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1. Expects strong Valentines Easter and Mother’s Day Sales.
2. Has paid long term debt 30 million dollars
3. Settled 15 million dollar law suit.
4. Divested its children's gift division.
5. 1 800 baskets online will expand, Commercial and third party affiliates will expand in the summer and fall

Gift giving during the economic recession is down, 1800 flowers is poised to do well in the late winter and early spring as their big holidays approaches. After cleaning up their debt and settling lawsuits, no more hurdles exist for FLWS except husbands opening up their wallets and buying some flowers. 

 
About FLWS
1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. (1-800-FLOWERS.COM) is engaged in providing flowers and plants, gift baskets, gourmet foods, confections, balloons and plush stuffed animals. The Company’s BloomNet (www.mybloomnet.net) international floral wire service provides a range of products and value-added services designed to help professional florists. The 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. Gift Shop also includes gourmet gifts, such as popcorn and specialty treats from The Popcorn Factory (www.thepopcornfactory.com); cookies and baked gifts from Cheryl&Co. (www.cherylandco.com); chocolates and confections from Fannie May Confections Brands (www.fanniemay.com and www.harrylondon.com); gourmet foods from Greatfood.com (www.greatfood.com); wine gifts from Ambrosia (www.ambrosia.com or www.winetasting.com or www.Geerwade.com); gift baskets from 1-800-BASKETS.COM (www.1800baskets.com), and DesignPac Gifts (www.designpac.com).

CDAK (China Battery)

1. Revenue guidance: break even for 2010.
2. Focus is on intensified market competition and lower market pricing.
3. 15-20% decline in margins, due to lower pricing of competition.
4. Selling sample batteries to Apple computers as well as discussions with Dell ongoing.
5. GTE cell phone account will increase overall sales.
6. Factory production is at 80% capacity.
7. Lower margins are down 19% due to economy in North America.
8. Lithium cobalt batteries margins are down due to low price points.

With focus on low price ranges it will be tough for CDAK to be competitive with Lithium and Cobalt prices at their highs. Cell phone deals as well as big time contracts with Apple and Dell would be big for the battery company.

China BAK Battery, Inc. (China BAK) is a manufacturer of rechargeable lithium-based battery cells. The Company produces battery cells that are the principal component of rechargeable batteries used to power the applications, such as cellular phones; notebook computers; portable consumer electronics, such as digital cameras, portable media players, portable gaming devices and personal digital assistants (PDAs), and other applications, such as cordless power tools, mining lamps, light electric vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles. The Company products are packed into batteries by third-party battery pack manufacturers in accordance with the specifications of manufacturers of portable electronic applications. The Company conducts all its operations in China. The Company's product line consists of Cylindrical lithium-ion cells, High-power lithium-phosphate cells and Lithium polymer cells.

CRDCA (Cardica)

1. 32% gross profit margin
2. In early 2011 Microcutter es8 will be introduced by approval by FDA
3. Price procedure averages around 3800 with surgeons utilizing 2 devices
4. Sales are direct towards hospitals rather than individual surgeons, 
5. 24 Million outstanding shares
6. Hospitals keep equipment inventory very tight, it will be up to Cardica to raise some capital this year, and have Sales establish good relationships with their surgeon customers. 

Cardica, Inc. designs, manufactures and markets automated anastomotic systems used by cardiac surgeons to perform coronary bypass surgery. The Company’s business also includes the development of an endoscopic microcutter intended for use by general, thoracic, gynecologic, bariatric and urologic surgeons. It is also developing a patent foramen ovale (PFO) device in collaboration with Cook Incorporated (Cook). As of June 30, 2009, the Company sold its C-Port Distal Anastomosis Systems (C-Port systems) in the United States and Europe. C-Port systems include the C-Port xA system, the C-Port Flex A system and the C-Port X-CHANGE system. It also sells its PAS-Port Proximal Anastomosis System (PAS-Port system) in the United States and in Europe, and Japan through distributors. In addition to its commercialized cardiac surgery products, the Company has commenced development of the Cardica Microcutter, a multi-fire endolinear microcutter device based on its staple-on-a-strip technology.


PXLW (PixelWorks)

1. As the industry changes up in hertz Pixel Work’s demand curve strengthens
2. Q1 and Q4 experienced heavy seasonal trending
3. New line of products is intended to smooth the seasonality out of PXLW’s cyclical demand. 
4. When asked about in Quarter Guidance, they refused but stated, “our’book to bil’" was +1”
5. PXLW had a great 2009 where it traded .42 in march and eventually traded up to 3.94 in sept

About Pixelworks Inc.
Pixelworks, Inc. is a designer, developer and marketer of video and pixel processing semiconductors and software for digital video applications. The Company’s solutions enable manufacturers of digital display and projection devices, such as large-screen liquid crystal displays (LCDs) and digital front projectors, to differentiate their products. Pixelworks’ flexible design architecture enables its technology to produce images in customers’ display and projection products with a range of integrated circuit (IC) and software solutions. The Company’s products range from single-purpose ICs, to system-on-chip (SoC) ICs that integrate microprocessor, memory and image processing functions.

CLFD (Clearfield Inc.)

1. Net Sales: $4.9 million, down 17% from previous year
2. Gross Profit: $1.7 million, down 16% from previous year
3. Gross Margin: 34.4%, up from 34.0% in previous year
4. Net Loss: $160,000
5. Net loss per share: $.01

About Clearfield
Clearfield, Inc. designs and manufactures the FieldSmart Fiber Management Platform, which includes its latest generation FieldSmart Fiber Crossover Distribution System (FxDS), FieldSmart Fiber Scalability Center (FSC) and FieldSmart Fiber Delivery Point (FDP) series. The FxDS, FSC and FDP product lines support a wide range of panel configurations, densities, connectors and adapter options, and are offered alongside an assortment of passive optical components. Clearfield provides a complete line of fiber and copper assemblies for inside plant, outside plant and access networks.