AzurRx BioPharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: AZRX) Overcoming Current Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency Treatment Limitations

Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency, or EPI, is a problem in a person’s digestive system. Simply put, EPI is when the pancreas cannot produce enough of the enzymes that the body requires to break down and absorb nutrients. Unfortunately, this means that the body is unable to absorb the right fats and nutrients, often leading to weight loss.

There are a number of causes for EPI, such as inflammation of the pancreas; effects from surgery on the pancreas, intestines, or stomach; or even an inherited disease such as cystic fibrosis, Shwachman-Diamond syndrome, Crohn’s Disease, diabetes, or celiac disease. Symptoms do vary, but normally the patient will feel a pain or tenderness in the abdomen, problems with bowel movements, flatulence, and a feeling of being full.

Today, there has been a rise in the number of people with EPI, and this has been largely attributed to an increase in the number of patients diagnosed with diabetes and cystic fibrosis (CF). According to an article from PR Newswire (http://dtn.fm/uyF9L), there are approximately 70,000 people living with cystic fibrosis worldwide, with 1,000 new cases diagnosed each year. In addition, 50% of children with CF suffer from EPI from the moment they are born.

According to TransparencyMarketReserarch.com (http://dtn.fm/0tvSc), the EPI market is growing at an astronomical rate, and this is not expected to slow, since the number of patients diagnosed with diabetes is expected to grow to approximately 366 million by the end of 2030. PR Newswire reported an anticipated expansion of the market at a CAGR of over 8% between 2015 and 2023, allowing it to reach just under $3 billion.

Unfortunately, despite the expected market growth, current EPI treatments have a number of limitations. Aside from a healthy diet, the current treatment for EPI is Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy (PERT), but not only are these treatments not very effective, they also show a lack of stability in an acidic environment and carry a high pill burden, which can be highly inconvenient for patients.

Luckily, AzurRx BioPharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: AZRX), a development stage biopharmaceutical company focused on creating treatments for patients suffering from gastrointestinal diseases such as EPI, is currently in Phase IIa of the development of MS1819 lipase, a non-systemic, yeast-derived recombinant enzyme.

This orally-administered capsule is not only showing significant potential for the treatment of EPI in patients with chronic pancreatitis and cystic fibrosis; it is also demonstrating activity in long chain fats and stability in protease and bile salt environments. MS1819 lipase could give patients suffering from EPI the chance to reduce their pill burden from 25 to 40 pills a day to as little as five to eight.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.AzurRx.com

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National Waste Management Holdings, Inc. (NWMH) Decreasing Excessive Waste Materials by Recycling Compliant Construction and Demolition Materials

Construction and demolition (C&D) materials represent the debris from the demolition, construction, or renovation of buildings, bridges, or even roads. C&D materials are normally heavy materials such as concrete, wood, asphalt, gypsum, bricks, glass, some types of plastic, salvaged building components, metals and trees, among other materials.

In the United States, C&D materials constitute a large percentage of waste, much of which can be transformed into new productive products. According to a report entitled ‘Advancing Sustainable Materials Management: 2014 Fact Sheet’ (http://dtn.fm/HiA4r), over 500 million tons of C&D debris were generated in 2014, with concrete making up 70% of it, asphalt 14%, wood more than 7%, and other products making up approximately 9% between them.

All the materials outlined above can either be reduced, salvaged, recycled, or reused by simply preserving existing buildings rather than constructing new ones, designing new buildings that can be adapted to make them last longer, establishing construction methods that allow for the disassembly and reuse of materials, using different framing techniques, and reducing the various types of interior finishes.

In addition, steps are being taken by companies such as National Waste Management Holdings, Inc. (OTC: NWMH) to reduce the impact C&D has on the environment. NWMH is a solid waste management company located in Central Florida.

The company is focused on operating according to an eco-friendly business model that has been put in place to combat unnecessary waste in Florida and New York. To pursue its mission of being environmentally conscience with a focus on sustainability, NWMH is committed to inspecting all loads and sorting all the materials that arrive in its landfills in order to accept only those that are compliant with the C&D Department of Environmental Protection standards.

In addition to the company’s high level of compliance with the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), National Waste Management plans on using its picking station to aid the state of Florida in its quest to meet its mandate for 75% recycling by the end of 2020. This incentive will give the company the ability to increase its rate of recyclables and sales of commodities.

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MeetMe, Inc. (NASDAQ: MEET) Closes on 9.2 Million Share Public Offering, Sees 2Q2017 Target on Acquisition of if(we)

MeetMe, Inc. (NASDAQ: MEET) Closes on 9.2 Million Share Public Offering, Sees 2Q2017 Target on Acquisition of if(we)

MeetMe, Inc. (NASDAQ: MEET) has closed on its public offering of 9.2 million shares of common stock at $5 per share. This is inclusive of the full option by underwriters for 1.2 million additional shares of common stock. Net proceeds will be used by the company for general corporate purposes and to potentially fund MeetMe’s pending acquisition of “if(we)”, a San Francisco-based social and mobile technology company, as well as other future takeovers.

MeetMe is a social network for meeting new people in the U.S. Some 80% of its one million daily user traffic comes from mobile devices, such as iPhones, iPads, and Android devices. It is becoming a gathering place for mobile users, the company said. It generates revenue from advertising, subscriptions, and virtual currency.

Targeted to close in 2Q2017, the “if(we)” acquisition would be made for $60 million in cash, and that company is anticipated to generate at least $9 million of adjusted EBITDA and be accretive to earnings in the first 12 months after closing, MeetMe noted in a news release.

“if(we)” had revenues of $44 million in 2016 and is the operator of TAGGED and Hi5, branded apps which enable people to meet and chat with others. The site features 10.4 million mobile chats daily, and 18,000 mobile app users are added each day. “if(we)” is available in 100 countries and 15 languages.

MeetMe said in its corporate presentation on the acquisition (http://dtn.fm/J4gAA) that the transaction is expected to generate cross-promotional opportunities. It added that there is a less than 5% overlap in user bases, and the two companies together can lower technology costs by standardizing products. Also, by utilizing MeetMe’s best practices, the company expects a convergence of certain key metrics, such as daily chats.

Funding for the acquisition will come from MeetMe’s cash on hand, cash from operations, and a new $30 million loan from J.P. Morgan. The combined company could generate revenues of $150 million annually and an EBITDA of $50 million, per MeetMe’s presentation materials.

For more information, visit www.MeetMeCorp.com

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eXp World Holdings, Inc. (EXPI) Keeps Salespeople Satisfied and Selling

The sales profession is known for sales cycle stress, pressures to meet quotas and the debilitating psychological impact of constant rejection. Combined, these factors are known contributors to the sales industry’s exceptionally high turnover rates and lost productivity. The satisfaction level of salespeople may not seem to correlate directly with business objectives, but it substantially impacts an organization’s bottom line. Happy sales people are consistently more resourceful and productive. Sales can obviously be a tough job, with the daily grind of prospecting and repeated rejection. Even top producers can be pulled down by deals that linger but never seem to go through.

Research has proven that happiness is contagious, especially in sales. When salespeople truly enjoys their environment and what they’re doing, it leads to a more natural selling proposition and, ultimately, more success. They convert more leads and are generally more successful, because prospects are engaged and gravitate toward them. Happy salespeople are less stressed, undeterred by rejection, and consistently more productive.

More money can help enhance a sales person’s happiness, but more money alone does not directly equate to more happiness. More money helps, but well-researched psychological principles show that top salespeople want more. These principles show that sales producers are motivated by new challenges and responsibilities. They also want to continue to learn and hone their skills, an essential element of what makes them successful. More than most people, top sales performers need appreciation and recognition for their achievements, and they produce more in an environment that promotes relationships and provides meaning.

Few industries are more sales driven than residential real estate. Success is contingent upon attracting and keeping productive sales agents. Adding agents, reducing turn over, and increasing sales productivity makes or breaks agencies. eXp World Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: EXPI) is changing the paradigm of real estate sales by using an advanced-technology online system to provide the tools, motivation, and support needed to attract and keep agents. eXp World Holdings is the publicly-traded holding company of eXp Realty, an agent-owned cloud-based residential brokerage. The company nearly tripled its agent count last year, with over 1,500 new real estate professionals joining eXp Realty in 2016. The dramatic increase in agents and revenues reflects the environment built by the company’s unique business model. eXp Realty believes the greatest asset of any real estate brokerage is the team of agents and brokers who create the revenues of the company.

