BUYINS.NET: ASYS, BITI, CAST, CTRN, DBLE, ENG Have Also Been Added To Naked Short List Today

Aug 22, 2008 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- ENG | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- BUYINS.NET, www.buyins.net, announced today that these select companies have been added to the NASDAQ, AMEX and NYSE naked short threshold list: Amtech Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ASYS), BioImaging Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: BITI), ChinaCast Education Corp. (NASDAQ: CAST), Citi Trends Inc. (NASDAQ: CTRN), Double Eagle Petroleum Company (NASDAQ: DBLE), ENGlobal Corp. (NASDAQ: ENG). For a complete list of companies on the naked short list please visit our web site. To find the SqueezeTrigger Price before a short squeeze starts in any stock, go to www.buyins.net.

Amtech Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ASYS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, assembly, sale, and installation of capital equipment and related consumables. It operates in two segments, Semiconductor and Solar Equipment, and Polishing Supplies. The Semiconductor and Solar Equipment segment produces and sells horizontal diffusion furnaces, small batch vertical furnaces, conveyor furnaces, and etch systems. This segment also supplies thermal processing systems, including related automation, parts, and services to the semiconductor, solar/photovoltaic, silicon wafer, and microelectromechanical system industries. The Polishing Supplies segment supplies wafer carriers to the manufacturers of silicon wafers. It also manufactures polishing templates, steel carriers, and double-sided polishing and lapping machines to fabricators of optics, quartz, ceramics, and metal parts, as well as manufacturers of medical equipment components and computer disks. In addition, Amtech Systems provides semiconductor manufacturing support services. It sells these products to manufacturers of silicon wafers, semiconductors, and solar cells primarily in the United States, Asia, and northern Europe. Amtech Systems markets its products primarily through sales personnel, as well as through a network of domestic and international independent sales representatives and distributors. The company was founded in 1981. It was formerly known as Quartz Engineering & Materials, Inc. and changed its name to Amtech Systems, Inc. in 1987. Amtech Systems is based in Tempe, Arizona. With 9.08 million shares outstanding and 516,800 shares declared short as of July 2008, there is a failure to deliver in shares of ASYS. According to quarterly data provided by the SEC, there were still 12,000 shares of ASYS that were failing-to-deliver as of August 20, 2007.

BioImaging Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: BITI | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) together with its subsidiaries, provides services that support the product development process of the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries. It provides various services, including the processing and analysis of medical images, and the data-basing and regulatory submission of medical images, quantitative data, and text. The company assists its clients in the design and management of the medical imaging component of clinical trials for various modalities, which comprise computerized tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), radiography, dual energy x-ray absorptiometry, positron emission tomography, single photon emission computerized tomography, quantitative coronary angiography, cardiac MRI and CT, intravascular ultrasound, peripheral quantitative angiography, central nervous system MRI, and ultrasound. It also provides Personal Health Record software and Personal HealthKey technology that enable users to manage and store personal health information, including their medical images on the privacy of their desktop computer, while linking directly to sponsor-directed resources, such as drug information, patient education, or disease guidelines. In addition, the company provides technical consulting in the evaluation of the sites that may participate in clinical trials. It serves oncology, musculoskeletal, central nervous system, neurovascular, and cardiovascular areas. The company was founded in 1987. It was formerly known as Wise Ventures, Inc. and changed its name to Bio-Imaging Technologies, Inc. in 1991. The company is based in Newtown, Pennsylvania. With 14.25 million shares outstanding and 23,200 shares declared short as of July 2008, there is a failure to deliver in shares of BITI.

