Thalidomide...e-China...Digital Appetite...

. . . A recent episode of the medical drama House featured thalidomide as a life-saving antidote for a dying boy. It underscored the turnaround of the drug from its fearful reputation to one of hope in the treatment of myeloma and its potential for treating AIDS, tuberculosis, and other illnesses. Thalidomide is one of the products that has helped power Pharmion Corporation to fourth quarter net sales of $51.5 million in 2004, compared to $11.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2003.

. . . E-China Profits. China Expert Technology (OTC Bulletin Board: CXTI) saw profits soar 245% for the 4th quarter of 2004 and increase 191% for 2004 as a whole. A good deal of that revenue came from its participation in China's e-government project whose goal is to establish a national electronic government system.

. . . Consumer appetite for digital music, photography, video and the like, has become ravenous. This digital gluttony craves high-capacity, high-security flash storage cards. One of the winners in this supply and demand scenario appears to be SanDisk (NASDAQ:SNDK) the original inventor of flash storage cards. SanDisk recently introduced the Cruzer Titanium hi-speed flash storage drive that it claims is virtually indestructible and designed to physically protect the valuable data of business and power users.