China’s ferro-alloy production dropped 20% in January and February compared with the previous two months as high ore costs and tight power supply hit output

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RENO, NV–(Marketwire – March 10, 2010) –  ParaFin Corporation ( PINKSHEETS : PFNO ): The Directors of ParaFin Corporation have approved a development program for the approximately 6.6 million acre hydrocarbon Farmout Concession in the Republic of Paraguay based on the geophysical report of Byron Ayme, consulting geophysicist, dated January 1, 2010. The report can be viewed on the Corporation web site at www.parafincorp.com .

China’s aluminium imports fell 34% from January to a 12-month low in February with demand recovery still weak and domestic investories high.

CONCORD, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – March 9, 2010) – Futuremed Healthcare Income Fund (the “Fund” or “Futuremed”) (TSX:FMD.UN) today announced its plans to seek unitholder approval to convert from an income trust into a corporation (“Futuremed Corporation”), effective January 1, 2011.

SAN MATEO, CA–(Marketwire – March 8, 2010) – Franklin Resources, Inc. (Franklin Templeton Investments) ( NYSE : BEN ) today reported preliminary month-end assets under management by the company’s subsidiaries of $556.3 billion at February 28, 2010, compared to $548.0 billion at January 31, 2010 and $377.6 billion at February 28, 2009.

MARKHAM, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – March 8, 2010) – Enghouse Systems Limited (TSX:ESL) today announced its unaudited first quarter financial results for the period ended January 31, 2010.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire – March 8, 2010) – Baja Mining Corp. (TSX:BAJ)(OTCQX:BAJFF) today announced that, further to its news release dated January 15, 2010, it has filed an updated NI 43-101 compliant technical report (the “Technical Report”) on the Boleo Project. The Technical Report can be found on Baja’s website at www.bajamining.com and on SEDAR at www.sedar.com .

Industry tracker comScore on Monday reported that US online video viewing at YouTube climbed 50 percent in January as compared to the same month a year earlier.