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Shop Engine Technology Streamlines Search Process for Consumers Wanting to Purchase Products Over the Internet Hollywood, CA-Emerging Company Report, the nationally syndicated television program which profiles emerging-growth companies (http://www.emergingcompany.com), features an interview this week with ElGrande.com. ElGrande.com Chairman and CEO James R. West announced his company is set to begin trading on the OTC-BB under the symbol (OTC-BB: EGND), “at any moment”, he said. The company reports it has developed an Internet search system called a “Shop Engine”, which allows consumers who may be looking for particular items to purchase, a faster method in which to get what they want. “If someone uses a Search Engine”, explained West, “ to look for the latest book by Tom Clancy, they may type in “Tom Clancy” or “books by Tom Clancy” and receive hundreds of thousands, maybe millions of choices, very few of which may have anything to do with buying his books. By using the Shop Engine at elgrande.com however, their choices would be limited to where they can actually buy the book itself.” The company stresses the Shop Engine technology streamlines the E-Commerce flow between the provider and the consumer, creating a faster link to the successful completion of a sales transaction. Previously featured companies whose progress is updated on Emerging Company report this week include; Itronics, Inc. (OTC-BB: ITRO) CEO Dr. John Whitney displayed a five ounce bar of silver which his company manufactured from photochemical waste fluids. Workfire.com (OTC-BB: WKFR) President Tom Taylor discussed the growth of the Internet caching market, which is projected to leap from being a $200 million industry in 1998 to over $3 billion in 2002. AutoTradeCenter.com (OTC-BB: AUTCE) CFO Roger Butterwick explained his company's Internet site, which enables car dealers to buy and sell pre-owned inventories over the Internet. ProCyte Corporation (OTC-BB: PRCY) describes itself as a leader in copper peptide technology, marketing skin care products which include anti-aging benefits. Also: ISM Holding Corporation (OTC-BB: ISMH), M & A West, Inc. (OTC-BB: MAWI), Micro-Laboratories, Inc. (OTC-BB: MLAR), Consolidated Data, Inc. (OTC-BB: CSDD), Itronics, Inc. (OTC-BB: ITRO), Creative Hosts Services Intl., Inc. (Nasdaq: CHST), Twistee Treat Corporation (OTC-BB: TWTE) and Saf-T-Hammer Corporation (OTC-BB: SAFH). Viewers of Emerging Company Report can receive free information in the mail about featured companies by calling a toll-free phone number on their TV screen. The television program, which debuted in the Fall of 1996 is seen Friday evenings at 11:00 ET, 8:00 PT, Saturdays at 2:00 PM ET, 11:00 AM PT and Sunday mornings at 11:30 ET, 8:30 PT. The program is available to 24 million cable tv homes in more than 150 cities nationwide. The program can also be viewed "On-Demand" at the Emerging Company Report web site, emergingcompany.com . Emerging Company Report television program, Copyright 1999, all rights reserved. Emerging Company Report does not provide an analysis of companies' financial positions and is not soliciting to purchase or sell securities of the companies, nor are we offering a recommendation of featured companies or their stocks. Information discussed herein has been provided by the companies and should be verified independently with the companies and a securities analyst. Emerging Company Report has been paid a cash fee of $9,500.00 by the featured companies, does not accept company stock as payment for services, does not hold positions in featured companies and the information herein is not an endorsement of the producers, publisher or parent company of Emerging Company Report.