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COSMOZ.COM to purchase INVESTORSGURU.COM!! COSMOZ.COM Announces Its First Strategic Internet Business Acquisition Of INVESTORSGURU.COM SAN RAMON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 1999--COSMOZ.COM, Inc. (Nasdaq OTC: CMOZ), today announced that is has signed a definitive and binding agreement to purchase the INVESTORSGURU.COM financial Website. Similar to on-line financial websites like CMGI, Inc. (NASDAQ:CMGI) invested RagingBull.com, and the MotleyFool.com, and Go2Net, Inc. (NASDAQ:GNET) owned SiliconInvestor.com, INVESTORSGURU.COM is in a growing Internet niche market, which can be developed further -- in keeping with COSMOZ.com previously stated objectives. INVESTORSGURU.COM is an established, internationally focused, financial market information provider. Since 1995 INVESTORSGURU.COM has published a variety of free and for fees on-line small cap stock related e-magazines via email and on it's website. The website has received a variety of Internet awards and recognition in national and regional newspapers and magazines. The website currently has approximately 16,000 registered subscribers. Through a variety of partnerships, affiliations and advertising INVESTORSGURU.COM has been profitable for the past three years. The website offers some of its banner advertising through the AdVenture Network based in New York; it has an on-line investment bookstore in BB affiliation with Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN). The website, also, has free on-line investment forums in affiliation with Delphi forums. It has a Daily Market Call technical analysis syndicated by Trend Trader LLC. It offers real-time dynamically updated streaming stock quotes in affiliation with WorldWideQuotes. In addition, it displays general stock market and specific company news headlines. Furthermore, it has a free investment related software download section and a Hot Flash corporate news distribution service. COSMOZ.COM intends to accelerate the growth of INVESTORSGURU.COM by further developing and aggressively marketing the website, towards becoming an investment portal for small cap investors. For example, the website intends to soon offer an Internet search facility on the website, in affiliation with a recognized search engine, and to offer free real time stock quotes. Similar to Go2Net, Inc. (NASDAQ:GNET) and CMGI, Inc. (NASDAQ:CMGI), COSMOZ.com's mission is to become a recognized leader in the development and acquisition of high profile, high traffic, niche market - Internet related businesses and web based technologies. COSMOZ.COM's goal is to become a major force in the Internet field and is dedicated to achieving this goal in a timely manner. COSMOZ.COM is currently in negotiations with two other unique Internet companies for possible mergers or acquisitions in the near future. The COSMOZ.com website is now under development and will serve three strategic purposes. First, it will communicate our mission and corporate information effectively to better serve customers and investors. Second, it will conveniently tie together and promote complementary web based businesses which we develop, acquire or sell. Third, established Internet based businesses can submit their website to be reviewed, towards potential acquisition. Certain information and statements included in this release constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Federal Private Securities Litigation reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements of the company to be materially different from any future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. CONTACT: COSMOZ.COM Wilfred Shaw, 925/831-4787