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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

London, 23 July 2001 Alacra announced today its addition to the Factiva Partner Network which includes prestigious organisations such as IBM, Microsoft and Oracle. The Factiva Partner Network is a strategic move by Factiva, a Dow Jones & Reuters Company, to provide �out-of-the-box� integration of relevant global news and business information into intranets and portals.

The Factiva Integration suite of tools allows easy integration of Factiva�s global content into the corporate portal environment. Alacra is using the Factiva Search Module, which provides access to a searchable archive of nearly 6,000 world-class sources from Factiva's collection of global news and business information.

The Alacra portfolio of services includes a highly sophisticated business search engine with improved functionality for finding and sorting results, and a web-based publishing platform, called Alacra Book that speedily collects and packages business information from multiple sources into a single user-friendly PDF document.

The integration of the Factiva Search Module allows Alacra Book users to access Factiva�s customised news and business information and compile relevant content from the archive into formatted business reports.

Don Roll, managing director of Alacra, said, �The fully integrated Alacra approach is highly attractive to information-intensive organizations, as it opens up a new way of managing commercial information over the Internet, which is why it has been sele cted by Factiva. Now users of our search engine can combine search results from Factiva, the Web, their proprietary content and content from other premium databases.� �The enterprise information portal market has gained wide acceptance as companies have realised the value of pulling together various types of information to give their employees access to the relevant data they need to make informed business decisions,� said Clare Hart, president and CEO of Factiva. �Alacra has leveraged Factiva�s powerful coding system � Factiva Intelligent Indexing � to tie together relevant business news to information offered by other partners of Alacra, which makes it a perfect addition to Factiva�s Partner Network.�

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About Factiva
Factiva, a Dow Jones & Reuters Company, provides world-class global news and business information through its Web sites and content integration solutions. Factiva's mission is to be the indispensable provider of business information and customized solutions, which inspire its customers' best business decisions, globally and locally.

Factiva's business information includes Dow Jones and Reuters Newswires and The Wall Street Journal, plus nearly 8,000 other sources from around the world. These sources provide current news, historical articles, local-language articles, market research and investment analyst reports, and stock quotes.

Customer service is key to Factiva's success. With 58 offices in 34 countries and customer help desks covering Europe, Asia and the Americas, the company is committed to ensuring that customers in every part of the world receive the service they require.

About Alacra
Alacra is a leading global provider of business and financial information. A privately held company founded in 1996, Alacra is based in New York City with offices in San Francisco, London and Paris. The company provides a diverse portfolio of fast, sophisticated online and offline services that allow users to quickly find, analyse, package and present mission critical business information.

Its customers include more than 750 leading financial institutions; management consulting, law and accounting firms; and other corporations throughout the world.

For more information about Alacra, visit the company's website www.alacra.com or call Customer Service at +1 (212) 363-9620 or + 44 (0) 20 3059 5765. Aaron Bedy Factiva Public Relations Tel: +1 (609) 627-2307 Fax: +1 (609) 627-2310 [email protected]

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