Marketwire - Financial Services
Marketwire - Financial Services

• Capital One Signs Onto Operation HOPE's "Silver Rights" Campaign to Empower U.S. Youth Through Banking on Our Future Program
  

  $30,000 Investment and Volunteerism to Support Organization's Financial Literacy Efforts in New York, Denver and California

• TSX Venture Exchange Closing Summary for December 24, 2007
  VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Dec. 24, 2007) - The following report is available on tsx.com at the following web page: http://www.tsx.com/en/news_events/media_kit.html Trading was very heavy on a volume of 110.3 million shares worth 69.0 million dollars. There were 519 advances, 378 declines and 469 issues unchanged. The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index closed up 20.30 at 2707.82 /T/ Most Active Issues by Volume Volume Name Symbol Close Change
• TSX Venture Exchange Daily Bulletins for December 24, 2007
  VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Dec. 24, 2007) - /T/ TSX VENTURE COMPANIES AVALON VENTURES LTD. ("AVL") BULLETIN TYPE: Private Placement-Brokered BULLETIN DATE: December 24, 2007 TSX Venture Tier 1 Company TSX Venture Exchange has accepted for filing documentation with respect to a Brokered Private Placement announced October 24, 2007: Number of Shares: 2,750,000 flow-through shares 7,610,000 non flow-through shares Purchase Price: $1.85 per flow-through share
• Market Regulation Services Inc.: Resume, WINFIELD RESOURCES LIMITED
  VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Dec. 24, 2007) - The following issue(s) will resume trading on the TSXV: /T/ Company: WINFIELD RESOURCES LIMITED TSXV Symbol: WWF.H Resumption Time: December 27, 2007 - 9:30 AM EST /T/
• Tricap Announces Investment in Birch Mountain Resources Ltd.
  CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Dec. 24, 2007) - Tricap Partners Ltd. ("Tricap") announces that it has subscribed for a convertible debenture in the principal amount of $31,500,000 to be offered by way of a private placement (the "Debenture") by Birch Mountain Resources Ltd. (the "Corporation") in connection with refinancing of the existing credit facility extended to the Corporation by an affiliate lender of Tricap. The Debenture has a maturity date of June 30, 2012 and an interest rate of prime rate plus 4.0 %, calculated daily and compounded and payable monthly. The initial principal amount of the Debenture is convertible, at the election of the holder, in whole or in part, into common shares of the Corporation ("Common Shares"), at an exercise price equal to the lower of (i) $0.80 per common share and, (ii) the then current market price, subject to certain anti-dilution adjustments; provided, that, prior to December 31, 2008, the Debenture is convertible only in the event of a chan
• First Asset REIT Income Fund Announces Normal Course Issuer Bid For Units
  TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Dec. 24, 2007) - First Asset REIT Income Fund (the "Trust") (TSX:RIT.UN) announced today the acceptance by the Toronto Stock Exchange (the "TSX") of the Trust's Notice of Intention to make a Normal Course Issuer Bid (the "NCIB"). Pursuant to the NCIB, the Trust proposes to purchase through the facilities of the TSX, from time to time, if it is considered advisable, up to 958,942 Units of the Trust, representing approximately 10% of the public float which is the same number as the Trust's issued and outstanding Units, being 9,589,429 Units as of the date hereof. Purchases of Units under the NCIB may commence on January 2, 2008. The Board of Directors of First Asset Funds Inc., the manager of the Trust, believes that such purchases are in the best interests of the Trust and are a desirable use of the Trust's funds. All Units purchased by the Trust pursuant to the NCIB will be cancelled. The NCIB will expire on January 1, 2009.
• NovaDX and Faircourt Asset Management Announce Joint Venture on $25 Million Flow-Through LP
  "Faircourt CSCRF 2008 No. 1 LP" Preliminary Prospectus Filed
• Canadian Trading and Quotation System Inc.-Warrant Extension-Lakefield Marketing Corp. ("LKFD")
  TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Dec. 24, 2007) - Bulletin: 2007-1211 The common shares of Lakefield Marketing Corp. ("LKFD") are currently suspended from trading on CNQ for failure to comply with CNQ requirements (Bulletin 2007-0613). Pursuant to CNQ Policy 3-4.1, Lakefield was subject to automatic delisting September 24, following the 90 day suspension. Lakefield requested and was granted an extension of 90 days while the company worked toward remedying the default which gave rise to the suspension.
• Market Regulation Services Notice: Halt; Advantex Marketing International
  TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Dec. 24, 2007) - The following issue(s) have been halted today: /T/ Company Advantex Marketing International TSX Symbol ADX Reason Pending News Halt Time (EST) 11:55 AM EST /T/
• Qwest Energy 2008 Flow-Through Limited Partnership $50,000,000 Preliminary Prospectus Filed
  VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Dec. 24, 2007) - Qwest Investment Management Corp. (the "General Partner") is pleased to announce that on December 21, 2007, it filed a preliminary prospectus for the initial public offering of units of the Qwest Energy 2008 Flow-Through Limited Partnership (the "Partnership"). Available funds from the $30,000,000 Partnership will be used to purchase flow-through shares of resource issuers. Investors in the Partnership are expected to receive tax deductions of 100% of the amount invested for the 2008 tax year.
• egX Group Closes Non-Brokered Private Placement
  VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Dec. 24, 2007) - egX Group (TSX VENTURE:GFG), today announced that it has closed 1,095,591 units of a non-brokered private placement of the Company at a price of $0.25 per unit for gross proceeds of $273,897.84. Each unit is comprised of one common share and one non-transferable warrant. Each warrant entitles the warrant holder to acquire one additional common share, exercisable at a price of $0.60 per share for a period of 12 months from the date of closing, subject to acceleration on the occurrence of certain events.
• Market Regulation Services Notice: Resumption; Turnkey E & P Inc.
  TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Dec. 24, 2007) - The following issue(s) will resume trading today: /T/ Company Turnkey E & P Inc. TSX Symbol TKY Resumption Time 10:30 (EST) /T/
• 1st Constitution Bancorp Declares a 6 Percent Stock Dividend
  

  CRANBURY, NJ--(Marketwire - December 24, 2007) - 1ST Constitution Bancorp's (NASDAQ: FCCY) Board of Directors has declared a 6 percent stock dividend to shareholders of record as of the close of business on January 23, 2008, payable February 6, 2008. Robert F. Mangano, President and Chief Executive Officer, said that this action represents the sixteenth consecutive year that a stock dividend has been paid by 1ST Constitution.

• Market Regulation Services Notice: Halt; Turnkey E & P Inc.
  TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Dec. 24, 2007) - The following issue(s) have been halted today: /T/ Company Turnkey E & P Inc. TSX Symbol TKY Reason Pending News Halt Time (EST) 9:50 /T/
• iShares(R) Funds Announces Final Year-End Capital Gains Distributions for the iShares MSCI Brazil Exchange Traded Fund
  

  SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - December 24, 2007) - iShares Funds announced today the year-end capital gains distributions for the iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund (EWZ). (See details below.) The year-end capital gains distributions are zero for 143 out of 149 domestic equity, international equity and domestic fixed income iShares Funds. iShares will announce the final capital gains distributions of the remaining two iShares funds later in the month. The iShares Funds are providing this information in an effort to assist investors with year-end tax and investment planning.

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