VirTra Inc (VTSI)

[SirFelix]

VirTra Systems Gains 9.38% Despite TheSubway.com Endorsement


Oct 4, 2004 (financialwire.net via COMTEX) -- (FinancialWire) VirTra Systems
(OTCBB: VTSI), which produces custom promotional virtual reality systems for
clients such as General Motors (NYSE: GM), gained 9.38% Friday to close at $0.35
on volume of 153,641, just under its average volume of 164,459, on the strength
of its announcement that it had sold an additional simulator to the U.S. Air
Force for its MacDill base near Tampa.

The gain was despite the company being "Pick of the day!" by
TheSubway.com, which often results in high volume but plummeting price.

The SEC, at http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/txt-srch-sec?text=tamburello&x=1&y=3 ,
has accused TheSubway.com and its parent company Capital Research Group, Inc.,
and principal, Charles Tamburello, of "dumping too close to the pump,"
as one observer put it. It is accused of "scalping," defined as selling
shares received for a tout in close proximity to the promotion.

CRG disclosed it has been compensated $15,000 for VTSI.

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Investrend Research analyst Justin Canivet, CFA, in an Update December 8, 2003,
assigned the company a "Speculative Buy / 4" rating and a 12-18 target
valuation of $0.75. The company has since withdrawn from analyst coverage, and
the research is stale.

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