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SAN FRANCISCO, CA (MARKET WIRE) Advent software, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADVS), a leading provider of software and services for the investment management industry, today announced the release of Axys(R) 3.7, an important update to Advent's turnkey portfolio accounting management and reporting solution. The latest release of Axys(R) marks Advent's continued commitment to keeping the platform current as technology and regulatory changes impact its client base.

CHICAGO, IL (MARKET WIRE) Capital Insight Partners (CIP) (www.cap-insight.com) publicly launches its interactive Q&A service with lofty ambitions. Through this free service, CIP aims to create an ongoing dialogue with executives of public companies, institutional and individual investors, and writers in the financial community -- both traditional and new age.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (MARKET WIRE) Canopy Financial, a pioneer in innovative healthcare banking technology solutions that connect healthcare and financial services, announced today the company has been named by Bank Technology News (BTN) as one of The Innovators for 2008 -- BTN's annual ranking of the 25 most advanced people, companies and technologies. Canopy's industry leading consumer directed healthcare (CDH) account administration and management technology platform -- HealthDirect(R) -- powers the Health Savings Account (HSA) programs of several of the largest financial institutions in America.

DENVER, CO (MARKET WIRE) Sage North America announced today at Sage Summit, the company's annual customer conference taking place here, an expanded library of new online courses available on Sage University (www.sageu.com). The array of new courses includes topics such as Business Skills Development (including Customer Service, Finance, and Leadership), Desktop Computing & technology help, Home & Small Business help, a complete series of Technical Training Courses, and Business Skills Videos -- all available online. Some of the new courses will also facilitate role-specific certifications. Through an

DENVER, CO (MARKET WIRE) Sage North America announced today the winners of its inaugural Customer Award Program at Sage Summit, the company's annual customer conference taking place here. Thirteen companies were recognized in seven categories: Best Innovation (5 winners), Rookie of the Year, Best End-to-End Deployment, Best Use of Customization, Community Stewardship (2 winners), Best Use of Multiple Sage software Products/Services, and Lifetime Achievement (2 winners). Nina Smith, Sage North America president, Business management Division (BMD), and Doug Meyer, Sage North America president, Industry &

TERRE HAUTE, IN (MARKET WIRE) The directors of First Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: THFF) have declared a semi-annual dividend of 45 cents per share payable on January 2, 2009, to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 15, 2008. Today's declaration represents an increase of 2.3% over the same period last year and brings the total dividend declared for 2008 to 89 cents per share, also a 2.3% increase from 2007.