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10-K Wizard Ranked as No. 2 in Overall Ratings in Online Market & Industry Research, Published by Thomson Texere, June 2004

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 12, 2004--In a recent independent study of nearly 120 research databases, each online database was critically analyzed and value ranked by more than 50 independent researchers. Each database was evaluated on a 10-point scale for eight objective criteria. 10-K Wizard received the highest score of 10 in five of the eight categories -- receiving top scores for customer support, search options, ease of use, timeliness and comprehensiveness of the data. The following table represents only an excerpt from pages 209-210 pulled from Introduction to Online Market and Industry Research, by Cynthia Shamel - part of the Business Research Solutions Series available nationwide from online resellers.
Table 4-2. Data Source Rating: Ranked by Overall Rating

Rank # 2 #21 #22 # 23 # 27
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Thomson EDGAR
10k Hoover's Lexis Research ONLINE
Wizard Online Nexis ONE (all
services)
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1. Cost to Value 9 9 8 5 6
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2. Timeliness 10 8 8 10 9
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3. Comprehensiveness of
Data 10 7 7 10 7
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4. Ease of Use 10 8 7 7 6
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5. Search Options
Available 10 6 8 9 7
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6. Level of Support
Services 10 7 7 6 8
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7. Level of Training
Offered 5 6 7 5 8
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8. Kinds of Special
Services Offered 9 9 8 8 6
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Total Score (out of a
possible 80) 73 60 60 59 57
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One size does not fit all when it comes to research services. For this reason, 10K Wizard takes a "personalized" approach enabling subscribers to add the feature and data options that best meet the needs of the individual subscriber. Trials are available for individuals and groups. For more information about creating your personalized subscription, call 800-365-4608 or visit our website at http://www.10kwizard.com/.

10K Wizard currently serves over 10,000 professionals within 650 corporations primarily in the legal, financial, media and corporate markets providing search and alerting tools to make researching SEC EDGAR filings easy enough for the novice and robust enough for the most experienced professional. 10-K Wizard provides unlimited SEC EDGAR research and alerting services at its website where subscribers enjoy robust full-text searching, real-time alerting, unique datasets and company profiles that contain hyperlinks to related data such as glossy annual reports, related companies, as well as quotes, news and charts. Cost recovery tracking and reporting is part of the basic offering, as well as online training and research assistance provided by experienced, responsive customer support staff. 10-K Wizard offers group trials, discounts to groups, intranet access, or custom integration. Upgrade options include: International Reports and Mass Download functions.

Other services include website compliance solutions that support corporate websites and API /custom data feeds provide real-time solutions for third-party applications. For information about data feeds, custom data mining or API solutions, call 214-800-4565 or 212-742-9404.

About 10-K Wizard Technology

10-K Wizard Technology, (www.10kwizard.com) a privately held company based in Dallas, is a leading provider of real-time, Internet-based research and alerting services on SEC EDGAR filings and Insider Trading data delivered by its proprietary search engine technology. 10-K Wizard Technology's real-time services include 10-K Wizard, Alert Wizard for custom news alerting, and IR Wizard for corporate web site disclosure. In addition, 10-K Wizard licenses its tools and alerting applications in custom-designed formats for online businesses and financial web sites. Named one of the "50 Best Financial web sites" for two years by Money Magazine, 10-K Wizard received a five-star rating from American Lawyer Media as a top legal site in 2001. Strategic relationships include a minority investment from Hoover's Inc, a subsidiary of D&B (NYSE:DNB), and distribution partnerships with CBS MarketWatch (Nasdaq:MKTW), Thomson CCBN, and Track Data (Nasdaq NMS:TRAC).

For more information on Shamel, Introduction to ONLINE MARKET & INDUSTRY RESEARCH (ISBN:0-538-72684-9), visit www.businessresearch.swlearning.com or call 1-800-345-9706.

Contacts


10-K Wizard, Dallas
Elise Soyza, 214-800-4565
elise@10kwizard.com

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