IA Global CEO: 13-cent stock doesn't reflect 'true value' (at bizjournals.com)

San Francisco Business Times - by , said his company's stock -- trading today just a few pennies over a dime per share -- doesn't reflect the true value of the business. IA Global (AMEX: IAO) is a holding company focused on the Pacific Rim. In Japan, it owns Global Hotline Inc., which operates telemarketing call centers and had 1,145 workers at the end of the most recent quarter. The company also owns Asia Premier Executive Suites Inc., a call center business in the Philippines. It has merged that company with Shift Resources Inc. to form Global Hotline Philippines Inc., and growth in these businesses led the company to say in June that it expects sales of $76 million for the year ending March 31, 2009. Schneideman said Friday via a press release that "our key fundamental business indicators are moving in a positive... [read full story]