S3 Investment Company, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: SIVC), a holding company with subsidiary operations in the China market, today announced the successful settlement of a legal action that S3 brought against a financial services firm that had represented the company under a consulting agreement.

Vision Point of Sale Inc., a leading provider of products and services that support the point-of-sale (POS) marketplace, is proud to announce its partnership with NCR Corporation as a member of the NCR RealPartner program.

The Board of Directors of Cleco Corporation (NYSE: CNL) today declared regular quarterly dividends on the Company's common stock and preferred stock. Following is a summary of dividend payments, as declared:

NeoMedia Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: NEOM), the global leader in mobile barcode scanning, announced today that it will respond to the Office Action recently issued by The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) by vigorously defending a patent that has been undergoing re-examination since July 26, 2007. NeoMedia believes the patent to be valid and will provide the USPTO with the necessary documentation to substantiate that validity.

JERICHO ENERGY COMPANY, INC. (PINKSHEETS: JECI), formally CENTIRE INTERNATIONAL, INC., is proud to announce the completion of its official corporate website.

Robert L. Cotton, President of Cotton & Western Mining, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: CWRM) said today that Sharon Vazquez, Vice President, Cotton & Western Mining, Inc., has executed an agreement for the mineral rights to Baja Pacific No. 14 on behalf of and in trust for CWRM as a Mexican national; the exploration and exploitation rights will be transferred to the CWRM Mexican subsidiary once the final agreement is reached with the company's foreign partner/buyer. Photographs of the concession will be posted within a few days on the company website: www.cottonwestern.com under Photo Gallery, large volumes of magnetite iron minerals can be seen on the surface of the 575 acre concession. The value of the iron mineral is understated above as the company feels that more than two million metric tons of usable iron is present in the deposit.

Global Entertainment Acquisition Corporation, headed up by iconic producer Maurice Smith and trading under the symbol (PINKSHEETS: PSRZ), announced today it has begun production of its first motion picture, "Spiderella." On the heels of the phenomenal record breaking box office success of "The Dark Knight," the latest in the "Batman" movies, Producer Maurice Smith has decided to advance the start date of Global's first motion picture and is commencing casting on the movie immediately.

Road Wings, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: RDWG) today announced the second acquisition of stock from OneFi Technologies, Inc. pursuant to the recently announced stock purchase agreement between the two parties. Mr. Travis Grimmett, President of Road Wings, stated, "Our Company, as the primary source of funding for OneFi, is in an enviable position. As OneFi adds revenue producing cities to its services, Road Wings increases its stock position."

KA Fund Advisors, LLC ("Kayne Anderson") has evaluated the impact of recent adverse developments related to SemGroup, L.P. ("SemGroup") and its affiliate, SemGroup Energy Partners, L.P. ("SGLP"), on the three publicly-traded funds it manages: Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company (NYSE: KYN), Kayne Anderson Energy Total Return Fund, Inc. (NYSE: KYE) and Kayne Anderson Energy Development Company (NYSE: KED). Between July 16 and July 24, 2008, the net asset values ("NAV") per share of KYN, KYE and KED decreased $0.04, $0.07 and $0.31 per share, respectively, as a result of the decline in value of securities issued by SemGroup and SGLP. For KYN and KYE, the impact is equivalent to a decline in NAV of 0.2% compared to the NAV as of July 10, 2008. For KED, the impact is equivalent to a decline in NAV of 1.3% compared to the NAV as of May 31, 2008, the most recently published NAV for KED.

Energy Savings Income Fund (TSX: SIF.UN) filed notice with the Toronto Stock Exchange today announcing its regular distribution for August. A distribution of $0.10333/unit will be paid on August 31st, 2008 to Unitholders of record at the close of business on August 15th, 2008. The Units trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "SIF.UN".

RAPID FITNESS, INC. (PINKSHEETS: RPDI), a publicly traded company currently on the Over the Counter, announced the Company has signed a letter of commitment to acquire Reomt, LLC., a holding company with 160 acres in Nevada, for real-estate purchase.

Amerigo Resources Ltd. (TSX: ARG) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Company's board of directors declared a semi-annual dividend of Cdn 6.5 cents per share, payable on September 5, 2008 to shareholders of record on August 22, 2008, the seventh consecutive semi-annual dividend declared by the Company.

Seanergy Maritime Corp. ("Seanergy" or the "Company") (AMEX: SRG) (AMEX: SRG.U) (AMEX: SRG.W) has announced that it has been advised by affiliates of the Restis family that an entity under their control has purchased an additional aggregate of 3,785,590 shares of Seanergy Maritime Corp. in privately negotiated transactions from two separate stockholders of the Company. Last week, affiliates of the Restis family announced they had purchased an aggregate of 2,896,171 shares of Seanergy Maritime Corp. from three separate stockholders of the Company.

