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LAS VEGAS----Cash Systems, Inc. announced today that Global Cash Access, Inc. has closed the acquisition of the Company.

HOUSTON, TX (MARKET WIRE) In response to investor requests, KA Fund Advisors, LLC ('Kayne Anderson') announced today that it will hold a conference call for investors and analysts to discuss its perspective on the energy master limited partnership (MLP) market on August 21, 2008 at 11 a.m. Eastern time. The call will be hosted by David LaBonte, Head of Energy Research, and J.C. Frey, Portfolio Manager. Kayne Anderson manages three publicly-traded funds: Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company (NYSE: KYN), Kayne Anderson Energy Total Return Fund, Inc. (NYSE: KYE) and Kayne Anderson Energy Development Company (NYSE:

DUSSELDORF, GERMANY (MARKET WIRE) High Tech Beteiligungen GmbH & Co. KG ('HighTech') announces today that HighTech has exercised in full its entitlement (the 'Basic Subscription Right') to purchase units ('Units') of Lorus Therapeutics Inc. ('Lorus') at a purchase price of Cdn.$0.13 per Unit under the previously announced rights offering (the 'Rights Offering') of Lorus. Accordingly, HighTech acquired ownership of 7,272,500 Units of Lorus. Each Unit consisted of one Common Share of Lorus (a 'Common Share') and one-half of one Common Share purchase warrant (a 'Warrant'). The Units separated into Common Shares and Warrants

Citigroup agreed to a $7.6 billion ($£3.9 billion) landmark deal with regulators yesterday to settle charges that it mis-sold bonds to customers. Hours later, Merrill Lynch announced its own plans to buy back from clients up to $10 billion of the same asset class, known as auction-rate securities (ARS). Analysts described the moves as $“another body blow” to the banking industry.

Citizens Community Bancorp Inc., the Eau Claire holding company for Citizens Community Federal, announced Friday that it completed its acquisition of three Wal-Mart in-store branches from American National Bank (ANB) of Beaver Dam. (CZWI)

DAYTONA BEACH, FL and TAMPA, FL (MARKET WIRE) J. Scott Penny, Regional Executive Vice President of Brown & Brown, Inc. (NYSE: BRO), and Stanley M. 'Stan' Burt of Burt & Associates Benefit Planning, Inc., of Elkhart, Indiana, today announced the asset acquisition of Burt & Associates Benefit Planning, Inc. by a subsidiary of Brown & Brown, Inc.

Continued credit problems pushed Fannie Mae to a $2.3 billion second-quarter loss, prompting it to cut its dividend to 5 cents a share, the company announced Friday. (FNM) (FRE)

Ross R. Moody, President of National Western Life Insurance Company , announced today second quarter 2008 consolidated net earnings of $18.1 million, or $5.10 per diluted Class A share, compared with consolidated net earnings of $21.9 million, or $6.12 per diluted Class A share, reported for the second quarter of 2007.

CHICAGO----Nuveen Investments, a leading global provider of investment services to institutions and high-net-worth investors, today announced four Nuveen municipal closed-end funds have called for redemption at par all outstanding shares of their auction-rate preferred securities .

Continued credit problems pushed Fannie Mae to a $2.3 billion second-quarter loss, prompting it to cut its dividend to 5 cents a share, the company announced Friday. (FNM) (FRE)