By eliminating the high cost of brick and mortar locations, the company offers among the highest payouts in the industry. Agents and brokers receive exceptional support and continued education through eXp Realty’s innovative 24/7 cloud-based system of collaborative tools and training. Its 3-D, fully-immersive, cloud office environment also promotes agent socialization, relationship enhancement, and agent recognition. Proof of eXp’s pioneering approach is borne out not only by the striking increase in agents last year, but also by the myriad of positive online reviews posted by agents.

By surreptitiously abetting sales agent happiness with tangible and intangible support systems, eXp is poised to not only continue adding legions of agents, but also to dramatically exceed revenue expectations.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.eXpWorldHoldings.com

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Monaker Group, Inc. (MKGI) Set to Disturb Travel Distribution Technology Market

Alternative Lodging Rentals (ALRs) have taken over as a hot topic in the world of tourism. ALR offers customers a more flexible approach to vacations. Depending upon the location, travel consumers can often find larger accommodations for less money, with more facilities such as kitchens, outdoor spaces, and multiple bedrooms and bathrooms throughout the rented space.

Despite different types of travelers looking for different features in their vacation rentals, a recent survey in Tripping.com found that nearly all travelers like to have the same basic things (http://dtn.fm/7Ce50). Although many of those surveyed highlighted the need for a kitchen, good value for their money, a decent level of privacy, and a lot of space, the need for on-site technology was not far behind. Many people like to stay plugged in while away, and this is not limited to just the internet. While Wi-Fi is a major factor, cable and HDTV also came in high on the list of ALR requirements. Also, more than a quarter of those surveyed said they look for smart features when booking an ALR, including smart security systems, smart entry, and smart electronics such as TV.

However, the modern traveler’s tech needs go beyond the accommodation itself. It starts on the booking platform. We live in a world where customers have been given the technology to place orders and book experiences with the click of a button. According to Jen O’Neil from Tripping.com, “Recent trends show that travelers of all ages are gravitating toward the instant booking model, so we expect that the vast majority of properties will be booked instantly within the next few years.”

Unfortunately, booking ALR properties has not traditionally been that easy. Often, customers have to submit a request to the landlord or property manager, discuss their needs, apply to book the property, and wait for approval. Luckily, Monaker Group, Inc. (OTCQB: MKGI) recently announced that it will soon be launching a real-time booking system whereby customers can book their ALR accommodations and get instant confirmation, just as with air travel or hotels.

In addition, Monaker, through its flagship NextTrip.com, will be giving business and vacation travelers the chance to not only book ALR, but all other travel bookings, such as flights, tours, car rentals, and more. This new system will be the first of its kind, becoming the one-stop travel shop for all consumer needs.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.MonakerGroup.com

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Heat Biologics (NASDAQ: HTBX) at the Vanguard of a Paradigm Shift in Cancer Treatment

The human body is elegantly designed to heal itself, utilizing the immune system as its defense against various pathogens. Triggered by immune response signals, the immune system attacks and kills organisms and substances that invade body systems and cause disease. However, the immune system sometimes needs help in identifying and killing some invaders.

Cancer presents a complex and perplexing problem for effective immune system response, because it finds ways to hide from the immune system or block the immune system’s ability to battle against the disease. An important part of the immune system is its ability to differentiate between normal cells in the body and invaders. This differentiation allows the immune system to attack the invading cells while leaving normal cells alone. To achieve this, the immune system uses molecules on certain immune cells that need to be activated or inactivated to trigger an immune response. However, cancer cells can sometimes use these checkpoints to deceive the immune system and avoid being attacked. Newly developed drugs, known as checkpoint inhibitors, have shown some success in cancer treatments. However, a combination of checkpoint inhibitors and specific T cell-stimulating therapeutic vaccines indicates a much higher degree of efficacy.

Heat Biologics (NASDAQ: HTBX) is at the vanguard of this shift in cancer treatments, developing novel therapeutic vaccines to activate the immune system against a wide range of cancers. When antigens enter the body, they stimulate the immune system to produce antibodies in response to these foreign substances. Heat Biologics exploits this natural process to elicit a powerful immune response against the disease target. The company’s therapeutic vaccines are based on heat shock protein gp-96, a protein that activates the immune system when cells die. This protein is attached to the cell by what’s called a KDEL leash. Heat Biologic’s vaccines remove this leash and cause cells to continuously secrete gp96 and its chaperoned antigens to activate the immune system.

Heat Biologics recently announced the latest results of its ongoing phase 2 clinical trial in combination with Bristol-Myers Squibb’s checkpoint inhibitor. Researchers reported a strong correlation between T cell activation, tumor reductions, and increased overall survival in the patients evaluated. Patients with a sustained immune response also exhibited substantial tumor reductions. It appears the combination of Heat Biologics’ vaccine and checkpoint inhibitors may become an attractive therapeutic approach treating cancers.

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Monaker Group, Inc. (MKGI) Meeting Customer Needs by Integrating Alternative Lodging Rentals into Mainstream Travel Marketing

Today, customers have a lot more choice when it comes to booking accommodation for a holiday. Gone are the days when holidaymakers and travelers had no option but to book hotels for their vacations. Now, they can choose from a variety of short- and long-term house rentals, vacation homes, resorts, timeshares, and other Alternative Lodging Rentals (ALR).

Hotel companies are changing their services to suit the needs of a new generation, but, although traditional lodging has not been forgotten, it is starting to face serious competition from ALR. In fact, according to a survey undertaken by OAG published on Tnooz.com (http://dtn.fm/R5Bv6), of the 2,500 travelers questioned, two-thirds being leisure travelers with the rest taking trips for work, more than 50% would like to see accommodations from Airbnb, a major online ALR marketplace, in travel agency search results. Not only this, the majority of these people also stated that they would book such accommodations on an online travel agency if they could. But ALR options still have little or no representation in the mainstream travel industry, especially if the traveler wants instant confirmation of ALR bookings. Whether booking ALR properties through Airbnb or other services, people seeking such non-traditional accommodations still face the time-consuming hassle of waiting for the ALR property owner/manager to respond, unlike with airline or hotel bookings.

In addition, from a business travel point of view, companies seem to still be slow on the uptake. Out of the one-third of those taking trips for business, less than 5% said that their company offers Airbnb as a lodging option. However, a third of those people said they would take advantage of such lodgings if they could.

As a result of this need for integrating ALR into mainstream travel marketing, Monaker Group, Inc. (OTCQB: MKGI), a technology-driven travel company, has been developing and will soon be launching the first real-time system for booking ALR, such as vacation homes and unused timeshares, among others, on its NextTrip.com website and mobile application.

Currently, customers wanting to book alternative lodging are having to contact property owners, wait for responses, and wait for confirmation from the potential host. As a result, ALR has been one of Monaker’s key focal points, and the company believes there is a large gap in the market due to the fact that these accommodation options are currently offered separately to other alternatives such as hotels. The convenience of instant booking confirmations and the ability to perform all travel planning and booking from one site represent a major shift in the travel industry, and Monaker aims to be the company to offer it.

For more information, visit www.MonakerGroup.com

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National Waste Management Holdings, Inc. (NWMH) Educating People to Make Florida More Environmentally Friendly

Although the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that up to 75% of the United States’ waste stream is recyclable, only 30% of it actually gets recycled each year, according to RecoverUSA.com (http://dtn.fm/C7ncW). Approximately one-third of an average landfill is made up of packaging material, with more than 60% of the landfill being paper, plastic, food waste, glass, and metal.

Only 1% of aluminum products and 1% of plastic products are recycled in the United States each year, although Americans discard 25 million plastic bottles every hour. With paper and cardboard making up most of industrial waste products, if companies establish a paper and cardboard recycling program, they would make a serious positive impact on the environment.

National Waste Management Holdings, Inc. (OTC: NWMH), a growing solid waste management company, is doing everything in its power to educate the people of Florida about the critical value of recycling. Aside from the company’s recent shift in services, NWMH has plans of transforming its fundamental business model to include a portable picking station at the company’s landfill that will help the state meet its mandate for 75% recycling by 2020.

