Stocks in News: Cal Dive International, Mechel OAO, Vista Gold Corp., PositiveID Corporation

Lakeway, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/18/2013 -- ThePennyStockProfiler.com, an investment community with a special focus on updating investors with recent news on the U.S. stock market, issues news alert on the following stocks:-

Cal Dive International, Inc. (NYSE:DVR) shares increased 10.71% and closed at $1.86. The company, on Feb. 28, said it generated a fourth quarter 2012 loss of $4.4 million, or $0.05 per diluted share. For the fourth quarter 2012, the Company reported EBITDA of $13.5 million compared to $12.8 million for the fourth quarter 2011. The Company reported a full year 2012 loss of $65.0 million, or $0.70 per diluted share compared to a full year 2011 loss of $66.9 million, or $0.73 per diluted share.

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Mechel OAO (ADR) (NYSE:MTL) shares increased 10.06% and closed at $5.69. GlobeNewswire, on Feb. 19, reported that Mechel OAO has disposed of its Romanian steel assets. Mechel OAO has transferred the shares of all its Romanian assets to the buyer, Romania's Invest Nikarom SRL. The sum of the transaction is for a nominal amount of RON 230 (some USD 70).

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Vista Gold Corp. (NYSEAMEX:VGZ) shares climbed 9.80% and closed at $2.24. The company, on Mar. 14, reported a net loss of $70.7 million or $0.95 per share for the year ended December 31, 2012. This includes an unrealized $50.4 million mark-to-market loss on its investment in Midas Gold Corp., partly offset by a $20.1 million deferred tax benefit substantially related to this loss and a $6 million impairment of mill assets that had originally been purchased for use at the Los Cardones gold project.

Additionally, the company, on Mar. 4, announced positive results from the PEA for its Guadalupe de los Reyes gold/silver project in Sinaloa, Mexico.

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PositiveID Corporation (OTC:PSID) shares increased 9.37% to $0.0175. The company, on Mar. 12, issued an update on the progress of its strategic plan to refocus the Company on its patented and patent pending technologies to serve the estimated $3.1 Billion BioWatch Generation 3 program, which is designed to protect the American public from a biological attack. This update is intended to present stockholders with a review of major accomplishments for 2012 and an outlook for 2013.

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