Market Awareness Consultants Inc. Launches Newsletter and Stock Research Portal InternetInvestingNews.com

Business Wire, Sept 13, 2000

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SAN BRUNO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 13, 2000

Technology holding company M&A West Inc. (OTCBB: MAWI) (Berlin: MUW), announced today that its subsidiary, Market Awareness Consultants Inc. (www.market-awareness.com) has launched newsletter and stock research portal InternetInvestingNews.com (www.internetinvestingnews.com).

InternetInvestingNews.com was developed to provide users with the highest quality newsletter and stock research services on the Web. The primary focus of the business is to provide subscribers to its free Internet Investing News E-mail newsletter with value added market commentary and news, insider trading reports, press releases featuring breaking news, private equity investment opportunities and news, stock buyback announcements, company profiles and research reports, plus a wide range of other great stock market related content.

Along with its world-class newsletter service, InternetInvestingNews.com also provides users with extensive link guides for more than 8400 stocks. In total, the link system provides direct access to more than 1,700,000 Web pages in sites providing news or information about publicly traded companies. Some of these destinations include America Online (NYSE: AOL), E Trade's ClearStation (NASDAQ: EGRP), CMGI's Alta Vista (NASDAQ: CMGI), Excite AT Home (NASDAQ: ATHM), FinancialWeb.com (OTC BB: FWEB), FindWhat (NASDAQ: FWHT), FreeRealTime.com (OTCBB: FRTI), GoTo.com (NASDAQ: GOTO), Hoovers.com (NASDAQ: HOOV), Lycos (NASDAQ: LCOS), MSN (NASDAQ: MSFT), Multex (NASDAQ: MULT), SmallCapCenter.com (OTCBB: SWEB), TheStreet.com (NASDAQ: TCSM), Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO), WSRN.com (NASDAQ: INTM) and many others.

Scott Kelly, president and CEO of M&A West said, "The launch of InternetInvestingNews.com is exciting to M&A West, as it is the latest in a series of very informative and innovative financial sites from our designers that offer investors great news, tips and ideas on where they should be focused in today's market."

About M&A West Inc.

M&A West Inc. has several business objectives. The company wants to position itself as a leader in the acquisition and development of Internet and technology companies. M&A West also provides seed capital to newly emerging growth companies. Through a network of related companies, it can offer both its portfolio companies and other emerging micro-cap companies a full line of business services to increase the awareness of their business.

M&A West competes in the B2B space along with Ariba Inc. (Nasdaq: ARBA), PurchasePro.com Inc. (Nasdaq: PPRO) and Commerce One Inc. (Nasdaq: CMRC)

M&A West Inc.'s portfolio of investments includes: eBusiness solutions company Digital Bridge Inc. (OTCBB: DGBI - news; www.digitalbridge.com), online financial services firm VLDC Technologies (OTC: PCLO - news; www.pcloans.com), music entertainment company Ronlan Entertainment (www.ronlan.com), Workfire Networks Inc. (www.workfire.com), venture capital portal VentureList.com (www.venturelist.com), Internet service provider Sierra-Net, electronic communications network eCapX.com (www.ecapx.com), stock research engine InvestorPackages.com (www.investorpackages.com) and computer security services provider InvincibleNet.com (www.invinciblenet.com).

Recent news releases and additional information about M&A West Inc. may be found on the company's home page at www.mawest.com.

Statements regarding financial matters in this press release other than historical facts are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation improvement Act of 1995. The company intends that such statements about the company's future expectations, including future revenues and earnings and all other forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbors created thereby. Since these statements (future operational results and sales) involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change at any time, the company's actual results may differ materially from expected results.