The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 43.76, or 0.41%, to 10,611.09. The S&P 500 index gained 4.56, or 0.40%, to 1,150.17. The Nasdaq composite ended the day higher 9.51, or 0.40%, at 2,368.46.

The Russell 2000 and S&P SmallCap 600 are two of the most widely watched barometers of small stocks. The S&P gained 0.61, or 0.18%, to 358.43, as the Russell 2000 jumped 1.32, or 0.20%, to 676.25.

China: Markets traded in a tight range for a fourth day Thursday after China reported a jump in inflation. China said its inflation rate rose to 2.7% in February from 1.5% in January. The jump marked the sharpest increase since October 2008.

A steep rise in prices could force China to raise interest rates. That, in turn, could slow one of the world’s fastest-growing economies and put a damper on a global recovery.

Jobless claims: The Labor Department said workers filing for jobless benefits for the first time fell by 6,000 to 462,000 last week. Economists were predicting a slightly bigger drop, according to Thomson Reuters. However, the report did not show an increase in hiring.

Household Value: More Americans’ portfolios are bouncing back a year after stock prices plummeted. The boosted stock portfolios helped raise household net worth last quarter 1.3% to $54.2 trillion. It marked the third straight quarter of gains.

Net worth is the value of assets such as homes, checking accounts and investments, minus debts like mortgages and credit cards.

Americans’ net worth would have to rise an additional 21% just to get back to its pre-recession peak of $65.9 trillion

Interest Rates: Mortgage rates continue to hover below 5% for the second straight week. A report from Freddie Mac showed that the average rate on a 30-year fixed rate mortgage was 4.95% this week, down from 4.97% a week earlier.

Rates dropped to a record low of 4.71% in December and have hovered around 5% ever since. However, the central bank’s $1.25 trillion program to buy mortgage securities issued by Freddie Mac and sibling company Fannie Mae is set to expire March 31.

The average rate on a 15-year fixed-rate mortgage this week was 4.32%, down from 4.33% one week ago.

The dollar and commodities: Oil prices continued to climb as the dollar was devalued.

Light crude gained 14 cents a barrel to $82.22 for April delivery.

Gold prices settled at $1,108.10 an ounce after a volatile day.

Overseas markets were mixed after China said its inflation rate jumped 2.7 percent in February from 1.5 percent in January. Rapid inflation could force China to raise interest rates. That, in turn, could slow one of the world’s fastest-growing economies and put a damper on a global recovery.

Meanwhile, the Labor Department said workers filing for jobless benefits for the first time fell by 6,000 to a seasonally adjusted 462,000 last week. Economists were predicting a slightly bigger drop, forecasting new claims would fall to 460,000, according to Thomson Reuters.

But the market was unimpressed by the report. While it showed some easing of the labor market, it didn’t point to the increase in hiring that investors want to see. Stocks have traded in a narrow range since the Labor Department said on Friday that employers cut fewer jobs in February than analysts expected. The market is looking for more signs of progress.

The Commerce Department said the country’s trade deficit fell in January because of a big drop in imported oil and cars. U.S. exports dipped 0.3 percent. The drop in U.S. exports might give investors pause because a drop in overseas sales could slow the recovery.

In early morning trading, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 31.06, or 0.3 percent, to 10,536.27. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index dropped 4.06, or 0.4 percent, to 1,141.55, while the Nasdaq composite index fell 9.81, or 0.4 percent, to 2,349.14.

Yesterday’s Top Performing Small Cap Stock:

Attitude Drink Company, Inc. (OTCBB: ATTD)

Attitude Drinks, Inc. was a SmallCapVoice.com top performer yesterday closing up over 52% on trading volume of 7,535,596 shares.

