Description

World Acceptance Corporation is engaged in the small-loan consumer finance business, offering short-term small loans, medium-term larger loans, related credit insurance and ancillary products and services to individuals. The Company offers standardized installment loans through 944 offices in South Carolina, Georgia, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Tennessee, Illinois, Missouri, New Mexico, Kentucky, Alabama and Mexico as of March 31, 2009. World Acceptance Corporation serves individuals with limited access to consumer credit from banks, savings and loans, other consumer finance businesses and credit card lenders. The Company also offers income tax return preparation services and access to refund anticipation loans through a third party bank to its customers and others. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009 (fiscal 2009), the Company opened 98 new offices, 11 other offices were purchased and three offices were closed or merged into other existing offices.

Headlines

•WORLD ACCEPTANCE CORP Financials
EDGAR Online Financials(Sat, Jun 12)
•WORLD ACCEPTANCE CORP Files SEC form 10-K, Annual Report
EDGAR Online(Tue, Jun
•WORLD ACCEPTANCE CORP Files SEC form 8-K, Other Events
EDGAR Online(Tue, May 11)
•Google Founder Sells $42.7M Worth
at TheStreet.com(Fri, May 7)
•Shareholder Buys $9.3M Worth of World Acceptance
at TheStreet.com(Tue, May 4)
•World Acceptance Corporation F4Q10 (Qtr End 03/31/2010) Earnings Call Transcript
at Seeking Alpha(Mon, May 3)
•WORLD ACCEPTANCE CORP Files SEC form 8-K, Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Financial Statements and Exh
EDGAR Online(Thu, Apr 29)

AVI BioPharma, Inc. (AVI) is a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the discovery and development of ribonucleic acid (RNA) based drugs targeting a range of diseases. The Company’s core chemistry is based on phosphordiamidate-linked morpholino oligomers (PMOs). PMOs are synthetic molecules based on a fundamental redesign of the natural nucleic acid structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and RNA. Translation Suppressing Oligomers (TSOs) are PMO-based antisense compounds that interfere with gene expression and other RNA-dependent cellular processes by binding to their specific target sequence in RNA. Splice Switching Oligomers (SSOs) are PMO-based compounds that can direct alternative splicing by forcing the cellular splicing machinery towards desired splicing outcomes, such as promoting the expression of a messenger RNA (mRNA) for desired protein.

Recent News:

•AVI BIOPHARMA INC Files SEC form 8-K, Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders, Other Events
EDGAR Online(Thu, Jun 10)
•AVI BioPharma to Present at ThinkEquity’s Mid Year Check-Up on Healthcare Conference
Marketwire(Thu, Jun 10)
•AVI BioPharma to get up to $18M to study swine flu
at bizjournals.com(Mon, Jun 7)
•AVI BioPharma Discloses New Contract With U.S. Government for up to $18 Million to Advance Development of AVI-7100 as H1N1 Flu Therapeutic
Marketwire(Mon, Jun 7)
•AVI BIOPHARMA INC Files SEC form 8-K, Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
EDGAR Online(Mon, Jun 7)

The Forex market is the place where currencies are traded (currencies are money that is used as an exchange medium). In other words, it is the place where currencies are being sold and bought. In the Forex market all currencies are traded in real time.

Trading with currencies always means that there are two simultaneous transactions taking place. If a currency is being bought, it is also being sold. To better understand this notion, think of currencies as both the goods you are buying AND the method with which you’re paying for the goods.

Since the Forex market is the place where currencies are traded in real time, people may trade one currency for another and make a profit off of this transaction. Profits are made when one is able to determine which currency’s value will increase by the end of a pre-determined time period (such time periods may be short or long). The Forex market is open 24 hours a day, five days a week and it is based in four major cities: New York, London, Sydney, and Tokyo. The Forex market is open to individuals over the age of eighteen.

While Forex trading may sound daunting, it really isn’t. It can be easily comprehended and understood without prior experience in finance or economy. It is challenging and exciting, thought provoking and manageable, stimulating and filled with opportunities.

Some Forex Basics:

• The first currency listed in a currency pair is called the “base currency”.
• The “base currency” is usually the U.S. Dollar. Traders will generally trade the U.S. Dollar against another currency, which is called the “counter currency”.
• Currencies are quoted in pairs. For example: The pair U.S. Dollar and JPY will be quoted in the following way: USD/JPY equals to 2.5 (This means that 1 U.S. Dollar can buy 2.5 JPY).
• When a quote increases, it means that the “base currency” has risen in value and the “counter currency” has weakened in value. For example: If the USD/JPY quote used to be equal to 2.5 but is now equal to 2.6, then this means that the dollar has strengthened (because 1 U.S. Dollar can now buy 2.6 JPY as opposed to the mere 2.5 JPY it could buy beforehand.)