National Waste Management believes that, despite modern-day efforts to make the world more sustainable, people do not understand the full meaning of the common catch phrase “reduce, reuse, recycle”. According to the company: “It’s a simple premise but contains logistics that most don’t consider. By the time you’re ready to recycle something, there are already many environmentally-conscious decisions that have been missed.”

The company is trying to encourage a shift in consumer focus on products that are designed better and produce less waste. Not only this, it wants to help people put more thought into reusing materials and products, as well as educate themselves on products that are made of materials that are recyclable and are accepted by their local waste management services.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.nationalwastemgmt.com

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eXp World Holdings, Inc. (EXPI) to Hold Annual Shareholders Meeting on April 27

eXp World Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: EXPI) will hold its annual shareholders meeting on April 27, 2017, at the Coronado Island Marriott in Coronado, California, and the company is urging eXp Realty agent-owners, entrepreneurial real estate professionals, and investors to attend. eXp World Holdings is the holding company for eXp Realty LLC, an agent-owned cloud-based real estate brokerage.

The meeting will be held against a backdrop of the company’s rapid growth to more than 3,000 agents in the U.S. and Canada, a 25% increase from the 2,401 agents recorded at the end of 2016. It took the company approximately four months to go from 2,000 to 3,000 agents, almost half the time it took to move from 1,000 agents to 2,000. The company indicated that, year-over-year, in 2015 and 2016, it enjoyed a 200% increase in agent count.

eXp Realty is a full-service residential real estate company. It offers its agents training through a fully immersive cloud-based environment. The company also attracts agents through its program of commission incentives supplemented by agent-ownership opportunities.

eXp World Holdings presented at the ROTH Conference and detailed its unique model incentives. In its February 2017 investor presentation (http://dtn.fm/3rmVJ), the company described its cloud-based campus, with its ability to eliminate brick-and-mortar expenses and support staff. The firm operates in 42 U.S. states, the District of Columbia and Alberta, Canada.

EXPI also offers agents access to eXp University, a virtual classroom experience where agents can receive more than 25 hours of training a week. Agents in the cloud environment can work from any location, invest minimal capital, share commissions, and enjoy exponential bandwidth as the number of agents grows. Ownership is earned through an incentive program.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.eXpWorldHoldings.com

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Monaker Group’s (MKGI) ROTH Conference Presentation Details How Mark Travel Partnership Will Deliver a Marketing Advantage

Monaker Group, Inc. (OTCQB: MKGI), in its March 15, 2017, presentation at the ROTH Conference (http://dtn.fm/zhZm7), said that its B2B and B2C site, NextTrip.com, will be enhanced in 2Q2017 and its wholesale travel partner, Mark Travel (www.MarkTravel.com), is an important element of its strategic advantage.

Monaker Group is a high technology travel provider that offers users an all-in-one site with artificial intelligence that provides conventional travel, alternative leisure rentals (ALR), and a library of videos to help consumers and businesses choose their plans. The booking engine offers real-time digital data and reduces the time it takes to book diverse travel from hours to minutes, the company said in its ROTH Presentation slide deck.

The company said Mark Travel, through its Trisept Solutions technology firm, will power Monaker Group’s NextTrip and offer expanded product offerings and distribution. Monaker Group said Mark Travel offers both B2B and B2C advantages. In B2B, it offers its VAX XML link to more than 200 companies. Its VAX VacationAccess system is a portal for more than 70,000 travel agents and greater than 50 leisure travel suppliers, together accounting for more than $1 billion in annual bookings. In B2C, Mark Travel offers Monaker Group preferential pricing for air, car, hotel, and ground activities. It will also offer integration with its travel-linked artificial intelligence platform.

“Trisept has the most advanced technology available for leisure vacation packaging today,” commented Bill Kerby, chairman and CEO of Monaker Group. “Expanding NextTrip’s capabilities and access to agents and consumers will accelerate our growth and differentiate us from our competition.”

In addition to the technological advantages, Monaker Group’s marketing efforts are set to benefit from partnering with wholesaler Mark Travel. At $3 billion in annual sales, Mark Travel is the largest wholesaler of travel in North America. It owns Funjet Vacations, founded in 1974, which specializes in personalized and independent vacations for groups and individuals.

Mark Travel’s other brands include Southwest Vacations, United Vacations, Mark International, Showtime Tours, Blue Sky Tours, and My Destination Wellness. The company offers service to more than 1,100 destinations globally and specializes in end-to-end travel service for its clients.

To Monaker Group, Mark Travel offers Trisept Solutions, a high technology travel platform through which it offers several other booking advantages. These include VAX VacationAccess, a $1 billion booking engine that brings together more than 70,000 travel agents with more than 50 leisure travel suppliers. Also, Mark Travel brings its Xcelerator agency platform with artificial intelligence. Its Synapse provides back office travel functions on a secure and seamless platform, Monaker Group added.

For more information, visit www.MonakerGroup.com

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Cannabis Businesses Represent Diverse Opportunities of Booming Market

The U.S. medical and recreational marijuana industry continues to expand. Even though the debate over medical efficacy and the concerns over recreational marijuana use continue to cause political and social divisions within the country, the investment community is moving rapidly from benign interest to embracing the marijuana industry as a significant investment opportunity.

At the recent 29th annual ROTH conference, an investment conclave attracting global financial gurus, even traditionally conservative industries like private equity groups took serious consideration of the marijuana market opportunities. The opening conference panel discussion centered on the medical uses for marijuana and emphasized the upside potential in the burgeoning marijuana market that is already underway.

In attendance at the conference and presenting to fund managers and investment advisors was GrowGeneration Corporation (OTC: GRWG). GrowGeneration currently owns and operates 12 specialty retail hydroponic and organic gardening stores with locations in Colorado, Nevada and California. With the company’s focus on owning and operating branded stores in all of the major legalized cannabis states, it currently sells thousands of products to facilitate the cultivation of marijuana for commercial and home growers.

GrowGeneration went public last year and is fast moving toward its objective of becoming the first company in its vertical on the NASDAQ stock exchange. Interviewed at the conference, Darren Lampert, CEO of the company, stated in part, “Investors are seeking out investments in the cannabis industry and are hoping to profit from the fastest growing new market in the USA in some time. GrowGeneration benefits from all sides as more growers come to us for their equipment and nutrients, which is why we were able to grow as exponentially as we have without directly touching the end product.” By supplying a vast array of specialty retail hydroponic equipment, lighting, and organic nutrients and soils to horticulturalists and marijuana cultivators, GrowGeneration is focused on reaping rewards from the explosive growth of this fledgling industry.

Already one of the nation’s largest specialty retail hydroponic and organic gardening store chains, GrowGeneration acquired all of the assets of Sonoma Hydro last month creating a $2.5 million northern California retail distribution center. Northern California’s “Emerald Triangle,” home to a large concentration of cannabis cultivators, is a significant growth opportu­nity for the company, with the market projected to grow at a compounded annual rate of 18.5%, reaching $6.5 billion by 2020.

Further validation of the huge potential of this market can be found in GrowGeneration’s press release last week. The company announced that Merida Capital Partners, a cannabis infrastructure fund, has provided GrowGeneration $1.65 million in equity financing. When factoring in warrant exercises, funding will total $3.92 million in capital. Merida Capital Partners priced callable warrants at $4.12 or higher, an obvious indication of its belief in the company.

Whether one agrees with the surge in the cannabis industry or not, there’s no denying the wizards of Wall Street are believers. Now may be the time for individual investors to participate and potentially profit from one of the fastest growing new markets in America, which is occupied by a number of other innovators such as: MyDx, Inc. (OTCQB: MYDX), which offers CannaDX, a unique device that allows anyone to directly test cannabis products for THC, CBD, and CBN potency; Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. (NYSE: IIPR), which focuses on an entirely different aspect of the industry, helping licensed MMJ growers meet capital needs by purchasing their grow-land and leasing it back to them; Terra Tech Corp. (OTCQX: TRTC), which designs and sells its own specialized hydroponic and associated equipment for indoor growing, in addition to the retail selling of cannabis products; and Aphria, Inc. (OTCQB: APHQF), which produces and sells a variety of “100% Greenhouse Grown” cannabis products throughout Canada.

