Data Broadcasting and Columbia Asset Management Provide Internet Access to Signal Online; Futures Brokerage Firm Offers Streaming Financial Data Over the Internet.HAYWARD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 24, 1998--Data Broadcasting Corp. (Nasdaq:DBCC DBCC Daytona Beach Community College (Florida) DBCC District Business Conduct Committee (NASD) DBCC Desert Breeze Community Church (Glendale, AZ, USA) ), America's leading provider of market data to traders and individual investors, Thursday announced a marketing partnership with the futures brokerage firm, Columbia Asset Management (CAM), to provide a private-labeled version of DBC's Internet financial market service, Signal Online, to Columbia Asset Management clients. Through this alliance, CAM customers will be able to obtain futures and options data and a wide range of financial information over the Internet. Available for $130 per month plus exchange fees, through a prepaid account, Columbia Asset Management customers will have the trading benefit essential for effective trading. CAM offers its customers a comprehensive scope of services, including a 24-hour trading desk Trading Desk A desk where transactions for buying and selling securities occur. Trading desks can be found in most organizations (banks, finance companies, etc.) involved in trading investment instruments such as equities, fixed-income securities, futures, commodities and foreign , floor access, VIP Trading desk, online trading Online Trading Making trades via the Internet. Notes: The use of online trading increased dramatically in the mid to late 1990's with the advent of high-speed computers and Internet connections. Stocks, bonds, options, futures, and currencies can all be traded online. and an automated phone system used for placing trades and obtaining account information. CAM also provides a vast array of economic services to its clients such as futures reports from renowned futures analysts. The Columbia Asset Management version of Signal Online is available for download at http://www.dbc.com/seo/cam. "CAM offers a broad selection of trading tools necessary to make informed trades and, with the addition of Signal Online's streaming Internet delivered financial data, CAM customers will have valuable financial information at their fingertips," said Brian Lee, Columbia Asset Management's president. "DBC continually seeks online futures partners to expand our reach to traders in the futures market futures market, a commodity exchange where contracts for the future delivery of grain, livestock, and precious metals are bought and sold. Speculation in futures serves to protect both the developers and the users of the commodities from unfavorable and unpredictable ," said Mark Imperiale, president of DBC. "We feel Columbia Asset Management has the expertise to offer day-traders the best in the industry." Signal Online is Data Broadcasting's real-time, continuous financial market data service delivered worldwide via the Internet. Clients receive data through their PCs and laptops via phone lines or wireless connection, making it possible for users to easily track their portfolios from their offices, homes or while traveling. Signal Online provides continuous streaming real-time quotes for U.S. equities as well as futures and options data, featuring Nasdaq Level II Market Maker information; limit alerts via pager, e-mail or cellular phone; headline tickers; detailed portfolio management windows; and fundamental data. Signal Online offers the Internet trader free news from CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. MarketWatch. Other services include a wealth of news and commentary from sources such as Dow Jones Real-Time News Service (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :DJ), MarketGuide (Nasdaq:MARG MARG Mediterranean Amphibious Ready Group MARG Marine Amphibious Ready Group MARG Mountaineer Area Rescue Group (Morgantown, West Virginia) ), Baseline (NYSE:PMK PMK Pairwise Master Key (wireless protocol security mechanism) PMK Pattali Makkal Katchi (political party in India) PMK Postmark PMK Popular Mechanics for Kids PMK Person Most Knowledgeable ), Instant Advisor, Vickers Inside Trading Report and Zacks Earnings Surprises. In addition to providing a wealth of information, Signal Online connects to some of the financial industry's largest and best known third-party software packages, including OptionVue Systems, Investor RT by Linn linn n. Scots 1. A waterfall. 2. A steep ravine. [Scottish Gaelic linne, pool, waterfall.] Software, Tradestation from Omega Research (Nasdaq:OMGA OMGA Ohio Meat Goat Association OMGA Oklahoma Meat Goat Association OMGA Oregon Meadowfoam Growers Association OMGA Oregon Master Gardener Association OMGA Obstetric Medicine Group of Australasia OMGA Operations Management Ground Application OMGA Oh My Giddy Aunt ) and MetaStock Professional from Equis International, a Reuters Company (Nasdaq:RTRSY). For more information on DBC's line of financial information products, visit the company's pressroom on the Internet at http://www.dbc.com/pr. About Columbia Asset Management Portland-based Columbia Asset Management (CAM) is an office of highly trained registered futures brokers dedicated to providing an intrinsic view of trading strategies the customer can embrace and use. CAM is a member of the National Futures Association National Futures Association (NFA) The futures industry self-regulatory organization established in 1982. and uses Vision L.P. as its clearing house. Internet access to Columbia Asset Management is available at http://www.usafutures.com. About Data Broadcasting Corp. Data Broadcasting is America's leading provider of real-time market data to the individual trader and investor. The company delivers real-time stock quotes, financial and sports news and gaming information to more than 1 million users via PCs, wireless FM, cable, satellite and the Internet (http://www.dbc.com and http://cbs.marketwatch.com). 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. |
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