GHENT, N.Y., Feb. 16, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- The Wall Street Report (http://www.thewallstreetreport.com), a leading financial website with some of the most extensive financial tools on the web, releases market update and coverage Hawk Protection Systems, Inc. (Pink Sheets:HWPR), Mamma Media Solutions (Nasdaq:MAMA), Applied Digital (Nasdaq:ADSX), Travelzoo Inc. (Nasdaq:TZOO), InVision Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:INVN) and General Electric Corp. (NYSE:GE)
U.S. defends aviation security plan. The Homeland Security Department has proposed a budget of $7.8 billion for aviation security as September 11-style hijacking or a bombing remain top threats. Today's article http://www.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/02/16/security.airlines.reut/index.html states that explosive detection technology is considered the weak point in airport security and is currently being evaluated for massive upgrades and replacements. Hawk Protection Systems, Inc. (Pink Sheets:HWPR) (http://www.hawkps.com) currently trading at $2.20, provides an innovative solution to Explosive Detection. The AJETD (Air Jet Explosives Trace Detector) (http://www.hawkajetd.com) is the only explosive detection technology capable of mass simultaneous detection. HWPR and the AJETD stand to benefit from this $7.8 billion budget which will be used to revamp airport explosive detection technologies.
Other companies who stand to benefit from increased homeland security spending include:
InVision Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:INVN) Develops, manufactures, markets and supports aviation security systems based on advanced computed tomography. InVision's wholly owned subsidiary Yxlon International Holding GmbH develops, manufactures, markets and supports automated X-ray based non-destructive testing systems for a wide range of industrial applications and X-ray based diffraction for explosives detection.
General Electric Corp. (NYSE:GE) manufactures a portal for personnel screening that uses IMS technology, as well as other, portable sniffers. The portal systems is a single large unit that scans one person at a time while they stand for a few seconds underneath an archway.
Other stocks on the move today include.
Shares of Mamma.com (Nasdaq:MAMA) the Montreal based search engine rose from $4.75 per shares yesterday to a high of $6.57 amid market talk that the company is a takeover candidate. Mamma Media Solutions is focused on providing first-rate quality information retrieval on the internet through its metesearch engine www.mamma.com.
Applied Digital (Nasdaq:ADSX) has remained stable in the first three hours of trading today after the company announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, VeriChip Corporation, has formed a Medical Advisory Board to assist in expanding the adoption of the VeriChip in the medical community. Applied Digital develops innovative security products for consumer, commercial, and government sectors worldwide.
Travelzoo Inc. (Nasdaq:TZOO) the high flying online discount travel provider is making another move this morning from a low of $49.65 to a recent price per share of $58.80. This after a recent article that found that 72 percent of survey respondents said that it's the special offer that motivated them to book a cruise. Travelzoo is the internet's largest publisher of discounted travel offers available directly from hundreds of travel companies worldwide.
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