The feds said Offill was a member of a pump-and-dump ring that targeted shares in companies like AVL Global Inc.

FORBES: Weekly Verdicts Roundup: Vivendi, Sempra Energy, Baker Hughes, CertainTeed

That, in turn, has created a boom time for would-be rare earth miners like Lynas (OTC: LYSDY) and Avalon (TSE: AVL).

FORBES: Five Could-Be Bubbles Waiting To Burst

Today Chery makes its own engines--20 different ones, ranging from a tiny 0.8-liter up to a 6-cylinder now undergoing testing--with the help of avl, an Austrian engineering firm.

FORBES: Magazine Article