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    • Able Telcom Holding Corp.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Aug. 14, 1998 Able Telcom obligated to prepay Senior Subordinated Notes.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Aug. 20, 1998 Able‚Äôs new hires fail to replace lost MFS officers.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Aug. 21, 1998 Able Telcom director charged with fraud.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Dec. 2,1999 Able Telcom discloses SEC investigation of its accounting fraud.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Feb. 01, 1999 Able Telcom fails to file 10-K.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Feb. 02, 1999 Able admits receiving redemption notice.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Feb. 04, 1999 NJ legislator requests E-Z Pass investigation
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Feb. 24, 1999 Able discloses rapid financial deterioration and insolvency.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Feb. 26, 1999 Able pays Kaufman Bros., L.P.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jan. 08, 1999 Able Telcom defaults on stock registration obligation.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jan. 08, 1999 ABTE declared in default of New Jersey project contract.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jan. 11, 1999 Able Telcom's stock rises after analyst issues false report.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jan. 12, 1999 Able's Deal Short and Misrepresented.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jan. 14, 1999 Able Telcom restates NYSTA deal.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jan. 20, 1999 Able's failure exposes New Jersey official.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jan. 25, 1999 Able's scheduled restructuring.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jan. 25, 1999 Analysis of NJTA's letter agreement with Able's MFS NT.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jan. 27, 1999 Able's Young and his Interfiducia.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jul. 16, 1998 Able's dire financial condition begins to unfold.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jul. 17, 1998 Able attempts to blame stock drop on preferred.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Mar. 17, 1999 Able reduces preferred price to $3.50, reports false earnings.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: March 01, 1999 - Able faces possible delisting.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Sept. 01, 1998 Able Telcom fails to pay secured debt obligation.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Sept. 15, 1998 Able fails to file Form 10Q and its auditors resign.
    • Avant! Corporation
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Aug. 01, 1997 Strong Sell Recommendation
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Aug. 21, 1997 Avant! reported to be losing market share.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Dec. 16, 1997 Avant! suffers series of negative litigation developments.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Dec. 22, 1997 Aquarius injunction is imminent.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Dec. 23, 1997 Wessels, Arnold publishes erroneous report.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Dec. 29, 1997 Avant! analyst fails to disclose conflict of interest.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Feb. 27, 1998 Avant!'s Apollo begins to draw fire.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jan. 07, 1998 Avant! Announced No Incremental Revenue Increase
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jan. 08, 1998 Cadence reports large increase in place and route transition.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jul. 20, 1998 Avant!'s day of reckoning draws closer.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Nov. 04, 1997 Avant!'s DRC market share grossly overstated.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 15, 1997 Avant! reports dismal third quarter results.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 15, 1997 Avant!'s Compass dealings exposed.
    • Avid Technology, Inc.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Sept. 04, 2003 Why are AVID insiders screaming that the stock is overvalued?
    • BioTime
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Dec. 06, 1996 Cellular Technical Services possesses no valuable technology.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 26, 1998 BioTime posters fail to generate interest or support claims.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Apr. 29, 1998 BioTime possesses no valuable product or technology.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Apr. 29, 1998 STRONG SELL RECOMMENDATION
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jan. 22, 1998 - BioTime Strong Sell Recommendation Published in Forbes.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: May 17, 1998 BioTime analyst issues false report.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Nov. 05, 1998 BioTime loses its prime sponsor.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Nov. 05, 1998 BioTime officers retract statements regarding FDA approval.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 26, 1998 BioTime Hextend fails to meet priority review standards.
    • Biovail Corporation International
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Sept. 09, 1997 BVF's Cardizem CD will not reverse sales/earnings decline.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Sept. 13, 1996 Strong Sell Recommendation.
    • Black Box Corporation
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Mar. 13, 2003 BBOX Wednesday from an investor advocate's point of view.
    • Cellular Technical Services Company, Inc.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Dec. 05, 1996 Asensio & Co., Inc. issues a Sell Rec. on Cellular Tech.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Dec. 06, 1996 Cellular Technical Services possesses no valuable technology.
