On The Wires (WIRES) : Heritage Financial Group (HBOS) announces that it currently holds approx $1.5 mln par value of Freddie Mac preferred stock in its available-for-sale investment portfolio; co has no additional equity exposure to Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac equity securities... Transition Therapeutics (TTHI) announces that the first patient has been dosed in a Phase 2 clinical study of gastrin analogue, TT-223, in patients with type 2 diabetes... Genesee & Wyoming (GWR) reports traffic in August 2008 from continuing operations was 69,809 carloads, a decrease of 519 carloads, or 0.7 percent, compared with August 2007.