MissionIR today announced the online availability of its interview with Mr. Edmund Ooi, Vice President and Director of Creative & Marketing for Moxian, Inc. (OTCQB: MOXC). The full audio interview is available at http://MOXC.MissionIR.com/interview.html.

Moxian is a social multi-media company building an application platform and merchant rewards system that enable small- and medium-sized businesses to better engage their customers and enhancing their marketing initiatives.

After providing a brief overview of the company, Mr. Ooi describes his own experience creating national marketing projects in Singapore, China, the Middle East and Los Angeles, which he currently applies in helping Moxian create product improvements and applications to a larger audience.

He then offers considerable information on other key members of the company’s management team and how their previous endeavors in international markets contribute to Moxian’s growth. Together, this roster of executives has positioned the company to achieve several milestones in 2015, including rapid market acceptance and strategic personnel additions.

“I think we have seen a great leap in our skillset and our ability to [offer] much stronger and more robust software,” Mr. Ooi says.

Moving forward, Mr. Ooi explains Moxian’s near and longer-term outlook, which includes expanding its merchant base; increasing advertising, transaction and sponsorships revenues; uplisting the company’s common stock; and increasing shareholder value.

Mr. Ooi concludes the interview with a recap of recent company news, including an $8.9 million private placement to facilitate Moxian’s continued corporate growth.

With its core real estate development and property management focus in the heart of the booming state of Texas, Cherubim Interests continues to benefit from what is argued by many analysts to be the nation’s best state economy. Even with slumping energy prices putting downward pressure on one of the state’s major sectors, the Texas economy continues to roar, posting 5.2% growth last year (more than double the national average), second only to North Dakota. However, unlike North Dakota, Texas is showing exceptional resilience in the face of lower lows in the energy market. This reflects the state’s sheer size, low unemployment and surprising economic diversity, with sectors like tech and transportation continuing to attract huge volumes of new residents.

With a business model that features targeting solutions like raw land acquisitions that have the potential for redevelopment, as well as a great deal of experience resident in the company’s management/directors when it comes to handling alternative, commercial, single and multifamily projects, CHIT is able to truly deliver on its broad-spectrum approach to real estate development. This broad-spectrum approach, which runs the gamut from initial discovery and due diligence, through construction and on into property management, has helped mature this relatively small company into what could eventually become one of the real estate industry’s major regional leaders.

CHIT’s emphasis on the so-called Texaplex region of Texas, the central area between the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex up north, Houston in the southeast and Austin/San Antonio in the southwest, which contains over 75 percent of the state’s population, makes a great deal of economic sense for the company. For instance, in Austin, which has very little exposure to the energy sector, data from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas’ beige book released back in July indicated that May job growth increased at an annual rate of 6.6%, with high-paying scientific and technical services jobs being noted in particular as a key driver of said growth.

Home to roughly 20 million or more people, the Texaplex is an ideal location for the company to apply its de-risked approach to the real estate market, and CHIT’s recent announcement that it is moving to acquire income-producing properties via the creation of a class of Convertible Preferred Stock has many analysts with their ear to the ground, eagerly awaiting the disclosure of the company’s initial target location. Many analysts are predicting Cherubim Interests will go with targets in the Texaplex region, selecting opportunities there from out of the wide array of locales the company has been vetting, in order to minimize outlays and maximize shareholder upside.

Adding to the de-risked nature of the company’s approach to real estate development is Cherubim’s second major growth vector, a leasable, proprietary controlled environment cultivation technology designed to give growers an edge in the burgeoning $2.7 billion legal cannabis market. Developed through the company’s BudCube Cultivation Systems USA subsidiary, the BudCube is an innovative, self-contained grow system for marijuana or any other type of plant, such as high-value organic produce, which strips away the substantial logistical barriers to entry that many growers face. Completely scalable, the BudCube system is perfect for either large-scale applications or micro grow ops, and CHIT is taking a very aggressive approach to the space, with plans to simply lease these turn-key cultivation systems to clients.