AtHoc, Inc., the pioneer and leader in network-centric emergency notification systems, today announced that its flagship product, AtHoc IWSAlerts(TM), is fully compliant with the recommendations for network-centric alerting systems outlined in the recently updated Department of Defense's (DoD) Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) 4-021-01 entitled "Design and O&M: Mass Notification Systems." For AtHoc's extensive DoD client base, this means they are already using a system that fully supports the recommendations laid out in the new UFC.

Rockwell Diamonds Inc. ("Rockwell" or the "Company") (TSX: RDI)(OTCBB: RDIAF)(JSE: RDI) wishes to note that as a consequence of industrial action it has suspended mining and processing operations at its Wouterspan mine on the Middle Orange River. An update on the Wouterspan situation will be provided once the Company has fully assessed its options in respect of the industrial actions and appropriate remedial actions and the likely impact on production.

Thundermin Resources Inc. ("Thundermin") (TSX: THR) and 50% joint venture partner Cornerstone Resources Inc. ("Cornerstone") (TSX: CGP) announce that they have intersected intervals of predominantly massive to semi-massive sulphide mineralization on the Little Deer property that assays 2.2% Cu over a core length of 16.8 m, including 3.9% Cu over 5.9 m. This intersection, which was encountered by deepening previous hole LD-08-10, contains three separate intervals comprised of up to 80-90% pyrrhotite-chalcopyrite mineralization within moderately to intensely altered mafic volcanic rocks (Table 1, Figure 1).

On the heels of an overall restructuring, the New York Festivals announced its call for entries for the 2009 International Film and Video Awards. Now entering its 52nd year, the award honors "The World's Best Work(TM)." The competition recognizes work on a global scale in feature-length, short and documentary films; informational, educational and industrial film productions; and corporate and home video.

Southern Community Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: SCMF) (NASDAQ: SCMFO) announced that its Board of Directors, at its regular meeting on July 23, 2008, declared a quarterly cash dividend of four cents ($0.04) per share on the Corporation's common stock. The dividend is payable on August 29, 2008, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on August 15, 2008. This is the Corporation's fourteenth consecutive quarterly dividend, following its former practice of annual cash dividends.

A correction from source is issued with respect to the PlayBOX (US) Inc. ("PlayBOX") (OTCBB: PYBX), news release that was disseminated on July 24th, 2008. The statement inclusions of Laurie Adams as CEO and the recent acquisition of Delta Music Ltd are inaccurate, as Delta has not been acquired by PlayBOX and Robert Burden is the CEO of PlayBOX (US) Inc.

Famundo, an online storage and family calendaring service, today announced a special offer to help families in Atlantic coastal areas protect vital data during hurricane season. Available immediately, the company is providing a year of free service to Famundo for Families PLUS, equipped with the 'family vault' to securely store copies of important records. The service also protects digital photos and allows families to communicate with long-distance relatives and friends at a moment's notice during a natural disaster.

Guests from Que and Diskeeper Corporation will appear on radio talk show Let's Talk Computers. Que Publishing is a company of Pearson Education, the world's largest education publisher and a Pearson (NYSE: PSO) company. Diskeeper® Corporation is the undisputed leader in defragmentation technology.

Famundo, an online storage and calendaring service, today announced a special offer to aid California residents. The company is providing a year's free subscription to Famundo for Families PLUS, which includes the 'family vault' storage feature. According to the Southwest Coordination Center(1), residents in the Western region are in the middle of the longest fire season ever and having data stored online provides families access to vital records in the event of a fire.

According to experts from Marshal's TRACE team, emails with exploitive headlines mentioning George Bush, Microsoft and Al Qaeda in their subject lines are part of a coordinated malicious spam campaign from criminals controlling the Rustock botnet.

Salon City, Inc. (OTCBB: SLON) announced today that it has retained the firm C. Jones Consulting, Inc. to represent the media company in its communications to the investment community.

China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) (Beijing), Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE:RDS-A) (The Hague, Netherlands) and Qatargas (Doha, Qatar) signed a letter of intent in Doha to form a joint venture to build an oil refinery and petrochemical products manufacturing complex in China. The three parties will conduct a joint evaluation regarding the feasibility of the proposed project. The complex will manufacture finely treated fuel and petrochemical products. CNPC will hold 51% of the shares at the refining and petrochemical integrated complex; Qatargas and Shell will each hold 24.5% of the shares.

Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. (NASDAQ: ALTI), a leading provider of advanced nanomaterials technology for use in energy, life sciences and industrial applications, today announced that it has signed a new Principles of Agreement Letter with Phoenix Motorcars, Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, Altair will ship 47 battery packs purchased by Phoenix in 2007 to Phoenix for use exclusively in demonstration vehicles. In addition, Altair entered into a letter of agreement with Phoenix formally terminating the existing supply agreement and mutually releasing each other from any claims under such agreement.

