DryShips Inc. is an owner of drybulk carriers and tankers that operate worldwide.

Through its majority owned subsidiary, Ocean Rig UDW Inc., DryShips owns and operates 9 offshore ultra deepwater drilling units, comprising of 2 ultra deepwater semisubmersible drilling rigs and 7 ultra deepwater drillships, 3 of which remain to be delivered to Ocean Rig during 2013.

DryShips owns a fleet of 45 drybulk carriers (including newbuildings), comprising 11 Capesize, 27 Panamax, 2 Supramax and 9 newbuildings Very Large Ore Carriers (VLOC) with a combined deadweight tonnage of over 5.1 million tons, and 12 tankers (including newbuildings), comprising 6 Suezmax and 6 Aframax, with a combined deadweight tonnage of over 1.6 million tons.

The company’s executive offices are located in Amaroussion, Greece. DryShips has been listed in New York on the Nasdaq Exchange since February 2005.

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• Company Website: http://www.dryships.com/
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• Their ownership stake in Ocean RIG UDW (Nasdaq “ORIG”) currently exceeds their market capitalization
• Nov 7 – announced its unaudited financial and operating results for the third quarter and nine month period
  ended September 30, 2011. For the third quarter of 2011, the Company reported net income of $25.0 million, or $0.07 basic and diluted earnings per share. Included in the third quarter 2011 results are losses incurred on our interest rate swaps totaling $31.5 million, or $0.09 per share. Excluding these items, the Company’s net results would have amounted to net income of $56.5 million or $0.16 per share. Read more!

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Diana Shipping Inc. is a holding company. The Company is a global provider of shipping transportation services. It specializes in transporting dry bulk cargoes, including such commodities as iron ore, coal, grain and other materials along worldwide shipping routes. The Company’s fleet consists of 23 dry bulk carriers, of which 14 are Panamax, one is Post-Panamax and eight are Capesize dry bulk carriers, having a combined carrying capacity of approximately 2.5 million dead weight tons (dwt). As of December 31, 2010, its fleet consisted of 14 modern Panamax dry bulk carriers, one Post-Panamax, eight Capesize dry bulk carriers, and two container vessels, owned by Diana Containerships, that had a combined carrying capacity of approximately 2.6 million dwt, and a weighted average age of 5.4 years, excluding the container vessels owned by Diana Containerships and its Newcastlemax vessels under construction.

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• Company Website: http://www.dianashippinginc.com/
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• Nov 23rd – Announced Results for the Third Quarter and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011. Net income to Diana Shipping Inc. for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 amounted to $87.3 million, compared to net income of $96.5 million for the same period of 2010. Time charter revenues were $198.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011, compared to $202.5 million for the same period of 2010. Read more!
• Nov 23rd – Rurther announced that the Board of Directors has authorized a new share repurchase program for up to U.S. $100 million of the Company’s common shares, which may be repurchased from time to time until December 31, 2012. Read more!
• Traded above $30 in 2007/2008.

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Rick’s Cabaret International, Inc. (Rick’s) through its subsidiaries, owns and/or operates a total of 21 adult nightclubs that offer live adult entertainment, restaurant and bar operations. Seven of its clubs operate under the name Rick’s Cabaret; four operate under the name Club Onyx, upscale venues that welcome all customers but cater especially to urban professionals, businessmen and professional athletes; six operate under the name XTC Cabaret; one club operates as Tootsie’s Cabaret, one operates as Cabaret North and one operates as Jaguars, and one operates as Cabaret East. Rick’s nightclubs are in Houston, Austin, San Antonio, Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas; Charlotte, North Carolina; Minneapolis, Minnesota; New York, New York; Miami Gardens, Florida; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Las Vegas, Nevada. It also owns a media division, including the trade magazine serving the multi-billion dollar adult nightclubs industry.

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• Company Website: http://www.ricks.com/
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• Nov 22 – Signed Agreement To Purchase Adult Nightclub and Real Estate In Dallas – Read more!
• Aug 9 – Reported Third Quarter Revenue Increase To $20.8 Million and Adjusted EBITDA of $6.0 Million – Read more!
• Relatively low number of shares outstanding.
• Our last alert on RICK was 8/22/2009 at $8.00 – later rising 101% to $16.05!

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Polaris Minerals Corporation is engaged in the development and operation of construction aggregate properties and projects located in North America. It supplies sand and gravel into California, British Columbia, Hawaii, Vancouver and San Francisco. The majority of products are sold under long-term sales contracts with customers who have also been granted marketing rights to sell the East Cluxewe deposit, the associated process plant and ship loader (together, the Orca Quarry) products to third parties within agreed territories. Its construction aggregate interests consist of an 88% ownership in the Orca Sand and Gravel project, a 70% ownership in the Richmond Terminal and a 70% ownership in the Eagle Rock Quarry project, and a an undeveloped granite resource located near Port Alberni, also on Vancouver Island. The Company owns and operates the Richmond Terminal in the north east of San Francisco Bay which receives, stores and distributes Orca Quarry construction aggregate products.

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• Company Website: http://www.polarmin.com/
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• Currently trading at all time low levels. Traded above $13 in 2007.
• Disclaimer: Long time shareholder and we added additional shares today.

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Headquartered in San Diego, Royale Energy, Inc. is an independent energy company. The company is focused on development, acquisition, exploration, and production of natural gas and oil in California, Texas and the Rocky Mountains. It has been a leading independent producer of oil and natural gas for over 20 years. The company’s strength is continually reaffirmed by investors who participate in funding over 50% of the company’s new projects.
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• Company Website: http://www.royl.com/
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• July 29, 2011 – announced that it filed its form 10Q financial disclosure for the period ending June 30, 2011. Cashflow from operations for the first half grew from $155,435 in 2010 to $1,977,654 in 2011. Net income for second quarter 2011 increased to $259,347 from $76,853 in the first quarter 2011.
• Relatively low number of shares outstanding.
• Traded above $7 in March 2011. Currently in its bottom historical trading range.
• Our last alert on ROYL was 7/5/2009 at $2.32. Later traded 241% higher to $7.90.

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