Financial Services News

TORONTO, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) Dominion Citrus Income Fund (TSX: DOM.UN) ("Dominion Citrus", the "Fund") announces the launch of FreshFix(TM) to capitalize on new growth opportunities.

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (MARKET WIRE) Steadfast Holdings Group, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: STHG) announced a major sales surge in the fourth quarter of 2007. Sales in the first three weeks of our fourth quarter have exceeded the total for the fourth quarter in 2006. This follows a 46% increase in sales in our third quarter over the same period in 2006.

NEW YORK, NY (MARKET WIRE) PennantPark Investment Corporation (the "Company") (NASDAQ: PNNT) today declares its first fiscal quarter 2008 dividend of $0.22 per share, payable on December 31, 2007 to shareholders of record as of December 24, 2007. The ex-dividend date is December 20, 2007. Dividends are being paid from taxable earnings and from other sources whose specific tax characteristics will be reported to shareholders on Form 1099-DIV after the end of the calendar year.

MONTREAL, QUEBEC (MARKET WIRE) National Bank (TSX: NA) today announced that Michel Tremblay, Chief Operating Officer, Personal and Commercial Banking and Wealth Management, has expressed his intention to exercise up to 30 000 options, as of December 21, 2007.

TORONTO, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) Sentry Select Capital Corp. ("Sentry Select") is pleased to announce the December 2007 distribution amounts for the following principal-protected notes.

MIDLAND PARK, NJ (MARKET WIRE) The Board of Directors of Stewardship Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: SSFN), parent company of Atlantic Stewardship Bank, has declared a $0.09 per share cash dividend to shareholders of record date January 15, 2008, payable February 1, 2008.

PORTLAND, OR (MARKET WIRE) Paulson Investment Company, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Paulson Capital Corp. (NASDAQ: PLCC), today announced the completion of a public offering for The Quantum Group, Inc. (AMEX: QGP) (AMEX: QGP.U), raising gross proceeds of $13,200,000. The offering consisted of 1.2 million Units of three shares of common stock, two seven year non-callable Class A Warrants and two seven year non-callable Class B Warrants.

FT. LAUDERDALE, FL (MARKET WIRE) OmniComm Systems, Inc. (OTCBB: OMCM), a leader in integrated electronic data capture (EDC) solutions for clinical trials, today announced that QST Consultations, Ltd. has selected OmniComm's integrated EDC solution, TrialMaster(R), for a Phase IV, multi-site international allergy study. QST is a Contract Research Organization (CRO) that provides clinical trial support for the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. QST has successfully used TrialMaster for EDC clinical trial support in the past and has recently joined OmniComm's CRO Preferred Program.

TORONTO, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) All amounts are in Canadian dollars, except as otherwise specified.

NORFOLK, VA (MARKET WIRE) ValueOptions(R), Inc., the nation's largest independent behavioral health care company, completed its previously announced agreement under which New York-based private equity firm Crestview Partners, L.P., has taken a significant equity stake in the company. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.