    • Chromatics Color Sciences International, Inc.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jun. 09, 1998 STRONG SELL RECOMMENDATION
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jun. 12, 1998 Chromatics' stock fraud exposed.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jun. 12, 1998 Dreyfus fund manager engaged in fraudulent activities.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jun. 23, 1998 AMA denies permitting insurance reimbursement for CCSI.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jun. 23, 1998 CCSI's disposable shown to be senseless.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jun. 26, 1998 Former Bre-X consultant promotes Chromatics‚Äô stock.
    • Coinmach Laundry Corporation
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Feb. 12, 1998 Coinmach Laundry misrepresents S&P ratings implication.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Feb. 12, 1998 Coinmach possesses no free cash flow.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Mar. 12, 1998 Coinmach omits $17.8 million deduction from cash flow formula
      • Manuel Asensio Report: May 11, 1998 Coinmach suffers dramatic reduction in shareholder base.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: May 13, 1998 Coinmach fails to disclose BT Alex Brown interest conflict.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: May 13, 1998 Coinmach reports 7.7% decline in EBITDA
      • Manuel Asensio Report: May 21, 1998 Coinmach releases lower than announced Macke results.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Sept. 29, 1998 Coinmach continues to lose cash and not grow.
    • Cross Media Marketing Corporation
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jul. 17, 2002 Cross Media expects second quarter loss, cuts operations.
    • Crystallex International Corporation
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Mar. 05, 1998 Crystallex transfers $13.7 million to directors' company.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Mar. 04, 1998 Crystallex has no claim to Las Cristinas gold
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Mar. 04, 1998 Crystallex reports false info on its Las Cristinas claims.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Mar. 04, 1998 Trading in Oppenheimer's prior stock promotion halted.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Mar. 05, 1998 Crystallex issued yet another false statement.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Mar. 05, 1998 No Uncertainty AboutTitle to Las Cristinas gold concessions.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Mar. 18, 1998 Crystallex fails to deny new fraud charges.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Mar. 18, 1998 KRY insiders continue to benefit from its stock promotion.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Mar. 22, 1998 Crystallex promoter publishes false report.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Mar. 22, 1998 Crystallex's Fung and Nihon issue implausible denials.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Mar. 23, 1998 Venezuelan Government in agreement with Acosta's statements.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Mar. 26, 1998 Crystallex pays for ads containing false information.
    • Diana Corporation
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jul. 02, 1996 Diana's new 10K provides proof of fraud.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jul. 23, 1996 Asensio & Co. reconfirms its Strong Sell rec. of Diana
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Sept. 06, 1996 Fund Manager Buys Diana Stock Privately at $20 Per Share
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Aug. 07, 1997 Diana filing reveals negative impact of recent financings.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jul. 17, 1997 Diana will realize no gain from Concentric's offering or suit.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jul. 26, 1996 Diana Loudly Rings The Closing Bell.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jun 25, 1996 DNA shares remain grossly overvalued
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jun. 04, 1996 Strong Sell Rec. - The Diana Corporation
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jun. 06, 1996 Diana fails to deny its stock is "grossly over-inflated"
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jun. 27, 1996 Asensio & Co. reconfirmed its Strong Sell rec. on Diana
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Nov. 14, 1996 Diana issues yet another false statement.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 15, 1996 Asensio & Company releases summary of Diana engineering study.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 15, 1996 Engineering study finds important discrepancies Sattel's claims
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 15, 1996 STRONG SELL RECOMMENDATION
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 16, 1996 Asensio & Company serves demand on Diana.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 24, 1996 Investigation finds Diana's rebuttals to be completely untrue.
    • Ergobilt
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 06, 1997 ErgoBilt fails to dispute disclosure failures.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Sept. 24, 1997 Asensio & Company issues Strong Sell on ErgoBilt, Inc.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Sept. 24, 1997 ErgoBilt fraudulently promotes obsolete technology.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Sept. 30, 1997 ErgoBilt fails to disclose adverse court decision.