Armed with a real estate development capability, CHIT has the capacity to set up shop anywhere marijuana is made legal, and can really make a name for itself in this yet-nascent industry by helping growers avoid the high costs of building out new infrastructure. After all, why build when you can lease existing square footage and then just drop in hardware, simultaneously ensuring that key objectives are met, such as site security, high strain purity in the finished product and a lack of contamination from insects, molds or chemicals. The idea to strip the grow model down as far as the level of personal storage units is ingenious, putting an extreme amount of highly valuable flexibility into the hands of growers, even as more and more states continue to pass groundbreaking legislative reforms on cannabis production/consumption.

With a BudCube-based cultivation model, growers can be up and running, generating revenue from the first season’s crop, in the time it would otherwise take to set up new facilities, and get everything moved in. With an initial beta testing launch facility already in the offing up in Oregon, where recreational marijuana was recently approved ahead of schedule, BudCube could rapidly develop into a go-to controlled environment cultivation tech for the sector, and longer term this technology could provide a turn-key solution for controlled organic produce farming as well.

As states across the country continue to repeal marijuana prohibition put in place by what are now antiquated federal regulations, the opportunity for CHIT will only grow exponentially, and the company’s exceptional execution time should give it a decided edge in beating out competing solutions.

Learn more about Cherubim Interests by visiting www.cherubiminterests.com

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Despite the fact that the Colombian government has taken unprecedented steps in recent years to truly transform the country into a bilingual nation, with the English language being taught by law in all schools having led to consistently increasing rates of proficiency, the 46 million plus population still ranks third from last in Latin America, and 57th out of 70 countries in the most recent EF English Proficiency Index (EPI) compile. The country still has an EPI well below the regional average for Latin America and pales by comparison with top-ranked Argentina, or the second place holder and Caribbean’s largest economy, the Dominican Republic.

Needless to say, the Colombian government is pulling out all the stops in order to harness the substantial wealth of human capital at its fingertips, with sweeping new actions designed to shore up the nation’s EPI and take full advantage of increasingly ubiquitous internet penetration, which currently stands at around 52 percent. The country’s National Training Service, SENA (Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje), likenable to the United States Department of Education, is throwing a huge amount of capital and logistical capacity at the task of expanding its existing LMS (learning management system), with the goal of incorporating more advanced e-learning content and technologies.

The latest salvo in Columbia’s economic war on the problem of underutilized human capital, is SENA’s embracing of leading English language learning-focused EdTech company Lingo Media Corporation’s (TSX-V: LM; OTCQB: LMDCF) full suite of digital education resources. Lingo Media being tapped for a multi-million dollar language learning software development contract should come as no surprise to investors who have been following the company’s exploits though and markets can likely expect even bigger news in the future along these lines as the company continues to put a growing emphasis on digital learning content. A 776 percent jump in Q2 revenue from digital learning year over year reported back in August roundly showcases how well LMDCF’s ongoing shift towards growing its digital portfolio has been, and should give those new to the table a very good idea of where the company is headed.

Lingo Media has a clearly established presence on both the digital e-learning and traditional publishing ends of the market as well. With a sizeable pre-school to post-secondary library of over 350 different program titles and individual components among its array of published educational text books and learning tools, LMDCF has a wide range of online and computer-based content already under its belt and the company even offers a comprehensive suite of sophisticated assessment tools to go along with its other materials. The company also boasts some of the easiest to use and most intuitive speech recognition-assisted learning software on the market today, with offerings like the virtual conversation tool in its Speaking Lab bundle that lets learners engage in simulated conversations, directly addressing one of the major stumbling blocks for new language learners: a lack of access to someone who speaks the language fluently, with whom to practice.

