VitaminSpice (OTC:VTMS) Signs Agreement with West and Associates

VitaminSpice (OTC:VTMS) is proud to announce that it has entered into an agreement with West & Associates, LLC. Shares of VitamSpice were down 4 percent at $0.33 per share on volume of nearly 900,000 shares compared to its average daily volume of just over 400,000 shares. VitaminSpice has a 52-week range between $0.04 and $0.65 per share and a market cap of $45 million.

West & Associates is a minority owned firm with significant experience in GSA contracts, DoD, and Public Sector Sales. "We are excited to work with VitaminSpice. There is already significant interest in VitaminSpice Products with our public sector clients, including the Department of Defense, specifically the Navy," stated Shilo West, President of West & Associates.

"Significant Military and GSA contracts require the type of specific expertise and understanding that West & Associates can provide. VitaminSpice is a perfect fit for the DoD and will provide additional nutritional benefits for the men and women serving in various branches of the Military. The response has been very positive from the Navy in particular," stated Edward Bukstel, CEO, VitaminSpice.

The Department of Defense Combat Feeding and Research Program (CFREP), provides a research, technology and engineering base for combat feeding systems. The Military Nutrition Division at the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM) has been at the forefront of physical, physiological, and nutritional requirements research to address the needs of modern military personnel.

VitaminSpice sells vitamin-, mineral- and antioxidant-infused spices and food products. Their offerings include Crushed Red Pepper, Ground Black Pepper, Italian Seasoning, Ground Cinnamon and Granulated Garlic. A proprietary micro-encapsulation process keeps vitamin properties locked inside, even when heated, allowing the seasonings, condiments, and food products to retain their full flavor.

For more information visit: www.vitaminspice.net.

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Vringo (AMEX:VRNG): + 15% Vrrrrrrringo ! ! ! !

Vringo, a provider of video ringtones and next generation personalization solutions for mobile devices, announced the signing of an agreement with EMI Music, one of the world's leading music companies, to bring EMI Music artists' video content to mobile phones as video ringtones. These video ringtones will be made available as premium content to Vringo users in the UK where Vringo will be launching with Orange, the UK's largest mobile carrier, in the fourth quarter of 2010.

This groundbreaking content licensing partnership with one of the world's preeminent music companies brings video ringtones to the mobile phone from EMI's extensive roster of world famous artists. "We are pleased to feature video ringtones from EMI Music representing many exciting artists in the UK music market," said Andrew Perlman, Vringo's President. "Video ringtone content from recognized music stars will open a new important growth chapter in our business. Fans of EMI artists will soon have the option to use Vringo to access an unmatched library of attractive video ringtones."

Ian Whitfield, EMI Music's Vice President Digital Development Europe, said, "Vringo has developed a very interesting new technology for integrating internet and video content with the new capabilities of the latest mobile phones. EMI is very pleased to support their drive to build this new area which promises to bring our artists' great videos to new and wider audiences."

Vringo's fully-hosted carrier platform is currently deployed for international partners in five markets with new launches anticipated soon. Vringo's scalable, cloud-based distributed application architecture enables a carrier's subscribers to browse and download mobile videos, set them as video ringtones and instantly share them with friends. In addition to carrier partners, Vringo has content partnerships with major artists, celebrities and content providers including T-Pain, Muhammad Ali, Turner, Marvel, Hungama Mobile, RTL and Ingrooves.

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3 Things you need to know before Trading Today

*Stocks were mixed in Asian trade, but of the key indexes only the Nikkei managed a gain, +0.9%. But the Hang Seng was down 1.4%, Shanghai lost almost one percent and Australia fell more than a half percent. European indexes are also mixed, but for the most part little changed, with the Dax and Footsie both lower by a slight fraction. US stock futures a few ticks lower.

*The October reading of Japan’s Current Account Balance is +2.9% on a year over year basis; exports were up 8.8% on the year while Imports were up 11.5% over that span.

*The October reading of Japan’s Machine Orders was down 1.4% on a month on month basis, worse than the forecast for a drop of only 0.1%.

*The October reading of Germany’s Trade Balance was a surplus of EU14.2 billion; down from a surplus of EU16.8 billion in September and below the expectation for a surplus of EU15.1 billion. Exports were steady on the month while imports rose a couple billion.

*The October reading of Germany’s Industrial Production was +2.9% on a monthly basis, almost triple the forecast.

*US mortgage applications were down 0.9% in the week ended December 3, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. Applications for purchase were up 1.8% on the week and those for Refi were down 1.4%.

*The weekly report on energy inventories is due out at 9:30am CST. Stocks of Crude Oil are forecast to decline by 1.4 million barrels, Gasoline inventories are expected to fall 300k and the estimate for Distillates is -900k.

*The Fed is scheduled to buy TIPS today that are due to mature between 7/15/12 and 2/15/40; the results of the operation will be announced just after 10:00am CST.

*The Treasury plans to sell $21 billion re-opened 10 Year Notes today; the results of the auction will be announced just after noon CST.

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