Attitude Drinks, Inc. is an innovative, beverage brand development company with a focus on functional milk ready-to-drink (RTD) beverages. Phase III Recovery is our first functional milk drink and exploits recent scientific evidence of the benefits of milk and protein as an exercise recovery aid. The February 2010 launch of Phase III marks the first time milk has been used in a sports drink of any kind. We are finalizing development of new functional milk drinks targeting weight management and younger consumers which utilize the same processing technology used in Phase III for launch in Q-3 2010.

Today’s SmallCapVoice.com Hot Stock to Watch:

Tootie Pie Company (OTCBB: TOOT)

Tootie Pie Co. Gourmet Café Brings ‘High Tea’ to The Shops at Artisans Alley

Third San Antonio Location Puts Tootie Pie Company on Track for 2010 Revenue Goals

Mar. 11, 2010 (Business Wire) — Tootie Pie Company, Inc. (OTCBB:TOOT) will sell its high-quality, handmade pies in the newest Tootie Pie Co. Gourmet Café at The Shops at Artisans Alley, a prestigious retail location with dozens of upscale shops, located near several affluent neighborhoods in north central San Antonio.

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SmallCapVoice Clients’ News

CMG Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: CMGO)

CMG Holdings Inc. (CMGO), Creative Management Group Inc. Agency Client Jose Lobaton Signs With Major League Baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays

CMG Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: CMGO) www.cmgholdingsinc.com, a full service marketing communications company operating across sectors of commercial rights, event management and talent management, is pleased to announce that Creative Management Group Agency client Jose Lobaton has signed with the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball. Lobaton, a twenty-five-year-old switch-hitting native of Venezuela, was named Best Defensive Catcher on the San Diego Padres’ squad by Baseball America two years in a row. Rafael Perez, CMG Agency’s Senior Associate of South American Operations, mana

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Other Small Cap News

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: PNK)

Pinnacle Entertainment Agrees to Settle President Casino Licensing Issue

“We are deeply grateful for the support our company and our employees have received throughout this process from many public officials from the City of St. Louis and at the state level,” said John V. Giovenco, Pinnacle Entertainment’s interim chief executive officer. “However, we have determined that it is in the best interests of our shareholders and our company to settle this issue. We intend to focus on maximizing shareholder value at Lumiere Place and our new River City Casino, which opened on March 4, 2010.”

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Vaalco Energy Inc. (NYSE: EGY)

VAALCO Energy Provides Update on Gabon Drilling Program

Vaalco Energy Inc. (NYSE:EGY) is pleased to announce that the contracted rig “Sapphire Driller” is on location at the Ebouri Platform offshore Gabon and will commence drilling the first of four wells today, March 10, 2010.

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Document Security Systems, Inc. (NYSE Amex: DMC)

Masterpiece Graphix Named as Distributor for Document Security Systems’ HP Indigo-certified AuthentiGuard(R) Digital Security Papers

Document Security Systems, Inc. (NYSE Amex: DMC; “DSS”), a world leader in the development and manufacturing of products and packaging containing optical deterrent and authentication technologies that help prevent counterfeiting and brand fraud from the use of desktop scanners and copiers, is pleased to announce today that it entered into a Distributor Agreement (“Agreement”), with Masterpiece Graphix, Inc. (“MGX”), the largest provider of customized pre-coated, print-enhanced substrates for digital printing, to distribute DSS’s new line of digital press-compatible AuthentiGuard Security Papers to HP Indigo users and other digital press operators.

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Kimber Resources Inc. (NYSE Amex: KBX)

Kimber announces mineral resource estimate for Carotare Deposit and provides Monterde and warrants update

Kimber Resources Inc. (NYSE Amex:KBX, TSX:KBR) is pleased to announce a new, upgraded mineral resource estimate for the Carotare Deposit, located approximately 2 kilometres west of the Carmen Deposit, at its 100% owned Monterde project, located in Mexico’s Sierra Madre mining district. This estimate is in addition to the Carmen mineral resource estimate reported on November 18, 2009 and the Veta Minitas mineral resource estimate reported on December 1, 2009.

