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MORAGA, CA--(Marketwire - February 12, 2009) - Moraga Gold, LLC; Steven Gold; MPF Income Fund25, LLC; SCM Special Fund 2, LP; and MacKenzie Patterson Fuller, LP (the'Purchasers') have extended the expiration date with respect to theirtender offer for shares of preferred stock (the 'Shares') in FSP 303 EastWacker Drive Corp. and FSP 50 South Tenth Street Corp (the 'Corporations'),through March 31, 2009 and increased the number of Shares offered to bepurchased from 17 to 115 and 17 to 40 for FSP 303 East Wacker Drive Corp.and FSP 50 South Tenth Street Corp, respectively, such that the percentageof outstanding shares of each issuer subject to the offers is greater than5%.

Don Dion submits: In a global economic crisis for which the media has seemingly exhausted its cache of negative adjectives to describe the meltdown, one is hard-pressed to find an example of success in the quagmire that has become the marketplace. When scanning the ranks of the ETF Sector Momentum Table, however, one fund’s sweeping forward progress makes it a glinting example among its peers. iShares’ Silver Trust (SLV) vaulted from the No. 60 position in the rankings on December 2, 2008, to the No. 14 spot on February 3, 2009. If precious metals continue to outpace agricultural commodities, and the “flight to safety” extends into a probable “odyssey toward conservative investing,” SLV will be an interesting fund to track in upcoming months. In the three months ending January 31, SLV led its benchmark index by nearly 25%, trumping PowerShares’ DB Silver offering, [[DBS]], by a narrow 1.25%. If analyst predictions play out, the demand for silv

CHICAGO (AP) - Ventas Inc., a real estate investment trust, reported Thursday a 2 percent decrease in fourth-quarter funds from operations, but met Wall Street expectations after certain benefits and costs were excluded.

NOTE TO EDITORS: The Following Is an Investment Opinion Being Issued by Wall Street Capital Funding.

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - February 12, 2009) - Alios BioPharma, Inc. announcedtoday that it has concluded the first closing of its Series A preferredstock financing with a commitment from new investors of $24 million. Thefirst tranche of $8.4 million has been completed, led by Novo Ventures andNovartis Ventures with participation from the Roche Venture Fund. Jack B.Nielsen, Novo Ventures, will serve as its Chairman of the Board. Alsojoining current members Raymond F. Schinazi, Ph.D., D.Sc. and Lawrence M.Blatt, Ph.D. on the Alios Board of Directors is Campbell Murray, M.D.,Novartis Ventures and Carole Nuechterlein, Roche Venture Fund. will sit asan observer.

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Feb. 12, 2009) - Income & Equity Index Participation Fund (TSX:IEP.UN) (the 'Fund') announces the results of the special meeting of the Unitholders of the Fund held February 12, 2009.Unitholders have overwhelmingly passed the Arrangement Resolution, with approximately 51% of Unitholders voting and over 99% of those voting in favour of the Arrangement Resolution.At the meeting, Unitholders of the Fund were asked to consider and, if thought fit, pass the Arrangement Resolution, which authorizes and approves an arrangement whereby Unitholders were given the option of electing to receive either: (a) an amount in cash equal to their pro rata portion of the net asset value of the Fund; or (b) one CGF Income & Equity Class share of CGF MFC ('I&E Share'), a separate mutual fund investment portfolio of CGF Mutual Fund Corporation ('CGF MFC'), for each Unit of the Fund, all as more particularly set out in the Management Information Circular mailed to Unith

Distribution Partnership With VAX VacationAccess and Series A Funding From Anthem Venture Partners and The Mail Room Fund Position AdventureLink for Great Success

LONDON (Reuters) - Schroders reported a sharper than expected fall in annual pretax profit on Thursday, hit by writedowns, market falls and fund outflows, and said it expected a challenging year ahead.

Tim Geithner hopes to restore stability to the banking system by luring in private investors. The devil will be in the missing detail“WE’RE going to have to hold out a Band-Aid a little bit…and just be clear about some of the losses,” Barack Obama said of America’s sickly banks this week. As much as $2.5 trillion buys more than a little bit of sticking plaster, one would hope. That is the sum of fresh money that Tim Geithner, Mr Obama’s treasury secretary (pictured below), hopes to channel into the financial system through his overhaul of the Troubled Asset Relief Programme (TARP), in large part by using public funds to coax private investment.Across the world, there is agreement on the need for a more comprehensive response to the crisis. European ministers this week discussed setting up “bad banks” to buy illiquid assets. Mr Geithner, meanwhile, is keen to distance himself from the ad hoc approach of his predecessor, though his implici

LONDON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG is to hold a European roadshow next week for a bondissue to help fund its planned buyout of Genentech Inc ,three sources familiar with the situation said on Thursday.