Rubicon Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:RBCN) is an advanced electronic materials provider that is engaged in developing, manufacturing and selling monocrystalline sapphire and other crystalline products for light-emitting diodes (LEDs), radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs), blue laser diodes, optoelectronics and other optical applications. Rubicon Technology applies its proprietary crystal growth technology to produce very high-quality sapphire in a form that allows for volume production of various sizes and orientations of substrates and windows.

Rubicon Technology, Inc., a leading provider of sapphire substrates and products to the LED, RFIC, semiconductor, and optical industries, announced yesterday that it has entered into a new contract with its largest customer for large-diameter sapphire wafers. The amount of the contract is $20 million, and it represents a baseline level of shipments that will be made from June through December 2012. The previous contract expired at the end of December.

“We are pleased that we will continue as a key supplier to our valued six-inch wafer customer in 2012,” said Raja Parvez, President and Chief Executive Officer of Rubicon. “As other LED chip manufacturers make the transition to large-diameter substrates in pursuit of greater efficiency, Rubicon—the world’s largest, most experienced and most reliable provider of large-diameter sapphire wafers—stands to benefit greatly. However, with LED chip capacity presently not fully utilized, the inflection point in demand for large-diameter sapphire wafers for LEDs is still some months in the future.”

In light of current market conditions and in the interest of further establishing a long-term customer relationship with our prominent customer, Rubicon granted adjustments to fourth-quarter 2011 price and volume requirements under the expiring six-inch contract, as management had indicated was likely in remarks made November 8. Consequently, Rubicon’s revenue for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2011, was between $19 and $20 million, slightly below its previous guidance of $20 to $23 million. Rubicon Technology expects to release complete results for the fourth quarter on February 23, after the market closes.

For more information about Rubicon Technology, please visit rubicon-es2.com

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Portfolio Recovery Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ:PRAA), a specialized financial and business services company and market leader in the consumer debt purchase and collection industry, will announce its fourth quarter and full year 2011 results on February 16, 2012. The earnings announcement, which will be released after the market closes, will be followed at 5:30 p.m. EST by a conference call with investors to discuss the results.

Portfolio Recovery Associates, Inc. engages in the purchase, collection, and management of portfolios of defaulted consumer receivables.

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Collectors Universe, Inc. (Nasdaq:CLCT), a leading provider of value-added authentication and grading services to dealers and collectors of high-value collectibles, announced financial results for its second quarter of fiscal 2012. Service revenues increased 20% in this year’s second quarter, compared to the same quarter of the prior year, driven primarily by a 24% increase in coin service revenues and a 12% increase in card and autograph service revenues. Gross profit margin for this year’s second quarter was 59% of revenues, consistent with the 59% gross profit margin earned in the second quarter of the prior year. Operating income of $1.9 million for this year’s second quarter represented an increase of 22%, compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2011.
Collectors Universe, Inc. provides authentication and grading services to dealers and collectors of high-value coins, trading cards, event tickets, autographs, memorabilia, and stamps in the United States. I

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Cardtronics, Inc. (Nasdaq:CATM) the world’s largest retail ATM owner, announced its financial and operational results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2011. For the fourth quarter of 2011, consolidated revenues totaled $174.2 million, representing a 29% increase from the $134.7 million in consolidated revenues generated during the fourth quarter of 2010. Of the 29% year-over-year increase, 16% was attributable to the results of acquired entities during the second half of 2011. Of the remaining 13% organic revenue increase, 8% was attributable to a combination of the following: increased transactions per ATM in the Company’s domestic and United Kingdom operations; unit growth expansion; increased revenues from managed services agreements; increased bank branding revenues from financial institution partners; and growth in Allpoint, America’s largest surcharge-free network. Finally, 5% of the year-over-year increase in consolidated revenues was attributable to higher equipment sales.

Cardtronics, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides automated consumer financial services through its network of automated teller machines (ATMs) and multi-function financial services kiosks.

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