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BIOLASE Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLTI)

BIOLASE and Henry Schein Extend and Amend Licensing and Distribution Agreement

BIOLASE Announces Preliminary 2009 Fourth Quarter Results

BIOLASE Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:BLTI), the world’s leading dental laser company, announced today that it has amended its licensing and distribution agreement with Henry Schein, Inc. (NASDAQ:HSIC), the largest provider of healthcare products and services to office-based practitioners. Within the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Spain, Germany, Italy, Austria, and North America, all dental sales will continue to be provided exclusively through Henry Schein.

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Force Protection, Inc. (Nasdaq: FRPT)

Force Protection Receives Award of $26.1 Million for Additional Field Service Support

Force Protection, Inc. (NASDAQ: FRPT), a leading designer, developer and manufacturer of survivability solutions and provider of total life cycle support for those products, today announced it has received a modification to contract M67854-07-D-5031 from the United States Marine Corps Systems Command for additional field service support.

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BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: BPAX)

BioSante Announces Positive Leukemia Vaccine Results

Johns Hopkins Researchers Say Vaccine Appears to “Mop Up” Leukemia Cells Gleevec Leaves Behind

BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: BPAX) today announced positive results of a human clinical study that show that its GVAX Leukemia vaccine may be able to reduce or eliminate the last remaining cancer cells in some chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patients taking the drug Gleevec (imatinib mesylate). All patients enrolled in the trial used Gleevec for at least one year and still had cancer cells present.

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OccuLogix, Inc. (Nasdaq: TEAR)

TLCVision to Study DED With the TearLab Osmolarity System

OccuLogix, Inc., dba TearLab Corporation (“TearLab”) (Nasdaq:TEAR – News) (TSX:TLB), announced today that TLCVision Corporation, North America’s premier eye care services company, will be incorporating the TearLab(TM) Osmolarity System (“TearLab System”) in eight of its U.S. refractive surgery centers to study Dry Eye Disease (“DED”) symptoms as they relate to LASIK surgery.

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Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX)

FDA Approves Boston Scientific’s Express(R) LD Iliac Stent System

First and only premounted, balloon-expandable stent approved specifically for use in iliac arteries

Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE:BSX) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its Express® LD Iliac Premounted Stent System for use in iliac arteries. The Express LD Iliac Stent is the first and only low-profile, premounted, balloon-expandable stent approved by the FDA for use in treating iliac artery disease. The Company said it plans to launch the product immediately in the United States.

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The Dow Jones industrial average futures fell 33, or 0.3%, to 10,534aAhead of the opening bell. The S&P 500 index futures fell 5.00, or 0.4$, to 1,140.70, while the Nasdaq composite futures fell 6.50, or 0.3%, to 1,912.25.

Futures measure current index values against perceived future performance and can offer an indication of how markets will open when trading begins in New York.

Stocks have been stuck in a narrow trading range since the Labor Department said on Friday that employers cut fewer jobs in February than analysts expected. There have been few new economic reports that have given investors a definitive sign of which way the economy is heading.

The Labor Department said workers filing for jobless benefits for the first time fell by 6,000 to a seasonally adjusted 462,000 last week. Economists were predicting a slightly bigger drop.

The Commerce Department said the country’s trade deficit fell in January because of a big drop in imported oil and cars. U.S. exports dipped 0.3 percent.

The drop in U.S. exports might give investors pause because a drop in overseas sales could slow the recovery.

Overseas, Japan’s Nikkei stock average rose 0.96%. Britain’s FTSE 100 fell 0.61%, Germany’s DAX index fell 0.27% and France’s CAC fell 0.61%.

About America Works

America Works, founded in 1984 by social activist and entrepreneur Peter Cove, offers clear benefits to companies that tap its pool of trained candidates. America Works carefully pre-screens each candidate, which ensures that every employee sent out is motivated and well matched to each job. Companies are never charged fees for placements or support services. Additionally, employers may “try out” each candidate for up to four months, thereby saving money before bringing a candidate onto their permanent payroll and benefits programs.