    • General Nutrition Companies, Inc.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jan. 18, 1996 Strong Sell Recommendation
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jan. 19, 1996 The Closing Bell Falls on Deaf Ears
    • Intersil Holding Corp.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Dec. 07, 2000 Short Seller raised concerns prior pre-announcement.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Sept. 14, 2000 Intersil falls far behind in next generation Wireless LAN.
    • Lyondell Chemical Company
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 27, 1998 Lyondell grossly overvalued
    • Multimedia Games, Inc.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 02, 2003 MGAM failed to obtain Class II classification for its games.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 02, 2003 MGAM NIGC brinkmanship creates new problems for its customers.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 09, 2003 MGAM tells customers to discontinue Reel Time Bingo play.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 09, 2003 NIGC names Reel Time Bingo a non-conforming game.
    • Network Solutions
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Apr. 08, 1999 NSOL analyst issues false report.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Apr. 08, 1999 NSOL faces $2 registry fee bid.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Apr. 12, 1999 NSOL forced to reverse InterNIC take-over.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Apr. 22, 1999 NSOL fails to obtain DOC approval for registry fee.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Apr. 28, 1999 Letter to U.S. Sec. of Commerce Daley concerning NSOL
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jul. 09, 1999 U.S. Dept. of Commerce confirms pending NSOL contract
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Mar. 25, 1999 Network Solutions fails to disclose government notification.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Mar. 25, 1999 NSOL possesses no lock on domain registry, etc.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: May 06, 1999 NSOL's insider sold stock shortly before ICANN designation.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Sept. 29, 1999 NSOL‚Äôs .com monopoly terminated.
    • On2 Technologies, Inc.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jul. 18, 2003 AMEX continues to list a questionable stock.
    • ParkerVision, Inc.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Mar. 20, 2003 Little secrets spill out about a Barron's roundtable favorite.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Nov. 23, 1999 ParkerVision promoters charged with stock fraud.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 01, 1999 PRKR has no D2D patents. D2D site contains no new information.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 12, 1999 ParkerVision‚Äôs claims refuted by its own website disclosures.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 14, 1999 ParkerVision added to Symbol‚Äôs suspect deals.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 14, 1999 ParkerVision finally announces its new bogus deal.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 15, 1999 ParkerVision‚Äôs Ferraro/Gottardo/Whale stock scam exposed.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 15, 1999 PRKR's financial mastermind suspended, according to Fortune.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 19, 1999 ParkerVision‚Äôs Ferraro resorts to "stupidity" excuse.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Sept. 28, 1999 Boeing official refutes ParkerVision's product claims.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Sept. 28, 1999 ParkerVision possesses no valuable technology.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Sept. 30, 1999 ParkerVision fails to deny stock is "grossly over-inflated"
    • PolyMedica Corporation
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Apr. 23, 2002 PolyMedica‚Äôs SEC claim is doubtful and immaterial.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Aug. 13, 2002 Asensio & Co. issues two new reports on PLMD.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Aug. 13, 2002 PLMD‚Äôs "hidden" losses surpass $55 million.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Aug. 13, 2002 Why did Mr. Lee leave without notice?
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Feb. 18, 2003 USA TODAY: Short sellers sharply scrutinize companies.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jan. 03, 2003 PLMD tells employees to keep information from investigators
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jun. 14, 2002 PLMD now faces revenue reductions on top of its investigation.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jun. 30, 2003 PLMD's "advertising costs do not qualify for capitalization"
      • Manuel Asensio Report: May 07, 2003 So Herbert Denton is a "shareholder activist"?
      • Manuel Asensio Report: May 15, 2002 PolyMedica's feeble attempts at credibility exposed.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: May 20, 2002 PLMD‚Äôs reported earnings raise serious legitimacy concerns.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: May 30, 2002 More Concerns for PolyMedica's Oversight Chairman
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 25, 2001 Safeco involved in dealings with PLMD, reports Asensio & Co.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 25, 2001 Wall Street‚Äôs cynical greed on display at Polymedica.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 31, 2002 End of PolyMedica‚Äôs Medicare "bonanza" draws closer.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 31, 2002 Rules affecting PLMD‚Äôs pricing scheduled for November release
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Sept. 09, 2003 PolyMedica's criminal prosecution firmly on track.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Sept. 17, 2002 Taxpayer funding used to support PolyMedica‚Äôs stock promotio
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Sept. 26, 2003 The inner workings of the quadrupling of PLMD's stock price.
