[2] Freerealtime.com Attains ``Fully Reporting'' Status With SEC; SEC Declares 10-SB Effective; NASD to Remove ``E'' Designation from Freerealtime.com Stock Symbol.

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 1, 1999--

Freerealtime.com, Inc., (OTCBB:FRTI), a digital financial media company, and a leading provider of on-line, real-time stock market quotes and on-line financial services, Wednesday announced that it is now a "fully reporting" public company to be quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board.

To attain "fully reporting" status, Freerealtime.com filed its Form 10-SB with the Securities and Exchange Commission at the end of September 1999. The SEC has reviewed the Form 10-SB and informed the company that it has no further comments. The Form 10-SB is now effective and the NASD will coordinate the removal of the "E" designation from Freerealtime.com's stock symbol.

"Our confirmed status conveys the message to Wall Street and our shareholders that we are now a fully reporting public company and fully compliant with the SEC's disclosure and other regulations," commented FreeRealTime.com president and chief executive officer Brad Gunn.

"We are pleased to continue providing our shareholders and the public with timely operating and financial data through public filings with the SEC as well as through news releases and quarterly conference calls."

About Freerealtime.com

Freerealtime.com Inc. is a digital financial media company providing an array of stock market data, business information, and sophisticated research, analysis, and management tools for institutional investors, brokers, independent investors and respected resellers. CNBC's Power Lunch selected Freerealtime.com as its "Cool Web Site of the Day" on April 27, 1999. Freerealtime.com was also featured in Online Investor's May/June 1999 issue, as a "Blue Chip Pick" for market data. Visit the Freerealrime.com Web site at www.freerealtime.com.