Data Broadcasting Enhances eSignal With New Chat and Bulletin Board Service.Business Editors HAYWARD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 2, 2000 In line with its strategy to provide active investors and traders with comprehensive financial information and trading tools, Data Broadcasting Corporation (Nasdaq:DBCC DBCC Daytona Beach Community College (Florida) DBCC District Business Conduct Committee (NASD) DBCC Desert Breeze Community Church (Glendale, AZ, USA) ) today announced it has augmented its eSignal product with a new chat and bulletin board service. The new feature provides an exclusive forum where eSignal subscribers can exchange trading ideas and expertise with fellow eSignal users on a daily basis. With the new product addition, eSignal subscribers can create their own chat rooms or can connect to a variety of chat rooms and bulletin boards, including Investment Ideas, Technology Stocks, Day Trading Day trading Establishing and liquidating the same position or positions within one day's trading. , Undervalued Stocks An undervalued stock is defined as a stock that is selling at a price significantly below its intrinsic value (finance). For example, if a stock is selling for $50, but can be determined to be worth $100 based on future cash flows, then it is an undervalued stock. and Hot Stocks. In each of these tailored rooms, investors and active traders have an open forum to discuss ideas and tips. In addition, the service features stock postings by category, book reviews, articles from market gurus, a section where subscribers can post their eSignal enhancement suggestions, a help and information section for new users, special offers, information on the leading third party software packages that are compatible with eSignal and eSignal tradeshow and trading seminar schedules. "We are constantly looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. ways to improve the information and services available to investors," said Chuck Thompson Charles L. "Chuck" Thompson (June 10, 1921 - March 6, 2005) was an American sportscaster best known for his broadcasts of the National Football League Baltimore Colts and Major League Baseball's Baltimore Orioles. , managing senior vice president and managing director of DBC See dBA. (language, parallel) DBC - A data-parallel bit-serial C based on MPL. SRC, Bowie MD. E-mail: <maya@super.org>. . "Our latest addition to the eSignal service provides an exclusive site for our subscribers that may greatly assist them in their trading, and is an important validation of our strategic efforts. Our eSignal subscribers are an important constituency who have valuable ideas and trading information to offer, and eSignal Chat provides them with the perfect forum." To register for eSignal Chat, subscribers can click on the "Chat" link from the top of their Traders' Toolbox See toolkit and toolbar. page. The introduction of this technology follows the company's launch in fall 1999 of its online customer support service called Live Rep for eSignal where users are able to directly interact with a live client-service representative in real time over the Internet. Similar to eSignal Chat, through Live Rep, customers can conduct two-way communications Two-way communication is a form of transmission in which both parties involved transmit information. Common forms of two-way communication are:
eSignal delivers streaming real-time financial data over the Internet using Active-Push(tm) technology to continuously update data at the user's workstation. DBC acquires its financial information directly from the exchanges and delivers it to customers via high-speed Internet See broadband. . Newly installed Compaq Alpha Servers, reputed to be the world's fastest, support this reliable and speedy infrastructure. DBC installed these four redundant and geographically separate high-speed server farms in order to ensure the industry-leading reliability that customers count on and handle the enormous increases in exchange data expected over the next years. eSignal interfaces with popular software packages such as MetaStock from Equis International Equis, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, was founded in 1982 by Steve Achelis. In 1996, Equis was acquired by Reuters. Equis now serves as the graphics and technical analysis center for Reuters. , a Reuters company (Nasdaq:RTRSY); AdvancedGet by Trading Techniques Inc.; Investor RT by Linn linn n. Scots 1. A waterfall. 2. A steep ravine. [Scottish Gaelic linne, pool, waterfall.] Software; and Ensign Windows by Ensign software. eSignal supports Windows(R) 95/98/NT and is available for downloading at http://www.eSignal.com. About Data Broadcasting Data Broadcasting is a leading provider of real-time market data to the individual trader and investor. The company delivers real-time stock quotes, financial news and information to 3 million users via PCs, wireless FM, cable, satellite and the Internet. With its Capital Management Sciences division, Data Broadcasting also is the leading provider of fixed income portfolio analytics used for valuation and risk management purposes. DBC's Internet presence includes http://www.dbc.com, http://www.eSignal.com, http://cbs.marketwatch.com, http://insite.dbc.com, http://www.bondedge.com, http://sports.dbc.com and http://www.dbceuro.com. Matters discussed in this release include forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. that involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results may be materially different. Factors that could cause actual results to differ include the response of competitors to the company's new services, acceptance of the Internet as a valid real-time distribution platform by institutional customers, activity levels in the securities markets and other risk factors listed in the company's 10-K and 10-Q reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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