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Monaker Group, Inc. (MKGI) ROTH Presentation Covers Company Strategy for First-In-Industry Travel Platform Targeting $100 Billion ALR Market

On March 15, 2017, Monaker Group, Inc. (OTCQB: MKGI) gave a presentation at the 29th Annual ROTH Conference held in Dana Point, California. Bill Kerby, chairman and CEO of Monaker Group, made the presentation, covering what Monaker has accomplished, along with the company’s strategy and plans for 2017.

Florida-based Monaker Group considers itself a technology-driven travel company, with a B2B and B2C platform that offers a first-in-industry real-time system for the booking of Alternative Lodging Rentals (ALR), including vacation homes, resort residences, and unused timeshares. Importantly, the system integrates this with mainstream travel products and services, all on a single site. As a key engine for growth, Monaker has designed the approach to be compelling to major travel business partners as well as to end consumers.

Kerby began the presentation by explaining the value and potential of bringing, for the first time, ALR business into the mainstream travel industry. According to Kerby, Monaker has been working aggressively on building its ALR program for the past 15 months, based upon an online platform similar to Airbnb, but designed from scratch with greater functionality and flexibility. This is significant, since Airbnb has a market cap of roughly $31 billion. In addition, this work has been funded largely by Monaker’s own directors and key insiders, and they now feel they have the money in place to launch and take the company into profitability. For interested investors, MKGI is still in the small-cap range, with approximately 11 million shares outstanding.

The multi-billion dollar ALR market is the fastest growing travel sector, primarily because people increasingly view it as a preferable alternative to staying in hotels, offering more for the money, and yet it sits largely outside the traditional travel industry. Monaker’s innovation is to use superior digital technology to bring ALR into the mainstream travel industry in a way not currently available with any other platform. Currently, the overall global travel market is approximately $1.2 trillion, with the online services portion representing about $593 billion. The ALR sector has jumped from very little to $100 billion in just the past six years, and it is expected to grow to about $170 billion over the next couple of years.

People prefer the convenience and economy of ALR properties, and the soon-to-be-launched Monaker platform greatly exceeds Airbnb’s ALR by offering ALR properties with real-time booking and instant confirmation, versus consumers having to contact an ALR property owner and then wait and hope they get back in time in order to coordinate travel plans. Monaker lets consumers book ALR with instant confirmation, just as they would a hotel or plane travel. Monaker now has one million properties available for display, with another two million under contract, compared with Airbnb’s 2.5 million and Expedia’s Home Away at about 1.2 million.

Monaker will soon launch its platform on its NextTrip.com website and associated mobile app, with another critical factor being that the site will not only represent the best and most efficient portal for ALR properties, it will also offer 200,000 hotels and over 400 airlines, as well as all the major car rental companies, restaurants, cruise programs, tours and activities. As a result, it is expected to become the industry’s first and only one-stop shop offering instant confirmation for all types of travel booking.

Monaker will also be rolling out a Group Planner system, which will allow multiple individuals in a group to view travel plans, letting them participate and vote, and using PayPal to transfer any needed funds once ready to book. The system also offers rebates for booking and for trip feedback, generating an objective reference database for future travelers. The company will also be moving toward an optional Artificial Intelligence engine for smart travel planning based upon traveler preferences. Preliminary evaluations suggest that this AI option will significantly reduce the time required for planning and booking, but it will be a strictly optional offering so that users have complete discretion over the use of information.

A key driver for all of this, and especially the high-margin ALR business, is the large number of big-distributor partnerships that Monaker has developed. The company makes it easy and inviting for airlines, as well as cruise and tour operators, to access the Monaker property inventory, allowing them to flexibly pick and choose properties, adjusting the markups and fees they want to apply, and plugging it all into their own websites to present it exactly the way they prefer, and all with real-time booking. Monaker has also paired up with Mark Travel, the largest travel wholesaler in the U.S., to make the Monaker product available on its large VAX system, which is used by 70,000 travel agents. Monaker is also working with Recruiter.com, and its connection with nationwide business decision makers, to use Monaker products for company business and vacation travel.

Finally, Monaker also owns the major long-established upscale touring company Maupintour, offering luxury tours anywhere in the world. These are not just your typical tours, but customized private adventures for individuals or groups, with what the company considers the best professional tour planners in the business.

A replay of the live ROTH Conference is available at http://dtn.fm/Li0Vs.

For other information on Monaker Group, refer to www.MonakerGroup.com

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Neogen Corp. (NEOG) Keeping People and Animals Safe with Traditional Lab Methods

Foodborne illnesses are more common than people believe. These infections are not only common but costly, and also very preventable. Every year, one in six Americans get sick from consuming the wrong food or drink. Unfortunately, because there are so many different microbes and pathogens that can cause disease, there are also many different types of infections.

With more than 250 different foodborne diseases now described, each has its own set of symptoms, and some have lethal results. Normally, a person contaminated will suffer from temporary nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, or diarrhea, but because of the variety of bacteria, viruses, and parasites found in certain foods, these contaminated foods can also cause long-term health problems, or even death.

The hardest aspect of food safety is controlling the various times at which food can get contaminated. The food supply process today is extremely complicated and comes with its own set of very strict rules. However, there are many opportunities for food contamination to take place. These include on-farm production, harvesting or slaughtering, processing, storage, transport, and distribution.

Neogen Corp. (NASDAQ: NEOG) a company that develops, manufactures, and markets various products and services relating to food and animal safety, has, for its mission, to be the leading food and animal safety company, keeping people and animals safe throughout the food making and marketing process.

The company keeps food and animals safe from inside the farm gate through to the moment it arrives on people’s plates. From intervention products to diagnostic products, NEOG provides test kits, instrument systems, consumables, culture media, software, and services for the food safety market. It also provides a complete line of veterinary diagnostics, instruments, pharmaceuticals, nutritional supplements, disinfectants, and rodenticides for the safety of animals.

Although many companies today have replaced traditional lab methods with more modern test formats, Neogen still believes in the time-tested methods discovered and developed in the mid-1800’s. The company serves this market with its Acumedia dehydrated culture media lines and competes in each segment of the Food Safety market. It now has some of the world’s top food and animal producers and processors as clients, and offers more than 400 products to the market.

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ImageWare Systems, Inc. (IWSY) Sets March 30 Conference Call, Receives Frost & Sullivan Award for New Product Innovation

ImageWare Systems, Inc. (OTCQB: IWSY) has set a March 30, 2017, conference call (http://dtn.fm/4j16M) for a corporate update on its fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2016. Results for those periods will be released prior to the call, which is scheduled for 5 p.m. (ET). Hosting the call will be Jim Miller, ImageWare chairman and CEO, and Wayne Wetherell, CFO.

The San Diego-based company designs cloud-based and mobile multi-modal biometric identity management solutions, including biometric authentication technology. Its biometrics are next generation and are interactive and scalable cloud-based solutions. The company offers multi-factor authentication for desktop devices, smartphones, and mobile clients. Its products include authentication by face, voice, fingerprint, eye, DNA, and more. It also develops access control tools.

ImageWare recently received the 2017 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for New Product Innovation. The award was presented in recognition of its GoVerifyID Enterprise Suite, which provides multi-modal biometric user identification as an end-to-end turnkey solution.

“This mobile/cloud SaaS (software as a service) offering is the industry’s first multi-modal biometric user authentication solution that allows customers to strengthen the security of their passwords or two-factor authentication using biometrics. Rather than typing a password, end users can speak a passphrase, swipe their fingerprints, or even take ‘selfies’ to gain access,” Frost & Sullivan noted in a news release.

It also cited ImageWare’s GoVerifyID Enterprise Suite, which is Windows Server certified. It noted that this product is device-agnostic and allows user authentication via the cloud. Additionally, Frost & Sullivan said, ImageWare has shown speed in response to market needs in the fast changing world of identity management.

For more information, refer to www.IWSInc.com

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Vertex Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: VTNR) Focused on Used Oil Recycling

The foundation of Vertex Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: VTNR) was laid by the employment of a 16-year-old Alabama teenager, with the result being that a multi-faceted environmental services company was eventually built upon the endeavors of that teenager. Roughly 30 years ago, Benjamin Cowart, now the CEO and chairman of Vertex, began work at his brother’s used oil collection business in Alabama. After 15 years of working, learning, and helping to build a successful business, he ventured out on his own and formed Vertex in 2001. Vertex Energy now collects and recycles used motor oil and other petroleum by-products, off-specification commercial chemicals, and multiple other industrial waste streams.