    • Research Frontiers Incorporated
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Aug. 22, 2001 REFR‚Äôs silly circus takes to the air, reports Asensio & Co.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Aug. 24, 2001 REFR remains grossly overvalued, reports Asensio & Co.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Aug. 24, 2001 REFR‚Äôs "short squeeze" is a myth, reports Asensio & Co.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Dec. 11, 2001 Korean promotion shows REFR's tricks, says Asensio & Co.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Dec. 20, 2001 Asensio's nine (9) page letter to REFR dated June 14, 2001.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Dec. 20, 2001 Asensio's three page letter to REFR dated November 15, 2001.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Dec. 20, 2001 REFR fails to address questionable disclosures etc
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jul. 12, 2001 REFR involved in yet another questionable deal.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jun. 06, 2002 Update on our Research Frontiers forecast
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jun. 15, 2001 REFR issues unsubstantiated future profit forecast.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jun. 18, 2001 REFR uses old promotion in its new story, reports Asensio & Co.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Nov. 21, 2001 InspecTech TTF claims misleading, reports Asensio & Co.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Nov. 28, 2001 REFR joins list of bad penny-stock deals, reports Asensio & Co.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Nov. 29, 2001 REFR blows $11.3 million reports Asensio & Co.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Sept. 06, 2001 REFR's bogus patent promotion exposed, reports Asensio & Co.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Sept. 11, 2001 REFR‚Äôs false ‚Äònews‚Äô story exposed, reports Asensio & Co.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Sept. 18, 2001 REFR‚Äôs promotion causes capital misallocation, reports Asens
    • Rica Foods, Inc.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Mar 10, 2003 Another AMEX Scam Bites the Dust.
    • Solv-Ex Corporation
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Apr. 02, 1997 Solv-Ex fails to get regulatory approval.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Apr. 07, 1997 Solv-Ex's "production" claims shown to be false.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Feb. 03, 1997 Solv-Ex acknowledges Federal Grand Jury investigation.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Feb. 19, 1997 Mgnt's representations concerning Solv-Ex's progress are false
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Feb. 20, 1997 SEC is Trailing Proceeds From Solv-Ex Transactions
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Feb. 25, 1997 Nothing in Solv-Ex's entire plant works.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Feb. 26, 1997 Solv-Ex fires the entire plant start-up crew.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jul. 03, 1997 Solv-Ex possesses no titanium dioxide product.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jun. 11, 1997 Solv-Ex possesses no valuable reserves.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jun. 24, 1997 Solv-Ex attempts new Reg S offering
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jun. 26, 1997 Solv-Ex technical employee provides definitive proof of fraud.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Mar. 03, 1997 Solv-Ex's own documents show itsclaims to be false.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Mar. 07, 1997 Asensio & Company's correspondence with Deutsche Bank.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Mar. 07, 1997 Solv-Ex's schedule claims are completely false and untrue.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Mar. 10, 1997 Solv-Ex forced to cancel conference call.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Mar. 11, 1997 Request for NASDAQ Listing Review
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Mar. 13, 1997 Solv-Ex defaults on $33 million loan.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Mar. 27, 1997 Solv-Ex puts false spin on temporarily rigged plant.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: May 02, 1997 New Solv-Ex lawsuit clearly proves misrepresentations
      • Manuel Asensio Report: May 02, 1997 Solv-Ex's AEUB approval claims are completely false.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: May 09, 2000 Solv-Ex Suit Against Asensio & Company Dismissed.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: May 12, 1997 Asensio & Company agrees to give testimony against Solv-Ex
      • Manuel Asensio Report: May 13, 1997 SEC conducts discovery in its investigation of Solv-Ex.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: May 20, 1997 Solv-Ex's 10Q filing confirms its production claims are false.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: May 20, 1997 Solv-Ex's latest Form 10Q reveals its true state of affairs.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: May 27, 1997 Asensio provides testimony against Solv-Ex.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 03, 1997 Solv-Ex shareholder value eliminated.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 07, 1996 Solv-Ex's dealings with MorganGrenfell begin to unfold.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 09, 1997 Solv-Ex has no valuable asset to sell and no bids of any kind.
