NEW YORK, Jan. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Comtex News Network, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CMTX), a leading provider of economically useful electronic real-time news, content and SmarTrend(R) market products, today announced a joint marketing agreement with iMiners, Inc., the leading provider of categorized press releases, to enable Comtex clients to enhance their news content through iMiners' searchable press release database. With one click in the iMiners' database, users can access enhanced press rooms containing over 300,000 press releases from more than 6,500 U.S. public companies. Investors and corporate users can quickly find the relevant information they are looking for when researching a company based on iMiners' categorization of press releases into one of 10 main categories and 87 subcategories. By enabling end users to more quickly find relevant information, iMiners is confident Comtex clients will drive more traffic to their sites, increase the number of pages viewed, and increase the length of time users spend researching companies. Chip Brian, Comtex President and CEO, said, "Through this expanded working relationship with iMiners, Comtex offers its clients and their end users a greatly enhanced, more productive research experience. Relevant financial information can be retrieved much more quickly through iMiners' unique categorization - and we're pleased to be offering their product through this new partnership." Michael O'Brien, VP of Sales of iMiners, said, "Comtex has been a valued business partner since iMiners was launched. There is no shortage of information available on the Internet to research companies, but accessing relevant information quickly is becoming more and more of a challenge. iMiners' categorized press release database will enable Comtex clients to provide their end-users with a much more user friendly experience." About Comtex Comtex (http://www.comtex.com/) provides real-time news, Comtex SmarTrend(R) Alerts and economically useful information. Comtex customers receive select content from key sources which is further enhanced with stock tickers and an extended lexicon of relevant terms. With a specialization in the financial news and content marketplace, Comtex receives, enhances, combines and filters news and content received from national and international news bureaus, agencies and publications, and distributes more than one million total stories per day. Comtex's state-of-the-art technology delivers this relevant content and reliable service in real-time. Comtex now also provides several SmarTrend Alert products to consumers, including a daily stock market letter (Morning Call), selected stock news (SmarTrend Spotlights), and SmarTrend Alerts (via subscription at http://www.mysmartrend.com/). Comtex has offices in New York City and Alexandria, Virginia. About iMiners, Inc. iMiners, Inc. provides an innovative, customized press release categorization service that enables investors and shareholders to quickly find pertinent information about any company. The iMiners.com portal currently has over 300,000 categorized press releases, issued since April 1, 2006, by over 6,500 US public companies. Each release is categorized into 87 categories and deposited into a proprietary database for quick retrieval. For more information, please visit http://www.iminers.com/ SmarTrend(R) is a registered trademark of Comtex News Network, Inc. Please Note: Except for the historical information contained herein, this press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements may be identified by reference to a future period by use of forward-looking terminology such as "anticipate," "expect," "could," "intend," "may" and other words of a similar nature. These statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated herein, including the occurrence of unanticipated events or circumstances relating to the fact that Comtex is in a highly competitive industry subject to rapid technological, product and price changes. Other factors include the possibility that demand for the Company's products may not occur or continue at sufficient levels, changing global economic and competitive conditions, technological risks and other risks and uncertainties, including those detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Comtex undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Contact: Michael C. O'Brien Amber Gordon iMiners, Inc. Comtex 925-984-2078 703-797-8011 DATASOURCE: Comtex News Network, Inc. CONTACT: Michael C. O'Brien, iMiners, Inc., +1-925-984-2078, ; Amber Gordon, Comtex, +1-703-797-8011, Web site: http://www.comtex.com/ http://www.iminers.com/

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