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BIOFUEL ENERGY CORP. announced today that it had finalized agreements with each of its parent company creditors'.

Luke Johnson, the chairman of ­Channel 4, has held secret merger talks with the ­German owners of Five after being encouraged to do so by the government communications minister, Lord Carter.Although the Christmas talks with ­Gerhard Zeiler, chief executive of RTL, which owns Channel 5, were described by Channel 4 as 'preliminary . [and] unlikely to lead to a merger', they will fuel speculation that the government is looking to privatise the state-owned but advert-funded broadcaster as part of a radical overhaul of public service television to be unveiled in the next two weeks.Yet Carter is also understood to have encouraged BBC executives to discuss a possible tie-up of the corporation's commercial assets with Channel 4 so as to consider all the options. These could include other companies taking stakes in a broadcaster that remains publicly owned.Talks with BBC Worldwide are understood to have been effectively shelved amid criticism from BBC executives that it would create a 'Fr

US energy major Westinghouse Electric may sign a 'confidentiality' agreement for information sharing with the state-owned Nuclear Power Corporation next week.

Competition Bureau says ‘there is insufficient evidence' to challenge merger between Labatt, Lakeport Brewing

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 16, 2009) - /T/TSX VENTURE COMPANIESASHBURTON VENTURES INC. ('ABR')(formerly Ashburton Ventures Inc. ('ABR.P'))BULLETIN TYPE: Qualifying Transaction-Completed/New Symbol, Property-Asset or Share Purchase Agreement, Private Placement-Brokered, ResumeTradingBULLETIN DATE: January 16, 2009TSX Venture Tier 2 CompanyTSX Venture Exchange Inc. (the 'Exchange') has accepted for filingAshburton Ventures Inc.'s (the 'Company') Qualifying Transactiond

LEWISVILLE, TX--(Marketwire - January 16, 2009) - American Resource Technologies, Inc.(PINKSHEETS: ARUR) has been negotiating with a company with oil and gasoperations in Kansas and Texas for several months. The Company hassuccessfully completed these negotiations and is entering into a formalagreement to acquire the assets of this company. ARUR's President, FredOden, said, 'These assets include over 175 producing oil and gas wells inKansas and Texas with revenues from current production of approximately$10,000 per month at today's prices. Their 2008 exploration budget was inexcess of $4,000,000 and is projected to increase in 2009. Thisacquisition should substantially improve our revenue base and enable us toexpand our future leasing and drilling programs. We are excited about theseopportunities presented to us and remain confident 2009 will be a banneryear for American Resource Technologies.'

Friday, troubled financial services firm Citigroup, Inc reported a net loss of $8.29 billion for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008 and said it will realign its businesses into two, Citicorp and Citi Holdings, for future profitable growth. The bank also said that it has reached an agreement with the U.S. Government on the loss sharing program.

Following a 20 million dollar agreement with America's third largest insurer Aetna, US Attorney General Andrew M Cuomo announced today that his office will continue to pursue aggressively the investigation into unfair reimbursement rates charged to consumers who used doctors not on their insurance company's networks.

Inhibiton Therapeutics, Inc. (OTCBB: IHBT) ('Inhibiton' or the 'Company') announced today that it is moving forward under its previously announced Agreement in Principle to acquire HPI Partners, LLC ('HPIP') and its operating subsidiary AlumiFuel ...

Friday, troubled financial services giant Citigroup Inc reported a net loss of $8.29 billion, its fifth consecutive quarterly loss, hurt mainly by write-downs and losses in Securities and Banking, net credit losses, and a $6 billion net loan loss reserve build. The bank also said that it will realign into two businesses, Citicorp and Citi Holdings, for future profitable growth. The bank has also reached an agreement with the U.S. Government on the loss sharing program.