Vertex purchases used oil, industrial waste, and chemical products from a developed network of local and regional suppliers, known as street collection, and focuses resources on recycling a portion of its collected used motor oil and other petroleum products. Vertex also sells used petroleum products as feedstock to other re-refineries and fuel blenders or as replacement fuel for use in industrial burners.

The company’s Black Oil division operates across the entire used motor oil recycling spectrum. From used oil and petroleum product collection and aggregation, the company transports, stores, refines, and sells re-refined products to end users. The company’s Refining and Marketing division aggregates feedstock, re-refines it, and then sells the various products. The company’s Recovery division delivers solutions for the recovery and management of hydrocarbon streams.

Expanding feedstock, Vertex Energy has acquired several other used oil collection routes. At oil’s peak, Vertex Energy was paying local generators $1.00 per gallon for used motor oil, but, with the collapse in oil prices, Vertex was able to move from paying for used oil to charging for collection. Vertex has been challenged like others in the oil business but has targeted 2017 as the year for its collection acquisitions to play out.

Headquartered in Houston, Texas, with facilities in Louisiana and Ohio, and offices in Illinois and Georgia, Vertex Energy has come a long way from that Alabama teenager.

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Extreme Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXTR) Enters Asset Purchase Agreement for Avaya Networking, Subject To Bankruptcy Court Approval

Extreme Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXTR) has entered into an asset purchase agreement for Avaya Networking, Inc. totaling $100 million, subject to adjustments. In January 2017, Avaya and certain of its subsidiaries filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the Southern District of New York. Extreme Networks’ offer is subject to court approval. The company defined its offer in an 8K SEC filing on March 7, 2017 (http://dtn.fm/t3joR).

Extreme Networks, Inc. is a networking company based in San Francisco. It designs, builds and installs ethernet computer network products. It is a software-driven company that enables IT departments of clients to build stronger relationships with customers, employees, and partners. The company maintains more than 20,000 customers in some 80 countries. A key asset for Avaya is its award-winning fabric switching technology. Switching fabric typically includes data buffers.

Extreme Networks’ asset purchase agreement comes as a result of potential synergies with Avaya Networking, Inc., as identified by the EXTR management team. Extreme Networks believes it offers complementary products between the two businesses across the company’s vertical markets. For Extreme Networks’ clients, the deal, if court approved, would offer technology for edge switching environments in addition to secure access to Avaya’s data center. For Avaya, selling its networking business is seen by its management as a positive move, enabling it to focus on its unified communications core.

Extreme Networks believes that, if the offer is consummated, it could result in $200 million of added revenues annually. The acquisition is expected to be accretive to its own earnings and cash flow beginning in fiscal 2018. Extreme Networks intends to update its quarterly guidance and revenue if the acquisition is approved.

The tentative agreement remains subject to better offers, as Avaya plans to make a motion to the court to initiate a bidding and public auction process. On execution of the purchase agreement, Extreme Networks placed $10 million in escrow. Pending approval, these funds will be applied to the purchase of Avaya’s assets, but not to any of the firm’s liabilities. If the deal is not approved, Extreme Networks may be entitled to court-approved termination fees.

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eXp World Holdings, Inc. (EXPI) Rewards Its Real Revenue Drivers

To make more money from the same amount of work would seem to be only a dream. However, realtors at eXp Realty get paid a higher percentage rate than typical realtor splits and actually earn an equity piece of the company while building their businesses.

eXp World Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: EXPI) is the publicly-traded holding company of eXp Realty, the agent owned cloud-based residential brokerage. The company’s increased payouts and perks helped eXp Realty nearly triple its agent count last year, with over 1,500 new real estate professionals joining in 2016. The company’s Q3 to Q3 trailing revenues were up 112 percent, coming in at $42.6 million.

The dramatic increase in agents and revenues reflects the environment built by the company’s unique business model. eXp Realty believes that the greatest asset of any real estate brokerage is the team of agents and brokers who create the revenues of the company.

Traditional agent-brokerage splits can range from 40 to 70 percent, depending on location and experience. Because of much lower operating costs, eXp Realty agents get paid 80 percent. Agents also get to own a part of the brokerage. They receive 100 shares with their first transaction and 500 shares once they generate about $80,000 in gross commission income. After exceeding that number and paying the brokerage its share, agents then go to a transaction-fee model for the remainder of the year, where they are paid 100 percent of their commission for each transaction minus $250 for the brokerage. To encourage recruitment, agents are further incentivized with 500 shares for each new agent recruited to the firm.

Real estate brokers and agents are sales driven people, and they’re the ones that drive revenues for the brokerage. Agents, like most everyone else, respond to incentives that benefit them and their families. Because it is cloud-based and more cost effective, eXp Realty can offer a commission structure that more greatly benefits its agents and ultimately drives more revenues for the company. Using shares as bonuses and incentives creates coherence between the agents and the company while at the same time enhancing agent retention. The bottom line is that eXp Realty knows how to incentivize and reward its agents, the real revenue drivers in any brokerage.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.eXpWorldHoldings.com

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Monaker Group, Inc. (MKGI) Adds Artificial Intelligence to its Arsenal Targeting $817 Billion Digital Travel Market

Monaker Group, Inc. (OTCQB: MKGI) is bringing artificial intelligence (AI) to the travel industry, giving users the opportunity to book through its all-in-one search engine for conventional air, land travel, and rental cars, while also evaluating alternative lodging rentals (ALR). The platform is designed to speed up the researching and booking time for consumers from hours to minutes, the company said. Monaker Group is a travel company that is technology-driven, focused on the ALR sector, and offers both mainstream and alternative travel in one place to travelers.

Targeted for a rollout in the first quarter of 2017, the AI enhanced ‘planner’ feature on the company’s booking site is designed to reduce booking time and research. On its website, NextTrip.com, a subsidiary company of Monaker Group, Inc., the user can view suggested travel itineraries, read articles on destinations, view a library of videos, and book trips — all on a single site. The company utilizes a profile of the user to offer travel.

In its February 2017 presentation (http://dtn.fm/7cO0F) for investors, available on its website, the company details the growth of digital travel and the role of AI in delivering diverse travel, from its branded Maupintour customized tours to conventional hotels, to the consumer. eMarketer (http://dtn.fm/Ke7ul) research finds that digital travel reached $564.87 billion in 2016, and it is projected to reach $817.54 billion by 2020.

Monaker’s proprietary booking engine is also designed for access by online travel agents (OTA), so they can simply “plug and play” when delivering the ALR market for their clients. Monaker’s worldwide inventory includes more than 500,000 resort residences, one million accept/request properties, and even those offering a ‘make an offer’ bidding solution option. The inventory offered ranges from luxury timeshares and conventional hotels to tours and concierge services. Its inventory totals 1.2 million vacation rentals, with an additional 1.8 million more in process, the company said in its presentation.

The result is a comprehensive site, offering travelers real-time AI to help plan a business or leisure trip or a combination of the two, all on one site. Consumers can either book directly with Monaker via NextTrip.com, or use an online travel agent who earns commissions by booking with Monaker. The traveler gets suggested ideas, watches videos, and then plans a vacation using major branded air, land, and tour partners. Monaker Group can do the same for business trips, as well as for a combination of business and leisure.

The debut of AI cuts the time for researching and booking travel, using a profile of the traveler to aid in the research process. The result is quick booked travel after the user has viewed videos and made decisions.

For more information, visit www.MonakerGroup.com

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eXp World Holdings, Inc. (EXPI) Capitalizing on the Benefits of Cloud-Based Learning Management Systems

Cloud-based Learning Management Systems (LMS) are “predicted to revolutionize both the way we learn as students and the way we learn on the job” according to Capterra (http://dtn.fm/Gz7Yi). The article continues to explain that more and more organizations are likely to adopt cloud-based LMS in the coming years.

Cloud-based Learning Management Systems are web-hosted platforms used by organizations to deliver, manage, and track online training programs for their employees. One of the industries highlighted as a user of LMS software is the real estate industry, and eXp World Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: EXPI), holding company for a cloud-based, agent-owned real estate brokerage, is one company in the sector that’s taking advantage of the many benefits offers by cloud-based LMS.

