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Chart of the Day: Westwater Resources

Posted on December 5, 2018 by | Leave a comment

According to Yahoo!Finance, “Westwater Resources, Inc. operates as an energy metals exploration and development company. The company holds interests in the three lithium brine exploration projects, which include Columbus Basin project in western Nevada; the Railroad Valley project in east-central Nevada; and the Sal Rica Project in northwestern Utah.”

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The Study of Failure

"…failure just means another opportunity to try again or the option to explore a new path. If we believe in ourselves, we can take these opportunities and make something wonderful out of them. So relax and take joy in failure, knowing that each defeat shapes us, and lets us grow into who we are meant to be. ( Kemper, J. (2015, Apr 01). Joy in failure tastes like failure' a failure. The Observer. University of Notre Dame. Notre Dame IN. University Wire Retrieved from http://ezproxy.sfpl.org/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.sfpl.org/docview/1667875217?accountid=35117)."

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Chart of the Day: ReWalk Robotics

Posted on December 4, 2018 by | Leave a comment

According to Yahoo!Finance, “ReWalk Robotics Ltd., a medical device company, designs, develops, and commercializes exoskeletons for wheelchair-bound individuals with mobility impairments or other medical conditions. The company offers ReWalk Personal for everyday use to paraplegic individuals at home and in their communities; and ReWalk Rehabilitation for exercise and therapy used in hospitals and rehabilitation centers in the United States and Europe.”

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The Study of Failure

"To the scientist who is striving toward a goal, the feedback from failure is just as important as the feedback from success (Barth, Roland S. “Science: Learning Through Failure.” The Elementary School Journal, vol. 66, no. 4, 1966, pp. 200–207. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1000024.)."

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Chart of the Day: India Globalization Capital

Posted on December 3, 2018 by | Leave a comment

According to Yahoo!Finance, “India Globalization Capital, Inc. engages in the development and commercialization of cannabis-based therapies to treat Alzheimer's, pain, nausea, eating disorders, several end points of Parkinson's, and epilepsy in humans, dogs, and cats.”

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The Study of Failure

"But if we think of the general conditions of failure by contrasting them with those of success, we are likely to find that much American literature achieves its vitality by a conscientious labor to transform the mere state of failure into the artistic success of forms and pageants: it learns a style not from a despair but from an apparent failure (Donoghue, Denis. “The American Style of Failure.” The Sewanee Review, vol. 82, no. 3, 1974, pp. 407–432. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/27542853.)."

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Chart of the Day: Bayside Corporation

Posted on December 2, 2018 by | Leave a comment

According to Yahoo!Finance, “Bayside Corporation focuses on infrastructure around the crypto-asset and blockchain ecosystems. The company's Blockchain branded CTMS provides a way to buy and sell bitcoin for cash, as well as allows purchasing digital currency without a bank account, debit card, or credit card.”

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The Study of Failure

"Children are afraid at school, and they are afraid because they are taught in an atmosphere where failure is defined as 'dishonorable' and 'humiliating' rather than as an obstacle which generates constructive questioning and learning. In such a system children become motivated by a 'success' which is primarily based upon adult, or more specifically, teacher approval, rather than self accomplishment (Gever, Benson E. “Failure and Learning Disability.” The Reading Teacher, vol. 23, no. 4, 1970, pp. 311–317. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/20196311.)."

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Chart of the Day: Nebraska Book Holdings

Posted on December 1, 2018 by | Leave a comment

According to Yahoo!Finance, “Nebraska Book Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates in the college bookstore industry in North America. It sells used textbooks to college bookstore operators; buys them back from students or college bookstores at the end of college semester; and resells them to college bookstores.”

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The Study of Failure

"That failure, its threat and its occurrence, is endemic to social organization and social life is a truism about which both sociologists and laymen alike can concur. Yet, as a socially problematic phenomenon it is one to which sociologists themselves, as in the case of sport generally, have given relatively scant attention or consideration (Ball, Donald W. “Failure in Sport.” American Sociological Review, vol. 41, no. 4, 1976, pp. 726–739. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/2094846.)."

