federal government, recently announced that it has been ranked seventh in its debut on Forbes' 2008 list of "America's 200 Best Small Companies." The listing represents the latest such industry recognition for the company, which was also ranked as one of Fortune magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For" in both 2007 and 2008. "We are honored to be recognized by Forbes as one of the top ten best small businesses," said Phil Nolan, Stanley's chairman, president and CEO. "The continued success and growth of our company is directly attributable to the dedication of our employees to their work and to our customers' missions." Companies that have sales between $5 million and $750 million and a stock price of at least $5 as of September 29, 2008, are eligible for the list. The ranking is based on return on equity, sales growth and profit growth over the past 12 months and also over five years. In addition, Forbes compares a company's stock performance with that of its industry peers.
Elysium Internet, Inc. (OTC BB:EYSM.OB), a next generation Internet advertising and new media Company, recently announced that it expects to report a sequential sales increase in excess of 100% for its fiscal third quarter ended August 31, 2008 fueled by increases in sign-ups to its targeted Internet Directories. Elysium anticipates filing its third quarter form 10Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission within days. Elysium Internet CEO Scott Gallagher commented, "We're pleased to see such a positive early response from the launch of several of our new Internet Directories. In Q3 the majority of our sign-ups came through www.Therapists.net. So far in the first month or so of our fiscal Q4 we're seeing www.DietitiansDirectory.com generate the best results in our portfolio. Heading into 2009 and beyond, we expect www.Podiatrists.com, www.Pediatricians.com, www.Auditors.com and Psychiatrists.com to become the main revenue drivers as we emerge from a start-up venture into a profitable high growth Internet media Company." Gallagher went on to say, "In these uncertain economic times our cost effective advertising and Internet solutions are being very well received, as are the natural page one Google ranking of sites like www.DietitiansDirectory.com and www.Auditors.com. We've begun monetizing all top domains in our portfolio and expect further top line sales increases during the remainder of 2008 and into the first half of 2009."
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