4-27-11 Daily Small Cap Market News and Stock Highlights from SmallCapVoice.com

Chip Cutter, AP Business Writer,

Stocks waver as investors await Fed speech

Stocks mixed ahead of Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke's news conference on economy

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks wavered between modest gains and losses Wednesday ahead of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's latest assessment on the health of the U.S. economy.

Bernanke is expected to discuss the job market, inflation and the prospects for economic growth in a news conference following the conclusion of the Fed's two-day policymaking meeting. Investors want to know when the Fed will begin raising interest rates. They also expect the Fed to confirm that its $600 billion bond-buying program will end as scheduled in June.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 4 points, or less than 0.1 percent, to 12,599. It had been up as many as 30 points earlier in the day.

The Standard & Poor's 500 fell 3 or 0.2 percent, to 1,345. The Nasdaq composite index fell 4, or 0.1 percent, to 2,844.

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Yesterday's Top Performing Small Cap Stock:

Westmont Resources Corporation (OTCBB: WMNS )

Westmont Resources Corporation was a SmallCapVoice.com top performer closing up over 22% on trading volume of 298,407 shares.

Westmont Resources is an independent natural resource and development company headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, with principal operations in the United States. Westmont's business model emphasizes the acquisition and operation of existing producing assets, in the oil and gas industry. As new technologies expand both the exploration possibilities and production of oil and gas in the face of ever-rising demand, obtaining peak efficiency and production from existing aging wells becomes increasingly profitable. Westmont Resources is committed to significant growth as it pursues its strategy to combine and consolidate assets and companies in the oil and natural gas production and services sectors.

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Today's SmallCapVoice.com Hot Stock to Watch:

Trueclaim Exploration Inc. (OTCQX: TRMNF )

Trueclaim Intersects 10.0 Metres of 3.5 g/t Au at the Scadding Gold Project

LONDON, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 04/26/11 — Trueclaim Exploration Inc. (“Trueclaim”) (TSX VENTURE:TRM)TRMNF is pleased to announce significant intersections in the North Zone, including 3.5 g/t Au over 10.0 metres in hole TRM-11-15 on the Scadding Gold Property (the “Property”).

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SmallCapVoice Clients' News

NuVim, Inc. (Pink Sheets: NUVM )

Nutrition Expert Ruth Carey Joins Dr. Addis' Efforts to Bring National Awareness of NuVim's Wellness & Weight Control Products

Will Represent NuVim to the American Dietetic Association

MAHWAH, NJ — (Marketwire) — 04/26/11 — NuVim, Inc. NUVM, a leading provider of nutritional refrigerated and shelf stable ready to drink beverages and powder mixes, announced today that Ruth Carey RD, CSSD, LD, the nutritional expert whose print and broadcast media programs have gained a national following, has joined NuVim®'s efforts to broaden its Wellness & Weight Control product line loyal consumer base. Ms. Carey will act as a liaison with the dietetic community including her communications with the largest food nutrition organization, the American Dietetic Association with their 68,000 members. Ms. Carey will also be working on behalf of NuVim with fitness bloggers, Twitter and Facebook on her own web-site.

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Other Small Cap News

Uranium Energy Corp (NYSE Amex: UEC )

Uranium Energy Corp Reports Independent NI 43-101-Qualified Inferred Resource of 2.8 Million Pounds U3O8 at the Company's Salvo Project in South Texas

CORPUS CHRISTI, TX, April 26 /CNW/ – Uranium Energy Corp (NYSE-AMEX: UEC) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that an updated, independent National Instrument 43-101 (“NI 43-101″) Technical Report on the Company's Salvo Project located in Bee County, Texas, is in the process of being completed and reports an Inferred mineral resource of 1.2 million tons grading 0.08 percent U3O8 or 2.839 million pounds U3O8.

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Dyax Corp. (Nasdaq: DYAX )

Dyax Corp. and Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc. Enter Into Research Agreement for Discovery of Therapeutic Antibodies

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Dyax Corp. DYAX and Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc. (FivePrime) announced today that they have entered into an antibody funded research agreement for the discovery of therapeutic antibodies.

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Belo Corp. (NYSE: BLC )

Television Company Belo Corp. (BLC) Reports Results for First Quarter 2011

DALLAS, April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Belo Corp. BLC, one of the nation's largest pure-play, publicly-traded television companies, today reported pro forma earnings per share of $0.09 in the first quarter of 2011 versus pro forma earnings per share of $0.11 in the first quarter of 2010. Pro forma earnings per share in the first quarter of 2011 exclude a net non-cash charge, after taxes, of $13.3 million, or $0.13 per share, related to the January 2011 split of The G. B. Dealey Retirement Pension Plan (“Pension Plan”) with A. H. Belo Corporation (“A. H. Belo”). Pro forma earnings per share in the first quarter of 2010 exclude a credit of $2.5 million, net of taxes, or $0.02 per share, from pension contribution reimbursements received from A. H. Belo related to its obligation to reimburse Belo for 60 percent of any pension contributions Belo made to the Pension Plan prior to the completion of the split. Including these items, net earnings (loss) per share in the first quarter of 2011 were ($0.04) compared to $0.13 per share in the first quarter of 2010.

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Sparton Corporation (NYSE: SPA )

Sparton Awarded $28 Million Q53F, Q62E, and Q36B Sonobuoy Subcontract

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Sparton Corporation SPA announced today, the award of a $28.5 million subcontract to manufacture sonobuoys for the United States Navy as part of the Company's ERAPSCO joint venture. Production will be performed at Sparton's DeLeon Springs, Fla., facility and is expected to be completed by October 2012.

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