Stockguru.com: Stockguru.com: Stocks to Watch for November 17, 2008 - HGUE, AKPB, SBON, CVAS, INLM, and SKNY

Nov 17, 2008 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- SKNY | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Our Stocks to Watch today include : Hague Corp. (OTCBB: HGUE), Alaska Pacific Bancshares, Inc. (OTCBB: AKPB), Siboney Corporation (OTCBB: SBON), Creative Vistas, Inc. (OTCBB: CVAS), International Monetary Systems, Ltd. (OTCBB: INLM), and Skinny Nutritional Corp. (OTCBB: SKNY)

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Hague Corp. (OTCBB: HGUE | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Shares traded down 16.67% at $0.50

Hague/Solterra is singularly positioned to lead the development of truly sustainable and cost-effective solar technology as the first company to introduce a new dimension of cost reduction by replacing silicon wafer-based solar cells with low-cost, highly efficient Quantum Dot-based solar cells.

HGUE News Friday, Hague commented on recently released forecast for the Quantum Dot market where it competes. A quantum dot is a semiconductor whose excitons are confined in all three spatial dimensions. As a result, they have properties that are between those of bulk semiconductors and those of discrete molecules. Current and future applications of QDs impact a broad range of industrial markets. These include, for example, biology and biomedicine; computing and memory; electronics and displays; optoelectronic devices such as LEDs, lighting, and lasers; optical components used in telecommunications; and security applications such as covert identification tagging or biowarfare detection sensors.

Alaska Pacific Bancshares, Inc. (OTCBB: AKPB | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Shares traded down 25% at $5.25

Alaska Pacific Bancshares, Inc. operates as the holding company for Alaska Pacific Bank that provides various community banking products and services to individuals and small businesses in southeast Alaska. It offers savings accounts, money market deposit accounts, interest-bearing and non-interest-bearing demand deposits, and certificates of deposits. The company also offers one-to-four family mortgage loans, construction loans, commercial real estate loans, land loans, consumer loans, and commercial business loans. In addition, it provides automated teller machine services. As of December 31, 2007, Alaska Pacific operated 4 branch offices in the communities of Juneau, Ketchikan, and Sitka, Alaska; and 11 automated teller machines, including 6 in Juneau, 2 in Sitka, 2 in Ketchikan, and 1 in Hoonah. The company was founded in 1935 and is based in Juneau, Alaska.

AKPB News Friday, Alaska Pacific Bancshares announced third quarter results for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008. The Company also announced that it is suspending regular quarterly dividends, which will result in savings of about $65,000 per quarter. For the quarter ended September 30, 2008, the Company reported a net loss of $672,000, or $(1.03) per diluted share, compared to net income of $249,000, or $0.38 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2007. The loss in the quarter ended September 30, 2008 was primarily attributable to a provision for loan losses of $1.4 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2008 compared to $45,000 in the comparable quarter of 2007. For the first three quarters of 2008, the Company reported a net loss of $1.3 million after recording a $3.2 million provision for loan losses, or ($1.97) per diluted share. This compares to net income of $735,000 after recording a $135,000 provision for loan losses, or $1.11 per diluted share, in the like period a year ago.

Siboney Corporation (OTCBB: SBON | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Shares stayed even at $0.04

Siboney Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the publication and distribution of educational software products primarily for schools in the United States. It publishes educational software products in various academic areas, such as reading, language, mathematics, science, writing, and English as a second language, primarily for K-12 students and adult learners. The company publishes Orchard Software for Your State (Orchard) product line that integrates the results of subject specific assessment tests which are based upon state standards, with individualized instruction from approximately 160 skill trees in K-12 reading, language, mathematics, and science. Orchard?s assessment identifies areas of academic weakness for each student within his/her state?s grade-specific standards of learning and then prescribes an individualized learning path for each student as students interact with various motivating instructional approaches that appeal to various learning styles. Siboney Corporation also publishes titles-based instructional software product lines, which include GAMCO Educational Software that provides schools with single titles and curriculum solutions, such as management features that track student progress, and enables teachers to modify the instruction for individual learning needs; and Educational Activities Software, which provides software for the middle school to adult learner markets. Its products include PracticePlanet, an online test practice program to enhance student skills and improve scores on state assessments. The company sells its products through a network of independent dealer representatives, direct field and inside sales representatives, direct catalogs and promotions, sales force, and school software catalog dealers to schools, community colleges, adult learning centers, and correctional facilities. Siboney Corporation was incorporated in 1955 and is based in St. Louis, Missouri.

SBON News Friday, Siboney announced that revenues for the third quarter ended September 30, 2008 were $1,244,892, a 16% decrease from $1,486,094 for the third quarter of 2007. Income from operations for the quarter ended September 30, 2008 was $20,338 compared to income from operations of $8,255 for the quarter ended September 30, 2007. The Company reported a lower net loss for the third quarter of 2008 compared to the third quarter of 2007. Net loss for the third quarter of 2008 was $16,186 ($0.00 per basic and diluted share) after income tax expense of $3,847 compared to a net loss of $1,186,476 (or $0.07 per basic and diluted share) after income tax expense of $1,136,099 for the third quarter of 2007.

