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Pat: Can you give me your opinion on Kallo Inc.? Thanks.

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Kallo Inc., $0.05, symbol KALO on the U.S. over-the-counter bulletin board (Shares outstanding: 142.8 million; Market cap: $7.1 million; www.kalloinc.ca), aims to develop and sell software that will help doctors and nurses manage patient information. The company’s Electronic Medical Record program is designed to gather medical information from various sources and put it in a single file for each patient. Kallo has generated no revenue so far. In 2011, it lost $5.3 million, or $0.09 a share. It used up $2.0 million of cash in 2011, which left it with just $15,821 at the end of the year. The company lost a further $538,176, or $0.004 a share, in the first three months of 2012. It sold shares to raise $756,374 in the quarter, but it used up $468,046 of that cash. On March 31, 2012, the company’s cash reserves stood at just $261,788, so it will have to keep issuing shares to raise enough money to continue operating. Unfortunately, additional share issues…