Donner Corp. International Maintains Speculative Buy Recommendation On M&A West Inc.

Business Editors

SANTA ANA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 25, 2000

The following is being issued by Donner Corporation International, a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, CRD number 37702.

Donner Corp. International, an Investment Banking firm headquartered in Santa Ana, California, today reiterated its Speculative Buy Recommendation on M&A West Inc.,(OTCBB: MAWI), San Bruno, California. M&A West is a leader in the acquisition and development of Internet and technology companies, provides seed capital to newly emerging Internet companies, provides a full line of business services to emerging micro and small-cap companies and creates offshoot Internet-related companies.

The reiteration was based on several announcements by M&A West, including:

      --  Exceptionally strong third quarter results for the quarter
        ended February 29, 2000. Revenues were up a staggering 1,695%
        compared to third quarter prior year and net income for the
        quarter was $2.5M versus a loss of $(136K).

      --  Launching of the stock portal www.solidstocks.com, developed
        to assist investors in researching more than 8,300 public
        companies. This is the latest in the company's series of
        business-related Web sites.

      --  Finalization of the application for trading on the Nasdaq
        Small-Cap Market. The company believes that the review process
        is now in the "home stretch."

      --  Launching of www.website-funding.com, which provides flexible
        financing options for clients of Web developers worldwide.

Donner set a $31 per share 12-month target price on M&A West Inc. in March of this year and believes the company is on track to meet or exceed its target price.

Copies of the Donner report on M&A West Inc. are available at 1-800-324-6050.

About M&A West Inc.

M&A West Inc. has four primary business objectives. The first is to be a leader in the acquisition and development of Internet and technology companies. The second is to provide seed capital to newly-emerging Internet companies. The third is to provide a full line of business services to emerging micro-cap and small-cap companies to increase awareness of their business. The fourth is to create and grow offshoot Internet-related companies under the M&A West Inc. umbrella.

Other companies in this space include Internet Capital Group Inc. (NASDAQ: ICGE), CMGI Inc. (NASDAQ: CMGI) and Divine Interventures Inc. (NASDAQ: DVIN)

M&A West Inc.'s portfolio of Investments Includes:

EBusiness solutions company Digital Bridge Inc. (OTCBB: DGBI) (www.digitalbridge.com), online financial services firm VLDC Technologies (www.pcloans.com), BCS Investment, Workfire.com (www.workfire.com), venture capital portal VentureList.com (www.venturelist.com), Internet service provider Sierra-Net, electronic communications network eCapX.com (www.ecapx.com), online grocer VirtualGroceries.com (www.virtualgroceries.com), stock research engine InvestorPackages.com (www.investorpackages.com) and Linux portals Links2Linux.com (www.links2linux.com) and LinuxFunding.com (www.linuxfunding.com).

Recent news releases and additional information about M&A West Inc. may be found on the company's home page at www.mawest.com.

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