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New CEO for BHUB From : PR Newswire Jun 16 1999 8:00AM  Re : The BigHub.com Appoints Chet Howard Its Chief Financial Officer            Wednesday June 16, 08:59 AM Eastern time Company Press Release SOURCE:The BigHub.com The BigHub.com Appoints Chet Howard Its Chief Financial Officer SAN ANTONIO, June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The BigHub.com (OTC Bulletin Board: BHUB), today announced that it has appointed Mr. Chet Howard to serve as its new Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, Finance.  Mr. Howard brings to The BigHub.com a wide range of experience in accounting, corporate finance and management. Over the years he has held a variety of senior financial and executive positions with companies engaged in retail, Internet services and product distribution and merchandising. He is one of the original co-founders of Sports Authority, one of the nation's leading sporting goods retail chains. He has also served in senior financial positions with Home Depot and the Wickes Companies. In addition, Mr. Howard was a co-founder of Chilean-based Inter-Americas Communications Corp., considered the first competitive international Internet access provider, and a co-founder of USA Service Systems, Inc., a merchandising services company. Commenting on the appointment, Frank W. Denny, Chairman of The BigHub.com, said, "We are very fortunate to be able to attract someone of Chet's caliber and depth of experience to our expanding management team. He is an accomplished CFO with particular expertise in start-up and emerging companies and a demonstrated ability to successfully manage the capital needs of rapidly growing businesses. We expect his significant business acumen in a variety of industries to play a pivotal role in our future success."  About The BigHub.com  The BigHub.com (www.thebighub.com) is a network of branded, affiliate sites designed to leverage the traffic and capabilities of the powerful iSleuth (www.isleuth.com) meta-search engine. Allowing users to simultaneously search multiple search engines, web directories, and news databases on one site, iSleuth was recently named among the web's top ten search engines by the New York Times and the Miami Herald. By uniting a diverse portfolio of "Big" companies within a web-based network, TheBigHub.com seeks to create a powerful consumer destination with an emphasis on commerce, content, and community. Current network affiliates include The BigPets.com, The BigTravel.com, The BigRx.com, The BigCompare.com, The BigToys.com, The BigBiz.com, and The BigAuction.com.  The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a "safe harbor" for forward-looking statements. Certain information included in this press release (as well as information included in oral statements or other written statements made or to be made by The BigHub.com) contains statements that are forward-looking, such as statements relating to the consummation of transactions, anticipated future revenues of the companies and success of current product offerings. Such forward-looking information involves important risks and uncertainties that could significantly affect anticipated results in the future, and accordingly, such results may differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of The BigHub.com. The potential risks and uncertainties include, among others, the company's limited operating history, the competitive environment in which the company competes, the early stage of the Web as an advertising and electronic commerce medium, the company's dependence on advertising and sponsorship revenues, the company's dependence on strategic relationships to drive traffic to its Web sites, consumer acceptance of the company's new products and services, the company's ability to develop and integrate new technologies and services into its existing services, and the increased use of the Web for commerce.