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Mercator Minerals Ltd. (TSX: ML), $2.58, +$0.04, 1.57%, is a diversified development and exploration company engaged in mining

of base and precious metals. Mercator : is moving up today making gains with high trading volume. The company announced adjusted earnings of $3.58 million for the third quarter, compared to a net loss of $3.14 million for the same quarter last year.

Third quarter net loss is reported as $0.69 million compared to a net loss of $5.54 million for the same quarter last year. For the third quarter of 2009, the Company recorded sales from production of 7,273,077 pounds of copper, 537,594 pounds of molybdenum and 34,069 ounces of silver during the third quarter, compared to 2,972,504 pounds of cathode copper in the quarter ended September 30, 2008. Please visit Mercator’s website : for complete details.



Assured Guaranty Ltd. (NYSE: AGO), $25.98, +$4.77, 22.49%, is a holding company where through its subsidiaries offers credit enhancement products to the public finance, structured finance and mortgage markets. Assured Guaranty : is going strong with gains of over 22% today, reaching a high of $28.14. The company reported on its financials with operating income at $44.1 million, an increase of $26.0 million, from the same quarter last year; a net loss of $35.0 million for the quarter compared to a net loss of $63.3 million in the same quarter last year. Assured Guaranty has insurer financial strength ratings of AAA from S&P, Aa2 from Moody’s Investors Service and AA from Fitch Ratings. Complete financial accounting has been posted by AGO. :



Semitool Inc. (NASDAQ: SMTL), $10.943, +$2.543, 30.27%, is soaring high with gains of over 30%. The company designs, manufactures, installs and services highly-engineered equipment for use in the fabrication of semiconductor devices. New company announcements : include Emerging Stock Report, a provider of investment research for North American companies, has commenced independent research coverage on SMTL; furthermore SMTL announced : that it will be acquired by Applied Materials, Inc. under a definitive agreement for $11 per share. Under the agreement, Applied will pay SMTL approximately $364 million.


InstaCare Corp. (OTCBB: ISCR), $0.10, +$0.052, 108.33%, reached a high today of $0.14, with 7.9 million shares traded. InstaCare : is focused on providing prescription drugs, prescription diagnostics, at-home testing and medical/surgical products through several medical distribution channels. The company is making gains of over 108% on no news. Earlier this month the company reported net revenue of $4.5 million.


Air Canada (TSX: AC.B), $1.38, +$0.04, 2.99%, is making slight gains on huge volume of over 8.6 million shares traded so far today, compared to yesterday’s action of 1.2 million. Air Canada, a domestic and international airline, has started offering its customers a Preferred Seat option, where for a $14 fee, customers will have the option to reserve specific exit row and bulkhead seats with additional leg room.

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