TORONTO, December 11 - Alcohol Countermeasure Systems Corp (ACS) has acquired the assets and intellectual property of Seres Ethylomètre effective December 1, 2009. The assets include the popular 679 series and newly launched SAF'IR family of infrared breath alcohol testers.

Sale will offer 240,000 carbon credits managed by the Social Carbon Company SAO PAULO, December 11 - The Brazilian Securities, Commodities and Futures Exchange - BM&FBOVESPA will hold on December 22 the first voluntary carbon credit market auction. A total amount of 240,000 voluntary carbon units from projects managed by the Social Carbon Company will be auctioned.

U.S. Conference of Mayors to Honor Copenhagen Mayor WASHINGTON, December 11 - Led by U.S. Conference of Mayors President Seattle (WA) Mayor Greg Nickels, a delegation of U.S. Mayors including the organization's Vice President Burnsville (MN) Mayor Elizabeth Kautz, Second Vice President Los Angeles (CA) Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, and Past President Trenton (NJ) Mayor Douglas Palmer, will attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 15) and deliver remarks at other international events including the Copenhagen Climate Summit for Mayors and sessions sponsored by the European Commission.

LONDON, December 11 - Virgin Trains today announced record-breaking sales figures for the Christmas and New Year period, with advance bookings at their highest ever level.

TORONTO, December 11 - Duluth Metals Limited ("Duluth") (TSX: DM) (TSX:DM.U) today announces the receipt of an independent NI 43-101 compliant report completed by Scott Wilson Roscoe Postle Associates Inc. (Scott Wilson RPA) entitled "Technical Report on the Resource Estimate for the Nokomis Deposit on the Nokomis Property, Minnesota, USA". The report, which has been filed on SEDAR (www.sedar.com), updates the previous NI 43-101 compliant resource estimate and defines six higher-grade areas within this expanded resource. These higher-grade areas will be the focus of future mine planning, including any potential early sequencing that could improve the payback of the capital investment.