3-17-11 Daily Small Cap Market News and Stock Highlights from SmallCapVoice.com

Associated Press

Stocks rebound as news on the economy improves

Stocks rebound from a steep fall on better economic news; unemployment claims drop

NEW YORK (AP) — Better economic reports are lifting stocks a day after the market had its biggest drop in seven months.

The number of people applying for unemployment benefits fell more than economists expected last week. Inflation in consumer prices was tame in February.

Production at U.S. factories, mines and utilities dipped last month but was actually higher in previous months than first estimated, according to the Federal Reserve.

Financial markets were gripped by fear over Japan's nuclear crisis on Wednesday. The Dow Jones industrial average had its biggest loss since August, nearly erasing its gains for the year.

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Yesterday's Top Performing Small Cap Stock:

Geo Finance Corporation (Pink Sheets: GEFI)

Geo Finance Corporationwas a SmallCapVoice.com top performer closing up over 6% on trading volume of 13,500 shares.

Geo Finance Corporation assesses business opportunities in all sectors of the energy industry to create cost effective energy projects. These include reviewing traditional processes of collecting fossil fuels to utilizing alternative energies such as solar power, wind power, energy saving pumping systems and geo exchange.

One such business model is to find opportunities to utilize innovative green technologies and alternative energies to improve the efficiencies and profitability of collecting fossil fuels. Where feasible, Geo Finance can also create finance and leasing programs to help address the initial capital costs for operators to collect fossil fuels or for developers to build alternative energy fields.

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Today's SmallCapVoice.com Hot Stock to Watch:

Forex International Trading FXIT

Forex International Trading Corp. Announces Full Year 2010 Results for Triple 8 Limited

Mar. 17, 2011 (Business Wire) — Forex International Trading Corp. (the “Company”) FXIT, a company principally engaged in offering via affiliates a web-based foreign currency trading platform to non US residents, professionals and retail clients, announced for the year ended December 31, 2010, revenues for Triple 8 Limited, (“Triple”), which is approximately 45% owned by the Company. Triple's revenue increased $5,128,421 or 221% to $7,450,811, compared to $2,322,390 for the corresponding prior year. Adjusted Pro Forma EBITDA for the year was $1,008,038 an increase of $1,450,647 compared to a loss of $442,609, for the prior year.

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SmallCapVoice Clients' News

Image Metrics, Inc. IMGX

Bloomberg Interviews Image Metrics CEO about Recent Entry into Consumer Market

Interview Video File Available on Bloomberg.com

Mar. 17, 2011 (Business Wire) — In a recent interview with Bloomberg's Pimm Fox, leading provider of facial animation technology Image Metrics' IMGX CEO Robert Gehorsam discussed the company's expansion into the consumer market with its acquisition of Big Stage's premier platform for consumer avatar creation services.

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Geo Finance Corporation (Pink Sheets: GEFI)

Geo Finance Corp CEO Interview With Position Media Group to Discuss New Business Model and What's Ahead for 2011 and Beyond

TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 03/17/11 — GEO Finance Corporation (PINK SHEETS:GEFI) announces today that it is posting an interview with J.M. Arnold, it's C.E.O., and Position Media Group discussing the history of the company and the change in its business plan to focus on acquisition of producing oil and gas within the Continental U.S.A. The timing of this change comes when the public's desire for domestic oil is at its highest level and getting stronger by the day. Using proven existing technology to extract oil and gas out of existing wells should dramatically improve recovery of hydrocarbons in a relatively short period of time.

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Other Small Cap News

Capital Gold Corporation (NYSE Amex: CGC)

Capital Gold Reaffirms Support for Gammon Transaction With an Increased Cash Component

Announces Plan for Stockholder Vote

NEW YORK, March 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Capital Gold Corporation CGC acknowledges that, on March 15, 2011, Timmins Gold Corp. (“Timmins”) added $0.25 in cash to its unsolicited offer for Capital Gold Corp. (“Capital Gold”). Also on March 15, 2011, Gammon Gold Inc. (“Gammon”) announced that it was proposing to amend its merger agreement with Capital Gold to increase the cash component of the merger consideration to be paid to Capital Gold's stockholders by $0.30, from $0.79 to $1.09. The Board of Directors of Capital Gold has considered both bids and unanimously reaffirms its support of the merger with Gammon, as increased.

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Capstone Turbine Corporation CPST

Capstone Turbine Corporation Secures Follow-on Order for Six C65s From Large Natural Gas Producer With Current Capstone Fleet Exceeding One Million Operating Hours

CHATSWORTH, Calif., March 17, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Capstone Turbine Corporation (www.capstoneturbine.com) CPST, the world's leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, today announced it sold six additional C65s to a prominent natural-gas producer whose current fleet of 49 Capstone microturbines has exceeded 1 million run time hours.

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Cavico Corp. CAVO

Cavico Schedules Final Breakthrough of Vietnam's Longest Tunnel at A Luoi Hydropower Project

Company Expects Project to Generate $53 Million in Total Revenues for Cavico

HANOI, Vietnam, March 17, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cavico Corp. CAVO (“Cavico” or the “Company”), a major infrastructure construction, infrastructure investment, and natural resources conglomerate based in Vietnam, today announced that its subsidiary, Cavico Bridge and Tunnel, has scheduled a third and final tunnel breakthrough at the A Luoi Hydropower project. The breakthrough is scheduled to take place during the second week of April 2011.

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Overland Storage, Inc. OVRL

Overland Storage Announces Oversubscribed Private Placement Financing

Company Announces Placement of Approximately $15.4 Million of Equity Securities

SAN DIEGO, CA–(Marketwire – 03/16/11) – Overland Storage, Inc. OVRL has signed definitive agreements for a private placement of 8,722,904 shares of Common Stock of the Company and Warrants to purchase up to 3,838,069 shares of Common Stock for a gross purchase price of approximately $15.4 million on March 16, 2011. The purchase price for one share of Common Stock and a Warrant to purchase 0.44 shares of Common Stock is $1.765. The Warrants will have an exercise price of $1.71 per share, will expire March 21, 2016 and are exercisable in whole or in part, at any time prior to expiration.

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Kingold Jewelry, Inc. KGJI

Kingold Jewelry, Inc. Announces Preliminary 2010 Results

Company Announces Extension of Form 10-K Filing

WUHAN CITY, China, March 16, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ — Kingold Jewelry, Inc. (“Kingold” or the “Company”) KGJI, one of China's leading manufacturers and designers of 24-Karat gold jewelry and ornaments, today announced selected estimated unaudited financial results for the year ended December 31, 2010.

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ChinaCast Education Corporation (Nasdaq GS: CAST)

ChinaCast Education Authorizes $50 Million Share Repurchase Program

BEIJING, March 16, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ — ChinaCast Education (“ChinaCast,” “CAST” or the “Company”, Nasdaq GS: CAST), a leading for-profit, post-secondary education and e-learning services provider in China, today announced that its Board of Directors has approved the repurchase by the Company of up to $50 million of its common shares over the next 12 months.

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