Ivernia Inc. ("Ivernia" or the "Company") (TSX: IVW) today announced the completion of the continuation of its jurisdiction of incorporation from New Brunswick to Canada under the Canada Business Corporations Act effective as of July 23, 2008 and the adoption of new articles, as approved at the annual and special shareholders' meeting held June 16, 2008.

AtheroGenics, Inc. (NASDAQ: AGIX), a pharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of chronic inflammatory diseases, today announced that it will release its second quarter 2008 financial results on Tuesday, August 5, 2008 before the U.S. financial markets open.

Monogram Energy, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: MGRN) announced today that it will begin testing in its wells an environmentally safe production fluid. Preliminary tests show that this fluid is extremely stable, highly soluble in water, and extremely surface active. This surface activity makes it an extremely powerful water wetting agent, and it is this characteristic that accounts for its ability to efficiently and rapidly displace oil from solid surfaces. Should this new fluid react as the Company expects, it could double the production of each well.

SciClone Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCLN) today announced that it plans to report results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008 and host a conference call on Tuesday, July 29, 2008.

WebTech Wireless Inc. (TSX: WEW), a leading provider of location-based and fleet telematics services, announces that Anatel, Brazil's federal telecommunications agency, has awarded it a certificate of homologation for its products sold in Brazil.

La Pampilla refinery, located in Lima, Peru, owned by Repsol YPF, S.A. (NYSE:REP) (Madrid, Spain), has performed the last maintenance turnaround planned for 2008. No other processing units will be shut down this year. The 38-day catalyst regeneration of the 2,400-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) platforming unit began May 28. Catalyst regeneration is generally performed every 15 months, and the next turnaround of the platforming unit is scheduled for August 2009.

Sherwood Copper Corporation (TSX VENTURE: SWC)(TSX VENTURE: SWC.DB) today announced that the Government of Yukon, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, has approved an amendment to its Quartz Mining License that permits an increase in the approved mining rate and mill throughput for its high grade Minto copper-gold mine located in the Yukon. This approval follows a designated office assessment under the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Act. The permit amendment permits Sherwood's wholly owned subsidiary, Minto Explorations Ltd. ("MintoEx"), to mine and process ore from the Minto Main deposit at an annualized average rate of 3,200 tonnes per day (tpd) of ore, an increase of 28% over the previous limit of 2,500 tpd. No other approvals are required and Sherwood is targeting the implementation of the higher throughput rate by year-end 2008. Capital requirements are minimal.

Conformia, the market leader for product/process lifecycle management (PPLM) solutions for the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, today announced the formation of the Chemistry Manufacturing and Controls (CMC) Biotech Working Group, an expansion of the CMC-IM Working Group formed in July 2007. The group, which includes seven leading biotech industry players, is designed to enable the creation of a fictitious but realistic example of a monoclonal antibody whose development program embraces the ICH quality vision (ICH Q8, Q9, and Q10). The goal of the case study is to provide a series of examples that can be used to assist companies in interpreting the ICH quality guidelines and applying them to real life scenarios.

Anglo American plc (NASDAQ:AAUK) (London) is on schedule to complete its Barro Alto nickel project by early 2010. Barro Alto is the company's largest investment in Brazil, with a capital cost of $1.5 billion. SNC-Lavalin (TSX:SNC) (Montreal, Quebec) was awarded the engineering, procurement and construction/management contract.

Eco-Safe Systems USA, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: ESFS) has been selected for the 2008 Best of Tarzana Award in the Water Treatment Equipment category by the U.S. Local Business Association (USLBA).

UNEV Pipeline LLC has announced that it has completed the purchase of a refined products terminal in Cedar City, Utah, from Musket Corporation (Dallas, Texas) for $9.8 million. UNEV Pipeline LLC is a joint venture owned 75% by Holly Energy Partners LP (Dallas) (NYSE:HEP), a subsidiary of Holly Corporation (Dallas) (NYSE:HOC), and 25% by Sinclair Transportation Company (Salt Lake City, Utah). The company plans to build another terminal in Cedar City and will construct an additional terminal in Overton, Nevada.

A recent report released by Med Ad News ranked Biocon Limited (Bangalore, Karnataka), India's pioneer in the biotechnology space, among the world's top 25 biotechnology companies. The report, which listed drug-based firms by revenue and by income, ranked Biocon at 20. Biocon has the distinction of being the only Asian country to be featured in the league, which includes 19 U.S. companies and five others from Europe and Australia. Firms from across the world have begun to take interest in India's biotechnology industry, including Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY) and Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ:SIAL). Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) and Novartis (NYSE:NVS) are among several major companies that already have a presence in the country.