Top 10 Heal Care Companies To Watch For 2014

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Top 10 Heal Care Companies To Watch For 2014: New Concept Energy Inc (GBR)

New Concept Energy, Inc. (New Concept), incorporated on May 30, 1991 in, owns and operates oil and gas wells in Ohio and West Virginia. The Company, through its wholly owned subsidiaries Mountaineer State Energy, Inc. and Mountaineer State Operations, LLC. operates oil and gas wells and mineral leases in Athens and Meigs Counties in Ohio and in Calhoun, Jackson and Roane Counties in West Virginia. As of March 30, 2012, the Company had 159 producing gas wells, 27 non-producing wells and related equipment and mineral leases covering approximately 20,000 acres. The Company operates in two primary business segments: oil and gas operations and retirement facilities.

During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company had drilled eight wells. New Concept focuses on North American onshore oil and natural gas drilling and exploration. The Company's properties are concentrated in the Appalachian Basin, Fort Worth Basin, and the Arkoma Basin. The Company leases and operates Pacific Pointe Retirement Inn (Pacific Pointe) in King City, Oregon. Pacific Pointe has a capacity of 114 residents and provides community living with basic services, such as meals, housekeeping, laundry, 24/7 staffing, transportation and social and recreational activities.

Top 10 Heal Care Companies To Watch For 2014: Stantec Inc(STN)

Stantec Inc. provides professional consulting services in planning, engineering, architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, surveying, environmental sciences, project management, and project economics in the areas of infrastructure and facilities for public and private sector clients in North America and internationally. The company involves in the design of healthcare, education, science and technology, airport, retail and commercial, and sports and recreation facilities. Its environmental solutions include water supply, treatment, storage, and distribution; wastewater collection, pumping, treatment, and disposal; watershed management; environmental assessment, documentation, and permitting; ecosystem restoration planning and design; environmental site management and remediation; subsurface investigation and characterization; and geotechnical engineering services. Stantec Inc. also provides industrial planning, functional programming, engineering, project mana gement, and construction support services in oil and gas, fossil and renewable energy, underground mining, linear infrastructure, power transmission and distribution, automotive, forest products, food and beverage, and general manufacturing sectors. In addition, the company prepares transportation master plans for communities; conduct transportation investment studies; plans and designs airport, transit, rail, and highway facilities; and provides administration and support services for the construction of specific projects, and ongoing management planning for the upkeep of transportation facilities, as well as simulation modeling services. Further, it offers urban land solutions for the land development, real estate, and retail and commercial industries, as well as professional services. The company was formerly known as Stanley Technology Group Inc. and changed its name to Stantec Inc. in October 1998. Stantec Inc. was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Edmonton, Canad a.

Top Small Cap Companies To Buy For 2014: Opexa Therapeutics Inc.(OPXA)

Opexa Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, develops patient-specific cellular therapies for the treatment of autoimmune diseases. Its principal product includes Tovaxin, a personalized cellular immunotherapy treatment that completed Phase IIb clinical study for multiple sclerosis. Tovaxin is derived from T-cells isolated from peripheral blood, expanded ex vivo, and reintroduced into the patients via subcutaneous injections. The company was formerly known as PharmaFrontiers Corp. and changed its name to Opexa Therapeutics, Inc. in June 2006. Opexa Therapeutics, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is based in The Woodlands, Texas.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By CRWE]

  Opexa Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:OPXA), a biotechnology company developing a novel T-cell therapy for multiple sclerosis (MS), reported that the Company is rebranding its leading MS therapy with the new name Tcelna(TM).

Top 10 Heal Care Companies To Watch For 2014: Sona Resources Corp (SYS)

Sona Resources Corporation is an exploration-stage company. The Company is a natural resource company engaged in the exploration of mineral properties in Canada. The Company focuses on the acquisition, exploration and development of economic gold and other precious and base metal properties in Canada. The Company focuses on its 100% owned mineral properties, the Blackdome Gold Mine and the Elizabeth Gold Property located in British Columbia, Canada. The Blackdome Gold Mine is located in southwestern British Columbia, approximately 230 kilometers north of Vancouver and approximately 100 kilometres south of Williams Lake. The Elizabeth Gold Property is a gold project located in southwestern British Columbia, in the Lillooet Mining District, approximately 200 kilometers north of Vancouver. The Montgolfier project covers approximately 25 kilometres of strike length of the Casa Berardi Fault Zone. The Montgolfier project is situated within the flat marshy drainage of the Harricana River.

Top 10 Heal Care Companies To Watch For 2014: Mgm Energy Corp (MGX.TO)

MGM Energy Corp. engages in the acquisition, development, exploitation, and production of oil and natural gas in northern Canada. It primarily owns oil and natural gas resources in the Mackenzie Delta and the central Mackenzie Valley regions of the Northwest Territories. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

Top 10 Heal Care Companies To Watch For 2014: Jkx Oil & Gas Plc(JKX.L)

JKX Oil & Gas plc, through its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil and gas reserves. It holds interest in Ignatovskoye, Molchanovskoye, Novo-Nikolaevskoye, Rudenkovskoye, Elizavetovskoye, Zaplavskoye, and Chervonoyarske East fields in the Poltava region of Ukraine; and development licenses in Koshekhablskoye gas field that comprises 34.7 sq. km located in Russia. The company also owns interests in B Golitza and B1 Golitza onshore exploration permits covering 3,355sq.km in eastern Bulgaria; in Hernad, Hajdunanas, Nyirseg, Turkeve, and Veszto licenses in Hungary; in West Georgia offshore in Georgia; and 3 exploration licenses in the Carpathian Fold Belt in Slovakia. In addition, it involves in finance and holding; and land leasing activities. JKX Oil & Gas plc is based in London, the United Kingdom.

