BRIDGE Partners With E*TRADE UK to Serve Active Investors; E*TRADE UK Selects BRIDGE to Provide Powerful Financial Information Tool.

Business Editors

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 22, 2000

Bridge Information Systems (BRIDGE(R)), one of the world's leading providers of financial information services, and E*TRADE UK(R), a leader in the provision of online investing services, today announced the official launch in the UK of Power E*TRADE, an innovative program designed to fill a void in the online investing marketplace by targeting the needs of active investors. Powered by BRIDGE, E*TRADE UK's latest offering provides subscribers with a valuable package of investing tools and technology, including financial information that historically has only been available to professionals in the brokerage industry.

"Based on a recent user poll by E*TRADE, 85% of respondents wanted an active investor service," said James Marler, Managing Director of E*TRADE UK. "Power E*TRADE is an investment command centre providing real time streaming prices, news and trade information, that market professionals can see before private investors. Our customers will now have access to 'up-to-the-second' volume of shares bought and sold including tick-by-tick data. Through our partnership with BRIDGE we are able to provide Power E*TRADE users with the competitive edge to identify and respond quickly to market events and maximise profit potential."

Power E*TRADE bridges the gap in the UK online investing market by targeting the needs of active investors. The service, which utilizes Bridge Internet Solutions, includes:

- Advanced technical charts including intra-day, daily, weekly or up to 10
years.

- Personalised portfolio lists for any combination of UK, US equities, indices,
FX, and options including the ability to trace profit/loss in real time and
manage up to 20 portfolios each with 100 securities.

- Fundamental financial data and ratios on shares up to the last 5

years. Select from 50 fundamental and technical studies.

- Advanced technical charts including intra-day, daily, weekly or up to 10
years.

- Personalised portfolio lists for any combination of UK, US equities, indices,
FX, and options including the ability to trace profit/loss in real time and
manage up to 20 portfolios each with 100 securities.

- Real time scrolling news from BridgeNews and Regulatory News

Service (RNS).

"Our goal is to help our customers expand their business by providing them with the most powerful information and technology tools available today," said Anna Branch, EMEA Director for eBRIDGE, BRIDGE's newly formed Internet business unit. "Through BRIDGE's premier Internet technology, market data and news, we are able to jointly offer the most powerful financial tool available today for active investors. BRIDGE is very pleased to be working with E*TRADE UK to maintain, strengthen and expand their suite of financial tools and services."

This Power E*TRADE offering in the UK reinforces BRIDGE's strategic relationship with E*TRADE and follows the recent launch of Power E*TRADE Canada for the Canadian marketplace of active investors while strengthening the existing arrangement in the United States in which BRIDGE powers E*TRADE Group, Inc.'s The Pulse premium service. These arrangements enable E*TRADE, E*TRADE Canada and now E*TRADE UK to provide a dynamic, real-time market command center with the most comprehensive, critical information available today, powered by BRIDGE.

"Power E*TRADE Canada was designed specifically to meet the needs of our active investors," said Colleen Morehead, President of E*TRADE Canada. "Power E*TRADE Canada is the first online investing service in Canada that addresses the content, service and technology needs of active investors. We are excited to have launched Power E*TRADE Canada and look forward to working with BRIDGE to enhance our premium offerings."

eBRIDGE provides Internet solutions to over 100 major clients globally including the top five online brokerages. Bridge Internet Solutions include the delivery and display of financial data and services over the Internet, the creation and maintenance of information, Web Design, Web Hosting and Network services. Local language capabilities and innovative investment tools such as research-on-demand are part of the BRIDGE solution.

BRIDGE, together with its principal operating units, Bridge Information Systems, Telerate(R), Inc., eBRIDGE(SM), Bridge Trading and BridgeNews(SM) is the largest provider of financial information and related services in North America and one of the fastest growing in the world.

BRIDGE information products include a wide range of workstations, market data feeds and web-browser-based applications, combined with comprehensive market data, in-depth news, powerful analytic tools and trading room integration systems. BridgeNews leverages a network of 600 BRIDGE journalists in more than 100 locations that break news that affect securities markets globally. BRIDGE is the co-producer of the Nightly Business Report and is a leading provider of financial news and information to media companies worldwide.

BRIDGE, with 5000 employees worldwide, and over a quarter of a million users in over 65 countries, is headquartered in New York City with the BRIDGE Trading and Technology center in St. Louis, and major regional centers in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Pacific Rim. For more information visit the BRIDGE web site at http://www.bridge.com.