1-31-11 Daily Small Cap Market News and Stock Highlights from SmallCapVoice.com

Chip Cutter, AP Business Writer

Energy stocks push major indexes higher

Energy stocks push stocks higher after Massey deal, Exxon earnings

NEW YORK (AP) — Energy companies drove major indexes higher Monday after Alpha Natural Resources made a bid for rival coal producer Massey Energy and Exxon Mobil reported strong earnings.

Alpha offered $7.1 billion in cash and stock for Massey and the nation's fourth-largest coal producer by revenue accepted it. That sent Massey's stock up 11 percent in early trading, making it the best performer in the Standard & Poor's 500 index.

Other major coal companies, including Consol Energy Inc. and Peabody Energy Corp., rose by more than 2 percent.

The Massey deal suggests “maybe coal isn't dead,” said Kim Caughey Forrest, equity research analyst at Fort Pitt Capital Group. It also raises hopes for similar deals in the future.

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Yesterday's Top Performing Small Cap Stock:

VitaminSpice VTMS

VitaminSpice was a SmallCapVoice.com top performer closing up over 22% on trading volume of 824,349 shares.

VitaminSpiceTM is the pioneer of a new category of vitamin-enhanced seasonings and condiments within the $33 billion US functional food and beverage market. The inspired creation of a father and molecular biologist, VitaminSpice makes it easy for busy families to naturally boost the nutritional value of their meals with spices, seasonings and condiments that enliven the palate. VitaminSpice's first product line of proprietary spice and vitamin blends offers a convenient and effective way to nourish the body, and is perfect for anyone who wants to enhance nutritional intake without the discomfort of swallowing vitamin pills. VitaminSpice is currently available online and in select retail outlets.

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Today's SmallCapVoice.com Hot Stock to Watch:

Total Nutraceutical Solutions, Inc. TNUS

A New Audio Interview with Marvin S. Hausman MD, CEO of Total Nutraceutical Solutions, Inc., is Now at SmallCapVoice.com

Jan. 31, 2011 (Business Wire) — SmallCapVoice.com, Inc. announced today that a new audio interview with Total Nutraceutical Solutions, Inc. (TNS) (OTC BB: TNUS) is now available. The interview can be heard at http://smallcapvoice.com/blog/1-25-11-audio-interview-with-total-nutraceutical-solutions-inc-otcbb-tnus.

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SmallCapVoice Clients' News

XZERES Wind Corp. XWND

XZERES Next-Generation 10 Kilowatt Wind Power System — XZERES 442SR — to Provide Enhanced Efficiency for Residential and Commercial Consumers

WILSONVILLE, OR — (Marketwire) — 01/31/11 — XZERES Wind Corporation XWND, designer, developer and producer of distributed generation, wind power systems for the small wind market (2.5kW-100kW), today announced the release of the company's next generation 10-kilowatt system, the XZERES 442SR, enhancing its product portfolio. The new 442SR model builds on the performance attributes of its predecessor, the XZERES 442HV, integrating new design elements and a dynamic, intelligent controller to boost annual energy output by up to 20 percent and improve overall system reliability. XZERES is actively taking orders for the XZERES 442SR with shipments scheduled for March 2011.

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Other Small Cap News

YesDTC Holdings, Inc. YESD

YesDTC Announces MotorBooster(TM) – Revolutionary New Mileage-Boosting and Emissions-Reducing Engine Conditioner – Performance Test Pending

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 28, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — YesDTC Holdings, Inc. YESD, a direct-to-consumer marketer and global distributor of consumer goods and products, today announced its plans to introduce a revolutionary new engine conditioner product called MotorBooster(TM) for the automotive consumer market that holds the promise of being able to potentially meaningfully increase fuel economy, reduce hydrocarbon emissions and enhance engine performance. MotorBooster(TM) is a proprietary formulation capsule that users simply insert into their gas tank, upon which it dissolves into the fuel to achieve mileage, emissions and enhancement benefits.

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CCA Industries, Inc. (NYSE Amex: CAW)

CCA Industries, Inc. Reports Twenty-Seventh Consecutive Dividend

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J., Jan. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — CCA Industries, Inc. (NYSE Amex: “CAW“) announced today that its Board of Directors declared its twenty-seventh consecutive cash dividend, payable to shareholders of record as of February 1, 2011, and to be paid on March 1, 2011.

