Happy Independence Day to all!  Worth reading: BAB, Inc. Reports Profit for 2nd Quarter FY 2008 – Another quarter, another $.02 profit. Nearly all of it will be given back to shareholders in the quarterly dividend, and that’s fine with me. NetSol Technologies Signs LeaseSoft Agreement With Major European Bank – I was lucky enough [...]

Worth reading: Patriot Scientific Reports Q3 FY’08 Results – market really hated this one, sending shares down over 20%. I was a very early fan of PTSC but have been skeptical since it peaked. With the big settlements behind it, how can PTSC justify its valuation? Candente: Copper Worth Looking At – Otto Rock via [...]

A few items: BAB Holdings (BABB.OB) announced another $.02 quarterly dividend. Shares have recently traded in a price range of $.85-$.95. Though the trading is thin, the yield is fat. Just counting the regular dividends — not last quarter’s special dividend — BAB Holdings gives shareholders $.08 per year. At the bottom end of BAB’s [...]

A few news items worth mentioning: Advocat, Inc. [[AVCA]] received a letter from activist shareholder Paul Kessler of Bristol Investment Fund pressuring it, among other things, to let shareholders vote on whether to de-stagger the board of directors and to hire an advisor to weigh strategic alternatives.  Similar demands from Kessler, who controls about 5% [...]