EXHIBIT 99.8

                                                  INITIAL GRANT
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                                MULTEX.COM, INC.
                    NOTICE OF GRANT OF NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR
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                             AUTOMATIC STOCK OPTION
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          Notice is hereby given of the following option grant (the "Option") to
purchase shares of the Common Stock of Multex.com, Inc. (the "Corporation"):

          Optionee:
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          Grant Date:
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          Exercise Price:     $ per    share
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          Number of Option Shares:             shares  
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          Expiration Date:
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          Type of Option:  Non-Statutory Stock Option
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          Date Exercisable:  Immediately Exercisable
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          Vesting Schedule:  The Option Shares shall initially be unvested and
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          subject to repurchase by the Corporation at the Exercise Price paid
          per share.  Optionee shall acquire a vested interest in, and the
          Corporation's repurchase right shall accordingly lapse with respect
          to, the Option Shares in a series of four (4) successive equal annual
          installments upon Optionee's completion of each year of service as a
          member of the Corporation's Board of Directors (the "Board") over the
          four (4)-year period measured from the Grant Date. In no event shall
          any additional Option Shares vest after Optionee's cessation of Board
          service.

          Optionee understands and agrees that the Option is granted subject to
and in accordance with the terms of the automatic option grant program under the
Multex.com, Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan").  Optionee further agrees
to be bound by the terms of the Plan and the terms of the Option as set forth in
the Automatic Stock Option Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A.  A copy of
the Plan is available upon request made to the Corporate Secretary at the
Corporation's principal offices.

 
          REPURCHASE RIGHT.  OPTIONEE HEREBY AGREES THAT ALL UNVESTED OPTION
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SHARES ACQUIRED UPON THE EXERCISE OF THE OPTION SHALL NOT BE TRANSFERABLE AND
SHALL BE SUBJECT TO REPURCHASE BY THE CORPORATION, AT THE EXERCISE PRICE PAID
PER SHARE, UPON OPTIONEE'S TERMINATION OF SERVICE AS A MEMBER OF THE
CORPORATION'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRIOR TO VESTING IN THOSE SHARES.  THE TERMS
AND CONDITIONS OF SUCH REPURCHASE RIGHT SHALL BE SPECIFIED IN A STOCK PURCHASE
AGREEMENT, IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE CORPORATION, EXECUTED BY
OPTIONEE AT THE TIME OF THE OPTION EXERCISE.

          No Impairment of Rights.  Nothing in this Notice or in the attached
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Automatic Stock Option Agreement or the Plan shall interfere with or otherwise
restrict in any way the rights of the Corporation or the Corporation's
stockholders to remove Optionee from the Board at any time in accordance with
the provisions of applicable law.

          Definitions.  All capitalized terms in this Notice shall have the
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meaning assigned to them in this Notice or in the attached Automatic Stock
Option Agreement.

DATED:           , 199__
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                                    MULTEX.COM, INC.


                                    By:
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                                    Title:
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                                    OPTIONEE

                                    Address:
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ATTACHMENTS
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Exhibit A - Automatic Stock Option Agreement

 
                                   EXHIBIT A
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                        AUTOMATIC STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
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