    • Sterling Vision
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Aug. 19, 1997 ISEE false reports allow insiders to sell at inflated prices.
    • SyQuest Technology Inc.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: May 24, 1996 Strong Sell Recommendation
    • Turbodyne Technologies, Inc.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Aug. 04, 1998 Turbodyne possesses no valuable technology.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Aug. 05, 1998 Turbodyne fails to deny stock fraud charge.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Aug. 20, 1998 Turbodyne's UN endorsements are blatantly false.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Aug. 26, 1998 Turbodyne continues to promote non-existing UN endorsement.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Dec. 16, 1998 Turbodyne makes futile attempt to gain credibility.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Dec. 20, 1999 Turbodyne‚Äôs auditors resign.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jan. 21, 1999 Turbodyne stock halted by Market Authorities.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Mar. 20, 2000 Asensio and Turbodyne resolve their dispute.
    • VeriSign, Inc.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Aug. 30, 2001 Asensio reiterates its VRSN Strong Sell and Short Sell Rec.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: May 02, 2001 VeriSign‚Äôs divestiture deadline being unduly disregarded.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: May 03, 2001 Peering into VeriSign's Foolish $12 Billion Bubble.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: May 03, 2001 VRSN and its analysts have sown investor disappointment.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: May 07, 2001 ICANN fails to obtain necessary approval for VeriSign deal
      • Manuel Asensio Report: May 07, 2001 Six More Years of Monopoly.com?
      • Manuel Asensio Report: May 08, 2001 Another dubious attempt to predict public policy.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: May 16, 2001 ICANN‚Äôs Chairman had undisclosed conflict of interest
      • Manuel Asensio Report: May 21, 2001 No DOC ruling on ICANN's jurisdiction.
    • Winstar Communications, Inc.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Mar. 08, 2001 WCII has no ability to service or repay its debt obligations.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Mar. 14, 2001 Salomon Smith Barney Issues Misleading Winstar Report.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Mar. 19, 2001 WCII‚Äôs debt collapse reflects its cash and operating crisis.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Mar. 30, 2001 No evident reason to repurchase Winstar shares.
    • WorldCom, Inc.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jun. 26, 2002 WCOM admits to inflating reported earnings by over 800%.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jun. 26, 2002 Competitors may benefit from the elimination of WCOM cap. mgnt.
  • Reports Post October 30, 2003
    • Document Security Systems, Inc.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Mar. 27, 2007 DMC‚ Description of Ruling is Incomplete and Defective.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: May 12, 2006 B-List Movies To Dotcom To Anti-Counterfeiting Technology?
      • Manuel Asensio Report: May 18, 2006 DMC: One More For The Movies
      • Manuel Asensio Report: May 19, 2006 DMC: A Long History of Silly, Fruitless Litigation
      • Manuel Asensio Report: May 19, 2006 When did DMC acquire the Wicker Patents?
    • Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Feb. 08, 2005 ENER characterizes busted-deal accounting as revenue.
    • Escala Group, Inc.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: May 09, 2006 Will ESCL hold call scheduled for tomorrow?
      • Manuel Asensio Report: May 18, 2006 ESCL: Shouldn't former NASD Chairman Davin have known better?
    • Evergreen Energy, Inc.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: May 03, 2007 asensio.com concludes coverage of Evergreen Energy, Inc.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Nov. 01, 2006 An Investor's Guide To Evaluate EEE's Dusty Performance.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Nov. 01, 2006 Evergreen Releases Devastating Results.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Nov. 28, 2006 Evergreen‚ Capacity? What Capacity?
