TOKYO (CBS.MW) -- LJ International isn't that well known, but if you've bought jewelry from major retailers like Wal-Mart or through home shopping networks, you're probably responsible for the Hong Kong based company's success of late...

NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- LJ International(JADE) reported second-quarter earnings of $161,000, or 2 cents per share, up from its year-ago loss of $7.7 million, or 89 cents per share. The year-ago results include a charge of $5.7 million related to an inventory adjustment. Revenue at the fine jewelry designer and distributor jumped 23 percent in the latest to $11.6 million from $9.5 million in the same period a year earlier.

The company said revenue rose due to the introduction of new products, and that it was able to lower selling, general and administrative expenses due to corporate restructuring and tigher cost controls. Jade sees earnings of $430,000 to $624,000, or 5 to 7 cents per share, on revenue of at least $14 million in the third quarter. The stock closed Wednesday at $3.74, down 9 cents.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) –Jewelry maker LJ International Inc. (NasdaqNM:JADE - News) on Thursday raised its third-quarter and 2003 sales guidance and said it expects to double third-quarter net income from last year by expanding distribution in new retail outlets...

LOS ANGELES (Dow Jones)--LJ International Inc. boosted guidance for thirdquarter and full-year revenue, as the company benefited from new U.S. and electronic sales initiatives...

Guangdong, China, Dec. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Qiao Xing Universal Telephone Inc., China's second-biggest telephone maker, is seeking distribution partners in the U.S. and three other countries in an effort to boost sales...

NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Qiao Xing Universal Telephone Inc. (XING), a Chinese phone maker whose stock is traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market, saw its shares soar Thursday amid hopes that it will soon be able to make cell phones in China through a tie-up with a local company already licensed by the government. ...

NEW YORK -- Small-capitalization stocks rallied, to the highest levels since August, along with the technology-led rally in the overall Nasdaq Stock Market. ...

NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Qiao Xing Universal Telephone Inc. (XING), a Chinese telephone maker whose stock is traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market, will start making cell phones in January through an alliance with a local company already licensed by the government, Chairman and Chief Executive Ruilin Wu said...

Hispanic TV Takes Off in the U.S. Spanish-Speaking Americans Will Get Third Network, And Investors Take Notice
By Eduardo Porter

Hispanic television, long a backwater of advertiser and investor interest, is suddenly generating excitement on Madison Avenue and Wall Street...

Woodland Hills, Calif. -- Youbet.com Inc., which provides online wagering for horse racing, formed a partnership with Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc. that could eventually lead to Gemstar acquiring a majority stake in Youbet.com...

CHICAGO -(Dow Jones)- Hong Kong-based jewelry maker LJ International (JADE) and cable-television shopping company QVC Inc. have signed an agreement under which QVC will purchase at least $80 million in jewelry from LJ International over the next three years, LJ International Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Yu Chuan Yih told Dow Jones Newswires...

PHOENIX -- Shareholders of Starwood Lodging Trust and Starwood Lodging Corp. approved the purchase of Westin Hotels & Resorts Inc., Seattle, at the companies' annual meeting. The acquisition is expected to close Jan. 2. After completing the previously announced purchase, the company names will be changed to Starwood Hotels & Resorts Trust and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc.

Starwood shares, which consist of a real-estate investment trust and a separate corporation, trade as a single company in an arrangement known as a paired-share real-estate investment trust.

Valence Technology Inc. (VLNC), a provider of polymer lithium-ion battery technology, said it has signed an agreement to license out its battery technology patents to Samsung SDI, a unit of South Korean conglomerate Samsung Corp...

Guangdong, China, Dec. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Qiao Xing Universal Telephone Inc., China's second-biggest telephone maker, is seeking distribution partners in the U.S. and three other countries in an effort to boost sales...

NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Qiao Xing Universal Telephone Inc. (XING), a Chinese phone maker whose stock is traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market, saw its shares soar Thursday amid hopes that it will soon be able to make cell phones in China through a tie-up with a local company already licensed by the government...

No amount of effort could have saved the damaged Columbia space shuttle from breaking up as it re-entered the atmosphere, according to an internal NASA report that will be presented to the board investigating the accident..

Under pressure to get its stock trading above $1 per share or risk being de-listed from the NASDAQ exchange, Spacehab Inc. enlisted outside help to boost the space services firm's sagging reputation among investors...

Valence Technology Inc., in a shift from battery manufacturing to licensing intellectual property, is buying broad rights to lithium-ion polymer-battery technology from Telcordia Technologies Inc., for about $50 million in stock...