In fact, the company’s eXp Realty subsidiary is a full-service real estate brokerage that offers 24/7 access to collaborative tools and socialization features to its agents and brokers through its 3-D, cloud office environment. In addition to collaborative tools and socialization, EXPI offers its agents a full network of online training resources.

As well as introducing lower setup costs, this method of training is easy to maintain and, according to eLearning Industry (http://dtn.fm/bUL0M), increases productivity and job satisfaction. The article explains that virtual training saves time and money, and it is far more appealing to employees, or, in this case, agents and brokers, as they can access courses from anywhere at any time.

The eXp World Holdings training platform is accessible to agents and brokers all day, every day, for free. The system EXPI uses provides flexible training options to agents whereby they can improve and advance their eXp Realty operations. The platform offers a range of courses to choose from with the opportunity to attend meetings and company presentations as well.

This user-friendly way of learning is completely secure, and it allows for more effective training, as users can learn in their chosen environments, from any device. Courses can be uploaded easily and improved upon with time. Aside from the high-quality training, EXPI agents and brokers are able to increase their listings and sales while reducing their overhead and capital requirements.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.eXpWorldHoldings.com

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PowerBuoy® from Ocean Power Technologies (NASDAQ: OPTT) Provides the Power for Marine Installations

John F. Kennedy got it right when he said that we go to the seaside to gaze at the place we came from. The oceans may no longer be our home, but we still depend indispensably on them. Oceans cover about 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, and their vast masses of phytoplankton provide around half the oxygen we breathe. Ocean Power Technologies (NASDAQ: OPTT) is a company focused on preserving and developing our heritage to the seas. It provides marine-based solutions to the oceanographic, oil and gas, and security and defense industries. Its PowerBuoy® technology uses the motion of the waves to generate power, providing reliable, cost effective, clean power to marine installations.

The PowerBuoy PB3 is a power and communications platform for remote offshore applications. It combines a number of patented technologies in hydrodynamics, electronics, power conversion, energy storage, and computer control systems to maximize the extraction and conversion of energy from ocean waves. The result is a leading edge, ocean-tested, proprietary power conversion and management system that turns wave power into reliable, clean, and environmentally beneficial electricity for offshore applications.

The PB3 is a floating system that extends 10 feet above the waterline and 30 feet down into the water. It is anchored to the sea floor and can be employed in depths of up to 3,000 feet. The electricity it generates can be stored on-board or used for nearby applications.

Our economic wellbeing is inextricably linked to the oceans. One out of every six U.S. jobs is marine-related, and about one-third of U.S. GDP originates in coastal areas. But access to cost-effective power is a constant challenge to offshore installations that need autonomous power and real-time communications.

Consequently, OPTT’s proprietary PowerBuoy® technology has a huge addressable market. Oceanographic applications that study the biology and chemistry of the seas present a potential market of $2 billion; the oil and gas industry is another market worth $2.5 billion; the defense and security industries offer a $3.5 billion market opportunity and communications are worth $0.5 billion, bringing the total addressable market to $8.5 billion.

The PowerBuoy® technology is a more reliable solution than either wind or solar installations, which are subject to the vagaries of the weather. But as some wit opined, you can’t stop the waves; you can only learn to surf. The PowerBuoy® technology, which can include a modular high-capacity storage system, offers a clean and reliable source of renewable and cost-effective energy.

In July 2016, OPTT announced the deployment of its commercial design of the PB3 PowerBuoy® approximately four miles off the coast of New Jersey, and, in September 2016, the company disclosed that it had signed a contract with the U.S. Department of Defense to conduct the design of a new mass-spring oscillating PowerBuoy for mission critical sensors. The company recently also successfully completed the review by Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding (MES) of Japan. This opens the way for MES’ planned lease of a APB350 PowerBuoy for a project off the coast of Kozu Island in Japan. Ocean Power Technologies is definitely riding the waves.

The company is a leader in the development and commercialization of wave-energy technology that converts ocean wave energy into electricity. Based in New Jersey, OPTT is staffed by about 30 people, of which about 20 are engineers with graduate degrees. Its intellectual property portfolio is robust, including over 65 patents awarded or pending. OPTT’s current market cap is about $16 million.

For more information, visit www.OceanPowerTechnologies.com

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National Waste Management Holdings, Inc. (NWMH) – Mixing It Up in the Waste Management Industry

National Waste Management Holdings (OTC: NWMH) is turning trash into treasure in its run-up to becoming a leading waste management company in the United States. Specializing in a multitude of solid waste management services, the company recognizes the promise in this highly-regulated industry and is pursuing a growth strategy that merges supplementary acquisitions with organic initiatives.

Over 20 years ago, National Waste established a presence in Hernando, Florida – the base of its operations – before extending its reach to the state of New York. Fast forward to today, and the company is focused on hastening its growth and leveraging the resources at its disposal, including:

-The backing of its tested leadership team;

-Industry trends, including national recycling mandates;

-Prospective increases in residential construction and infrastructure spending; and

-Strategic company acquisitions.

Operationally, National Waste specializes in services surrounding the removal and hauling off of debris, garbage and waste. The company offers construction and demolition landfill services; commercial and residential dumpster services and roll-off boxes for construction and clean-up projects. It also provides trash collection services and a full service transfer station, as well as wood grinding, demolition, mulch and gravel services for industrial and residential markets.

These days, National Waste continues to press forward with an aggressive business model that calls for one acquisition per quarter by seeking out acquisitive opportunities in Upstate New York and Florida. To name a few, the company acquired both Sivart Services, a roll-off and compactor company in Worchester, NY, and Northeast Data Destruction and Recycling in 2016. More recently, in February 2017, National Waste targeted and closed on another acquisition in the area. This time, it acquired Burts Refuse, a waste disposal and recycling business in West Davenport, NY.

National Waste’s recent acquisitions add to its existing operations while making way for future growth. These deals expand its territory for commercial and residential garbage collection in Upstate New York, increase its roll-off customer base and business relationships and strengthen its equipment line with additional trucks, equipment and containers. They also create overhead cost savings for the company and introduce new income streams to its books.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.nationalwastemgmt.com

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Vertex Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: VTNR) Taking Strides toward Conserving US Environmental and Energy Resources

Vertex Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: VTNR), an environmental services company that focuses on aggregating, processing, and recycling industrial waste systems and off-specification commercial chemical products, is taking strides toward conserving the environmental and energy resources of the United States by operating in three key divisions: Black Oil, Refining & Marketing, and Recovery.

The Black Oil Division collects, aggregates, processes, and then sells used motor oil (UMO) and finished products, while the Refining & Marketing Division aggregates and manages the refining of off-specification petroleum and chemical products. Lastly, the Recovery Division provides hydrocarbon stream recovery and management solutions, industrial dismantling and demolition, and decommissioning services.

Vertex Energy also uses a variety of refining technologies. These include base oil, VGO, and TCEP, with refineries located in Columbus, Ohio; Marrero, Louisiana; and four other terminals. These aggregate UMO collected from across eight to 10 major metropolitan areas.

The company is made up of third-party aggregation systems with approximately 50 collectors, 43 trucks operating as collectors, a nationwide processing capacity of over 115 million gallons, and in-depth market knowledge that enables its sales model to foster strong, localized relationships. VTNR now has 2 terminals for aggregation in Houston and Mobile, and it has developed and patented a unique UMO processing technology.

Although Vertex Energy still has a presence across the country, taking on 23 percent of total UMO refining capacity in North America, it now operates in strategic regional hubs, allowing it to optimize its transportation costs. The company has two refining facilities in Texas, two in Louisiana, and one in Ohio. All of these have a diversification of product mix, with one in Baytown strategically located to capitalize on the export market created by Gulf refiners, and one which is capable of low-capex conversion, allowing it to produce base oil.

Most recently, Vertex announced its fourth quarter and end-of-year financial results for 2016. For the three months ended December 31, 2016, the company reported revenues of over $31 million, a growth of nearly 50 percent compared to the same period of 2015. VTNR’s gross profits came in at over $5 million, more than 1,000 percent higher than the previous year, with a gross profit margin of 17 percent. Additionally, the company’s SG&A expenses decreased more than 30 percent compared to the same period of the previous year, and per-barrel margin improved more than 1,000 percent.

Overall, Vertex reported revenues of more than $98 million, with profits exceeding last year’s figure by over $5 million, and a gross profit margin 10 percent higher than in 2015. During 2016, the company reduced debts and stabilized itself. VTNR expects increased volume in 2017.

