NEWS indicating statements:

**<b><i>"Plans are to also distribute STEPS in U.S. and Canada</i></b>"
Should hear something on U.S. and Canada. They surprised with Mexico deals - likely have STEPS up and running elsewhere.

**Expect more partners and joint ventures to be announced -<i><b>"We also will establish strategic alliances with companies requiring a solution like STEPS(TM) to power their own products in order to offer their customers an affordable, integrated tool for managing and processing business information.".</i> </b>

**NEWS as contracts are signed in Mexico - March 18, 2004 - <i>"<b>In the next week</b>, the Jackson Rivers Technologies team, led by CEO Joe Khan, will meet with Juan Carlos Rubin de Celis and the management staff at STEPS LATINOAMERICA, S.A. DE C.V. The joint teams will finalize the strategy for revenue sharing and distribution, and will identify target segments of the estimated $1.2 billion market for business software (60 percent of the total software market in Mexico). <b><u>Together, the teams will meet with select businesses throughout Mexico.</u> “</b>

**Announced new segment of company - <b>Jackson Rivers Acquisitions</b>. Expect NEWS on more acquisitions.

**Multi-Trade acquisition was only the first step - should have NEWS on steps 3, 4, 5, etc. - <b><i>"Acquiring MultiTrade Technologies is the first step </b>in laying the infrastructure to accomplish this mission." </i>

**And don't forget first acquisition - expect NEWS on this soon: JRC Global Products, Inc. in October 2003:
<i>"In the beginning, the purpose of this new subsidiary will be to conduct wholesale purchases of plastic products to sell in the Eastern United States. As the business grows with additional products and customers, <b>we anticipate future expansion throughout both the U.S. and internationally.</b>"
"Consistent with our strategic plan, we will begin to distribute plastic products in the Northeast United States with <b>plans to distribute throughout the entire United States<u> within the near future</u></b>. We estimate this agreement to be <b>valued at approximately $2 million </b>in gross sales in the first year." </i>