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ISI EMERGING MARKETS NAMED BEST INFORMATION SOURCE BY COMPETIA
Leading Consultancy Chooses ISI Emerging Markets from Field of Over 110 International Competitors.



New York, NY, June 4, 2003 - Internet Securities, Inc., (trading as ISI Emerging Markets), the pioneering publisher of Internet-delivered emerging markets news and information, today announced that its flagship Emerging Markets Information Service has been named the “Best Information Source” in the annual International Competia Awards. Competia Awards winners were announced at a special ceremony held on June 3rd during the Competia International Symposium in Montreal, Canada.

“The winners have excelled within the competitive intelligence community by enabling companies to increase efficiency in their work. Competia Online Magazine is proud to honor those who innovate and create leading tools for CI professionals; moreover, this is an important vote of confidence from our industry,” said Estelle Metayer, President of Competia.

ISI Emerging Markets was selected after undergoing a rigorous judging process in which an international panel of experts evaluated entries on the following criteria: innovation, ability to present the product/process, quality of the references, user-friendliness, thoroughness of research and usefulness. The competition was open to 96 countries worldwide.

“We are very pleased to be selected as the best business information source,” said James Hammond, Vice President of Marketing of Internet Securities, Inc. “With our in-depth information and exclusive content, our company strives to create the best product available for emerging markets information. It’s an honor to be recognized as a leading information source for competitive intelligence and strategic planning professionals that help their companies succeed in today’s information intensive world.”


About Internet Securities, Inc.

Internet Securities, Inc. (trading as ISI Emerging Markets), a Euromoney Institutional Investor company, delivers online hard-to-get information on 55 emerging markets through its award-winning flagship Emerging Markets Information Service. It aggregates and produces unique content including full-text news articles, financial statements, company information, industry analyses, equity quotes, macroeconomic statistics, and market-specific information, which are derived directly from more than 8000 local and global information providers.

In addition to worldwide headquarters in New York and European headquarters in London, clients are served through 21 offices throughout Latin America, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Additional information can be obtained on our website at http://www.securities.com


About Competia

Competia is North America's leading consultancy and training organization for senior executives and analysts in Strategic Planning and Competitive Intelligence. Its flagship product Competia.com is the world's largest community, portal and magazine for strategy professionals. Competia.com enables thousands of registered users to access a wealth of resources each month: news on the advancement of their profession, practical and hands-on tools and analysis techniques specially designed to help them increase efficiency in their work. For more information, please visit http://www.competia.com


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