Recently, analysts have shown significant interest in Vertex Energy, with the majority of these offering the company a ‘Buy’ or ‘Strong Buy’ recommendation on the stock. Rives Journal states that some analysts project the stock to reach $2.13 in the near future (http://dtn.fm/0NnCI). Zacks Investment Research upgraded Vertex from a ‘Hold’ rating to a ‘Buy’ rating with a price objective of $1.50 per share, all according to Daily Quint (http://dtn.fm/zGd6B).

Institutional investors raised their positions in the company, giving them ownership of 21.51 percent of Vertex’s stock. On March 1, 2017, Vertex Energy traded up over 4 percent, reaching $1.41. As it stands today, the company has a market cap of just over $39 million.

For more information, visit www.VertexEnergy.com

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eMagin Corp. (NYSE: EMAN) Set to Capitalize On the Growing Head Mounted Display Market

According to a new market report published by Credence Research (http://dtn.fm/FV2Gi) entitled ‘Head Mounted Display (HMD) (Defense, Consumer, Industrial, Healthcare, Public Safety, and Other Verticals) Market – Growth, Share, Opportunities, Competitive Analysis, and Forecast 2015 – 2022′, the head mounted display market is expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate of just below 50% between 2015 and 2022.

The report explains that this significant growth has been largely attributed to the declining prices of microdisplays, coupled with the high demand for lightweight wearable computing devices. Because of this decline in prices, manufacturers are now able to penetrate into the consumer market, offering more affordable products.

eMagin Corp. (NYSE MKT: EMAN), a company dedicated to developing and delivering head-worn systems for law enforcement, military, entertainment, and medical applications, among others, is set to capitalize on this growing industry thanks to its ability to develop and deliver high-quality, high-resolution, cutting-edge displays to its customers.

Earlier this week, the company was a big mover, with a rise in shares of more than 9% on March 7, 2017. According to the Nasdaq website (http://dtn.fm/YhZ6q), “The move came on solid volume with far more shares changing hands than in a normal session. This breaks the recent trend of the company, as the stock is now trading above the volatile price range of $2.10 to $2.30 in the past one-month time frame.” The company’s stock price escalated, climbing to $2.45 per share in Friday morning trading.

On March 8, the Daily Quint reported that Bessemer Group, Inc. had acquired over 76,000 new shares of eMagin stock worth approximately $164,000 (http://dtn.fm/9QusN). Not only this, Fiscal Standard (http://dtn.fm/l8xRG) reported that H. C. Wainright and Craig Hallum began coverage on the company, with both issuing it a ‘Buy’ rating. Craig Hallum gave eMagin a target share price of $6.

eMagin is the first and leading manufacturer of active matrix OLED-on-silicon microdisplays. In addition to the company’s focus on the security, defense, medical, and industrial markets, eMagin has now entered into the consumer market with its Z800 3DVisor, which was described as the “the best 3D goggles we’ve ever tested” by Maximum PC (http://dtn.fm/zyV67).

For more information, visit www.eMagin.com

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SolarWindow Technologies, Inc. (WNDW) Named a 2017 BIG Innovations Award Winner by Business Intelligence Group

SolarWindow Technologies, Inc. (OTCQB: WNDW), on February 7, 2017, was named as a winner in the 2017 BIG Innovations Awards presented by the Business Intelligence Group (http://dtn.fm/Nb3Yd), an organization of business executives who utilize a proprietary formula to recognize superior performance. The company is a technology firm that develops transparent, electricity-generating coatings for windows on tall towers. Its product was one of only four named a ‘shining star’ of innovation and a Chairman’s Choice winner.

The coatings supplied by SolarWindow Technologies, Inc. have the potential to turn a skyscraper into a ‘clean power generator’, the company announced. Its veneers can generate electricity using either natural or artificial light, in shaded areas, and even reflected and diffused light. They can be applied to all sides of a tall building, and they’re capable of realizing electricity savings of up to 50% annually, the company said, noting that it could return a one-year financial payback. This potential return was validated by independent engineering studies, according to SolarWindow.

The coatings are designed to produce electricity through transparent and organic photovoltaic (PV) coatings applied to the glass and flexible plastic for applications to tall buildings. As a result, normally passive windows are transformed into electricity producers. The potential one-year payback has been seen on a 50-story building. The company’s technology can also provide more than 15 times the environmental benefits of a conventional solar rooftop PV system.

In a news release, Maria Jimenez, chief operating officer of the Business Intelligence Group, said, “We are thrilled to be honoring SolarWindow as they are leading by example and making real progress on improving the daily lives of so many.”

John A. Conklin, president and CEO of SolarWindow, added, “We are honored to be recognized by this distinguished panel of business leaders for our work in developing possibly the biggest single breakthrough in clean energy — converting the solar rays of the sun into electricity on skyscrapers the world over.”

For more information, visit www.SolarWindow.com

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Ring Energy, Inc. (REI) Rebounds from Lows and Increases Production

Oil and gas company stocks have taken a beating as oil prices have tumbled from a peak of over $100 in 2014 to around $50 a barrel today. This fall in prices crippled many exploration and production companies. Down from its peak of nearly $20 per share in 2014, Ring Energy, Inc. (NYSE MKT: REI) is still in a better position than most. Unlike other drillers, Ring Energy isn’t highly leveraged and has comparatively low production costs.

Ring Energy has stated that it could operate profitably under $60 per barrel, and the majority of the company’s crude production is based in the Permian Basin, which has fewer bottlenecks than the Bakken Formation. In its January 9, 2017, press release, the company reported “net production for the fourth quarter of 2016 was approximately 240,000 BOEs (Barrel of Oil Equivalent), as compared to net production of 218,500 BOEs for the same quarter in 2015, an approximate 10% increase, and net production of 209,000 for the third quarter of 2016, an approximate 15% increase… For the twelve months ended December 31, 2016, net production was approximately 865,500 BOE, as compared to 742,070 for the twelve months ended December 31, 2015, an approximate 16% increase.” The company’s low production costs and the increase in production has correlated into its share price more than doubling over the last year.

Ring Energy’s exploration and production interests focus primarily on Texas and Kansas. The company’s drilling operations target the Central Basin Platform in Andrews and Gaines Counties, Texas, and the Delaware Basin in Reeves and Culberson Counties, Texas. The company has proved reserves of approximately 24 million BOE.

Oil has certainly been on a ride the last few years, but it’s still an essential commodity that will continue to drive the world economy. Ring Energy has weathered the oil price collapse. Any further increase in oil prices, combined with the company’s cost cutting and increased production, should provide both topline and bottom line lift in the coming quarters.

For more information, visit www.RingEnergy.com

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Monaker Group, Inc. (MKGI) to Present at ROTH Conference on March 15, 2017

Monaker Group, Inc. (OTCQB: MKGI) will present at the ROTH Conference on March 15, 2017. The 29th annual conference will be held March 13-15 in Dana Point, California, at the Ritz-Carlton. Monaker Group is a multi-tiered technology travel company targeting the high-end tourism market, the alternative lodging rental (ALR) industry, and business/leisure travelers.

Bill Kerby, chairman and CEO, will present on March 15 at noon, when he is expected to discuss the company’s all-in-one site that includes a real-time booking engine for ALR, conventional travel and specialized tours. Omar Jimenez, company CFO, and Richard Marshall, director of corporate development, will also be present.

The presentation will be rebroadcast on the company’s website and will be broadcast live at http://wsw.com/webcast/roth31/mkgi. Kerby, Jimenez, and Marshall will be available for meetings throughout the conference for institutional and individual investors. Meetings can be pre-scheduled through email at OneOnOneRequests@roth.com.

Hundreds of companies are scheduled to make presentations at the ROTH Conference, as well as to participate in question sessions and direct and small group meetings.

ROTH Capital Partners, LLC, is a privately-held investment bank based in Newport Beach, California, that’s focused on emerging companies.

Monaker Group operates the NextTrip.com website, which offers rich content and a library of some 15,000 hours of video that assist travelers in their search for travel destinations and tours. The booking engine offers users the choice of conventional travel, ALR, or specialized tours prepared by a subsidiary of the company. The company has targeted several demographics, and it sees the potential growth of the ALR market, especially for travelers who seek challenging and adventurous trips. Monaker is also focused on business travelers who wish to add additional days for personal travel. Monaker Group aims to capitalize on ALR’s current status as one of the fastest growing sectors of the travel industry.

