12-16-10 Daily Small Cap Market News and Stock Highlights from SmallCapVoice.com

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Stocks mixed even after brighter economic reports

Stocks flat in early trade; better news on jobless claims and trade fails to entice buyers

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks swung from gains to losses in early trading Thursday as investors mainly shrugged off better news on jobs and trade.

The Labor Department said first-time claims for unemployment benefits fell last week to 420,000, the third drop in four weeks. That's roughly in line with what economists expected and another sign that the economy is slowly regaining its footing.

The four-week average of claims also slid for the sixth straight week, reaching the lowest level since July 2008. That was before Lehman Brothers collapsed and markets seized up at the height of the financial crisis.

Separately, the Commerce Department said rising imports pushed the U.S. trade deficit to its highest point since late 2008, a sign that Americans have regained some of their spending appetite. The trade deficit grew to $127 billion in the July-September quarter, the fifth straight increase. The Commerce Department also said housing starts rose slightly last month, reversing a two-month decline.

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Yesterday's Top Performing Small Cap Stock:

XZERES Wind Corp. XWND

XZERES Wind Corp. was a SmallCapVoice.com top performer closing up over 12% on trading volume of 3,706 shares.

XZERES Acquires First Three Micro-Generation Utility Customers — Minimum of $1.1Million in Combined Contract Value

WILSONVILLE, OR — (Marketwire) — 12/16/10 — XZERES Wind Corporation XWND, designer, developer and producer of distributed generation, wind power systems for the small wind market (2.5kW-100kW), announced today the signing of the first three customers under the Company's recently launched Micro-Generation Utility model. Representing three separate contracts, the minimum total combined dollar value is expected to total approximately $1.1 million.

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Today's SmallCapVoice.com Hot Stock to Watch:

Tootie Pie Company TOOT

Tootie Pie Gains Additional Equity

Dawson Holdings, LP, increases stake to 25%

Dec. 16, 2010 (Business Wire) — Tootie Pie Company, Inc. TOOT announced that Dawson Holdings, LP, has invested an additional $600,000 in the Tootie Pie Company, Inc., taking their equity stake from 15% to 25%. The investment was made pursuant to a previously executed Warrant Agreement that was part of their original investment, announced in August, 2010.

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SmallCapVoice Clients' News

Madison Ave. Media, Inc. KHZM

Madison Ave. Media Appoints VP of Multi Channel Marketing

BOCA RATON, FL — (Marketwire) — 12/15/10 — Madison Ave. Media, Inc. KHZM, a global leader in brand intelligence, today announced the appointment of Alyx Sachs to the role of Vice President, Multi Channel Marketing. Sachs has been working with the firm since its early stages. In this role, she will utilize her extensive experience in Television production and Internet marketing.

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Madison Ave. Media Agrees to Acquire Track Entertainment

Leading Entertainment Company Has Over $20 Million in Revenues

BOCA RATON, FL — (Marketwire) — 12/15/10 — Madison Ave. Media, Inc. KHZM, a global leader in brand intelligence and mobile marketing, today agrees to acquire Track Entertainment a division of The Management Group, LLC. In an all stock transaction.

With over $20 million in annual revenue, Track Entertainment owns and manages a consortium of advertising, content, ticketing and event driven web properties.

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Other Small Cap News

Pressure BioSciences, Inc. PBIO

Significant Benefits of Pressure Cycling Technology (PCT) Cited in Recent Cancer and Heart Disease Studies

SOUTH EASTON, Mass., Dec. 15, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pressure BioSciences, Inc. PBIO (“PBI” and the “Company”) today announced that significant benefits were reported when the Company's powerful, patented pressure cycling technology (PCT) platform was used in either the fixation or extraction of proteins from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue samples in four recent cancer and heart disease studies.

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CEL-SCI Corporation (NYSE Amex: CVM)

CEL-SCI Corporation Receives Government Approval from Ukraine to Commence Phase III Clinical Trial of Multikine in Head and Neck Cancer

VIENNA, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– CEL-SCI Corporation (NYSE AMEX: CVM) announced today it has received governmental approval from the Health Authority, Ministry of Health of Ukraine, to begin enrollment of subjects for a Phase III clinical trial of Multikine® in Ukraine. Multikine is the Company's flagship immunotherapy developed as a first-line standard of care in treating head and neck cancer. Ukraine is one of nine countries to participate in this global Phase III trial. The Phase III trial will be run at about 48 clinical centers, of which about 6 centers will be in Ukraine.

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Neuralstem, Inc. (NYSE Amex: CUR)

Neuralstem Receives FDA Approval to Commence Drug Trial for Major Depression

ROCKVILLE, Md., Dec. 16, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Neuralstem, Inc. (NYSE Amex: CUR) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its Investigational New Drug (IND) application to initiate a Phase Ia safety trial to test NSI-189, its first small molecule compound, in major depression. NSI-189 is a proprietary new chemical entity discovered by Neuralstem that stimulates new neuron growth in the hippocampus, an area of the brain that is believed to be involved in depression and other diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease.

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Claude Resources Inc. (NYSE Amex: CGR)

Claude Resources Continues to Expand THE AMISK GOLD Deposit, Saskatchewan

‘Sampling Historic Core Returns 241 metres of 2.16 g/t Au and 18.9 g/t Ag ‘

ASKATOON, Dec. 16 /PRNewswire/ – Claude Resources Inc. (TSX-CRJ; NYSE Amex-CGR) (“Claude” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce results from sampling in excess of 22,000 metres of drill core from a total of 278 historic drill holes on the 13,900 hectare Amisk Gold Property.

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