Demandline.com Adds T. Rowe Price to Its Group Buying Site for Small Businesses; T. Rowe Price Is Now Actively Bidding For Small Business Demand Through Demandline.com.Business Editors SAN MATEO San Mateo (săn mətā`ō), city (1990 pop. 85,486), San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1894. It is a commercial and retail center with some high-technology manufacturing. San Mateo, Spanish for St. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 18, 2000 Demandline.com today announced that 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. , one of the nation's leading providers of no-load mutual funds No-load mutual fund An open-end investment company whose shares are sold without a sales charge. There can be other distribution charges, however, such as Article 12B-1 fees. A true no-load fund has neither a sales charge nor a distribution fee. for individual investors and corporate retirement programs, is the latest nationally-branded service provider to join Demandline.com's group buying service. Effective immediately, T. Rowe Price, a leading provider of 401(k) services, will actively participate in Demandline.com's exclusive solution for small businesses by offering the T. Rowe Price 401(k) Century Plan(R), a low cost, full-service turnkey retirement plan offering. "Offering quality retirement benefits is now a necessity for attracting and retaining top talent," said Patrick Burns The name Patrick Burns may mean:
401(k) plans can help attract and retain high-caliber talent. However, small businesses do not have time for the complicated process of contacting providers and comparing plans in addition to running their growing business. With well-known 401(k) partners like T. Rowe Price, Demandline.com helps growing businesses easily obtain competitively priced, flexible retirement plans with attractive investment options. "We are very happy to provide our 401(k) service offerings to Demandline.com's growing pool of small businesses," said Dave Stewart Dave Stewart is the name of several famous people:
sales manager n → directeur commercial sales manager sale n → of T. Rowe Price. "Partnering with Demandline.com will increase our opportunity to gain access to an exploding part of the marketplace - the small business." T. Rowe Price joins Demandline.com's portfolio of nationally-branded service providers. For a complete list of providers, go to http://www.demandline.com. About Demandline.com Headquartered in San Mateo, Calif., Demandline.com was founded in June 1999 by Internet veterans Patrick Burns and Robert Schulman in an effort to improve the way small businesses buy core business services. Demandline.com is a Web-based buying service that allows small business owners to name their own price for core business services. Using its patent-pending process, Demandline.com aggregates the demand of thousands of companies and conducts a private reverse auction to secure the best value in cost and quality for participants. Unlike other Web sites, Demandline.com is focused on providing growing businesses with competitively priced core business services delivered by only reliable, nationally-branded service providers. Demandline.com offers a broad spectrum of business services including telecommunications, financial, human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. , logistics, Internet, support and more. About T. Rowe Price Founded in 1937 by Thomas Rowe Thomas Rowe (20 July, 1829 - 7 March, 1899), was one of Australia's leading architects of the Victorian era. Biography Thomas Rowe was born in Penzance, Cornwall, England, the eldest son of Richard Rowe and attended Barnes Academy. Price, Jr., the Baltimore-based investment management firm is one of the nation's leading providers of no-load mutual funds for individual investors and corporate retirement programs. As of December 31, 1999, T. Rowe Price and its affiliates managed $179.9 billion for more than eight million individual and institutional accounts. In the six decades since its founding, T. Rowe Price has remained focused on investment management. Today, the firm and its affiliates serve as investment adviser to more than 75 stock, bond, and money market funds. The T. Rowe Price investment approach strives to achieve superior performance but is always mindful mind·ful adj. Attentive; heedful: always mindful of family responsibilities. See Synonyms at careful. mind of the risks incurred versus the potential rewards. Demandline.com is a trademark of Demandline.com, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. |
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