Wall Street News Alert Trade Alerts for Friday, December 19, 2003!


WESTON, Fla., Dec. 19, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Wall Street News Alert's "stocks to watch" this morning are: Y3K, Inc (OTCBB:YTHK), Kroll Inc. (Nasdaq:KROL), Bed Bath & Beyond (Nasdaq:BBBY), and Modem Media (Nasdaq:MMPT).

Aggressive investors should be watching Y3K, Inc (OTCBB:YTHK) this morning! Yesterday after the markets closed, the company issued a press release announcing the completion of its customized MarketPortal software for Consumer First, a national financial services, consumer marketing company with a nationwide network of merchants and customers! The custom MarketPortal software is part of a development and licensing agreement that calls for Y3K to provide customized MarketPortal and Affiliate Tracker software that will allow Consumer First to aggregate its thousands of merchants in an online shopping network.

This could be great news for investors! The press release states that, according to an agreement, Y3K receives an annual fee from every business that joins the network, plus a percentage of all transaction fees. "The completion and operation of the customized software for Consumer First means that we will begin to immediately generate revenue," stated King Cole, President of Y3K. "Based on current growth trends of Consumer First, this contract is projected to result in revenue of $3.9 million dollars for Y3K over the course of 2004, with the potential for $300,000 during the first quarter. This will prove to be a very lucrative partnership for both companies."

Keep your eye on this one! Y3K and the Consumer First Executive Team are now jointly developing a training program for the rapidly growing 10,000 member national sales force. The sales force will begin recruiting additional businesses for the Consumer First online shopping portal at the start of 2004, and consumers will be able to shop in the robust shopping environment shortly thereafter. The Consumer First model is an historical first in which consumers receive direct benefits from the merchants when they spend at any of the thousands of businesses within the national network.

Consumer First has created an affiliation with both Visa and MasterCard and also have their own Consumer First Card. Consumer First works with a number of major affinity groups including national PTA, major universities and major credit unions and their rapidly growing merchant base includes national major chains such as Pep Boys and AAMCO. Consumer First has access to over 14 million credit card holders, and has 10,000 member/distributors. The stock closed yesterday at just over eight Cents a share.

Stocks showing interesting activity yesterday were: Kroll Inc. (Nasdaq:KROL) down 0.63% on 4,530,400 shares traded, Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (Nasdaq:BBBY) up 5.58% on 9,714,200 shares traded, and Modem Media Inc. (Nasdaq:MMPT) up 18.99% on 7,636,000 shares traded.

Commentary: Gift Giving

"The preferred present is plastic, as in plastic gift cards. Ages range from kiddies to your grandparents, they are portable, easily used, and no need to stand in the long return lines after the holidays. Yes, gift cards are hotter than ever. Merchants expect to sell more than $17 billion, or 8% of actual business this holiday season in gift cards," stated Sonja Rudd in Wall Street News Alert's daily commentary continued at: http://www.WallStreetNewsAlert.com.

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