Comtex Wall Street CustomWire(SM) Selected by Llesiant

NEW YORK, Dec. 22  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Comtex News Network, Inc. (OTC:CMTX) (BULLETIN BOARD: CMTX) , a leading provider of economically useful electronic real-time news, content and stock market information, today announced that its Wall Street CustomWire has been selected by Llesiant Corporation, for use in its business development desktop tools for lawyers.

Llesiant, based in Austin, Texas, provides tools to help lawyers obtain new clients and better serve existing clients. Through its technology, proprietary taxonomies, and easy-to-use interface, Llesiant brings together primary legal content, contextualized business intelligence, and data, to lawyer desktops in a uniquely effective way.  Llesiant chose Comtex's Wall Street CustomWire to further enhance its products and supply critical data to legal professionals in real-time.

Chip Brian, Comtex's President, said, "We are delighted that Llesiant selected the Comtex Wall Street CustomWire, and we are excited about potential future synergies for additional data products and services."

Mitch Scherr, President and CEO of Llesiant, said, "We are very pleased and excited to have Comtex as a partner.  The quality and timeliness of Comtex information is exceptional, and through our technology and taxonomies we will put that information, in context, to work on lawyer desktops."

About Llesiant

Llesiant provides desktop tools to help lawyers obtain new clients and better serve existing clients.  Through proprietary technologies and taxonomies, and unique content partnerships, Llesiant products help turn information into opportunities.  In addition to its own offerings, Llesiant also powers Practice Intelligence from CCH, and Information Advantage from Wolters Kluwer Legal.  Llesiant is headquartered in Austin, with additional offices in San Francisco and Vancouver.

About Comtex

Comtex (http://www.comtex.com/) provides real-time news, SmarTrend(SM) Alerts and economically useful information to businesses whose customers need more than just facts.  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 (OTC:CMTX) (BULLETIN BOARD: CMTX)  has offices in New York City and Alexandria, Virginia.

CustomWires,(SM) SmarTrend(SM) and CSTA(SM) are service marks 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. 

DATASOURCE: Comtex News Network, Inc.



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