The success of America Works has been noticed, and the company has been recognized by many organizations. They have received national awards for public policy innovation from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and from the Ford Foundation; as well as recognition and awards for its innovative and creative program model from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the National Welfare-to-Work Partnership. In addition, they have received a special citation from the Department of Employment for the City of New York for achieving 100% of its programs’ performance goals.

About Vanity Events Holding, Inc.

Headquartered in New York, NY, Vanity Events Holding, Inc. is a holding company with numerous expanding lines of business. Utilizing their acquired trademark of America’s Cleaning Company(TM), Vanity has established a cleaning company offering a full range of residential and commercial cleaning services. The Company also seeks out, licenses, develops, promotes, and brings to market various innovative consumer and commercial products.

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Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: The statements in the press release that relate to the company’s expectations with regard to the future impact on the company’s results from new products in development are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The results anticipated by any or all of these forward-looking statements may not occur. Additional risks and uncertainties are set forth in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, and the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release the result of any revisions to these forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof, or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events or changes in the Company’s plans or expectations.

A franchise offering is not being offered by America’s Cleaning Company or by anyone acting on America’s Cleaning Company’s behalf or with America’s Cleaning Company’s knowledge to residents of any jurisdiction (nor is it otherwise specifically directed to any person in, nor will any franchise or business opportunity be located and/or sold in) California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Minnesota, New York, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota or Washington, until the offering has been registered and declared effective and an approved disclosure document has been properly delivered to the prospective franchisees.

Starting March 11, through May 19, 2010, you can visit www.hairloveoutloud.com to bid on once-in-a-lifetime prize packages. Each Clear Channel New York radio station (106.7 Lite fm, 103.5 KTU, Q104.3, WALK 97.5 and Z100) will hold a 2 week auction, with the first auction beginning Thursday, March 11, 2010 with a prize that includes dinner with cast-member Diana DeGarmo. Other packages will include a private vocal lesson with Musical Director Nadia DiGiallonardo; a “perfect New York date night” including tickets to HAIR, limousine service and luxury hotel accommodations; a Shakespeare in the Park Opening Night Park VIP package; and a walk-on cameo role in the Broadway production of HAIR. All proceeds from the auctions will go to benefit The Fresh Air Fund, which provides free summer experiences to children from low-income New York City communities.

Directed by Diane Paulus and choreographed by Karole Armitage, HAIR features a book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado and music by Galt MacDermot. HAIR began preview performances on March 6 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre and opened to rave reviews on March 31, 2009. The story of a group of young Americans searching for love and peace during the Vietnam era, HAIR is a timeless portrait of a movement that changed the world. Its groundbreaking rock score paved the way for some of the greatest musicals of our time. Now, the “Age of Aquarius” dawns again in this jubilant production, which is the winner of the 2009 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical. The Drama Desk, Drama League, and Outer Critics Circle also honored the production with their 2009 award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical.

HAIR is presented on Broadway by The Public Theater (Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director; Andrew D. Hamingson, Executive Director) Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Gary Goddard Entertainment, Kathleen K. Johnson, Nederlander Presentations, Inc., Fran Kirmser Productions/Jed Bernstein, Marc Frankel, Broadway Across America, Barbara Manocherian/WenCarLar Productions, JK Productions/Terry Schnuck, Andy Sandberg, JAM Theatricals, The Weinstein Company / Norton Herrick, Jujamcyn Theaters, Joey Parnes and by special arrangement with Elizabeth Ireland McCann.

Tickets for HAIR are available via Telecharge.com or by calling (212) 239-6200. The schedule is as follows: Tuesday at 7:00 p.m., Wednesday at 2:00 & 8:00 p.m., Thursday – Friday at 8:00 p.m., Saturday at 2:00 & 8:00 p.m. and Sunday at 3:00.