The company’s publishing division, Lingo Learning, has co-published a whopping 520 million plus units to date and maintains a considerable footprint in the $5 billion plus Chinese ESL market, co-publishing alongside People’s Education Press (PEP), which spends millions of RMB each year developing textbooks for special education in China. The co-published PEP Primary English and Starting Line series are currently used by over 60 percent of Chinese primary school students and LMDCF provides a huge selection of supplemental learning components to go along with these proven textbooks, to help accelerate the process of both teaching and learning English.

However, as recently noted by the Director of Research and Academic Partnerships for EF English Proficiency Index compiler and language training company, EF Education First, the Chinese government has taken a decided turn in recent years. Shifting away from so great an emphasis on English training in the country’s public education system is in many ways a symptom of China’s meteoric rise to the status of a leading global economic superpower. China now actually trails many regional nations like Singapore, which has the highest ranking EPI, and LMDCF has been sensitive to these winds of change for quite some time now – shifting its own focus in part more towards the e-learning market and doing so in regions that still possess premium growth potential, such as Latin America.

Far from scaling back in China, where the company recently pushed the PEP Primary English program out into multiple additional provinces, this shift is more about where new growth for LMDCF will come from. The company is aggressively hammering out new sales contracts throughout Latin America and currently has some white-hot marketing irons in the fire in both Mexico and Peru. These are exciting times for Lingo Media Corporation and the company’s advanced e-learning capabilities continue to garner more and more coverage from the investment community, with one of the most recent examples being a solid write-up on the SENA deal and the company’s extremely promising prospects moving forward, published by emerging public company research and global economic commentary outfit, Midas Letter.

President and CEO of LMDCF, Michael Kraft, got a warm reception at the QIS Capital-sponsored Small-Cap Conference in Vancouver recently, with attendees enamored by the potential of the company’s innovative online and print-based solutions.

To go behind the buzz, visit www.lingomedia.com

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The “Marijuana Legislation Company”, aka Freedom Leaf Inc., is a provider of cannabis centered multi-media news and entertainment. Operating from its print publication, Freedom Leaf Magazine, and website, www.freedomleaf.com, the company promotes the legalization of marijuana while aligning itself with the industry’s successes. To take an active role in this movement, Freedom Leaf intends to disperse its magazine to non-profit groups and the individual in hopes of increasing cannabis awareness.

One of the non-profits the company supports is NORML, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. Founded in 1970, this group’s mission is to move public opinion enough to legalize the responsible use of marijuana by adults. NORML is an advocate for safe, high-quality marijuana for consumers and therefore offsets anti-marijuana propaganda.

The other non-profit Freedom Leaf supports is SSDP, Students for Sensible Drug Policy, an international network of students devoted to finishing the war on drugs. The only international group of its kind, SSDP brings young people together in order to discuss drugs and drug policy in an honest environment. Since its creation in 1988, the non-profit has gained thousands of members from all over the world.

Freedom Leaf disperses its magazine to these two non-profits for free. Not only that, but the company now welcomes individuals to help disperse its publication on their own. People are allowed to buy the magazine in groups of 45 or 85 while just paying the shipping and processing fees. These clients can then sell the magazine to their communities for cannabis news and education.

The company states that its publications are “designed to empower a network of activists in the United States and around the world.” By granting other people with the same views access to market this magazine, Freedom Leaf is widening its coverage and demographic.

For more information, visit the company’s website at http://freedomleaf.com

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In a news release earlier today, GTX Corporation announced its financial results for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2015. The company’s efforts to expand upon its existing distribution channels and build pivotal strategic alliances resulted in favorable short-term gains, as it recorded a 189 percent year-over-year increase in total revenues alongside a 169 percent decrease in total expenses. In total, GTXO added three European countries to its distribution list during the quarter and signed a pivotal global connectivity agreement with Telefonica (NYSE: TEF), one of the largest telephone operators and mobile network providers on the planet.

