Singular Research Picks Two of Decade's Top Stocks

Market Wire, December, 2005

Singular Research, which provides unbiased research on uncovered small and micro cap stocks to institutional money managers and hedge funds, has released its performance summary for year to date 2005 and highlights new coverage for 2005 - 06. Here are some highlights:

Top 3 performers year to date 2005:

Hansen Natural Corp. up 347% (NASDAQ: HANS)

Hansen Natural Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the development, marketing, sale, and distribution of beverages in the United States and Canada.

Iris International up 135% (NASDAQ: IRIS)

IRIS International, Inc. engages in the manufacture and marketing of automated in vitro diagnostics (IVD) urinalysis systems and medical devices for hospitals and clinical laboratories worldwide.

Travelzoo Inc. (Short) down 75% (NASDAQ: TZOO)

Travelzoo Inc. operates as an Internet media company that publishes travel offers from various travel companies.

By way of contrast, S&P 500 was up 4.1% during the same period.

New initiations in 2005 include:

Longs:

Rimage Corporation

Rimage Corporation engages in the development, manufacture, and distribution of CD-Recordable (CD-R) and DVD-Recordable (DVD-R) publishing and duplication systems.

On Track Innovations Ltd.

On Track Innovations, Ltd. (OTI) engages in design, development, and marketing of contactless microprocessor-based smart card systems.

Short:

Foxhollow Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: FOXH)

Foxhollow Technologies, Inc. engages in the design, development, manufacture, and sale of medical devices primarily for the treatment of peripheral artery disease.

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