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To: (no name provided) who wrote (310)	1/30/1999 3:45:00 PM
From: trinityhk	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 947

Interesting info on CMOZ... Found this on Raging Bull: Some I dug up on the Internet that you may find interesting... July 29, 1998 MISM announces that CEO Dan Masters had resigned and Chairman Wilfred Shaw had "become acting chief executive until a permanent replacement for Masters is found". The phone number given in the press release is 905-890-6442 and the website given in the press release is globalminerals.com which is still operating and offers a stock tip newsletter and links to other investment research and gives stock analysis on small cap and Canadian stocks (although it should be noted that it does offer charts of Barnes and Noble, Diamond Multimedia and some other stocks). It was last updated by the Internic on May 23, 1997 and is registered to: Global Minerals 166 Huntington Park Toronto, Ontario L3T 7J8 Canada There are no other websites currently being administered or otherwise tied to Global Minerals according to the Internic. If you examine in detail what the site says that it does it offers the following: "We have a large network of highly reliable contacts and informants spread all over North America. By combining our seperate skills and talents, we formed The GMT Newsletter. We find stocks with attractive share structures, bullish technicals and solid fundamentals usually trading close to or at their 52 week lows. If we like what we see, the stock is picked in the newsletter and all availible DD from our contacts is distributed to our group of over 10,000 investors (last count Dec 97). The combination of good contacts and timely DD from several sources gives us an advantage over the average investor." The site indicates that "If you need to contact us, use this address gmt98@yahoo.com." - Dow Jones Newswire/Internic/GMT Website July 29, 1998 Also in the press release issued by MISM on this date was text evidently included to dispell rumors of an impending bankruptcy. The release read as follows per Business Wire, offering contrary information: "Contrary to rumors, MIS is not bankrupt and is continuing on with its current lender in finalizing the funding of its $16.5 million loan. The Company also anticipates closing on a bridge financing within the next couple of weeks of approximately $3 million USD. $1.7 million has already been committed to the Company through its investment bankers, National Investment Resources, LLC, a member of the NIR Group (NIR). NIR will be coordinating financing efforts with MIS's Board of Directors and the Company's public relations team. The Company also announced today that it has hired GMT Newsletter (which is what is now being displayed at the www.globalminerals.com site) to provide internet information services and news releases." August 17, 1998 MISM announces that it has received a letter of intent from a Denver-based institution to support the financing of the company's franchising business. The release went on to explain that "In the short term, Lewis & Waterman agreed to fund the company with $1 million for the initial acquisition of the Florida based Pretzel Twister. The rest of the funds will follow for pending and potential acquisitions." - Business Wire December 1, 1998 MISM announces its shift from franchising Pretzel Twister and Wheel to Wheel locations to the Internet. In the release the company announced that "Presently MIS is negotiating to acquire a growing and profitable international Internet business entering a very substantial growth trend." If one is to believe that the contents of this press release are indeed accurate and are referring to Investorsguru.com it is important to note that profitability has been implied in association with its operation though not explicitedly refered to in subsequent releases. The Pretzel Twister.com domain is administered by Colby III, Inc. based in Naples, Florida while the WheeltoWheel.com domain is administered by an individual using it in an apparently unrelated business endeavor. Another interesting detail emanating from this release is the change in the published corporate location to San Ramon, California. Prior to this release all earlier MISM releases had listed Mississauga, Ontario (just west of Toronto) as the company's place of operations and had given 1-800-268-8225 as the company phone number. January 15, 1999 MISM changes the company name to Cosmoz.com, the ticker to COMZ and further defines its future Internet strategy in a press release. - Business Wire January 17, 1999 The domain registry for Cosmoz.com is updated under the name: SEAN CAMPBELL & RICH AUDIT 928 GLENDALE COURT BURLINGTON, ONTARIO L7R 4J3 CANADA Phone: 905-639-1065 Fax: 905-639-1469 There is an administrative e-mail listed in the registration of Cosmoz.com, but don't expect it to connect anywhere if it lives up to its name: no.valid.email@WORLDNIC.NET <G>. Another intersting, although completely speculative deduction one can make is that the registered company associated with the Cosmoz.com domain (Sean Campbell and Rich Audit) is geographically related as the original MIS International phone number given in the press release from last summer (905-890-6442) shares the same area code as the SC&RA organization. - Internic January 22, 1999 Cosmoz.com announces the acquisition of Investorsguru.com which domain was registered with the Internic by Cecil Musgrave and last updated August 28, 1998 (and has NOT been updated to reflect the ownership change although the Internic was the target of misuse recently and it has delayed the updating and activation of many website domains). The administrative data for Investorsguru.com reveals that it is also a Canadian company operating in Eastern Canada. - Business Wire/Internic Investors Guru 22 Ravine Park Crescent Halifax, Nova Scotia B3M 4N1 CANADA E-Mail: invguru@FOX.NSTN.CA Phone: 902-457-4878 Fax: 902-457-4875 January 26, 1999 On Wednesday the domain for Cosmoz.net (which is not active) was either created or updated by the Internic listing Cecil Musgrave as the administrative contact, but listed a new address in the San Ramon area: 200 - 111 DeerWood Road San Ramon, CA 94583 Cecil Musgrave's contact information was identical to the filing with the Internic for Invertorguru and the servers listed with the Internic for cosmoz.net are the same as those listed by the Internic for Investorsguru. Wilfred Shaw shows up on the cosmoz.net Internic display and is listed as the billing contact with his phone number (the same as is being used in the recent press release) and e-mail listed as so: Phone: (925) 831-4787 Fax: (925) 743-2481 E-Mail: mgsc00a@AOL.COM Searching the database on AOL of members turns up a little more information about Mr. Shaw: Member Name: WILFRED SHAW Location: Moraga, CA USA Sex: Male Marital Status: Single So, In Closing... I think it would be interesting to find out who Sean Campbell & Rich Audit and their relationship to the company as well as get an update on the conditions of the sale from the owner of Investorsguru.com at the number above (or the e-mail) or at any of the other numbers herein. I'm making absolutely no claims regarding this information beyond the fact that I found using tools available at the WSJ.com, the Internic, Businesswire, etc. Just passing on what I found while researching the company...Hope it helps those following it more closely...