For the remainder of 2015, GTXO plans to continue implementing its broadened growth strategy in an effort to increase sales in all three of its product categories – including embedded, stand alone and digital tracking and monitoring solutions. The company’s GPS SmartSole® product, in particular, is expected to provide a strong channel for industry growth in the coming months. GTXO finalized development of the next-generation monitoring platform in the third quarter, and commercial release is currently scheduled for early 2016.

With its innovative GPS SmartSole products, GTXO is already making waves in a wearable technology market that’s currently led by major tech firms such as Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Samsung (OTC: SSNLF). At CTIA’s Super Mobility Awards, GPS SmartSole finished second for its revolutionary approach to location monitoring, as well as its potential to address a critically underserved need in the medical community in regard to people afflicted with cognitive memory disorders such as Alzheimer’s, dementia, autism and traumatic brain injury.

According to a report by the Alzheimer’s Association, roughly six in 10 people with dementia will wander, potentially putting themselves in serious danger should they become disoriented. Although 94 percent of individuals who wander are found within 1.5 miles of where they were last seen, many are unable to recall their names and addresses. As a result, loved ones are tasked with locating these individuals and returning them to safety in a timely manner. GTXO’s GPS SmartSole minimizes the risk associated with these incidents by providing real-time tracking services that fit easily into most adult shoes.

As GTXO continues to advance toward establishing a global subscriber base with its revolutionary next-gen technologies, the company is in a strong position to build on its recent financial performance throughout the remainder of 2015 and into the future. GTXO’s short-term goals include continuing to expand distribution channels, reaching out to broader market segments, increasing brand and product awareness and, ultimately, maximizing its global subscriber base.

“Together, these initiatives underwrite our corporate mission to build a best in class solution for the millions of people all over the world who need a simple, affordable and effective tracking and monitoring solution,” Patrick Bertagna, chief executive officer of GTXO, stated in the news release.

For more information about GTX Corporation, visit www.gtxcorp.com/

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Unlike the United States, China currently boasts several social networks with more than 100 million active users. These platforms serve a collection of different purposes ranging from messaging and video sharing to blogging and ecommerce, and this diversity of usage creates an opportunity for new entrants with a unique commerce or communications offering to gain market share despite the existence of established competitors.

In 2014, the China Internet Network Information Center reported that there were roughly 618 million internet users throughout the Asian nation, representing a penetration rate of approximately 46 percent. Among these internet users, over 90 percent have a social media account. For comparison, just 67 percent of U.S. internet users engage in social media. However, the opportunity in China extends beyond the ability to reach a large target audience. According to the Data Center of China Internet, 38 percent of users claim they are more likely to buy items recommended by other social media users.

Moxian, Inc. is attempting to capitalize on these favorable market conditions by developing an innovative social commerce platform targeting the expansive Chinese market. Moxian+ will allow retailers and consumers to trade, communicate and locate goods and services while simultaneously being guided through the use of sophisticated, data-driven marketing techniques. Moxian plans to deploy its commerce platform in major metropolitan areas of China, Singapore and Malaysia by the end of the year.

Following its official launch, the Moxian+ platform is expected to be a comprehensive tool targeting the specific needs of brick-and-mortar businesses with internet and mobile-enabled business intelligence. While the platform will primarily connect and promote interaction of businesses and consumers online, it will also promote improved interaction across a full range of traditional sales channels.

Moxian+ is expected to serve as a sustainable source of revenue for Moxian, as the company will utilize advertising and membership fees in exchange for its services. While the majority of merchants are expected to subscribe to a basic program with a flat monthly fee, the platform will also be capable of addressing more complex requirements in exchange for additional fees commensurate with the value-added benefits.

For prospective shareholders, Moxian’s efforts to break into the expansive social networking and ecommerce markets of China could foreshadow an opportunity for the company to promote strong financial growth for the foreseeable future. Look for Moxian to continue progressing toward the official launch of Moxian+ in the weeks to come.