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 06, 2006 POWER Reconfirms Its Interest In Investigating Evergreen.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 24, 2006 Another Blow To EEE's Credibility
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 24, 2006 Is This Evergreen Two or Three?
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Sept. 26, 2006 Another Evergreen Promoter Goes To Dust.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Sept. 27, 2006 Utility Industry Leader Reports On Evergreen
    • Globetel Communications Corporation
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jul. 24, 2006 Despite The AMEX‚ ‚ÄòLIHOP‚ Policy, GTE Gets De-listed.
    • KFx Inc.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jan. 11, 2005 Similarities between KFx and the Solv-Ex scam are striking!
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Aug. 01, 2006 KFX: Waiting for Godot, Part Deux.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Aug. 03, 2006 KFx's Plant Cost Reaches $95 Million
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Feb. 01, 2006 Questions for KFx about its secondary and so-called test burn.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Feb. 08, 2005 KFx's new President involved in questionable stock schemes.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jan. 11, 2005 More ties between Kfx and Solv-Ex.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jan. 30, 2006 Why hasn‚t KFx posted K-Fuel images on its web site?
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jan. 31, 2006 KFx's for show only scheme exposed.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jan. 31, 2006 KFX's staged photographs raise more questions.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jul. 13, 2006 KFx: Waiting for Godot, again?
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 01, 2004 KFx‚ 15th scheme may be worst in its history of failure.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 01, 2004 List of KFx‚ announced schemes.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 07, 2004 Placer Dome and Alaskans discredit KFx.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 13, 2005 Is Lurgi really KFx's savior or is it just smoke and mirrors?
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 13, 2005 KFx: Hedge Funds wagging the dog?
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 19, 2004 KFx shams the Denver Post.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 20, 2005 Does KFx really want you to know about Kennecott?
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 27, 2004 Renkes works on vow to sell KFx stock, donate profits
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Sept 22, 2006 KFx's Product Performance Analyzed.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Sept. 18, 2006 KFx‚ Product Caused Emergency at First Energy.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Sept. 19, 2006 Reference to asensio.com Report On Yahoo.com Misleading.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Sept. 22, 2006 KFx's Four Year Stock Promotion Turns To Dust.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Sept. 26, 2006 KFx Dusts Its Analysts, Again.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Sept. 29, 2004 The Globe and Mail and the Journal question KFx.
    • KFx section: Alaska's Attorney General involved in KFx wrongful stock promotion.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Dec. 07, 2004 Former U.S. Attorney calls Renkes "totally unfit".
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Feb. 02, 2005 Renkes‚ testimony labeled unconvincing and questionable.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Feb. 06, 2005 Alaska's Attorney General resigns over KFx dealings.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jan. 11, 2005 Former U. S. Attorney finds Renkes‚ KFx dealings violated code.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jan. 13, 2005 Senator calls for Renkes' impeachment
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jan. 18, 2005 Alaska AG must be held accountable for role in KFx promotion.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jan. 25, 2005 Alaskans well prepared to review Bundy's Renkes report.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Nov. 01, 2004 Renkes ‚the-broker-did-it‚ cover-up comes under attack.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 01, 2004 Renkes throws KFx overboard in attempt to save himself.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 04, 2004 Renkes now tied to Jefferies and Kanturk.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 05, 2004 Renkes refuses to take questions at press conference.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 20, 2004 KFx haunts Renkes.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 27, 2004 KFx being drawn into Alaska investigation.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 28, 2004 Governor places limits to Renkes investigation.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Sept. 30, 2004 AG's foolish KFx dealings violate fair public policy.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Sept. 30, 2004 Alaska Attorney General‚ compromising dealings uncovered.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Sept. 30, 2004 Alaska‚ Attorney General caught in KFx‚ web.
    • LDK Solar Co. Ltd.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 03, 2007 Issues far larger than LDK.
