft set down at Dulles International Airport at 12:15 a.m. ET, with Solar Impuls…

U.S. Stocks Fall on IMF Outlook, Warning on Stimulus Exit

The following is an excerpt from Lu Wang | June 14, 2013 | Bloomberg.com |
U.S. stocks fell, after yesterday’s rally in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, as the International Monetary Fund cut its 2014 outlook for America and urged the central bank to carefully manage its exit from stimulus plans.
DuPont Co. and American Express Co. (AXP) slipped at le…

A Fight Over U.S. Coal Exports and the Industry’s Future

The following is an excerpt from CLIFFORD KRAUSS | June 14, 2013 | Nytimes.com |
CROW AGENCY, Mont. — Every few hours trains packed with coal pass through the sagebrush-covered landscape here in southern Montana, some on their way north to Canadian ports for shipment to Japan and South Korea. If the mining company Cloud Peak Energy has its way, many more tra…

Nextdoor Hooks Up With Bloomberg and the City of New York

The following is an excerpt from Mike Isaac | June 14, 2013 | allthingsd.com |
In one of the company’s most noteworthy partnerships to date, Nextdoor, the private social network focused on small neighborhood communities, will become one of New York City’s official communication tools to connect with citizens.
Much like Nextdoor’s existing deals w…

Big Data Knows What You’ll Do Next Summer

The following is an excerpt from Quentin Fottrell | June 13, 2013 | Smartmoney.com |
Revelations that a government surveillance program monitors phone calls and electronic communications has many Americans wondering how this new era of widespread data collection will change their daily lives. In “Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live…

Opportunist Magazine Feature Story – Lady Gaga

Orlando, Florida—May 9, 2011 – Lady Gaga (real name Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta) is an American pop singer-songwriter with a net worth of $110 million, according to Celebrity Networth.com. According to paywizard.org she will earn an additional $62 Million this year from record, merchandise and concert ticket sales. If she had become a publi…

OpportunistMagazine.com Teams up with eMedia Plex to Provide Full Suite of Marketing Communications Services

Orlando, Florida—March 25, 2011 OpportunistMagazine; an online financial publication filled with informative content on public companies, financial news, investor tips, and more; announced today that it has partnered with eMedia Plex to heighten awareness of the Opportunist Magazine brand, as well as its profiled companies. eMedia Plex is a lead…

Opportunist Magazine to Feature Interview with Erin Burnett, Host of CNBC’s “Street Signs” and Co-Anchor of “Squawk on the Street”

Orlando, Florida—March 23, 2011—“Never, on a deep level, had I truly appreciated the civil liberties we have in this country,” explains famed anchor Erin Burnett when asked about her recent trip to Egypt in the newest online edition of Opportunist Magazine (issue online at www.OpportunistMagazine.com). “It was an invigorating moment…to…

OpportunistMagazine.com Enters into Cross-Marketing Relationship with SmallCapVoice.com to Offer Companies A Wider Array of Investor Relations Services

Orlando, Florida–February 28, 2011–www.OpportunistMagazine.com; an online financial publication filled with informative content on public companies, financial news, investor tips, and more; announced today that the company has entered into a strategic cross-marketing relationship with www.SmallCapVoice.com.  The relations…

OpportunistMagazine.com Enters into Cross-Marketing Relationship with MoneyTV to Offer Companies Even Greater Shareholder Awareness

Orlando, Florida–February 28, 2011–OpportunistMagazine.com; an online financial publication filled with informative content on public companies, financial news, investor tips, and more; announced today that the company has entered into a strategic cross-marketing relationship with MoneyTV. The relationship will allow Opportun…

Opportunist Magazine Launches Their Online Publication — Becomes A New Resource For The Financial Community

World Wide Web — February 8, 2011.
For Immediate Release
Markham Woods Press Publishing Co. announced the official launch of OpportunistMagazine.com, its innovative website for the financial community that is smart phone and iPad ready.
Opportunist Magazine retained Emediaplex.com to design a cutting edge website using our magazine based con…