For more information, visit http://ir.moxian.com/html-en/

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When Giggles N’ Hugs opened its first location over five years ago, it was steadfast in its desire to offer a truly unique family restaurant concept while giving mom and dad a breather while shopping at the same time. Promoting a healthy menu and surroundings aimed to captivate and meet the needs of children, the company is well on its way to cornering a very lucrative niche for its shareholders. As of today, GIGL owns and operates three locations in greater Los Angeles, and it’s currently engaged in talks with some of the largest mall owners to expand its presence going forward.

The franchise business model could also result in an additional boost to the company’s promising growth potential should company management decide to pursue the strategy. In a recent news release, Joey Parsi, Chief Executive Officer said the company has received substantial interest from both large multi-unit franchising operators and individual franchisees regarding both domestic and international opportunities.

The company’s healthy menu continues to be one its most sustaining characteristics. High-quality organic food within a kid-friendly, casual dining area for adults featuring a huge play area is the model Giggles N’ Hugs has been successfully executing on. Parents can relax while their children get the kind of food their growing bodies need while enjoying the themed play areas. Giggles N’ Hugs is getting great reviews from its customers and mall owners at all of its L.A. locations. And don’t be surprised to see a Hollywood celebrity with their children enjoying the organic cuisine and relaxing environment!

For more information, visit www.gigglesnhugs.com

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Legacy Ventures International Inc. is a distributor of innovative food and beverage products all across North America. Through its subsidiary, RM Fresh Brands, the company seeks out high potential companies with the intent of helping them grow. In turn, shareholders are able to participate in the opportunities, revenues, and profits generated by Legacy Ventures and its subsidiaries.

The company has quite a few interests that focus on the health and food industry. Since health awareness will continue to grow, Legacy Ventures and RM Fresh Brands have brought in a couple of brands that promote drinking healthy beverages like water. More and more people are choosing bottled water over carbonated drinks to improve their health, making the industry very lucrative. Another reason for rapid growth of bottled water is the shortage of safe drinking water around the world. Consumption of 500ml of bottled water has increased 140% globally.

Furthermore, drinking bottled water is becoming a status symbol. According to marketresearchers.com, Millenials and GenXers are starting to make drinking still water a fashion accessory by carrying designer bottles. Even bottled water with flavor and mineral enhancements are fashion statements. Marketresearchers suggests companies use these factors as a marketing strategy to increase revenue streams.

Boxed Water, a company under RM Fresh Brands, caters to the designer water bottle fad by introducing a new look to the old favorite. Its water comes in a mostly paper container that is recyclable, renewable, and eco-friendly. Similarly, Aloe Gloe water contains vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and other health benefits at just 35 calories. This water comes in pulp, pulp-free, and white grape flavors, satisfying those who are looking for a little more taste in their water.

Market researchers also suggested that those who buy bottled water are more likely to purchase organic and locally grown foods, making the other health-conscious products housed by Legacy Ventures even more likely to become profitable. By lending an ear to market trends, the company and its subsidiaries are likely to reap the rewards.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.legacyventuresinc.com

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Cherubim Interests issued a press release announcing that multiple major debt holders of CHIT have agreed to convert USD $506,806.96 of debt currently on the balance sheet to Series B Convertible Preferred Stock at a price of $2.50 per share. According to the release, these supporters have been invested in the company for some time now and were pleased to show additional support.

“By cleaning up the balance sheet and creating equity for the company, we are delivering on our promise to shareholders to make bold and significant improvements to our bottom line,” stated Cherubim Interests CEO Patrick Johnson. “By eliminating over a half-million dollars in debt, the Company passes an important milestone on its journey toward meeting the $4 million shareholder equity threshold, which in turn helps in achieving all qualifications for listing on the NYSE Markets. This is just one of several important, strategic financial transactions that will enhance the Company’s position going forward.”

