Comtex Opens New Regional Boston, Massachusetts Office

BOSTON, March 24  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Comtex News Network, Inc. (OTC:CMTX) (BULLETIN BOARD: CMTX) , a leading provider of economically useful electronic real-time news, content and proprietary SmarTrend(R) market products, announced today that it has opened a regional Boston, Massachusetts office.  The Boston office expands Comtex's ability to provide support services to its base of customers in the Northeastern United States, and to offer local sales and technical support services to prospective clients in the region.

"Our new Boston office will enable us to better respond to the needs of our customers and will support growth in all of our functional units, including product development, technical services, quality assurance, and business development," said Chip Brian, Comtex's President and CEO.  "We believe we provide the most comprehensive customer service in the content business, which we achieve by continuously striving to meet and exceed customer expectations," he concluded.

The company's new office is located at 35 Corporate Drive, Suite 455, Burlington, MA 01803.  In Massachusetts, Comtex can be reached at 617-390-7897.

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 also provides several SmarTrend Alert products to consumers, including a daily stock market letter (Morning Call), selected stock news (SmarTrend Spotlights), and its banner product, SmarTrend Alerts (via subscription at http://www.mysmartrend.com/.  Comtex has offices in New York City; Boston, Massachusetts; and Alexandria, Virginia.

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.

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