Launch of Opportunist Magazine Provides a Voice for Penny Stock, Micro Cap and Small Cap Companies

World Wide Web — February 8, 2011.
For Immediate Release

The launch of an online publication for investors, OpportunistMagazine.com, promises to give voice to penny stock, micro cap stock and small cap stock companies. Offering valuable information and daily news to financial firms, small businesses and investors, Opportunist Magazine will ad…

3D Eye Solutions, Inc. Successfully Installs its 3D Without Glasses Screens at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Apr 05, 2010
OTC Disclosure & News Service
Longwood, FL – 3D Eye Solutions, Inc. Successfully Installs its 3D Without Glasses Screens at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Company’s Cutting Edge 3D Technology Ready for Digital Signage Advertising in the New York Area
LONGWOOD, Fla., April. 5 /Pink Sheets/ — 3D Eye Solutions, Inc. (OTC…

“BUBBLE, BUBBLE….WE’VE STILL GOT TROUBLE” (with apologies to Bill Shakespeare!)

BYRON RAMBO, MBA, EA
Fellow, National Tax Practice Institute
Byron.Rambo@rsbpartners.com
June 11, 2013
 
Great news is everywhere, the housing markets are recovering and that’s the key driver to our economy so things are really looking up! It’s being reported that the renewed boom in housing is leading the US to a sustainable recovery. Warren B…

Options Writer Series — IBM –Big Blue Shines. No Wonder Warren Buffett Bought A Position

By Warren Kaplan
The Stock Option Writer
© Warren Kaplan 2011-2013
June 11, 2013
 
No, this stock is not listed in the S&P Aristocrat list. Why? Well because the company has not raised its dividend every year for the last 25 years.  That said, it is a leader in its field. International Business Machines Corporation provides information technolog…

Options Writer Series — F- There is a Ford in Your Future

By Warren Kaplan
The Stock Option Writer
© Warren Kaplan 2011-2013
May 28, 2013
 
I really do not have to write about the Ford Company to you. If you do not know that they make cars and trucks, well, you should not be on this planet. From the sale of cars, they have a finance company and of course they make and sell parts. That is it in a nutshell. What you may not k…

Letter to Senator John McCain

RSB PARTNERS, LLC
6931 TALLOW TREE ROAD SANFORD, FLORIDA 32771
BYRON.RAMBO@RSBPARTNERS.COM
407-429-3962 (fax) 407-580-5308
 
May 22, 2013
 
Senator John McCain, Capt., USN, (ret)
Via fax:           202-228-2862
 
Sir:
I saw your vicious comments about Apple, Inc., being the country’s largest “tax avoider”; attac…

Building a Strategy for Debt Management and Elimination

Dave Bonner
May 28, 2013
 
With the collapse of the housing market, new regulations have been put in place that radically reshape the process of home ownership as well as property development and investment. With the continued ballooning of education costs in this country, it is only a matter of time until an education bubble bursts or said bubble is for…

OTCMarkets Disclosure Tiers

By: Brenda Hamilton, Attorney
Hamilton & Associates Law Group
May 28, 2013
 
Unlike securities listed on stock exchanges such as NASDAQ or the NYSE, securities may trade through the OTCMarkets interdealer quotation system regardless of whether they are an SEC reporting issuer. While the OTCMarkets is not a stock exchange it does classify issue…

Rule 504 l OTC Pink Sheet Offering Cheat Sheet

 
By: Brenda Hamilton, Attorney
Hamilton & Associates Law Group
May 21, 2013
 
Rule 504 l OTC Pink Sheet Offering Cheat Sheet
Rule 504 of Regulation D is a transactional exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) for non-reporting companies when they offer and sell secu…

Options Writer Series — PWE – Penn West – Will it Or Won’t it???

By Warren Kaplan
The Stock Option Writer
© Warren Kaplan 2011-2013
May 20, 2013
 
This company is a former Canadian Oil Trust.  As a category, these no longer exist. All of them are now corporations.  However, they all have large investor bases of people who are seeking income and these oil companies have delivered. All of them have cut their dividend…