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Sonde Resources Corp. (NYSE Amex: SOQ)

Sonde Resources Corp. Announces Sale of Liberty Natural Gas LLC and Update on Sale of Trinidad Assets

CALGARY, ALBERTA–(Marketwire – 01/28/11) – Sonde Resources Corp. (“Sonde”) SOQ SOQ announced today that it has entered into a letter of intent providing for the sale of Liberty Natural Gas LLC (the “Company”) which owns a 100% working interest in the Liberty Natural Gas LNG project. Under the proposed sale, Sonde will receive cash consideration of U.S.$7,320,000 upon closing, plus deferred cash consideration of $17,500,000 payable upon any subsequent change of control of the Company, or following the Company's first successful gas delivery. The proposed sale is subject to the execution of definitive documentation and government approvals which are expected within the next 60 days.

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Sierra Resource Group, Inc. SIRG

Sierra Resource Group Confirms Strategic Alliance With Bolivian Mining Concern

KINGMAN, Ariz., Jan. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Sierra Resource Group, Inc. (the “Company”) has learned that certain rumors are circulating about its relationship with a Bolivian mining concern. In order to dispel these rumors, the Company confirmed that it signed a letter of intent with Kony Minera S.A. on December 15, 2010. The letter set forth the general terms of a potential joint venture regarding an alluvial gold placer mining project near Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

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Fresh Start Private Management Inc. CEYY

Fresh Start Private Clinic Alcohol Treatment Clinic Opens on East Coast With Potential Revenue of $10 Million in First Year

LOS ANGELES, CA–(Marketwire – 01/28/11) – Fresh Start Private (OTC.BB:CEYY), a leader in the alcohol treatment and rehabilitation industry, announced that its partner Merit Management Services, LLC (Merit) has opened its first clinic on the East Coast of the USA in Danbury, Connecticut.

This first facility is now operational and able to treat up to 5 patients a day with potential revenue of $10 Million per year.

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BluePhoenix Solutions BPHX

BluePhoenix Wins $500,000 Natural/ADABAS Modernization Contract from a Leading US Federal Sector IT Service Provider

HERZLIYA, Israel–(BUSINESS WIRE)– BluePhoenix Solutions BPHX, the leader in value-driven IT modernization, today announced that it was awarded a $500,000 contract from a leading US federal sector IT service provider.

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Maxygen, Inc. MAXY

Maxygen Announces Initiation of Phase I Clinical Trial Under Perseid's Collaboration with Astellas for CTLA4-Ig Program

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Maxygen, Inc. MAXY, a biotechnology company focused on the development of improved protein drugs, today announced the initiation of a Phase I clinical study to evaluate a next-generation CTLA4-Ig therapeutic (designated as ASP2408) that is being developed by Perseid Therapeutics LLC, Maxygen's majority-owned subsidiary, in collaboration with Astellas Pharma Inc. for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and potentially other autoimmune indications. It is the first clinical trial being conducted under Perseid's collaboration with Astellas, which is sponsoring the clinical trial. Perseid has earned a $10 million payment from Astellas for the achievement of this clinical milestone.

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O2Micro International Limited OIIM

Class-D Amplifier Architecture Patent Issued to O2Micro

GEORGE TOWN, Grand Cayman, Jan. 31, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — O2Micro(R) International Limited OIIM was issued 27 claims under United States patent number 7,868,693 for its Class-D Amplifier architecture; a continuation of the invention issued March 2009 under United States patent number 7,501,886.

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Accuray Incorporated ARAY

CyberKnife Radiosurgery to be Highlighted by Leading Thoracic Surgeons at 2011 STS Annual Meeting

New Research Supports CyberKnife® Treatment's Long-Term Outcomes for Lung Cancer Patients

SUNNYVALE, Calif., and SAN DIEGO, Jan. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Annual Meeting – Accuray Incorporated ARAY, a global leader in the field of radiosurgery, announced today that its CyberKnife technology will be featured at the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) annual meeting, Jan. 31 – Feb. 2. In course 11 titled: “Image-Guided Ablation of Lung Tumors Using Radiofrequency Energy and Stereotactic Radiosurgery,” James D. Luketich, M.D., and Arjun Pennathur, M.D., from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh, Pa will be highlighting the benefits of CyberKnife radiosurgery with a particular emphasis on the central role of the thoracic surgeon.

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