Data Downlink to Launch privatesuite; New Online Service for Researching Privately-Held Companies is First Featuring Simultaneous Searches.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 6, 1999-- Investment bankers Investment Banker A person representing a financial institution that is in the business of raising capital for corporations and municipalities. Notes: An investment banker may not accept deposits or make commercial loans. , management consultants and others 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. profiles on privately-held companies will soon have easy on-line access to comprehensive information about more than 400,000 companies worldwide with the launch of Data Downlink Transmitting from a satellite to an earth station. Contrast with uplink. Corporation's new privatesuite(TM) service, announced today. The service, available as of December 15, 1999, at www.xls.com, is the first able to execute simultaneous searches across multiple databases of private company information based on user-defined criteria. "Privatesuite is the fastest, easiest and most cost-effective way to identify and retrieve profiles on privately-held companies around the world," said Steve Goldstein, Data Downlink founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "It provides a new benchmark for research previously available only for publicly-held companies, and will be an indispensable tool on the desktops of investment and commercial bankers, management consultants, business development executives and anyone needing information about private companies anywhere in the world." Data From Leading Databases Available Privatesuite is an application of Data Downlink's award-winning web-based business information service, .xls. Initially, privatesuite will search across three large premium databases, each with an area of specialization A career option pursued by some attorneys that entails the acquisition of detailed knowledge of, and proficiency in, a particular area of law. As the law in the United States becomes increasingly complex and covers a greater number of subjects, more and more attorneys are : CorpTech features a directory of 50,000 U.S. high-technology companies; Harris InfoSource features a directory of 300,000 U.S. manufacturing companies; and Graham & Whiteside's database provides data on 80,000 major non-U.S. private companies. Additional profiles from prestigious market research publisher Freedonia will be added to privatesuite soon, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Mr. Goldstein, as will company profiles from Thomson Financial's idEXEC database. Several more databases will be added to the service in early 2000. "Each of these databases looks at the market in a different and valuable way," said Mr. Goldstein. "Privatesuite is the only service available that instantly aggregates this critical data exactly as the user needs it." Fast, Easy Cost-effective Searches Searches with privatesuite are conducted based upon SIC codes, number of employees, estimated annual sales, geography and/or various keywords in a company's business description. Search results contain company name and location and are segmented by databases. Users can then select the profiles they want and download them easily into a Microsoft Excel (tool) Microsoft Excel - A spreadsheet program from Microsoft, part of their Microsoft Office suite of productivity tools for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh. Excel is probably the most widely used spreadsheet in the world. Latest version: Excel 97, as of 1997-01-14. workbook work·book n. 1. A booklet containing problems and exercises that a student may work directly on the pages. 2. A manual containing operating instructions, as for an appliance or machine. 3. . Each profile is presented to the user on a separate sheet in the Excel workbook. Customers can purchasearket, company profiles from privatesuite will rhan searches of a single company directory, andCorporation, based in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. and founded in 1996, provides a fully indexed, comprehensive library of premium financial and business information through its web-based information services See Information Systems. , .xls (http://www.xls.com), compbook (http://compbook.xls.com) and privatesuite. Providing access to global company financial data and economic, demographic, industry, country and market-specific data, .xls allows users to automatically download information directly into a Microsoft Excel or Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet. Compbook facilitates the selection, collection, presentation and analysis of a wide range of comparative company-oriented business information. For more information about Data Downlink and its 60+ different databases on .xls or its compbook and privatesuite services, visit the company's website (http://www.xls.com) or call Customer Service at 212-363-9620 in the U.S. or in London at 44-171-398-1300. |
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