Today, Bancolombia S.A. announced the issuance and offering of Bonos Ordinarios Bancolombia . This issuance and offering is the second of multiple and successive issuances of global Bancolombia Ordinary Notes which are limited to an aggregate principal amount of one trillion five hundred billion Colombian pesos .

Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. , today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with a single

GSI Group Inc. announced today the expiration of the initial offering period of the tender offer by its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary Eagle Acquisition Corporation for all outstanding shares of common stock of Excel Technology, Inc. .

The Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation announced today that it completed

Centillium Communications, Inc. a leading provider of highly innovative communications processing technology, today announced that on Aug. 18, 2008, Centillium received notice from the Listing Qualifications Department of The NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC that its application to transfer its common stock to The Nasdaq Capital Market from The Nasdaq Global Market was approved.

Freddie Mac announced today that it priced its new 4.125% $3 billion five-year USD Reference Notes® security due on September 27, 2013.

Activision Blizzard, Inc. today announced the final results of its tender offer to purchase up to 146,500,000 shares of its outstanding common stock at a price of $27.50 per share, net to the tendering stockholders in cash, less any applicable withholding taxes and without interest.

NEW YORK----The law firm of Weiss & Lurie announced that it has filed a class action lawsuit against GT Solar in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire on behalf all persons who purchased common stock pursuant or traceable to the Company's Registration Statement and Prospectus issued in connection with its July 24, 2008 initial public offering .

FARMINGTON, Conn. & ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.----FMG Acquisition Corp. and privately-held United Insurance Holdings LC today jointly announced several matters in connection with their pending merger.

China's benchmark index fell to a 20-month low Monday in a broad sell-off led by airlines, refiners and other large capitalized shares. Analysts said the sell-down reflected disappointment over a lack of new market support from the government.

China Southern Locomotive, the country's biggest train manufacturer, saw its shares peak in their Monday trading debut at 83 percent above the initial public offering price and then fall back some as the broader market extended its losses.

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BEIJING----Chardan 2008 China Acquisition Corp. announced today that it has closed its initial public offering of 6,875,000 units. Each unit consists of one ordinary share and one warrant that entitles the holder to purchase one ordinary share at $5.00 per share.

Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amounts indicated for the following securities issues on the redemption dates indicated below at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amounts redeemed, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption:

Claymont Steel, Inc. today announced that the settlement date for the Company's cash tender offer for any and all of its 8.875% Senior Notes due 2015 will be August 15, 2008. The tender offer expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on August 13, 2008.

Investment bank Lazard Ltd. is acquiring asset management equity units it shed before its initial public offering as part of a $240 million cash-and-stock deal that will simplify its capital structure.

NEW YORK----Lazard Ltd announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Lazard Asset Management equity units that the firm does not currently own. All required approvals have been obtained.

EMERYVILLE, Calif.----NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , a clinical stage company developing non-antibiotic anti-infective compounds that do not develop resistance, for the treatment or prevention of a wide range of bacterial, fungal, and viral infections, reports its financial results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2008.

Claymont Steel, Inc. today announced the expiration of the Company's cash tender offer for any and all of its 8.875% Senior Notes due 2015 . The tender offer expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on August 13, 2008.