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To: pcyhuang who wrote (569)	3/19/1999 9:40:00 PM
From: Les French	Respond to of 623

Yesterday all BXI Area Directors received an official announcement from Robert Bessler, the president of BXI Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ITEX Corporation. This announcement should be welcome news to our investors and our ITEX and BXI clients. I have posted the announcement on the Yahoo! ITEX board, which you can link to at: messages.yahoo.com@m2.yahoo.com Best wishes to all, Les French Area Director for Portland, Oregon

To: pcyhuang who wrote (569)	3/22/1999 8:21:00 PM
From: Bruce Cullen	Respond to of 623

March 22, 1999 15:20 ZiaSun Announces Acquisition of Asian Barter Company SAN DIEGO, March 22 /PRNewswire/ -- ZiaSun Technologies Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ZSUN) (www.ziasun.com) has announced its acquisition of Pacific Barter Ltd., an Asia-based operation specializing in business-to-business barter transactions. Pacific Barter's exchange system allows its member clients to trade without the use of cash. The company acts as a third party clearing house for transactions between members, and takes its revenues from commissions. Mr. Anthony L. Tobin, President and CEO of ZiaSun said, "We are extremely pleased that we have been able to acquire Pacific Barter, an exciting company in a new and exciting industry in Asia." Mr. Tobin said that ZiaSun's expertise would be used to expand Pacific Barter, particularly on the Internet. Managing director of Pacific Barter, Mr. Brian Hodgson, expressing his belief in the sustained increase in the barter industry said, "The IMF estimates eight percent of worldwide trade is now conducted through non-cash transactions. The US Department of Commerce puts that figure at 20 percent and independent estimates go up to 35 per cent, a huge number," he said. "In North America alone, total volume for countertrade -- a sophisticated form of barter -- reached US $7.5 billion in 1995 and involved more than 65 percent of Fortune 500 companies, according to the latest survey from the International Reciprocal Trade Association (IRTA)." Pacific Barter, established in May 1997, is the only corporate barter company based in, and specializing in Asia. The company currently operates a website (www.pacificbarter.com), which will be greatly expanded in content and inter-activity in cooperation with ZiaSun and its wholly owned subsidiary, Momentum Internet Inc. (www.momentumplus.com). ZiaSun Technologies Inc. is a provider of Internet products and services and Internet-focused support services. ZiaSun's primary Internet services include: Swiftrade (www.swiftrade.com), M Finance (www.mfinance.com), PINmail (www.pinmail.com), MediaHits (www.mediahits.com) and Search Dragon (www.searchdragon.com). Note: Any statements released by ZiaSun Technologies Inc. that are forward-looking are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Editors and investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements invoke risk and uncertainties that may affect the company's business prospects and performance. These include economic, competitive, governmental, technological and other factors discussed in the statements. For more information please contact Investor Relations Department at 800-773-7317 Contact: ZiaSun Technologies, Inc. ZiaSun Technologies, Inc. Website: www.ziasun.com SOURCE ZiaSun Technologies Inc. /CONTACT: Investor Relations Department of ZiaSun Technologies Inc., 800-773-7317/ /Web site: ziasun.com

To: pcyhuang who wrote (569)	3/28/1999 10:18:00 AM
From: pcyhuang	Respond to of 623

Increased interest in online auction (part I) LOCAL NET START-UPS JOIN ONLINE AUCTION FRAY . . . If eBay can do it, so can I. That seems to be the attitude as online auctions become a business element for retail sites across the Net. The latest Silicon Aley entries into the field are artnet.com -- a portal site for art dealers and collectors -- as well as online community builder theglobe.com and local online retailer CyberShop. The Silicon Alley start up artnet.com has beaten another local company, Sotheby's, to the online art auction business. On Monday artnet.com plans to unveil an online art auction as part of its site. The company, founded in 1989 by a group of art dealers and collectors, plans to offer works by big names like Picasso, Chagall, Miro, Warhol, Johns, Rauschenberg and Basquit thorough consignment arrangements with dealers. Prices are expected to be in the $2,500 to $250,000 range.

To: pcyhuang who wrote (569)	3/28/1999 10:29:00 AM
From: pcyhuang	Respond to of 623

Increased Interest ....(Part II) Increased Interest (Part II) "Online auctions at artnet.com will transform the art market from a secretive, intimidating network to an open, accessible market," said Hans Neuendorf, chairman and CEO of artnet.com. Artnet.com will run seven to 30 day auctions with new works going online every day, charging successful buyers a 5 percent commission. Artnet.com won't become a dealer or auction house in the traditional section, but will serve as a Web-based platform to match buyers with dealers. The move puts artnet.com on a collision course with Sotheby's. Earlier this year the online auction house announced that it would begin offering art and other properties through online auctions. Sotheby's plans to offer not only its own consignments, but also, like artnet.com, hopes to serve as a sort of art and collectible auction portal for independent dealers.

To: pcyhuang who wrote (569)	3/28/1999 10:31:00 AM
From: pcyhuang	Respond to of 623

Increased Interest (Part III) Theglobe.com has basically decided to add eBay-like functionality to the mix of services it offers it's members. Under a deal struck this week with a company called Boxlot.com, theglobe.com and Boxlot will create a customized, co-branded person-to-person auction site that will allow globe.com members to add personalized auctions to their homepages. The guaranteed $2,250,000, two-year agreement establishes Boxlot as the exclusive person-to-person auction at theglobe.com. In addition, co-branded auction areas will become part of theglobe.com's themed destination areas.

To: pcyhuang who wrote (569)	3/28/1999 10:35:00 AM
From: pcyhuang	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 623

Increased Interest (Part IV) eanwhile online retailer CyberShop this week announced that is has linked a deal with a Massachusetts-based company to serve as the backend for a new auction section of it's online store. CyberShop Auction will offer clothing, housewares, electrons, jewelry, toys and luggage. "We believe this format will enable us to attract new customers, create awareness about our product assortment and enable us to differentiate ourselves from other off-price retailers," said CyberShop chairman and CEO Jeffrey Tauber, Waburn, MA-based FairMarket Inc. will provide CyberShop's auction backend.Terms of the deal with FairMarket were not announced. Source: NPC, Inc.