Ghostlight Records’ New Broadway Cast Recording of HAIR (2010 Grammy Award nominee) has just been released as a limited edition re-mastered vinyl LP. HAIR recently launched the “HAIR eParty,” an unprecedented digital initiative designed to give audience members exciting new ways to share and relive the HAIR experience. At each performance, the show’s famous finale, when audience members are invited onstage for a massive communal dance party, will be digitally recorded at each performance. The video footage will then be posted on HAIR’s official website (www.HairBroadway.com) and audience members will have the opportunity to find and tag themselves, and share the video with friends and family via e-mail or social networking outlets like Facebook and Twitter.

Clear Channel Radio New York comprises WAXQ-FM 104.3, WHTZ-FM 100.3, WKTU-FM 103.5, WLTW-FM 106.7, WWPR-FM 105.1, as well as WALK-FM 97.5 and WALK-AM 1370 in Long Island. Clear Channel Radio New York is part of Clear Channel Radio, a leading radio company focused on serving local communities across the U.S. with more than 110 million listeners choosing Clear Channel Radio programming each week. The company’s content can be heard on AM/FM stations, HD digital radio channels, on the Internet, via iPods and cell phones and used via navigation systems from BMW, Volvo, TomTom, Garmin and others. The company’s operations include radio broadcasting, syndication and independent media representation. Clear Channel Radio is a division of Clear Channel Communications, Inc. (OTCBB:CCMO), a leading global media and entertainment company. www.clearchannel.com

The Fresh Air Fund, an independent, not-for-profit agency, has provided free summer experiences to more than 1.7 million New York City children from low-income communities since 1877. Each year, thousands of children visit volunteer host families in 13 states and Canada or attend one of five Fresh Air Fund camps in Fishkill, NY. In 2010, nearly 10,000 New York City children will participate in Fund programs.

For more information, visit www.HairBroadway.com

Both companies anticipate that the audit will be completed this month. Upon the closing of the share exchange transaction, the consolidated financial statements will reflect the operations of both AGR Tools, Inc., the public company, and AGR Stone & Tools USA, Inc., the private company.

“Closing the share exchange has been a time-consuming process, but we are happy to be entering into its final stages,” commented Rock Rutherford, the CEO of AGR Tools, Inc. and AGR Stone & Tools USA, Inc. “Moving the head office of the public company is an important step, and we look forward to completing the transaction as soon as the audit of the private company is finished.”

About AGR Stone & Tools USA, Inc.

AGR Stone & Tools USA, Inc. is celebrating its 27th year as a leading diamond tool manufacturer and distributor specializing in producing consumable tools for the natural stone, engineered stone, concrete and masonry industries, and its goal is to provide its clients with superior quality products, excellent customer service and the most competitive prices in the diamond tooling industry. The company has completed extensive research and testing, and uses the latest technologies to assure it is at the forefront of the diamond tool industry. The company also employs some of the world’s top scientists, engineers and metallurgists to produce the highest quality diamond tools for the construction industry.

On October 29, 2009, AGR Tools, Inc. and AGR Stone & Tools USA, Inc. entered into a binding share exchange agreement. See AGR Tools, Inc.’s November 2, 2009 Current Report on Form 8-K regarding the share exchange agreement with AGR Stone & Tools USA, Inc. for details on various conditions which must be met before the share exchange between the two companies closes. There can be no assurance that the share exchange will close. AGR Tools, Inc. must issue 46,186,516 shares of its common stock to the current shareholders
of AGR Stone & Tools USA, Inc. in order to complete the share exchange. Accounting for the anticipated cancellation of 25,000,000 shares of its common stock
, upon the closing of the share exchange AGR Tools, Inc. will have 81,186,516 shares of common stock issued and outstanding.

More information on AGR Stone & Tools USA, Inc. can be found at: www.agrtools.com

Forward-Looking Statements

Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this press release are forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements and are subject to risks and uncertainties. See AGR Tools, Inc.’s filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission which may identify specific factors that may cause actual results or events to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements.

