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Add comment March 23rd, 2008
Author: Miranda Marquit
Slug: Speaking Roses International, Inc.
Speaking Roses International, Inc. (OTCBB: SRII) is a company that operates out of Salt Lake City. Its specialty is personalized roses. The process is one that allows a personal message or picture (the company has a licensing agreement and can use Disney pictures) on different plants and flowers, although the company pushes roses.
Speaking Roses has endured some hardship in the last few months, being forced to borrow, and with the resignation of the Chairman of the Board, Blaine Harris in February (http://biz.yahoo.com/e/070223/srii.ob8-k.html). (Harris subsequently got in a motorcycle wreck in Las Vegas.) Additionally, other management changes in recent months have been made, most likely in an effort to turn around and clean up the financials of the company. Alan K. Farrell was named CEO in September 2006.
Speaking Roses is planning to help grow its business through a series of ads that it is placing with help from Pacific Media Group. PrimeNewswire has the press release (http://www.primenewswire.com/newsroom/news.html?d=115446):
“Growing our business through the creation of new and exciting sales and revenue channels is top priority for our shareholders and the company,” Stated Alan Farrell, CEO, SRII.
Farrell has a history in retail, working for Associated Foods and for Wal-Mart. Speaking Roses did not answer requests for an interview for this profile. The company’s Web site is www.speakingroses.com.
Add comment March 23rd, 2008
Author: Miranda Marquit
Slug: Inncardio, Inc.
Inncardio’s listed address leads one to an office plaza in Salt Lake City. The office was closed on the day of the picture, and calls to the number provided to Inncardio actually go to the law firm managing all things Inncardio. Requests for an interview were disregarded, despite voice mails to the designated representative.
Inncardio, Inc. (OTCBB: ICDO) is a company whose purpose is to acquire interest in business opportunities, especially biomedical opportunities related to the cardiovascular system. The company currently has six drug compounds in its portfolio, including a lead product with possible uses in therapy for those who have suffered strokes.
Inncardio has made fairly few acquisitions, with Cengent Therapeutics Inc., a drug discovery company, as one of the few. BioSpace Beat reports on the Cengent acquisition (http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=19571520&full=1):
“We are pleased to have signed this agreement as we believe the combination of the products we are developing and the technological expertise and lead compounds identified by Cengent will extend and enhance our current product development efforts,” stated Bernard Ross, Chief Executive Officer of Inncardio. “The acquisition represents a further execution of Bioaccelerate’s strategy to invest in the rapid development and value enhancement of promising drug candidates, such as those being developed by Cengent.”
Inncardio, Inc. has also made agreements with Sigmoid Biotechnologies, an Irish biotechnology company. A press release from Sigmoid states (http://www.sigmoidbiotech.com/PRReleaseAboutIncardio.htm):
“This agreement provides an accelerated route to market for two of our lead compounds. We anticipate that the first of our co-developments with Inncardio, our first with Bioaccelerate, will be ready for marketing approval within 3 years,” said Ivan Coulter, Ph.D., MBA, CEO of Sigmoid.
Inncardio, Inc. itself has been the subject of acquisitions. It is a subsidiary of Bioaccelerate Holdings, but has been acquired by Salt Lake City firm Softwall Equipment. The CEO is Bernard Ross
Add comment October 16th, 2007
Ventures-United (OTCBB: VNUN) was a Salt Lake City company concerned with acquiring business opportunities. The company’s sole purpose was to acquire interest in various ventures. Even though the company absorbed by Avasoft (the new OTCBB symbol for Ventures-United, Inc. is AVAF) on February 27 of this year, it still reported a trade in the month of March, at a price of $1.10.
Ventures-United, Inc.’s Utah’s location appears to be no more than someone’s home, as the address leads one only to a mailbox next to a garage in a condo development, and the phone disconnected.
Add comment October 14th, 2007
Author: Miranda Marquit
Slug: Nexia Holdings
Nexa
Nexia, as seen, occupies a small street front office in downtown Salt Lake.
Nexia Holdings is a Salt Lake City based company with diversified holdings. Some of the company’s holdings include such operations in the fashion retail, health and beauty and real estate industries. Nexia also provides financial consulting for its holdings clients, and manages the assets of Axia Group, of which Nexia is a subsidiary. Recently, on February 20, Nexia issued a 1-for-10 reverse split, which means that the company’s OTCBB symbol changed from NEXH to NEXA.
Since the 1990s, Nexia has been involved in buying properties considered undervalued throughout the Salt Lake City area. Additionally, Nexia now owns a majority share in Landis Lifestyle Salon (www.landissalon.com) and operates four Black Chandelier locations, as well as running its online store (www.blackchandelier.com).
