News Release

February 17, 2004

COMTELL^® Subscribers Can Now Get Markets on Their Mobile Phone

Being away from your desk no longer means you have to be out of touch with the markets. Urner Barry has just added a feature to COMTELL^® On-line which delivers markets and statistics to subscribers’ cell phones.

When markets are extremely volatile, as many of them have been for the past several months, having the most up-to-date market can be the difference between turning a profit or posting a loss.

 Business obligations many times take COMTELL^® subscribers out of the office.  People have to visit with customers and vendors, attend seminars and sometimes just want to cut out of the office early. They can now do this and be just as current on the markets as if they were sitting in front of their COMTELL^® On-line. This is another tool in the COMTELL^® arsenal that will allow our subscribers to take advantage of changing market conditions.
 

COMTELL^® Mobile Messages takes advantage of widely available Wireless Text Messaging technology. COMTELL^® subscribers who own a cell phone capable of receiving text messages can start using the service today.

For more information on COMTELL^® Mobile Messages, call Urner Barry Publications at 800-932-0617.

About Urner Barry Publications: Founded in 1858, Urner Barry Publications Inc. is the most established and one of the largest privately held cash commodity reporting firms in the United States. Urner Barry publishes timely, accurate and unbiased market news and quotations for the red meat, poultry, egg and seafood industries.

Source: Urner Barry Publications, Inc.

CONTACTS: Joe Muldowney,
                   Urner Barry Publications, Inc.
                   732-240-5330