Headlines from CCN Matthews - Financial Services

• IIROC: Resumption; MGM Energy Corp. - IIROC: Resumption; MGM Energy Corp.
• Market Regulation Services Inc.: Halt, Route1 Inc. - Market Regulation Services Inc.: Halt, Route1 Inc.
• Takara Resources Inc.: Annual General Meeting Results and Corporate Update - Takara Resources Inc.: Annual General Meeting Results and Corporate Update
• Market Regulation Services Inc.: Resume, Euromax Res Inc. - Market Regulation Services Inc.: Resume, Euromax Res Inc.
• Market Regulation Services Inc.: Halt, Sirios Resources Inc. - Market Regulation Services Inc.: Halt, Sirios Resources Inc.

Headlines from Forbes - Corporate Governance

• Off With The Head - Struggling financial firms are offering up their chief executives as fall guys.
• Is There Anybody Out There? - Some boards have had no choice but to go outside for a new chief executive even though research shows insiders usually do better.
• The Cost Of Protecting The CEO - U.S. companies are shelling out big bucks for planes, bodyguards and trained drivers to keep their chief executives safe.
• How To Be The Perfect Board Member - A new guidebook offers advice for aspiring and seasoned directors in the public and private arenas.
• Coping With A Bad Boss - Problems with your manager? Don't throw in the towel; just deal with it.

Headlines from Forbes - Innovation

• From MMO To CEO - How online videogames can help groom corporate leaders in the real world.
• Using Employees' E-mail Against Them - If a note is too sensitive to share with your grandmother, don't send it. The repercussions range from severe embarrassment to jail time.
• Does Your Company Help You Commute? - As gas prices creep ever higher, some employers are trying to ease the cost of getting to work.
• Click Here To Win A Job! - How some financial firms are using real-world-style investment contests to cast a wider net for skilled technology workers.
• What Made Jack Welch Jack Welch - Author Stephen H. Baum reveals the management secrets that makes guys like Jack Welch legendary.

Headlines from Market Wire - Investor Relations

• American Defense Systems : American Defense Systems Engages Liolios Group to Lead New Investor Relations Program - HICKSVILLE, NY (MARKET WIRE) American Defense Systems, Inc. (ADSI) (AMEX: EAG), a leading provider of advanced transparent and opaque armor, architectural hardening and security products for Defense and Homeland Security, has engaged Liolios Group, Inc. to lead a new investor relations and financial communications program.
• MorrisAnderson: Daniel Wiggins Joins MorrisAnderson's St. Louis Office - CHICAGO, IL (MARKET WIRE) MorrisAnderson & Associates, Ltd., Chicago, is pleased to announce that Daniel Wiggins has joined their St. Louis office as a Consulting Manager.
• MMX: MMX Announces Notice to the Market - RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL (MARKET WIRE) In light of recent market events, MMX Mineração e Metálicos S.A. ("MMX" or the "Company") (BOVESPA: MMXM3) (TSX: XMM) hereby communicates to the market that:
• LLX Logística S.A: LLX's Projects Update and Financing - RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL (MARKET WIRE) LLX Logística S.A (BOVESPA: LLXL3) ("LLX"), in accordance with CVM Instruction no. 358 dated January 3, 2002 and in response to Ofício/CVM/SEP/GEA-2/No.242/08, hereby announces that, in compliance with the Company's capital discipline principles, it has decided to suspend investments in the port terminal project located in the municipality of Peruíbe, Sao Paulo, known as Port Brasil. Port Brasil project is in its initial development stage and has not required significant capital expenditures thus far.
• Prospect Capital Corporation: Prospect Capital Announces Promotion of Brian H. Oswald to Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer - NEW YORK, NY (MARKET WIRE) Prospect Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: PSEC) ("Prospect" or "Company") announced today that Brian H. Oswald has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer as of November 11, 2008, and Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary as of October 1, 2008.

Headlines from MarketWatch.com - Financial Services

• U.K. readies plan to aid banks - U.K. Chancellor Alistair Darling will Monday provide details of further steps to stabilize the country’s banking system, including possibly using taxpayers’ money to recapitalize struggling institutions.
• Credit crunch continues as lending rates climb - The crunch that has virtually paralyzed crucial, short-term money markets showed little signs of abating Monday, with banks still reluctant to lend to each other on signs of further turmoil in the financial sector.
• Before the Bell: Wachovia, eBay, ImClone Systems in the spotlight - U.S. stock futures tumbled Monday as the world's financial crisis didn't appear to be repaired by the $700 billion troubled asset rescue plan, with Germany seeing the need to guarantee its retail deposits and with inter-bank lending rates rising sharply. See story.
• Wells Fargo wins court rulings over Citi in Wachovia fight - Wells Fargo says its takeover agreement with Wachovia will go forward, as an appellate court overturns an earlier decision to block its acquisition of Wachovia in favor of rival bidder Citigroup, and as a report says the Federal Reserve may seek to broker a deal.
• Hypo Real Estate tripped by funding strategy in Depfa unit - Hypo Real Estate, the troubled commercial property lender rescued by the German government Sunday, pays a hefty price for a risky funding strategy in Depfa, its public finance unit.

Headlines from MarketWatch.com - Mutual Funds

• Chuck Jaffe: McCain and Obama should move to end unfair tax on fund investors - We’re living through horrible economic times and a miserable stock market, and we’re about to get slapped once again. It’s not the next pending collapse -- the one that will soon force the next rescue plan -- it’s the ordinary tax system kicking us for our troubles.
• ETF Investing: Credit jolt takes toll on stocks and commodities ETFs in quarter - It was a quarter to forget for most exchange-traded funds that invest in stocks as the credit storm ripped through financial markets. Meanwhile, commodities were also crushed on economic jitters and a rising U.S. dollar.
• International stock funds tumble hard in an unforgiving quarter - Many investors like to think of international-stock mutual funds as a part of their portfolio that can offer respite from domestic market troubles. But results this year are disproving that idea with alarming force.
• Treasurys stand out in losing quarter for most bond funds - Most low-risk bond fund managers earn some bragging rights in the third quarter. Their funds' slim returns in a period when the bottom fell out of the global financial markets meant these folks did their job.
• Weekend Investor: U.S. stock funds' sharp quarterly losses test investors' mettle - There’s an old saying among investors that a stock doesn’t know you own it, so don’t get attached. In the tumultuous third quarter, investors did everything they could to run as far as they could from stocks.