Bridgeport Communications Announces Name and Symbol Change.MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 22, 1999-- Bridgeport Communications, Inc. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). BB:BPOT) announced today that effective tomorrow, July 23, 1999, the stock will trade under the new symbol (OTC BB: WLTH). In addition, the majority shareholders have approved the amendment of the company's name from Bridgeport Communications, Inc. to WealthHound.com, Inc. The name change was effectuated to better reflect the new direction and emphasis on the company's Internet business. On July 9, 1999, Bridgeport Communications, Inc. acquired 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of WealthHound, Inc. WealthHound, Inc. remains a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of WealthHound.com, Inc. WealthHound aims to be the ultimate Web-portal to "personal finance and prosperity". The current site allows users to access proprietary search technology and locate information on companies, financial products, services and market data. WealthHound's Research Center provides comprehensive access to some of the best information resources online. Future products will include discussions on stocks, funds, and indices similar to Silicon Investor and CMGI CMGI Commonly Maintained Grounds Infrastructures CMGI College Marketing Group Information (Services) Inc.'s (Nasdaq:CMGI) "Raging Bull." What will distinguish WealthHound.com from Yahoo (Finance) (Nasdaq:YHOO YHOO Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ symbol) ), Microsoft Investor (Nasdaq:MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ) and GoProfit.com (Nasdaq:DDEQ) will be a unique partnership program, already underway, featuring ventures in online trading, banking, home mortgages and life insurance. These are similar to services offered by E-Trade Group Inc. (Nasdaq:EGRP EGRP E*Trade Group, Inc. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ), Telebank Financial (Nasdaq:TBFC TBFC Tony Buck Fan Club ), and Netbank (Nasdaq:NTBK). WealthHound.com, Inc.'s web site is located at http://www.wealthhound.com. This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Although the company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements and assumptions upon which forward-looking statements are based are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations and assumptions will prove to have been correct. |
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