Talk about striking it rich.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Trust's agreement to acquire ITT Corp. will provide a $37 million payday for Barry Sternlicht, Starwood's 37-year-old chief executive...

Starwood Hotels and Resorts Trusts has obtained more than $7 billion in financing that will allow it to complete its $10.2 billion acquisition of ITT Corp.

NEW YORK -- Creative Master International Inc., a maker of model cars and other collectibles, said it expects to report a fourfold jump in fourth-quarter net income as it focuses on expanding its customer base....

NBC will make significant investment in cable network Value Vision and link it with NBC network, cable channels CNBC and MSNBC, and Web site MSNBC.com; NBC , first broadcast network to own portion of home shopping channel, is positioning itself to deliver products directly to viewers; move speaks to NBC 's strategy to move away from old network economic model, which has always generated revenue only through advertising; NBC cable president Thomas Rogers says NBC has entered into strategic alliance with Value Vision and GE Equity, equity arm of GE Capital, subsidiary of NBC 's parent company, General Electric, that will deliver 15 percent stake to NBC and GE Equity in exchange for $44 million; NBC will try to get Value Vision placed on more cable systems; move is likely to mean even more effort to merchandise products introduced by NBC programs.

As Published in BusinessWeek's 26-Week Micro-Cap Review, Selected Profiles of the Nation's Top Price-Performing Micro-Cap Companies as of 3/31/2003

Castelle provides office automation solutions that allow organizations to easily implement faxing and printing over local area networks and the Internet. Castelle has grown to become a market leader in fax solutions for Fortune 1000 companies and small to medium-sized businesses. Its principal products are FaxPress™ fax servers, the easiest way to integrate fax with email, desktop and back-end applications, and LANpress^® print servers, which enable users to located printers anywhere on the network.

Key Manager Statement
Castelle provides businesses exactly what they need-econnomical products that enable the workplace to become more efficient. Despite a weak IT market, we have just recorded our seventh straight quarter of profitability on rising sales. With a widening network of global partners and a strong balance sheet, we are positioned to continue to achieve sales and earnings growth."
—Scott C. McDonald, President & CEO

Despite the prevalence of the Internet, email, and high-speed connections, faxing is alive and well. But just because faxing is still common and vital, doesn't mean the fax machine is still necessary. Today I'll show you how to use fax technology from your desktop...

eMerge Interactive Inc. has won a reprieve to stay listed on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market after being unable to meet a June 18 deadline to bring its stock price above a $1 minimum bid price, a qualification to stay listed...

Weather drives natural gas up by 3%
Crude prices ends above $34; traders digest supply data
By Myra P. Saefong

Expectations for cold weather in much of the U.S. over the next several weeks helped boost natural-gas futures to a 4 percent gain Thursday...

EMerge stock soared late Wednesday after its cattle tracking system won clearance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture...

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Shares of EMerge Interactive Inc. (NasdaqSC:EMRG - News) surged Wednesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture endorsed the firm's CattleLog animal- tracking system amid concerns about the spread of mad-cow disease...

NEW YORK, Jan 7 - EMerge Interactive Inc. (NasdaqSC:EMRG - News) said on Wednesday its animal tracking and data management product has become the first of its kind to be certified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture..

Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange climbed Wednesday for the second time in three sessions to close with their maximum allowable gain, as market concerns over mad-cow disease in the U.S. began to ease...

NEW YORK, Jan 7 (Reuters) - EMerge Interactive Inc. (NasdaqSC:EMRG - News), which provides meat inspecting and tracking systems, said on Wednesday its CattleLog program has become the the first animal tracking system certified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The agriculture department is considering a national program to track cattle after the first U.S. mad cow case.

EMerge's shares soared $1.47 to $2.85.

NEW YORK, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Companies that make software and tags that track beef cattle stand ready to benefit from higher demand brought on by the first case of mad cow disease in the United States...

As published in BusinessWeek's 26-Week Micro-Cap Review, Selected Profiles of the Nation's Top Price-Performing Micro-Cap Companies as of 9/30/03

Based in China, LJ International (Nasdaq: JADE) is one of the world's fastest growing fine jewelry companies...

As published in BusinessWeek's 26-Week Micro-Cap Review, Selected Profiles of the Nation's Top Price-Performing Micro-Cap Companies as of 9/30/03

Teknowledge is a pacesetter in financial account aggregation software, and is a prime U.S. government R&D contractor, with an intellectual property portfolio that includes nine substantive software patents...