Creative Vistas, Inc. (OTCBB: CVAS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Shares traded up 4.44% at $0.47

Creative Vistas Inc. is a leading provider of broadband-related services as well as security technologies and systems. Through its subsidiary Dependable HomeTech, formerly known as Cancable Inc., Creative Vistas provisions the deployment and servicing of broadband technologies to the commercial and residential market in Canada and the U.S. Through its subsidiaries AC Technical Systems Ltd. and Iview Digital Video Solutions Inc., it offers proprietary and non-proprietary technologies to the integrated electronic security and surveillance market. Its growing list of customers for broadband-related services include major cable-system operators in Ontario, Canada and U.S. metropolitan markets including New Orleans and Baton Rouge, La., and Charlotte, N.C. Its security and surveillance systems are used by numerous high-profile clients including government, school boards, retail outlets, banks and hospitals. Creative Vistas is based in Ontario, Canada.

CVAS News Friday, Creative Vistas reported that revenues for its third quarter ended September 30, 2008 totaled $13.99 million, up 25.5% from $11.15 million in the third quarter of 2007. The increase was primarily due to increased sales at the Company's Dependable HomeTech (formerly Cancable) division, which provides repair, installation and other support services to cable, satellite and broadband providers in Canada and the U.S. Revenues in the U.S., where Dependable HomeTech began operations at the beginning of 2008, totaled $2.2 million in the third quarter, up 120% sequentially from $1 million in the second quarter ended June 30, 2008.

International Monetary Systems, Ltd. (OTCBB: INLM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Shares traded up 25% at $0.25

International Monetary Systems, Ltd., through its subsidiary, Continental Trade Exchange, Ltd., acquires, owns, manages, and operates trade exchanges and other related businesses in the United States. Trade exchanges or barter networks are financial service firms that permit companies and individuals to exchange goods and services utilizing an electronic currency ?trade dollars?, which are used in lieu of cash to purchase the various offerings of other members of the barter network. It enables companies to generate new business, conserve cash, and convert excess inventory and capacity into needed goods or services. As of April 18, 2007, the company served approximately 16,000 customers. International Monetary Systems, Ltd. was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in New Berlin, Wisconsin.

INLM News Friday, International Monetary Systems filed its third-quarter report on form 10-Q. During the quarter ended September 30, 2008, International Monetary Systems processed more than $27 million in trade transactions compared to over $26 million in the third quarter of 2007, an increase of more than 4.5%. The trade volume generated gross revenues of $3,537,840, compared to revenue of $3,563,578 in the third quarter of last year, a slight decrease of .7%. Total expenses decreased 5.5%, from $3,716,140 in the third quarter of 2007 to $3,511,054 in the current period. The decrease is the result of our efforts to consolidate administrative operations, and to streamline sales and marketing costs by more quickly identifying under-performing elements.

Skinny Nutritional Corp. (OTCBB: SKNY | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Shares stayed even at $0.09

Skinny Nutritional Corp. develops, markets, and distributes consumer beverage products. It offers a line of bottled waters and dietary supplements under the ?Skinny? brand. The company manufactures, markets, and distributes Skinny Water, a dietary supplement beverage designed to assist consumers in their weight loss efforts under a worldwide license agreement with Peace Mountain Natural Beverages Corporation. Its other Skinny beverages include Skinny Water, Diet Water, Skinny Java, Skinny Tea, Skinny Juice, and Skinny Shakes. Skinny Nutritional Corp. has an agreement with InterHealth Nutraceuticals Incorporated to sell, market, distribute, and package Super CitriMax, the active ingredient in Skinny Water. The company, formerly known as Creative Enterprises International, Inc., was founded in 1984 and is based in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.

SKNY News Friday, Skinny Nutritional announced results for the third quarter ending September 30, 2008. Revenues for the third quarter of 2008 totaled $970,593, compared to $134,761 for the same quarter in 2007. Revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 totaled $1,193,635, compared to $195,503 for the first nine months of 2007. The increase in revenue for the quarter and nine month period are primarily attributable to the Company's successful launch of its new product Skinny Water in May 2008. The lineup features five Skinny Water flavors, including Acai Grape Blueberry (Hi-Energy), Raspberry Pomegranate (Crave Control), Goji Fruit Punch (Shape), Passionfruit Lemonade (Total-V), and Peach Mango Mandarin (XXX-Detox). All five flavors of nutritionally enhanced beverages have ZERO calories, ZERO sugar, ZERO carbs and ZERO sodium. Skinny Water was developed to compete in the growing market for enhanced beverages with the added benefits of ZERO calories and good taste.

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