Market Wire - Financial Services

First Bancorp of Indiana, Inc.: First Bancorp of Indiana, Inc. Announces Stock Repurchase Program - June 20, 2008

EVANSVILLE, IN (MARKET WIRE) First Bancorp of Indiana, Inc. (OTCBB: FBPI) today announced that the Corporation will commence a stock repurchase program to acquire up to 87,400 shares or approximately 5% of the Corporation's outstanding common stock. The repurchases generally will be conducted through open market transactions although unsolicited negotiated transactions or other types of repurchases may be considered.
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Sentry Select Capital Corp. and Sentry Select Focused 50 Income Fund and Sentry Select Canadian Income Fund: Sentry Select Capital Corp. Provides More - June 20, 2008

TORONTO, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) As announced on June 12, 2008, the Board of Directors of Sentry Select Capital Corp. ("Sentry Select" or the "Manager") is proposing a merger of Sentry Select Focused 50 Income Fund (the "Terminating Fund") with Sentry Select Canadian Income Fund ("Canadian Income Fund") (the "Merger").
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Packaged Facts: Nearly 28 Million Debit Card Transactions Totaled $1.4 Trillion in 2007; Does Anyone Carry Cash Anymore - June 20, 2008

NEW YORK, NY (MARKET WIRE) Packaged Facts' fully updated report, Debit Cards in the U.S., estimates that total debit card dollar volume was nearly $1.4 trillion on over 28 million debit card transactions in 2007. The CAGR over the 2003-2007 period totaled 19.5%, during which time the market more than doubled. It does not appear that this industry will dull either; Packaged Facts forecasts the market will accelerate through 2012, at a CAGR of 13% in dollars and 14% in transactions.
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Investors Real Estate Trust: Investors Real Estate Trust Announces 4th Quarter Fiscal 2008 Earnings Release Date and Conference Call Information - June 20, 2008

MINOT, ND (MARKET WIRE) Investors Real Estate Trust (NASDAQ: IRETS) (NASDAQ: IRETP) will announce 4th Quarter fiscal year 2008 Earnings in a Press Release to be issued Monday, June 30, 2008, after the market close.
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Futuremed Healthcare Income Fund: Futuremed Announces June 2008 Distribution - June 20, 2008

CONCORD, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) Futuremed Healthcare Income Fund (TSX: FMD.UN) today announced the monthly cash distribution for June 2008 has been set at $0.0771 per unit, or $0.925 per unit on an annualized basis.
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Tetragon Financial Group Limited: Tetragon -- Update on Share Repurchase Program - June 20, 2008

LONDON (MARKET WIRE) TFG today announces in furtherance of its share repurchase program announced on November 30, 2007, that for the period of June 16, 2008 through June 20, 2008 TFG purchased 29,000 of its shares for an average price of U.S. $4.75 per share.
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Pulaski Financial Corp.: Pulaski Financial Increases Quarterly Dividend 5.6 Percent - June 20, 2008

ST. LOUIS, MO (MARKET WIRE) Pulaski Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: PULB) announced that its Board of Directors increased the quarterly dividend 5.6 percent to 9.5 cents per share from 9 cents per share bringing the annualized dividend rate to 38 cents per share. The quarterly dividend is payable July 14, 2008 to shareholders of record July 3, 2008.
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Nanotech Sciences Corp.: Nanotech Sciences Corp. Announces Qualifying Transaction - June 20, 2008

TORONTO, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) Nanotech Sciences Corp. ("Nanotech") (TSX VENTURE: NAN.P) is pleased to announce that it entered into an agreement in principal with Natcore Technology, Inc. ("Natcore") on June 19, 2008, in respect of a proposed "qualifying transaction" for the purposes of the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange").
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FusionStorm: John Varel, CEO of FusionStorm, Named Finalist for Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year(R) 2008 Award - June 20, 2008

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (MARKET WIRE) FusionStorm -- "Making Technology Work" -- an award-winning systems integrator and managed service provider, announced that John Varel, CEO and Founder of FusionStorm, is a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year(R) 2008 Award in Northern California. According to Ernst & Young LLP, the awards program recognizes entrepreneurs who demonstrate extraordinary success in the areas of innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their...
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The Greater China Fund: The Greater China Fund, Inc. Declares Short-Term Capital Gain and Long-Term Capital Gain Distributions - June 20, 2008

NEW YORK, NY (MARKET WIRE) The Board of Directors of The Greater China Fund, Inc. (NYSE: GCH) (the "Fund") is pleased to announce that it has declared a distribution from short-term capital gains of $1.77 per share and a distribution from long-term capital gains of $4.89 per share, for a total distribution of $6.66 per share. The distributions will be payable on July 31, 2008 to stockholders of record on June 30, 2008 with an ex-dividend date of June 26, 2008.
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