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AmSouth Bank Chooses Hot Neuron LLC's MagPortal.com to Power Online Business Library

BRYN MAWR, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 10, 2001--Hot Neuron LLC's MagPortal.comSM data feed and search engine service was chosen by AmSouth Bank to power its online business library.

MagPortal.com provides categorized magazine article links and summaries along with a full-text search engine, allowing AmSouth's business customers to easily find key information about market trends, human resources, financing, e-commerce, management strategy, and specific industries. The library is located at: http://www.amsouth.com/smallbusiness/library/

"Small businesses need to get more done in less time, and as they turn to the web for help, AmSouth is committed to meeting their ever-changing needs with products like this," said Brett Couch, head of AmSouth Business Banking. "Using MagPortal.com's technology, the Small Business Resource Center gets crucial information to business owners in a very efficient way." Hot Neuron CEO Bill Dimm said, "Having a Fortune 500 company choose MagPortal.com is an excellent validation of the quality of our product."

About Hot Neuron

Hot Neuron LLC (http://HotNeuron.com) is an information retrieval software and data services company located in Bryn Mawr, Pa. Its content solutions, which integrate seamlessly with the client's web site, improve end user loyalty and satisfaction while increasing opportunities for the client to advertise its services. Hot Neuron runs the magazine article search engine and directory located at http://MagPortal.com.

About AmSouth

AmSouth (NYSE: ASO) is a regional bank holding company headquartered in Birmingham, Ala. with $38.4 billion in assets, 600 branch banking offices and more than 1,200 ATMs. AmSouth operates in Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Georgia. AmSouth is a leader among regional banks in the Southeast in several key business segments, including consumer and commercial banking, small-business banking, mortgage lending, equipment leasing, annuity and mutual fund sales, and trust and investment management services. AmSouth also offers a complete line of banking products and services at its web site, http://www.amsouth.com.

MagPortal.com and Hot Neuron are trademarks and service marks owned by Hot Neuron LLC.

CONTACT:

   Hot Neuron LLC
   Bill Dimm, (610)581-7702,

   AmSouth Bancorporation
   media: Rick Swagler, (205)801-0105