The funding for the installation of the company’s in-car information sharing software was provided under the Recovery Act – Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant. The installation of the COPsync software in the Coke, Schleicher, Kimble and Mason Counties Sheriff’s Offices and the Sonora and Seymour Police Departments will bring these agencies into compliance with federal mandates established by the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security with respect to interoperability and information sharing requirements, as well as provide them with critical historical and real-time crime data as it is reported and stored on the COPsync network.

COPsync, Inc. CEO, Russell Chaney, said, “The award of this funding to implement our software at these Texas law enforcement agencies further reinforces the value of COPsync within the law enforcement community. We are pleased that federal and state governments see the critical need of our real-time data sharing and collection software solution. Their proactive stance on technology advancement in law enforcement is vital in creating our vision of a nationwide information sharing network in the future.”

COPsync’s focus is to provide a universal mobile data collection user interface to standardize information collection, while concurrently providing real-time information sharing, at the point of incident to all law enforcement agencies. The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program, through the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance, is the primary provider of federal criminal justice funding to state and local jurisdictions. JAG funds support all components of the criminal justice system, from multijurisdictional drug and gang task forces to crime prevention and domestic violence programs, courts, corrections, treatment, and justice information sharing initiatives. JAG-funded projects may address crime through the provision of services directly to individuals and/or communities and by improving the effectiveness and efficiency of criminal justice systems, processes, and procedures. These funds are administered by the Criminal Justice Division (CJD) of the Office of the Governor of Texas based upon competitive scoring by the relevant Council of Governments (COG). These agencies participated in the competitive grant application process under which their applications were scored by the Criminal Justice Advisory Committee of the Concho Valley Council of Governments.

About COPsync, Inc.

COPsync, Inc. (OTCBB:COYN) is positioned to become one of the fastest growing software technology providers to law enforcement and emergency service professionals worldwide. COPsync, Inc. is the only law enforcement software provider to provide full data collection and information sharing capabilities to all subscribing agencies in real time at the point of incident directly to the patrol officer. For more information, please visit http://www.COPsync.com/.

The COPsync, Inc. logo is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=5203

Forward-Looking Statements

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this news release looking forward in time involve risks and uncertainties, including the risks associated with the effect of changing economic conditions, product market trends, variations in the company’s cash flow, market acceptance risks, technical development risks, seasonality and other risk factors detailed in the company’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings. The Company undertakes no obligations to revise or update any forward-looking statements in order to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the date of this release.

Lotus said that interim production of the drugs to be produced in the new building will continue with contract manufacturers.

Zhongyi Liu, CEO of Lotus, said the company expects GMP certification of the facility by December. He went on to state the company predicts $150 million of revenues in the first year that the new facility is fully operational, though he did not specify which year that will be.

That would be a huge jump in sales for Lotus, which has reported just $40 million in revenues for the first nine months of 2009.

Lotus produces prescription drugs and also distributes drugs for other manufacturers. Its sales network extends to 30 provinces in the PRC. The company ended its Q3 with just $2.6 million in cash. The company did not disclose any details of how it is financing the new building.

In July 2008, Lotus announced plans to build a manufacturing plant in Inner Mongolia, through its Liang Fang Pharmaceutical subsidiary. The land cost $15.5 million and the manufacturing facility was estimated to cost an additional $49 million, including equipment.

By February 2009, that project had grown into a larger pharmaceutical park, still in Inner Mongolia. Lotus would reserve a part of the park for its own manufacturing needs and sell off the remainder. The price tag for the land involved in this project was $26 million.

Presumably, the new Beijing-sited facility, now under construction, takes the place of these once-envisioned projects.

PetroHunter will try to obtain similar agreements from holders of approximately $3 million of secured debt.

These agreements greatly reduce PetroHunter’s cash commitments through 2014, and enhance its ability to focus on operations.

