Comtex's Expanded SmarTrend(R) Market Maven CustomWire(R) Features Unique Financial Content

NEW YORK, June 25  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Comtex News Network, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CMTX), a leading provider of economically useful electronic real-time news, content and proprietary SmarTrend(R) market products, announced it has significantly expanded the scope and depth of unique equity market reports within its Market Maven CustomWire.

The expanded SmarTrend Market Maven CustomWire features unique Comtex premium content generated by the SmarTrend Market Analytics Group, including:

  --  SmarTrend Morning Call - the comprehensive daily market newsletter
      that examines proprietary SmarTrend market indicators, and reviews
      stocks whose movements have been directly linked to changes in the
      market. Morning Call also outlines key economic and business events
      expected to impact the movement of equity markets and highlights
      specific company announcements and earnings releases;
  --  SmarTrend Market Commentary - including three daily market
      commentaries which report the latest happenings throughout the trading
      day: Opening Bell Comments, MidDay Market Recap, and Market Wrap-Up;
  --  SmarTrend Weekly Wrap-Up  -- every Friday following market close, the
      SmarTrend Market Analytics Group reports on the week's market moving
      events and projected major events for the week ahead;
  --  SmarTrend NewsWatch - articles highlighting major business and
      economic news throughout the day; and

  --  SmarTrend Spotlights  -- articles highlighting trading alerts
      generated by the SmarTrend system.



"Comtex has been known for decades as a premier provider of value added, aggregated news, which we continue to deliver with exceptional attention to customer service," said Chip Brian, President and CEO of Comtex.  "Now, with the SmarTrend Market Maven CustomWire, Comtex is also delivering instant access to its own unique set of equity market news and information products.  These products are all designed to help investors who wish to achieve superior investment performance in volatile markets."

About SmarTrend

The Comtex SmarTrend system is unique in the ways it combines timely, accurate collection of data with the development and implementation of successful stock selection models and decision-making tools.  Relevant news is delivered with the exclusive alerts to give a comprehensive understanding of the factors driving equity performance.

Every trading day, Comtex issues up to 100 new SmarTrend UPTREND and/or DOWNTREND alerts, delivered with related news when available, on more than 5,500 North American stocks included in the Comtex SmarTrend database.  Based on proprietary automated time-price series pattern recognition technology developed over the past 25 years, SmarTrend dynamically analyzes up to three years of historical stock price data coupled with real-time current-day trading information, and sends resulting alerts indicating that a price trend change has been identified.   Hundreds of factors are simultaneously analyzed to result in this unique price trend change notification system.

SmarTrend is available by monthly or annual subscriptions and a free product trial is available on the website (http://www.tradethetrend.com/).  Institutional investors can also receive SmarTrend directly from a number of professional applications or directly as an XML newsfeed from Comtex.

About Comtex

Comtex (http://www.comtex.com/) provides real-time news, Comtex SmarTrend(R) products 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 a line of SmarTrend products to consumers, including a daily stock market letter (Morning Call), selected stock news and market analysis (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) and CustomWire(R) are registered trademarks 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:        Amber Gordon
                  
                  703-797-8011


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