The CEO of Nexia Holdings is Richard Surber(www.richardsurber.com), University of Utah graduate with a J.D. in corporate law, as well as a B.S. in Finance.
Representatives from Nexia did not respond to requests for an interview for this profile. Nexia’s Web site is www.nexiaholdings.com.
Add comment October 9th, 2007
Author: Miranda Marquit
Slug: Groen Brothers Aviation, Inc.
Groen Brothers Aviation, Inc. (OTCBB: GNBA) is a Salt Lake City based aviation company that specializes in gyroplanes. The company is noted for its U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) project. Groen Brothers is developing a heliplane for the U.S. government that is designed to take off vertically, combining aspects of an airplane and a helicopter (read about it at News Blaze http://newsblaze.com/story/2006081712190500002.mwir/topstory.html).
Groen Brothers is also known for its kit built planes. The company started another arm, American Autogyro, which manufactures airplanes that can be built from a kit. The Sparrow Hawk is the flagship product, and it has been used for surveillance by law enforcement.
Groen Brothers recently lost its Chairman, Jay Groen, and board named David Groen as the new Chairman. Groen founded the company with his brother Jay in 1986, and is interested in carrying on with current projects. Goren has been the CEO of Groen Brothers for nearly 15 years. He was a combat helicopter pilot in Vietnam, and he has experience piloting other commercial and military aircraft.
Groen Brothers did not answer interview requests for this profile. The company’s Web site is www.groenbros.com.
Add comment October 6th, 2007
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Slug: Apex Resources Group
299 S. Main has vanished into the Gallivan Center, seen here. However, the phone number for Apex still works, and one can only speculate that the offices of Apex are inside this structure.
Apex Resources Group (OTCBB: APXR), based in Salt Lake City, UT, is a company primarily concerned with acquiring oil and gas property interests. For the most part, this company is still considered to be in the development stage. However, it does own vacation homes at the Abbecombec Ocen Village Resort and it owns undeveloped land at Woodland Valley Ranch and Elk Valley Ranch.
One of the current projects that Apex is partnering in is the Itiyok 1-27 Well in Canada’s Beaufort Sea. Apex is actually the fourth largest partner of the Itiyok 1-27 Well. Other projects of working interest that Apex Resources has includes Bastian Bay Field in Louisiana and Henry Dome Prospect in Taxes.
One of the most recent changes to the company structure is the appointment of Sameer Chinoy as Director. Chinoy is from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, and is known to have relationships with several international investors. Apex hopes that these relationships will benefit the company further.
The CEO of Apex Resources is John Rask. Rask owns and operates Ray’s Income Tax Service, as well as being an officer and director of the Omega Ventures Group (other Apex officers are also associated with Omega). The group has another company, Apex Resources Group (OTCBB: APXRE), located in Vancouver Canada.
Apex Resources Group did not respond to requests for an interview for this profile. The Apex Resources Group Web site is www.ambraresources.com.
Add comment October 6th, 2007
711 N.E. 39th Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
When I called AMS, I got the receptionist who told me she would pass on my request to set up a meeting for me to learn a little bit about their company. I never received a call back. On the day that I drove around, we stopped by AMS and took pictures from the outside. There seems to be plenty of cars around the building and the building seems pretty new. I’ve sent them an email requesting a visit and hopefully they will respond.
Add comment November 13th, 2006
I’ve just noticed that there is no way to contact us, if you’d like to. I added a contact page that should solve that problem immediately.
Add comment November 8th, 2006
One North Hudson
Suite 1000
Oklahoma City, OK 73102
When I called the Aspen Group, the number was disconnected.
During our time driving around to the businesses, we decided to stop by. They were housed in the penthouse suite of one of the older looking buildings in downtown Oklahoma. When we arrived at the elevators at the bottom floor, we noticed somebody was coming down from the 10th floor. The door opened and there was a man with a dolly full of office supplies.
He said he was a consultant who had been working with the company. He went on to say that the Oklahoma operations were closing and there was no reason to go up, unless we wanted to see an empty office.
When we went up to the office, we spoke to another man who was very helpful considering the circumstances. He told us Osage would be focusing their efforts on the Toronto Stock Exchange and have sold their American operations. He did not know the status of the ASRPF ticker symbol. The ticker symbol on the Toronto Stock Exchange is “ASR”
He said the company had some drills in Manitoba that they hoped would be successful. I will email the CEO of the company to see if he can expand on this information.
Add comment November 8th, 2006