ChinaCast Education Corp. (NASDAQ: CAST | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) provides e-learning and training services to educational institutions, government agencies, and corporate enterprises in the People's Republic of China (PRC). The company's Post Secondary Education Distance Learning Services division enables universities and other higher learning institutions to provide distance learning services. Its packages include the hardware, software, and broadband satellite network services, which allow university students located at remote classrooms around the country to interactively participate in live lectures broadcast from a main campus. This division serves 15 universities with approximately 128,000 students in 300 remote classrooms. The K-12 Educational Services division broadcasts multimedia educational content to approximately 6,500 primary, middle, and high schools in the PRC in partnership with educational content companies and educational institutions. Its educational content packages assist teachers in preparing and teaching course content. The Vocational/Career Training Services division, in partnership with various government departments and corporate enterprises, has deployed training centers in China to provide job-skills training to recent graduates, employees of state-owned enterprises, and corporate employees. The Daily English Language Training Centers division provides spoken English training to students, workers, and government/corporate customers. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People's Republic of China. With 27.29 million shares outstanding and 151,200 shares declared short as of July 2008, there is a failure to deliver in shares of CAST. According to quarterly data provided by the SEC, there were still 35,046 shares of CAST that were failing-to-deliver as of September 28, 2007.

Citi Trends Inc. (NASDAQ: CTRN | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) operates as a retailer of urban fashion apparel and accessories in the United States. It offers various apparel, including dresses, sportswear, and plus-sized offerings for men and women; and apparel for infants, toddlers, boys, and girls. The company also provides accessories, such as intimate apparel, handbags, hats, jewelry, footwear, toys, belts, and sleepwear, as well as an assortment of home decor, which includes giftware, lamps, pictures, mirrors, and figurines. As of February 2, 2008, it operated 319 stores in urban and rural markets in 20 states. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Savannah, Georgia. With 14.27 million shares outstanding and 2.28 million shares declared short as of July 2008, there is a failure to deliver in shares of CTRN. According to quarterly data provided by the SEC, there were still 10,174 shares of CTRN that were failing-to-deliver as of September 26, 2007.

Double Eagle Petroleum Company (NASDAQ: DBLE | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) an energy company, engages in the exploration, development, production, and sale of natural gas and crude oil, primarily in the Rocky Mountain Basins of the western United States. The company's properties include the Atlantic rim coal bed natural gas project located in south central Wyoming; the Pinedale Anticline in the Green River basin of Wyoming; the Wind River basin in central Wyoming; the Moxa Arch and other areas located in southwest Wyoming; and the Christmas Meadows prospect in Utah. It also engages in the transportation of gas through its intrastate gas pipeline. As of December 31, 2007, the company had estimated proved reserves of approximately 71.3 billion cubic feet of natural gas and approximately 413 thousand barrels of oil. It also owned interests in a total of 888 producing wells and had an interest in 521,144 gross acres natural gas prone basins of the Rocky Mountains and Nevada. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Casper, Wyoming. With 9.15 million shares outstanding and 671,300 shares declared short as of July 2008, there is a failure to deliver in shares of DBLE. According to quarterly data provided by the SEC, there were still 14,711 shares of DBLE that were failing-to-deliver as of August 24, 2007.

ENGlobal Corp. (NASDAQ: ENG | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) through its subsidiaries, provides engineering and professional services principally to the energy sector in the United States and internationally. The company operates through four segments: Engineering, Construction, Automation, and Land. The Engineering segment provides consulting services relating to the development, management, and execution of projects requiring professional engineering and related project services, as well as feasibility studies, engineering, design, procurement, and construction management services to the upstream, midstream, and downstream energy industries, and branches of the U.S. military. The Construction segment provides construction management personnel and services in the areas of inspection, mechanical integrity, vendor and turnaround surveillance, field support, construction, quality assurance, and plant asset management to pipeline, refining, utility, chemical, petroleum, petrochemical, oil and gas, and power industries. The Automation segment provides services related to the design, fabrication, and implementation of process distributed control and analyzer systems, advanced automation, and information technology projects to the members of the domestic and foreign energy related industries. The Land segment provides land management, right-of-way, environmental compliance, and governmental regulatory compliance services to the pipeline, utility, and telecom companies, as well as owner/operators of infrastructure facilities. ENGlobal Corporation was founded in 1994 and is based in Houston, Texas. With 27.06 million shares outstanding and 2.87 million shares declared short as of July 2008, there is a failure to deliver in shares of ENG. According to quarterly data provided by the SEC, there were still 38,528 shares of ENG that were failing-to-deliver as of September 27, 2007.

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