About PetroHunter Energy Corporation

PetroHunter Energy Corporation, through the operations of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, PetroHunter Operating Company and Sweetpea Petroleum Pty Ltd, is a global oil and gas exploration and production company with primary assets consisting of various oil and gas leases and related interests, including approximately 20,000 net mineral acres in Colorado and an undivided 25% working interest in four Exploration Permits in the Northern Territory, Australia, consisting of approximately 7,000,000 net acres. For more information please visit www.petrohunterenergy.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

Except for statements of historical fact, the information presented herein constitutes forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include general economic and business conditions, the ability to acquire and develop specific projects, the ability to fund operations and other factors over which PetroHunter Energy Corporation, or any of its subsidiaries, has little or no control.

The Company stated that it is immediately reducing its fee for an ATM withdrawal to $0.99 from $1.50 regardless of where the ATM withdrawal is made. Additionally, the Company is reducing the fee on an electronic bill payment transaction to $0.44 from $1.00 with no restrictions as to payee or number of transactions. The Company noted that these price reductions apply to both its existing cardholders and future cardholders of nFinanSe Visa(R) and Discover(R) Reloadable Prepaid Cards.

Jerry R. Welch, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said “Fees for ATM withdrawals and electronic bill payments through the use of Reloadable Prepaid Cards have simply been too high and too confusing. Fees for ATM withdrawals range as high as $2.50 and electronic bill payments are typically $1.00 or more. Additionally, card providers have implemented bifurcated pricing schemes for ATM withdrawals depending on whether an ATM location is ‘in-network’ or ‘out-of-network’ and for electronic bill payments by restricting who can get paid or the number of payments allowed. Although we have always had one ‘everyday’ price for these features, we still felt that the fees could be pushed down farther and that we should bring greater visibility to them. As a result, we intend to list the fees on our retail packaging moving forward and highlight them in our promotional literature in order to invite comparisons with our competitors.”

With the above price reduction, the following lists the major fees that will appear on the Company’s packaging:

Retail Price $3.00
Monthly Fee $2.95
Employer Direct Deposit FREE
Bank Transfer to Card FREE
Reload Fee $2.95
PIN and Signature Transactions FREE
ATM Cash Withdrawal $0.99
“Cash Over”/”Cash Back” at Retail FREE
24/7 Customer Service with Live Agent FREE
24/7 Customer Service on IVR and Web FREE
Online Bill Payment $0.44
Automatic Recurring (ACH) Payments FREE

Mr. Welch concluded, “In line with our goal of being the price leader in the GPR card segment of the prepaid marketplace, we are ‘breaking the buck’ for ATM withdrawal fees by going to $0.99 everyday and anywhere and by providing unrestricted electronic bill payments for the cost of a postage stamp – $0.44. We believe that our cardholders will really appreciate this simplicity and great value and that this will help us drive trial and usage among consumers.”

The nFinanSe Visa(R) Reloadable Prepaid Card is issued by Palm Desert National Bank, Palm Desert, CA, Member FDIC, pursuant to a license from Visa Inc. The nFinanSe Discover(R) Reloadable Prepaid Card is issued by Palm Desert National Bank, Palm Desert, CA, Member FDIC or by First Bank & Trust, N.A., Pipestone, MN. Member FDIC, pursuant to a license from Discover(R) Network. Discover(R) and the Discover acceptance mark are service marks used by Palm Desert National Bank and First Bank & Trust, N.A., Pipestone, MN under license from Discover Financial Services. All cards funds are insured by the FDIC in accordance with the FDIC’s applicable terms and conditions.

About nFinanSe Inc.

nFinanSe Inc. /quotes/comstock/11k!nfse (NFSE 0.10, +0.01, +11.11%) is an innovative financial services company and provider of stored value and prepaid card solutions headquartered in Tampa, Florida. nFinanSe has developed the nFinanSe Network(TM), a secure, reliable value load and activation platform that connects with retail merchants and other value load stations located throughout the United States. For more information, visit www.nfinanse.com

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