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African-American-owned investment banking and institutional brokerage firm,
today announced that it is ranked #1 co-manager and 19th senior manager of
Ohio municipal debt for 2004 by Securities Data, a division of Thomson
Financial.com

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than 100 percent stock growth in the first quarter of 2005. EDGAR Online is a financial and business information
company specializing in providing information contained in SEC
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This effort is being led by Paul Gabriel, who
was hired by SBK Brooks in 2004.
"We are excited about the performance of our investment banking
offerings in 2005," said Chester L.

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With our recent
addition of sales and trading professionals and other planned talent
acquisitions, we could be number one in the next three to four years," said
Eric Small, President and Chief Executive Officer of SBK Brooks .
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Headquartered in Cleveland, SBK Brooks has offices in Atlanta, Chicago,
Cincinnati, Columbus, Detroit, Houston , Indianapolis, Los Angeles and New
York.

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Specializing in the
underwriting and trading of tax -exempt and taxable fixed income and equity
securities, the firm serves municipal and corporate issuers and executes bonds
and equity trades for institutional investors.

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These
results emphasize Paulson 's continued ability to select and raise
capital for emerging companies in the equity markets with high-growth
potential. Paulson, founder and chairman of
Paulson Investment Company.

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CLEVELAND, SBK Brooks Investment Corp. The firm also was ranked 33rd nationally for co-managed issues.

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Established in 1987, SBK Brooks is a leading African-American-owned
investment banking and institutional brokerage firm.

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SBK Brooks Investment Corp. Tops Ohio's Co-Managed Municipal Debt List; Ranked #1 Co-Manager of Ohio by Securities Data

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goal is to become the number one senior manager of Ohio debt.

About Paulson Investment

Paulson Investment, located in Portland, Ore.

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DayStar Technologies Inc. Founded by Chet Paulson in
1970, it has managed or underwritten more than 150 public offerings
and has generated more than $1 billion for client companies.

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"These rankings reflect our commitment to the Ohio municipal markets. (Nasdaq:DSTI), Milestone Scientific
(AMEX:MS) and EDGAR Online, Inc."
In 2004 , Paulson Investment underwrote an initial public offering
for DayStar Technologies and secondary offerings for both Milestone
Scientific and EDGAR Online., is a national
leader in public offerings of small and emerging growth companies with
capital needs of $5 million to $45 million.

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The company is currently expanding its capital markets division, having
recently added several veteran sales, trading and underwriting professionals
with an average of 15 years or more experience with the nation's top firms,
such as Morgan Stanley and UBS.S. DayStar is a provider of a thin-film,
copper -indium-gallium-selenide solar cell for the direct conversion of
sunlight into electricity.

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Gabriel is a former capital markets
manager for NatCity Investments and Commerce Bank NA of Kansas City.----Paulson
Investment Company, the Northwest's largest independent brokerage firm
and leading investment bank for emerging growth companies, announces
that three of their investment banking offerings are among the top 13
performers of the first quarter, as reported by Yahoo! Finance.