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3, and declaration of the next dividend, which would have been paid in December 2008, due to recent market conditions and requirements under fund's by-laws and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

Delta Petroleum (DPTR) confirms that it is aware of announcement made by Tracinda Corp. regarding a proposed unsolicited partial tender offer to be made to DPTR's stockholders from Tracinda to purchase up to 14 million DPTR shares, or about 13.55% of DPTR's outstanding common shares, for $11 per share in cash. Upon completion, Tracinda would hold 48.53% of DPTR's outstanding shares.

Atricure (ATRC) says the Dept. of Justice is investigating the company's marketing practices utilized in connection with its surgical ablation system to treat atrial fibrillation, a specific use outside FDA's 510(k) clearance. Letter also states that DOJ is investigating whether ATRC instructed hospitals to bill Medicare for surgical ablation using incorrect billing codes.

PepsiCo (PEP) says it plans to invest U.S. $1 billion in China over the next four years. The investment is part of the company's ongoing strategy to expand in emerging markets and broaden its portfolio of locally-relevant products.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) says new clinical data from 4 Ph. 2 clinical trials of the investigational hepatitis C protease inhibitor telaprevir (VX-950) to be presented at the 59th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) in San Francisco support a broad profile for telaprevir in treatment of chronic genotype 1 hepatitis C virus infection. Telaprevir is being developed by VRTX in collaboration with Tibotec.

Multi-Fineline Electronix (MFLX) posts $0.30, vs. $0.12, fourth quarter EPS on 28% sales rise. Based on current estimates, expects first quarter fiscal year 2009 net sales to be at least as high as the net sales level it achieved in the first quarter a year ago, yet decline on a sequential quarter basis.

Baidu.com (BIDU) announces that its board of directors has approved a share repurchase plan, whereby BIDU has been authorized to repurchase up to $200 million of American Depositary Shares by the end of 2009.