For more information, visit www.cherubiminterests.com

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In its 20-year history OurPet’s Company has successfully rafted through its fair share of turbulence and placid waters, and today enjoys a position that evidences its canny ability to foster both innovation and corporate growth in the $71.3 billion pet products and services industry. A quick glance at what’s going on in this booming market shows why the company’s consistent sustainability is of vital importance at this particular moment.

Many experts contend that 2015 is on track to become a record setting year for global M&A activity, with takeover deals tallied in the trillions. A handful of numerous announced mega deals include Shell’s (NYSE: RDS-A) $81.5 billion purchase of British energy supplier BG Group; Charter Communication’s (NASDAQ: CHTR) $79.6 billion buyout of Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC); the $62.2 billion merger between Hienz and Kraft Foods – now the Kraft Heinz Company (NASDAQ: KHC); AB inBev’s $121 billion takeover of SAB Miller; and Anthem’s (NYSE: ANTM) $55.2 billion acquisition of Cigna (NYSE: CI), which is just one of many big deals in the healthcare industry this year.

Another M&A deal on deck brings us back to the pet products and services industry. Petco Holdings, which operates about 1,300 stores nationwide, is now in the limelight as two private equity-led suitors gear up to bid more than $4 billion for the No. 2 pet supply chain, reports the New York Post.

According to The Post, this puts Petco for sale at less than 10 times the company’s $480 million annual EBITDA; it’s noteworthy that buyout firm BC Partners paid $8.7 billion, roughly nine times EBITDA, for the better-performing PetSmart (NASDAQ: PETM) last year.

While large-cap deals with billions in the mix certainly dominate the headlines, the M&A activity – along with its strengthening position in the pet-supply industry and the ongoing interest in – reinstates for OurPet’s a beacon of potential as an acquisition target in the future. For the time being, the Petco and PetSmart deals represent the vast opportunities in the growing pet products and services industry.

OurPet’s develops, produces and markets various innovative pet accessory and consumable products. The company has 160 patents/patents pending, which facilitate its entrance into major national retailers, including Petco and PetSmart, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), and many more. You can view the full list here http://www.ourpets.com/where-to-buy-our-products/.

Transitioning from a small-sized to medium-sized company has been no easy feat for OurPet’s though the company has adroitly managed to do so as it builds its offerings of award-winning, innovative products. OurPet’s operates two unique brands to anchor a spot in both the pet specialty and food/drug/mass market channels. The OurPet’s brand caters to pet specialty consumers while the Pet Zone brand focuses on the latter market.

With this business model, the company has steadily increased revenues – recording full-year 2014 sales of $22.7 million, $21.5 million in 2013, $20.1 million in 2012, and $19.6 million in 2011- driven by sales of its innovative pet specialty products. Side Note *Demonstrating an impressive level of transparency for an OTC stock, OurPet’s has posted nine years of well-presented annual reports on its website here: http://www.ourpets.com/upkeep/annual-report/.

The company most recently reported third-quarter results with quarterly revenue of nearly $6.0 million and an increase of 428% in net income to $410,450. Year-to-date, OurPet’s has increased revenue 6% to $17.1 million, and though the company stops short of issuing any full-year guidance, these results potentially putting it on track to maintain its four-year annual sales growth pattern.

OurPet’s key executives recently interviewed with MissionIR (listen to the interview here http://OPCO.MissionIR.com/interview.html) to discuss the company’s operations, how it plans on leveraging its innovations to sustain its growth in the pet products and services industry, existing partnerships around the world, and upcoming announcements with corporations in Japan.

Perhaps most importantly, taking into consideration the robust global M&A environment and current attention on the pet products and services industry, is company co-founder and CEO Dr. Steven Tsengas’ statement that the company plans to “grow double to triple the industry growth.”

Though its brand recognition is lesser than its large-cap peers, OurPet’s is definitely worth putting on your radar as a long and/or short-term investment consideration. For now, keep your eyes on the impending Petco purchase to see what the industry hype is all about and for a glimpse of what the future could hold for OurPet’s.

For more information visit www.ourpets.com