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Chart of the Day: XpresSpa

Posted on November 30, 2018 by | Leave a comment

According to Yahoo!Finance, “XpresSpa Group, Inc. operates as a health and wellness services company in the United States and internationally. It operates through two segments, Wellness and Intellectual Property. The Wellness segment offers airport retailer spa services; massage services for the neck, back, feet, and whole body; nail care, such as pedicures, manicures, and polish changes; travel products, including neck pillows, blankets, and massage tools; and cryotherapy, compression, and personal care services, as well as retail products. This segment offers its wellness and travel products through its Website, xpresspa.com. The Intellectual Property segment engages in the monetization of patents related to content and ad delivery, remote monitoring, and computing technologies.”

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The Study of Failure

"The narrator in ‘The Wife’ relates the story of a husband who feared telling his wife of his business failure because he assumed she could not cope with changed living circumstances that would result from his financial losses. In the end, the wife was relieved to know her husband's troubles, helped him secure a modest cottage outside of the city, and began arranging their new home. (Foroughi, Andrea R. “Vine and Oak: Wives and Husbands Cope with the Finanacial Panic of 1857.” Journal of Social History, vol. 36, no. 4, 2003, pp. 1009–1032. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/3790361.)"

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Chart of the Day: ImmunoCellular Therapeutics

Posted on November 29, 2018 by | Leave a comment

According to Yahoo!Finance, “ImmunoCellular Therapeutics, Ltd., a clinical-stage biotechnology company, develops immune-based therapies for the treatment of various cancers. Its products include ICT-107, a dendritic cell (DC) immunotherapy for the treatment of diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme (GBM); ICT-140, a DC-based immunotherapy targets tumor associated antigens on ovarian cancer; and ICT-121, a DC-based immunotherapy targeting CD133 markers and CSCs to treat recurrent GBM and other solid tumor cancers.”

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The Study of Failure

"'Failure, that is, struck to the core of one's identity; as Cathy Matson explains in a succinct phrase, ‘Business setbacks were attributed to personal failure rather than to social forces'(KOPEC, ANDREW. “Irving, Ruin, and Risk.” Early American Literature, vol. 48, no. 3, 2013, pp. 709–735. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/24476334.)"

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Chart of the Day: Aradigm Corporation

Posted on November 28, 2018 by | Leave a comment

According to Yahoo!Finance, “Aradigm Corporation (ARDM), a specialty pharmaceutical company, focuses on the development and commercialization of products for the treatment and prevention of severe respiratory diseases. Its lead development candidates are proprietary formulations of the potent antibiotic ciprofloxacin, including Linhaliq and Lipoquin that are delivered by inhalation for the management of infections associated with severe respiratory diseases, including non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis, cystic fibrosis, and non-tuberculosis mycobacterium.”

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The Study of Failure

"Low ambition offends Americans even more than low achievement." —Scott Sandage, Born Losers: A History of Failure in America

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Chart of the Day: Bridgeline Digital

Posted on November 27, 2018 by | Leave a comment

According to Yahoo!Finance, “Bridgeline Digital (BLIN), Inc. operates as a digital engagement company in the United States. The company's iAPPS platform enables companies and developers to create Websites, Web applications, and online stores. It offers iAPPS Experience Manager, a marketing automation engine and content management system; iAPPS Content Manager that enables non-technical users to create, edit, and publish content via a browser-based interface; and iAPPS Commerce, an online B2B and B2C e-commerce solution, which allows users to manage domestic and international commerce initiatives.”

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The Study of Failure

"The underlying problem is that society measures success by how much money someone has, as demonstrated by how many status symbols he has accumulated. When stripped of these status symbols he feels naked, as though the world can now see that he's a failure after all (Lang, Dennis. “Mangoes Falling: A Recession Dialogue.” Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art, no. 48, 2011, pp. 115–130. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/41951774.)."

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Chart of the Day: General Moly

Posted on November 26, 2018 by | Leave a comment

General Moly (GMO) is described by Yahoo!Finance as “…together with its subsidiary, Eureka Moly, LLC, engages in the exploration, development, and mining of mineral properties in the United States. The company explores for molybdenum and copper deposits.”