    • Multimedia Games, Inc.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Apr. 05, 2004 MGAM suffers total loss of Kansas City business.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Dec. 03, 2003 MGAM misrepresents DOJ appeals.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Dec. 23, 2003 Multimedia gives up 267 Class II machines in California.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Feb. 24, 2004 NIGC statement rebuts Prudential's MGAM report.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Feb. 26, 2004 Oklahoma legislature ends MGAM's monopoly.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jan. 04, 2005 MGAM's financial and operational deterioration almost complete.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jan. 04, 2005 MGAM‚ well-deserved demise appears imminent.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jan. 05, 2005 MGAM capitalized $111 million in expenditures in latest year
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jan. 31, 2005 Prudential and Bill Lerner run for cover.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Mar. 01, 2004 Asensio & Co. Announces Opinion on Multimedia Games, Inc.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Mar. 01, 2004 Prudential backtracks on MGAM.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Mar. 01, 2004 Supreme Court denies DOJ's quest to regulate Class II gaming.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Mar. 05, 2004 Where is Multimedia's stock headed?
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Mar. 09, 2004 Oklahoma governor signs gaming bill.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Mar. 15, 2004 How could MGAM have completely lost-out at Casino San Pablo?
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Mar. 29, 2004 MGAM's analysts admit astonishing earnings decline.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Nov. 04, 2003 MGAM's San Pablo deal grossly over hyped.
      • Manuel Asenso Report: Jul. 30, 2004 Competition in MGAM's core business cuts into false earnings.
    • NovaStar Financial, Inc.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Feb. 26, 2007 NFI‚ Hallucination and The Wall Street Journal‚ Loss.
    • NVE Corporation
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Apr. 02, 2004 Cypress values NVEC at a maximum of $4.85 per share.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Apr. 02, 2004 NVEC fails to solve Cypress' MRAM problems.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Apr. 12, 2004 New York Times: Concerns That Nanotech Label Is Overused
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Apr. 12, 2004 NVEC's latest "nano" stock promotion questioned.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Apr. 12, 2005 NVEC is not a player in lab-on-a-chip or MRAM.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Apr. 16, 2004 NVEC's CEO hid his past in Kudlow & Cramer interview.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Apr. 16, 2004 Who is Daniel Baker and how did he get here?
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Apr. 22, 2005 Is NVEC a fraud?
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Apr. 22, 2005 NVEC's CY scam evaporates.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Apr. 28, 2004 NVE lost the Giordano promoted Motorola litigation.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Aug. 05, 2004 Merrill's nanotech promo fails to create investor interest.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Aug. 13, 2004 Cypress did not unveil an MRAM product or mention NVE.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Aug. 18, 2004 NVEC hypes yet another meaningless patent.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Dec. 08, 2004 Cypress' big, low capacity, MRAM chip delayed.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Dec. 16, 2004 Renesas builds world's smallest MRAM.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Dec. 16, 2004 Toshiba and NEC develop 1-Mbit MRAM.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Dec. 16, 2005 NVEC still hunting for illiterate readers.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Feb. 03, 2005 Cypress proves that NVEC's technology is not viable, again.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Feb. 15, 2005 Cypress admits MRAM full write-off.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Feb. 18, 2005 Not surprisingly Forbes/Wolfe fails to hear NVEC's death knell.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jul. 02, 2004 NVEC‚ home-town paper puzzled by stock's rise.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jun. 22, 2004 NVEC's stock promoters do its dirty work.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jun. 24, 2004 NVEC‚ shtick on display in its hometown paper.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Mar. 18, 2004 NVEC possesses no valuable MRAM technology.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Mar. 22, 2004 Appendix A: NVE is not involved in nanotechnology.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Mar. 22, 2004 Appendix B: NVE's MRAM contribution claims are unfounded.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Mar. 22, 2004 NVE fails to provide any support for its Motorola claims.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Mar. 23, 2004 StarTribune.com: On business: Short sales smack NVE
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Mar. 25, 2004 Father of nanotech rebuffs NVE's nanotechnology claims.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Mar. 26, 2004 Dow Jones: NVE Corp. Shares Look Over-Envied
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Mar. 27, 2004 Is NVE's Baker believable?
