Data Broadcasting Partners With Growth Financial Services to Provide Online Trading Solution.

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HAYWARD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 19, 2000

Data Broadcasting Corp. (Nasdaq:DBCC), America's leading provider of real-time financial market data to traders and individual investors, today announced an alliance with trading firm Growth Financial LLC, to provide DBC's eSignal real-time data feed to Growth Financial's clients.

With headquarters in the Chicago Board of Trade, Growth Financial provides personalized trading and execution capabilities to individual and institutional traders. Through its Systems Management Services, Growth Financial offers clients state-of-the-art trade execution, systems trading services and electronic trading.

"We are very excited about working with DBC's eSignal," said Lisa H. Smith, managing member of Growth Financial.

"Having an accurate and reliable data source is essential to trading systems in today's fast-paced markets. We feel that eSignal offers a comprehensive service that far surpasses its competitors and are pleased to provide our clients with this fabulous trading tool, enhancing the many services we currently offer to both individual and systems traders."

"With its dedication to service, excellent trading staff and advanced software, Growth Financial is another sound partner for DBC's eSignal," said Mark Imperiale, chief executive officer and president of DBC. "We are pleased to extend our reach into the active investment community with this latest alliance which supports our goal of becoming a global leader of financial information and financial data resources."

eSignal delivers streaming real-time financial data over the Internet using Active-Push(TM) technology to continuously update data at the user's workstation. eSignal supports Windows(R) 95/98/NT and is available for downloading at http://www.eSignal.com.

About Data Broadcasting Corp.

Data Broadcasting Corp. is the leading provider of real-time market data to the individual trader and investor. The company delivers real-time stock quotes, financial information and news to the PCs, laptops and hand-held devices of millions of users via the Internet, dedicated lines, wireless FM, cable and satellite. With the BondEdge service from its Capital Management Sciences division, Data Broadcasting also is the leading provider of fixed income portfolio analytics used for valuation and risk management purposes. The company's infrastructure and applications have been extensively tested to ensure Y2K compliance. Data Broadcasting'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.

About Growth Financial Services 

Growth Financial, through its Systems Management Services, offers personalized trading and execution capabilities to the active investment community. The company is well diversified and has long-time hands-on experience with software packages available to run intra day and end of day trading systems. For more information about Growth Financial, visit the company's Web site at http://www.Growth-Financial.com.