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The Study of Failure

"This was an era in which the meanings of success and failure, the legitimacy of capitalist exchange, and the very 'rules' of capitalism were up for debate. (Luskey, Brian P. “Warranted Speculations.” Reviews in American History, vol. 36, no. 3, 2008, pp. 357–364. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/40210934.)"

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Chart of the Day: Palatin Technologies

Posted on November 24, 2018 by | Leave a comment

Palatin Technologies, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, develops targeted, receptor-specific therapeutics for the treatment of various diseases in the United States. The company's principal product is Vyleesi, an on demand subcutaneous injectable product that has completed Phase III clinical studies for the treatment of premenopausal women with acquired, generalized hypoactive sexual desire disorder.

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The Study of Failure

"We need the loser to sort out our own defeats and dreams... failure is not the dark side of the American Dream; it is the foundation of it. (Lichtenstein, Alex. “Always Be Closing.” Labour / Le Travail, vol. 57, 2006, pp. 193–199. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/25149671.)"

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Chart of the Day: CDTi Advanced Materials

Posted on November 23, 2018 by | Leave a comment

According to Yahoo!Finance, “CDTi Advanced Materials, Inc. provides technology and solutions to the automotive emissions control markets in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Its catalyst products include synergized- platinum group metal (PGM) diesel oxidation catalysts, zero-PGM catalysts, selective catalytic reduction catalysts, and base-metal activated rhodium support catalysts.”

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The Study of Failure

" The willingness to ascribe business failure to personal flaws may explain why it took the nation so long to pass a bankruptcy law that would enable 'losers' to make a new start (Mihm, Stephen. “Capitalism and Its Discontents.” Reviews in American History, vol. 33, no. 3, 2005, pp. 474–480. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/30031826.)."

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Chart of the Day: Determine Inc.

Posted on November 22, 2018 by | Leave a comment

According to Yahoo!Finance, “Determine, Inc. provides software-as-a-service source-to-pay and enterprise contract lifecycle management (ECLM) solutions. The company offers Determine Cloud Platform, an open technology infrastructure for application in strategic sourcing, contract management, e-procurement, invoice management, financial management, supplier management, business applications, ECLM, and analytics.”

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The Study of Failure

"When you retire, you better return TO something.  I don't care if it's golf, biking, traveling, or collecting something.  But just to retire and vegetate--big mistake. You can die of boredom or a feeling of uselessness.  It's the 'use it or lose it' syndrome (Russell, Richard. Dow Theory Letters. September 25, 1996. page 5.)."

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Chart of the Day: DropCar Inc.

Posted on November 21, 2018 by | Leave a comment

According to Yahoo!Finance, “DropCar, Inc. provides app-based automotive logistics and mobility services for consumers and the automotive industry. The company offers Vehicle Support Platform, a cloud-based platform and mobile app that help consumers and automotive-related companies in reducing the cost, hassles, and inefficiencies of owning a car or fleet of cars in urban centers.”

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The Study of Failure

"...I bought Berkshire Hathaway at $250 in the late-1960s. I sold it a few years later for $550, proudly doubling my money. Then I watched it go to a high of $9,950.  It was a classic case of what I call losing while winning (Russell, Richard. Dow Theory Letters. September 2, 1992. page 5.)."

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A) is at $328,350.00 as of November 16, 2018.

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Chart of the Day: Revolution Lighting Technologies

Posted on November 19, 2018 by | Leave a comment

According to Yahoo!Finance, “Revolution Lighting Technologies, Inc. designs, manufactures, markets, and sells light-emitting diode (LED) lighting solutions focusing on the industrial, commercial, and government markets in the United States, Canada, and internationally.”

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The Study of Failure

"Everybody is wrong on the market at certain times, and that's par for the course.  It's OK to be wrong, but the unforgivable act is to STAY wrong (Russell, Richard. Dow Theory Letters. January 8, 1992. page 5.)."

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