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To: justmickey who wrote (64290)	9/21/2000 11:04:38 AM
From: asker2	Respond to of 150070

SVCDQ...price & volume steadily rising last 3 days... something's up.. anybody got news on it?...this is Service Merchandise coming out of chapter 11.... Been watching this for a while waiting for the right time... Getting close to Christmas...this may be it...or not... @10:51am .088 x .095 vol 220,600 price hasn't been this high since May 5th This is the latest news I can find...still looking... Anybody see anything newer?.... newsalert.com September 13, 2000 12:12 Service Merchandise Makes Announcement NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 13, 2000--Service Merchandise Company, Inc. (OTCBB:SVCDQ), has announced plans to close its stores located at 180 East El Camino Real in San Francisco, CA and at 5353 Almaden Expressway in San Jose, CA. These closures are part of the Company's restructuring, and come after a strategic analysis of each store's performance. The San Francisco store will end normal operations on Sunday, October 15, 2000 with a four-day sample sale beginning on Thursday, October 12 and continuing until the store permanently ceases operations on October 15. To provide extra help through the holiday season, some members of San Francisco management are being temporarily assigned to the San Jose location. The San Jose store will close at the end of the holidays. The company continues to focus its attention on departments in which it is a powerful competitor. Service Merchandise has chosen to focus on jewelry, gifts and home products. Major format changes have and are continuing to take place in many of the stores changing them to a self-service layout. Customers of these two stores can still shop with the company via the Internet at its online store at www.servicemerchandise.com. Service Merchandise is a national retailer of fine jewelry, gifts and home furnishings. The Brentwood, TN-based company employs approximately 15,000 associates and operates 220 stores in 31 states. CONTACT: Service Merchandise Company, Nashville Allison McAfee, 615/660-7211

To: justmickey who wrote (64290)	9/21/2000 11:15:41 AM
From: Joe Copia	Respond to of 150070

(COMTEX) B: Timebeat4teens Launches Magazine Cross-promotion Campaign B: Timebeat4teens Launches Magazine Cross-promotion Campaign NEW YORK, Sep 21, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Timebeat4teens, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Timebeat.com Enterprises Inc. (OTC BB:TMBTF; CDNX:TBE), announced today that it has signed agreements with several magazines to promote the www.timebeat4teens site. The first cross-promotion is with Twist magazine. Twist is jam-packed with the latest in celebrity news, fashion and style, the trend-setting hip and Internet savvy teen readers are given what they want. Whether you are looking for fashion styles, beauty tips, advice, or up-to-date celebrity information -- Twist provides it all. As part of a cross-promotion, Timebeat4teens will offer 300 free copies of Twist on a "first come-first click" basis. In addition, Timebeat4teens will offer a $10 coupon towards any purchase of $30 or more from the Timebeat4teens site through the Twist site www.twistmag.com. In turn, Twist magazine will offer a special one-year subscription rate of $13.95 to those subscribing to the magazine through the Timebeat4teens site. In the coming months, Timebeat4teens will feature other leading teen magazines including Young and Modern, and is in discussions with Teen Style, Teen People, and Seventeen. Timebeat4teens is committed to building awareness and driving traffic to its teen site. As part of this initiative, the Company is in discussions with several prominent Internet technology companies including AOL/Time Warner, MSN, Yahoo!, and Shopitall, with the objective of securing the number one rank in the online teen arena. The Timebeat4teens site should be fully automated by late October 2000. In the interim, Timebeat4teens is continuing to process orders via telephone and email. Timebeat4teens is committed to giving the teen market as well as their parents an unrivaled one-stop shopping experience. Timebeat.com is a dynamic Internet company focused on the design and operation of premier interactive websites. Currently numbered at 60 million, young consumers are growing 20% faster than the total U.S. population. Timebeat4teens (www.timebeat4teens.com) targets this new generation with a line of jewelry, watches, records, clothing and related merchandise that appeals to teens and young adults. Forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, possible changes in cost of materials, expense items, capital expenditures, capital structure, and other financial items; introduction of new products and possible acquisitions of assets or businesses; possible actions by customers, suppliers, competitors, regulatory authorities; and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. For further information, see www.otcfn.com/tmbtf and www.timebeat.com CONTACT: OTC Financial Network John McElligott 888-765-5355 jmac@otcfn.com or Timebeat.com Enterprises Barry Girling 800-545-5787 wbg@agcgold.com URL: businesswire.com Today's News On The Net - Business Wire's full file on the Internet with Hyperlinks to your home page. Copyright (C) 2000 Business Wire. All rights reserved.