EquityAlert.com Announces Investment Opinion, No. 1

Business Wire, Nov 10, 2000

Business Editors

NOTE TO EDITORS: The following is an investment opinion issued

by EquityAlert.com

VANCOUVER, B.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 10, 2000

EquityAlert.com (OTCBB:EINC)

Network Engines Loses 50.48% On News Of Results, Acquisition

EquityAlert.com, Inc. (www.EquityAlert.com), one of the largest re-distributors of public company and mutual fund news alerts, today forwarded free real time news alerts on a wide range of NASDAQ stocks.

Among the active issues available to our real time news alert subscribers on Thursday, November 9th, were Network Engines Inc. (NASDAQ: NENG) and Pinnacle Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: BIGT).

Network Engines Inc. lost 50.48% after it announced financial results for the year ended September 30, 2000. Net loss attributable to common stockholders was $20.6 million, or $1.99 per share for the year, compared to $6.1 million, or $1.83 per share for the year ended September 30, 1999. The Company also announced it has acquired Austin, Texas-based IP Performance, Inc. in a stock-for-stock transaction in which shareholders of IP Performance will receive an aggregate of 450,449 shares of Network Engines stock.

Pinnacle Holdings Inc. issued a press release announcing financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2000. The net loss attributable to common stock shareholders for the quarter was $39.0 million (including nonrecurring charges totaling $10.3 million), or $0.80 per share, compared to $15.5 million, or $0.40 per share, for the same period in 1999.

Additional recent press releases on active issues included Ames Department Stores Inc. (NASDAQ: AMES), Engage Inc. (NASDAQ: ENGA) and DoubleClick Inc. (NASDAQ: DCLK).

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