For more information, refer to www.MonakerGroup.com

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The Female Health Company / Veru Healthcare (NASDAQ: FHCO) is “One to Watch”

The Female Health Company / Veru Healthcare (NASDAQ:FHCO) has established for itself an extremely robust footing in the global public health sector via its hormone-free, latex-free FC2 Female Condom, the only FDA-approved female condom in a market forecast to deliver nine percent plus CAGR over the next five years. The Americas, EMEA and APAC regions alone amount to roughly half a billion plus in revenues already, according to Technavio, and while the Americas’ female condom market accounts for nearly half of the global sum, China and India will most likely drive APAC to out-pace all other regions in terms of growth by a margin of a full one percent or more.

Having originally been founded back in the ’80s during the height of the AIDS epidemic, The Female Health Company’s clear vision of bringing a best-of-breed dual protection product for women to the public health table has now fully blossomed into one of the true frontline weapons in an ongoing struggle against both unwanted pregnancy and the spread of STD/STI (sexually-transmitted disease/infection). An ingenious example of design, the FC2 utilizes a non-latex nitrile sheath that is not only safe to use with oil or water-based lubricants, it also offers increased pleasure potential for both parties, as the material warms from body heat, and possesses a very natural feel. The FC2 also offers a higher rate of protection against unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection compared to male condoms, meaning that dual-use scenarios where both solutions are deployed often result in a strong additive relationship, leading to a higher overall rate of protected sex among populations.

Empowering women in 144 countries around the world with its FC2 product, FHCO’s combined two decades plus of extensive field experience doing education and distribution programs across the globe has earned the company impeccable credentials within the industry. Whether we are talking about big multilateral entities such as USAID and UNFPA, various national ministries of health, or the key NGOs whose confidence is often the deciding factor between massive contracts or relegation to obscurity. The Female Health Company offers free sexual and reproductive health training materials, as well as FC2 usage training materials, to providers and healthcare professionals via its website (from the same curricula used in FHCO’s worldwide education programs).

Q1 unit sales of the FC2 this year were on par with 2016’s first quarter at around 6.3 million, when you pull out the 9.1 million units attributable to the extraordinarily large Brazil Ministry of Health contract shipments that FHCO fulfilled last year. If you pull out related non-recurring acquisition-related costs and outlays for securing of vital IP, both the Q1 FY17 and FY16 financial data sets look quite good. The company also raked in a $2.8 million payment in early January from its exclusive Brazilian distributor Semina, and it has been informed that more payments on the $13.1 million outstanding ($7.8 million in 2016 invoices alone) are forthcoming for FY17. Quarter-to-quarter fluctuations are par for the course here and are related to timing and shipping of sizable orders, but the underlying fundamentals are solid, as is product throughput to end markets.

The overall success of the FC2 really primed FHCO for its transformational merger with Aspen Park Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (APP) late last year in October, which added a multi-faceted forward window to the company’s revenue profile in the form of APP’s attractive portfolio of men’s health-focused pharmaceuticals and consumer health indications. FHCO will be doing business as Veru Healthcare subsequent to the merger when it comes to pharmaceuticals for men’s and women’s health and oncology, as well as for consumer health and medical devices (as opposed to the division using the corporate name brand, The Female Health Company, which will oversee FC2 when it comes to the public health market). This distinct division, Veru Healthcare, will also deploy the company’s proprietary female condom as the FC2 Female Condom in the consumer health market and Female Disposable Contraceptive Device (FC2) in the U.S. prescription market.

President and CEO of FHCO, Mitchell Steiner, MD, certainly projected confidence about the company’s revenue growth-initiating merger last month, when FHCO released its Q1 FY17 financials, and noted of FC2 that it was “without equal” when it comes to contraceptive products for women who want to defend against both pregnancy and STDs. With HIV/AIDS still the top killer of women aged 15 to 44 globally, and around 80 percent of cases occurring via heterosexual transmission, the sheer utility of a product like the FC2, which can be inserted anywhere from hours or just minutes in advance of sexual intercourse, is unquestionable, particularly in at-risk populations like sex workers, where the existence of a female-use driven, dual-protectant product like the FC2 can potentially work wonders. Research has even shown substantial indirect healthcare cost benefits to the implementation of female condom programs, with two to three times return multiples on every dollar invested in countries such as Cameroon and Nigeria.

Solid financials and a healthy logistical footprint, as essentially a preferred provider in the public health/female condom market, amply supports FHCO’s expansion/growth strategy, and it is noteworthy how shrewd a move this is from a PR standpoint for a company already so well established in women’s health. Branching out boldly into pharmaceuticals with a focus on men’s health through Veru Healthcare is marketing gold, and with such IP-reinforced, exciting sexual health products for men as PREBOOST® in the pipeline (an OTC-available, convenient, discreet, medicated individual wipe designed to curb premature ejaculation), serious multi-pronged revenue growth may be on the near horizon for FHCO.

A disposable, pre-moistened wipe that employs a highly effective yet safe topical anesthetic, PREBOOST was designed by Clinical Professor of Urology and Reproductive Medicine at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Medical College of Cornell University Dr. Fisch to solve application problems associated with industry-standard creams and sprays, while simultaneously providing powerful, yet subtle, skin desensitization. Available in easy to carry single-use packets, roughly the size of an individually-wrapped condom, PREBOOST is easy to apply without mess, and it doesn’t interfere with the pleasure from an orgasm.

The company has already sought Orphan Drug status from the FDA for its MSS-722, a patented and proprietary treatment for male infertility that would be the first orally-available option for such indications to come to market (only currently FDA-approved standard is HCG/FSH injections). The company is in a very good position here as the Trump administration moves to speed up the new drug approval process, and MSS-722 can effectively piggyback on extant clinical and nonclinical data for CLOMID (clomiphene citrate) tablets, which are currently being used as first line therapy in 90 percent of idiopathic (having an unknown pathogenesis, or spontaneous origin) infertile men. With a nice guidance follow up late last year in December to the company’s earlier pre-IND meetings with the FDA, FHCO is now gearing up for Phase 2 clinical trials of MSS-722 and expects an NDA filing sometime in 2019.

Another near-term viability (NDA expected this year) indication picked up under the merger is Tamsulosin DRS, a delayed-release sachet, novel oral powder-like formulation targeting Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH), which is set to hit $4.9 billion by 2024, according to research and consulting firm GlobalData, over which time the space will cook along at an impressive 8.23 percent CAGR. Tamsulosin DRS contains the same API (active pharmaceutical ingredient) as Tamsulosin hydrochloride, developed by Astellas (OTC: ALPMY; ALPMF) and typically marketed in the U.S. under the trade name FLOMAX®, for BPH, or enlarged prostate. A new formulation here by FHCO would knock directly on the front door of the roughly $3.5 billion domestic generic/FLOMAX market, as well as address the broader $4.5 billion (QuintilesIMS) U.S. BPH alpha blocker space. The development strategy here should seem familiar to readers, as FHCO can once again utilize extant safety and efficacy data (in this case FLOMAX data), in order to significantly benefit shareholders.

Also in the pipeline from FHCO’s Veru Healthcare division are APP-944 for hot flashes in men undergoing prostate cancer hormone therapy, which would be the first approved oral drug in this area (NDA expected in 2020), and two more oral drugs slated to NDA in 2022, APP-111/APP-112. The first of these, APP-111, is a third line hormonal therapy for advanced prostate cancer with phase 1 studies planned to take place in 2018. This will lead directly to an IND filing and APP-112 studies in gout (the most common form of inflammatory arthritis in men) the following year.

FHCO is making all the right moves to wrangle a revenue growth herd through the Veru Healthcare portfolio, and this growth strategy seems to have been marvelously handcrafted by management. Moreover, the company has recently executed a series of key appointments in support of its growth strategy, from the most recent tapping of 20-year veteran analytical chemist Matthew C. Gosnell, Ph.D. for the Senior V.P. of Manufacturing role, to the appointment in January of sales and marketing heavyweight Brian J. Groch (who has over three decades in pharma and biotech) as the company’s new CCO.

To learn more, visit www.veruhealthcare.com or www.fc2femalecondom.com

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