Downey Financial Corp. (fka DWNFQ)

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[January 05, 2009]


BUYINS.NET: MERR, IPWG, PPBV, UTYW, DWNFQ, THRSF Have Been Removed From Naked Short List Today

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BUYINS.NET, www.buyins.net, announced today that these select companies
have been removed from the NASDAQ, AMEX and NYSE naked short threshold
list: Merriman Curhan Ford Group Inc (NASDAQ: MERR), International
Power Group Ltd (OTCBB: IPWG), Purple Beverage Company Inc. (OTCBB:
PPBV), Unity Wireless Corporation (OTC: UTYW), Downey Financial Corp.
(OTC: DWNFQ), Thunderbird Resorts Inc. (OTC: THRSF). For a complete
list of companies on the naked short list please visit our web site. To
find the SqueezeTrigger Price before a short squeeze starts in any
stock, go to www.buyins.net.

Merriman Curhan Ford Group Inc (NASDAQ: MERR) through its subsidiaries,
provides investment banking, institutional brokerage, equity research,
and asset management services to institutional investors and corporate
clients in the United States. Its investment banking services include
advising on and structuring capital raising solutions for corporate
clients through public and private offerings of primarily equity and
convertible debt securities. The company also provides strategic
advisory services, including transaction specific advice regarding
mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, spin-offs, and privatizations,
as well as general strategic advice. Merriman Curhan Ford Group's
institutional brokerage services include institutional sales, sales
trading, and trading services; and executing securities transactions
for money managers, mutual funds, hedge funds, insurance companies, and
pension and profit-sharing plans. The company also undertakes equity
research of fast growing companies operating in technology,
telecommunications, next-generation energy, health care, and consumer
sectors. Its asset management operations include creating and managing
investment products for institutional and high-net worth clients.
Merriman Curhan Ford Group was formerly known as MCF Corporation. The
company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in San Francisco,
California with additional offices in New York, New York; Newport
Beach, California; and Portland, Oregon. With 12.86 million shares
outstanding and 870,600 shares declared short as of October 2008, there
is no longer a failure to deliver in shares of MERR. According to
quarterly data provided by the SEC, there were still 215,328 shares of
MERR that were failing-to-deliver as of June 10, 2008.

International Power Group Ltd (OTCBB: IPWG) a development stage
company, engages in the construction and management of waste disposal
plants in the United States. It primarily intends to build and operate
waste-to-energy facilities to process solid and hazardous wastes by
incineration. The company was founded in 2002 and is based in
Celebration, Florida. With 470.69 million shares outstanding and 24,800
shares declared short as of October 2008, there is no longer a failure
to deliver in shares of IPWG. According to quarterly data provided by
the SEC, there were still 4,570,119 shares of IPWG that were
failing-to-deliver as of April 23, 2007.

Purple Beverage Company Inc. (OTCBB: PPBV) an anti-oxidant beverage
company, engages in the development, marketing, and distribution of a
functional beverage product in the United States. The company offers a
beverage product under the brand name Purple, which contains
anti-oxidants sourced from seven different fruits for the new
age/functional beverage consumer category. The company was founded in
2007 and is based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. With 60.8 million shares
outstanding and 8,100 shares declared short as of October 2008, there
is no longer a failure to deliver in shares of PPBV. According to
quarterly data provided by the SEC, there were still 345,444 shares of
PPBV that were failing-to-deliver as of March 26, 2008.

Unity Wireless Corporation (OTC: UTYW) engages in the design,
development, manufacture, and sale of radio frequency (RF) power
amplifiers for the wireless network infrastructure industry. It offers
coverage enhancement solutions, such as repeaters, tower mounted
amplifiers, and point to point microwaves that are used by wireless
network operators to extend coverage and manipulate capacity; and high
power amplifiers and related subsystems to the original equipment
manufacturers of base transceiver stations. The company also offers
transmission product line of integrated microwave radio and optical
transport systems for carrying flexible combinations of voice and data
traffic; engages in extending RF coverage and network capacity
distribution of mobile communications in urban, suburban, and rural
areas, using optical wireless, fiber optics, and microwave technology.
It has operations primarily in Israel, the United States, Canada,
China, Hungary, India, Peru, Turkey, Russia, Indonesia, Cameroon, South
Africa, and Vietnam. The company, formerly known as Sonic Systems
Corporation, was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Burnaby,
Canada. With 182.92 million shares outstanding and an undisclosed short
position, there is no longer a failure to deliver in shares of UTYW.
According to quarterly data provided by the SEC, there were still
2,500,732 shares of UTYW that were failing-to-deliver as of January 29,
2008.

Downey Financial Corp. (OTC: DWNFQ) operates as the holding company for
Downey Savings and Loan Association, F.A. that provides various
financial services to individual and corporate customers. It attracts
funds from the general public and institutions; and originates and
invests in loans, such as residential real estate mortgage loans,
investment securities, and mortgage-backed securities; and originates
and sells loans to investors in the secondary markets. The bank offers
various deposit products, which include noninterest and
interest-bearing checking accounts, money market accounts, and regular
passbook accounts. It originates a portfolio of other loans, including
multifamily loans, commercial real estate loans, construction and land
loans to developers, residential lot loans, consumer loans, and loans
to individuals for the construction and permanent financing of single
family homes. The bank also originates home equity loans, home equity
lines of credit, and other consumer loan products. In addition, the
bank engages in the real estate development, construction, and property
management in California and Arizona. As of March 14, 2007, it operated
169 branches in California and 4 branches in Arizona. Downey Financial
was founded in 1957 and is headquartered in Newport Beach, California.
On November 25, 2008, Downey Financial Corp. filed a voluntary petition
for liquidation under Chapter 7 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the
District of Delaware. With 29.08 million shares outstanding and an
undisclosed short position, there is no longer a failure to deliver in
shares of DWNFQ.

Thunderbird Resorts Inc. (OTC: THRSF) through its subsidiaries,
provides casino entertainment and hospitality services in central
America, South America, and southeast Asia. As of December 31, 2007,
the company operated 20 casinos and slot parlors, 3 video lottery
locations, 2 slot routes, 7 hotels, and various associated food,
beverage, and entertainment facilities. It owns and manages casinos
primarily in Panama, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Costa Rica, the Philippines,
and Peru. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in
Panama, the Republic of Panama. With 19.64 million shares outstanding
and 100 shares declared short as of October 2008, there is no longer a
failure to deliver in shares of THRSF. According to quarterly data
provided by the SEC, there were still 26,512 shares of THRSF that were
failing-to-deliver as of December 4, 2007.



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