CNNfn.com to Use Morningstar Data and Editorial Content.Business Editors CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 2000 Morningstar (www.morningstar.com) and CNNfn.com, two leading investment information companies, have signed an agreement that provides CNNfn.com with data and editorial content from Morningstar. CNNfn.com users now have access to proprietary information such as Morningstar Star Ratings(TM), Morningstar Style Boxes(TM) and Morningstar Category Ratings(TM) on more than 11,000 mutual funds for its newly developed retirement section. The agreement also provides CNNfn.com with editorial content by Morningstar.com analysts. "Morningstar's data and information is an outstanding enhancement for our site because of the depth and perspective of the content," said Allen Wastler, managing editor of CNNfn.com. "Our goal continues to be to provide the most comprehensive financial information available on the Web, and Morningstar helps us achieve that goal." "We look forward to working with CNNfn.com to help more people realize their investment goals," said Frannie Besztery CFA (Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986) Signed into law in 1986, the CFA was a significant step forward in criminalizing unauthorized access to computer systems and networks. The Act applies to "federal interest computers" that include any system used by the U.S. , media product manager at Morningstar. "Now, CNNfn.com users will have the benefit of financial commentary and data from one of the industry's most trusted sources." About Morningstar Chicago-based Morningstar, Inc. is an independent provider of the most reliable, unbiased investment information available. The company's extensive line of Internet, software, and print services offers news, data, and analysis on stocks, mutual funds, closed-end funds, and variable annuities Variable annuities Investment contracts whose issuer pays a periodic amount linked to the investment performance of an underlying portfolio. . Morningstar.com (http://www.morningstar.com) is listed among the top investing sites by such publications as The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, SmartMoney, Money, Worth, and Kiplinger's Personal Finance Kiplinger's Personal Finance (KIP-lin-jerz) is a magazine that has been continuously published, on a monthly basis, from 1947 to the present day. It was the nation's first personal finance magazine, and prides itself on delivering "sound, unbiased advice in clear, , and is also named among the top 50 Web sites by CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. magazine. Morningstar also provides investment information for such leading Internet sites as Microsoft Money Microsoft Money is Microsoft's personal finance software for computers using the Microsoft Windows operating system. A version is also available for Windows Mobile (available for Money versions 2000-2006, and up to, but not including Windows Mobile 5.0). Central, Quicken.com, America Online, CNBC CNBC Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (artificial intelligence) CNBC Consumer News and Business Channel CNBC Congress of National Black Churches, Inc. .com, AARP AARP, a nonprofit, nonpartisan national organization dedicated to "enriching the experience of aging"; membership is open to people age 50 or older. Founded in 1958 by Ethel Percy Andrus as American Association of Retired Persons, AARP now has over 30 million , Yahoo! Finance, Netscape Personal Finance Channel, Schwab, and T. Rowe Price T. Rowe Price (NASDAQ: TROW) is an independent global investment management firm and mutual fund manager based in Baltimore, Maryland. It was founded in 1937 by Thomas Rowe Price, Jr.. T. . Morningstar does not own, operate, or hold any interest in investment products. About CNNfn.com CNNfn.com is one of the Internet's leading sources for business news, financial intelligence and free business services. CNNfn.com offers users breaking business, financial and market news and in-depth analysis of the U.S. and global economies, the technology industry and companies in the news. In addition, CNNfn.com's extensive financial intelligence and personal finance tools provide access to investment reports, portfolio management, industry research and company profiles. CNNfn.com is the online companion to CNNfn, the first network to launch simultaneously on television and the Web. |
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