Top 10 Heal Care Companies To Watch For 2014: Pacific Star Network Ltd(PNW.AX)

Pacific Star Network Limited operates as a radio broadcasting company in Australia. It holds two Melbourne AM commercial broadcasting licenses and broadcasts 24/7 on MTR 1377, a talk radio station that broadcasts across the Melbourne metropolitan area, and the Mornington and Bellarine Peninsulas; and 1116 SEN Sports Entertainment Network, which broadcasts sports radio in the Melbourne metropolitan area. The company was formerly known as Data & Commerce Ltd and changed its name to Pacific Star Network Limited in August 2004. Pacific Star Network Limited is based in Richmond, Australia.

Top 10 Heal Care Companies To Watch For 2014: SK Telecom Corporation Ltd.(SKM)

SK Telecom Co., Ltd. provides wireless telecommunications services using code division multiple access (CDMA) and wide-band CDMA technologies. It offers cellular voice services, such as wireless voice transmission services; and wireless global roaming services. The company also provides wireless data transmission services, such as wireless Internet access services, which allow subscribers to access online digital contents and services, as well as to send and receive text and multimedia messages. In addition, it offers broadband Internet and fixed-line telephone services, such as video-on-demand and IP TV services; and local, domestic, and international long-distance fixed-line telephone services to residential and commercial subscribers. Further, the company provides wireless entertainment-related contents and services, wireless finance-related contents and m-commerce services, and wireless news and search services; and international calling services, such as direct-dial, pre and post paid card calling services, bundled services for corporate customers, voice services using Internet protocol, Web-to-phone services, and data services. Additionally, it offers satellite digital media broadcasting services; telematics services; and fixed-line and online community portal services. The company also operates 11th Street, an online shopping mall; and T Store, an online open marketplace for mobile applications. As of March 31, 2011, SK Telecom Co. had 26 million wireless subscribers. It has strategic alliances with Bridge Alliance; Orange SA; Telecom Italia Mobile S.p.A.; T-Mobile International AG & Co; and Teliasonera Mobile Networks AB. The company was formerly known as Korea Mobile Telecommunications Co., Ltd. and changed its name to SK Telecom Co., Ltd. in March 1997. SK Telecom Co., Ltd. was founded in 1984 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Chris Neiger]

  SK Telecom (NYSE: SKM  ) launched the world's first 4G LTE-Advanced network in South Korea today, providing the fastest available data speeds for the same price as 4G LTE.�

Top 10 Heal Care Companies To Watch For 2014: Assured Guaranty Ltd(AGO)

Assured Guaranty Ltd., through its subsidiaries, provides credit protection products to public finance, infrastructure, and structured finance markets in the United States and internationally. The company offers insurance, reinsurance, and credit derivative products that protect holders of debt instruments and other monetary obligations from defaults in scheduled payments, including scheduled interest and principal payments. It provides policies issued directly to the holders of insured obligations at time of issuance and those issued in the secondary market; and assumed reinsurance contracts written to third parties. The company insures various types of securities, including taxable and tax-exempt obligations issued by the United States or municipal governmental authorities, utility districts, or facilities; notes or bonds issued to finance international infrastructure projects; and asset-backed securities issued by special purpose entities. Assured Guaranty Ltd. markets its credit protection products directly to issuers and underwriters of public finance, infrastructure, and structured finance securities, as well as to investors in such debt obligations. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Eric Volkman]

  Assured Guaranty (NYSE: AGO  ) is attempting two well-tried moves to keep shareholders happy. The first is a quarterly dividend distribution amounting to $0.10 per share of its stock, to be handed out on June 5 to shareholders of record as of May 22. That amount matches Assured Guaranty's previous disbursement, which was paid in March.

• [By Lauren Pollock]

  Assured Guaranty Ltd.'s(AGO) third-quarter profit more than doubled as the bond insurer recorded a gain tied to credit derivatives that masked a decline in net premiums earned. Shares rose 4.7% to $22.75 premarket.

• [By Sue Chang]

  Assured Guaranty Ltd. (AGO) �is forecast to post third-quarter earnings of 63 cents a share.

Top 10 Heal Care Companies To Watch For 2014: GrayMark Healthcare Inc.(GRMH)

Graymark Healthcare, Inc. provides care management solutions to the sleep disorder market based on various independent sleep care centers and hospital sleep diagnostic programs operated in the United States. The company offers diagnostic sleep testing services and care management solutions for people with chronic sleep disorders. It also sells equipment and related supplies and components, which are used to treat sleep disorders. The company?s products and services are used primarily by patients with obstructive sleep apnea. As of May 23, 2011, it owned and operated 98 sleep laboratories, including standalone or independent diagnostic testing facilities, rural outreach sites, and hospital or provider agreements throughout the United States. Graymark Healthcare, Inc. is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.