      • Manuel Asensio Report: May 26, 2004 Honeywell challenges NVEC's published "spin-off" claims.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: May 28, 2004 NVEC's MRAM technology is no "holy grail" for Cypress.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Nov. 18, 2004 Questions for NVEC at today‚ Wells Fargo Technology Forum.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 14, 2004 Is NVEC's MRAM stock promotion over?
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 20, 2004 NVE concedes its MRAM claims were grossly overstated.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Sept. 02, 2004 What is Stephens' game with NVEC?
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Sept. 07, 2004 Is NVEC Stonegate's next victim?
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Sept. 15, 2004 NVEC's MRAM patents are immaterial and unenforceable.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Sept. 16, 2004 Cypress reveals it doesn‚t use NVEC's claimed IP.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Sept. 16, 2004 Cypress' MRAM disclosures detail its flaws.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Sept. 20, 2004 Wolfe's latest mega fiasco foretells NVEC's future.
    • Odyssey Healthcare, Inc.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Feb. 24, 2004 Why rob Medicare? Cause that‚ where the money is!
    • OraSure Technologies, Inc.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Dec. 13, 2005 OraSure ain‚t a sure thing.
    • ParkerVision, Inc.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: May 13, 2004 ParkerVision's wireless flop.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Nov. 21, 2003 ParkerVision ships more of its product: shares of stock.
    • Pegasus Wireless Corporation
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Aug. 09, 2006 PGWC: Another Use of The NASDAQ Brand In The PGWC Promotion
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Aug. 09, 2006 PGWC: MetricStream Does Not Address PGWC's Compliance Woes
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Aug. 15, 2006 PGWC: Stephen Durland's Ties To Felonious Attorney
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Aug. 28, 2006 PGWC's Questionable Promo Highlighted In NY Post Article.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Aug. 29, 2006 Yet Another PGWC Fraud-Laden Shareholder
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jul. 20, 2006 Meet PGWC's Picture Perfect CFO
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jul. 20, 2006 PGWC and Jasper Knabb: A Match Made In Penny-Stock Heaven.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jul. 20, 2006 PGWC Rings In Controversy At NASDAQ‚ Opening Bell.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jul. 26, 2006 Is Pegasus indicted Taiwanese collaborator backing out?
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jul. 26, 2006 PGWC's Links To The "Corporate Scandal Of The Century."
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jul. 28, 2006 PGWC: More links Emerge Between PGWC and Hung Chiu-Hu.
    • PolyMedica Corporation
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Feb. 11, 2004 PLMD admits over billing Medicare.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Feb. 11, 2004 PLMD stirs up expectations for no-problem resolution.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jan. 14, 2004 Business as usual at PolyMedica.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jan. 23, 2004 PolyMedica axes employees.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Nov. 04, 2004 DOJ falls prey to PLMD‚ largeness.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 20, 2004 Will PLMD get pre-election gift from Bush?
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 22, 2004 How will the U.S. Attorney justify his failure to file charges?
    • Research Frontiers Incorporated
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Apr. 07, 2006 41-year-old loser REFR qualifies as a going-concern?
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Apr. 07, 2006 Is REFR's 41-year-old stock promotion finally finished?
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 17, 2007 BusinessWeek‚ ‚Facelift‚ Fails to Beautify Work of Marcial
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 29, 2007 REFR resorts to recycling old promotional schemes.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Oct. 29, 2007 REFR: 42 Years of Hype
    • Tri-Valley Corporation
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Dec. 01, 2005 So who owns the cash on Tri-Valley's balance sheet?
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Dec. 12, 2005 TIV scam stock or AMEX poster-child?
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Dec. 22, 2005 TIV adds "flow" to its irregular claims.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Dec. 23, 2005 TIV adds to its list of questionable characters.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Jan. 11, 2006 TIV‚ Un-Pleasant acquisition.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Nov. 09, 2005 Tri-Valley's mineral resources: Mere Postulation?
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Nov. 18, 2005 Tri-Valley's gas sure smells fishy.
      • Manuel Asensio Report: Nov. 29, 2005 Tri-Valley's loose "tight gas" story.
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