St. Eugene Mining (TSXv - SEM) President Rolly Trenaman today announced that the company has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of the Tartan Lake Gold Mining Property from Claude Resources Inc. (TSX -CRJ)

Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (TSX: PRE) announced today that it had re-filed with the Canadian Securities Administrators a business acquisition report relating to its acquisition of Pacific Stratus Energy Ltd. on January 23, 2008.

Scotiabank today announced that it has obtained regulatory approval and completed the transaction announced July 14, 2008, to acquire E*TRADE Canada from U.S.-based parent E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC).

Atrium Innovations Inc. (TSX: ATB) is pleased to announce the acquisition of Orthos Europe B.V.. With its Nootdorp headquarters located in The Netherlands, Orthos' subsidiary, AOV Orthomoleculaire Voedingssupplementen B.V., is renowned throughout Holland for the development and marketing of high quality food supplements through the Health Care Practitioner Channel.

Citizens, Inc. (NYSE: CIA) announced today it has reached an agreement to acquire Ozark National Life Insurance Company of Little Rock, Arkansas, for $58.06 per share. Ozark National has 137,788 shares of capital stock outstanding.

Bayview Public Ventures Inc. announced today that further to the completion of the acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Catch the Wind, Inc. ("CTW"), the TSX Venture Exchange Inc. has issued its Final Exchange Bulletin regarding the transaction. The acquisition represents the completion of the Corporation's arms-length qualifying transaction pursuant to the policies of the Exchange as described in the Corporation's press releases dated July 3, 2008 and September 9, 2008.

Advanced Equities Financial Corp., and Dekania Corp. (Amex: DEK, DEK.U, DEK.WS) announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which the companies will merge. Upon completion of the merger the combined entity will be known as Advanced Equities Financial Corp., and will be led by the current Advanced Equities senior management team.

EZCORP, Inc. (Nasdaq: EZPW) announced today that it has entered into a new merger agreement to acquire 100% of the equity ownership of Value Financial Services, Inc.. The agreement is a successor to negotiations between the companies that were terminated on August 8, 2008, and then recommenced in late August.

Abitex Resources Inc. (TSXV: ABE) is very pleased to announce that it has now completed the acquisition of Central Uranium Corporation as per the terms of a share exchange agreement dated September 12, 2008, the whole subject to final regulatory approval.

In light of the continuing degredation of the US credit market and the recent collapse of Lehman Brothers and AIG (not to mention the Merrill Lynch sale) Morgan Stanley is considering whether it will need to merge with a deposit-taking bank to remain afloat.

Emera Inc. (EMA-TSX) announced today that it has purchased 25% of the Grand Bahama Power Company Limited (GBPC) for US $41million through its acquisition of 50% of the shares of ICD Utilities Limited of the Bahamas. GBPC is located on Grand Bahama Island - the second most populous island in The Commonwealth of The Bahamas approximately 85 kilometres off the east coast of Florida.

Creo Capital Partners announced today that it has acquired the assets of Sataria Distribution and Packaging, an Indiana-based provider of third-party-logistics (3PL) services. John Jacobs, the founder of the business, remains a material shareholder. Patrick O'Keefe, Helen Means, and Robert Moran will lead the day-to-day management of the business. No material changes in the operations of the business are planned. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.