EquityAlert.com, Inc. Announces European And Asian Market Entry; 90 Foreign Domain Names Registered.Business Editors SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 17, 2000 EquityAlert.com (OTC Bulletin Board OTC Bulletin Board An electronic quotation listing of the bid and asked prices of OTC stocks that do not meet the requirements to be listed on the NASDAQ stock-listing system. :EINC EINC Equivalent Input Noise Current ) EquityAlert.com, Inc. (Symbol: EINC), one of the largest trader-exclusive communities (www.equityalert.com) and provider of public company and mutual fund news and information alerts, today announced its agreement with AFX AFX atypical fibroxanthoma. News Limited for the distribution of public company and other financial and economic news and information in numerous countries throughout Europe and Asia. AFX News is a joint venture between the one of the world's best financial newspapers, the Financial Times, and the leading worldwide news network, Agence France-Presse. AFX's bureaus in over 30 countries provide some 4000 corporate, financial and market news stories in numerous languages daily. Among the countries EquityAlert.com initially intends to enter are England, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Korea, India, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan and China. With over 90 Internet domain names already reserved, such as UKAlert.com and ChinaAlert.com, EquityAlert.com plans to also enter such additional markets as Australia, Mexico, Brazil and Argentina. &uot;While the media has focused on 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. in the US, many other countries throughout the world are making amazing inroads inroads Noun, pl make inroads into to start affecting or reducing: my gambling has made great inroads into my savings inroads npl to make inroads into [+ ,&uot; comments Mr. Bill Mann, President 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. of EquityAlert.com. &uot;For example, with almost 40% of all stock trades occurring online, including institutional, Korea has achieved one of the highest levels of online brokerage penetration in the world. &uot;Not too far behind is the European market, where Forrester Research reports that only 18% of Europeans currently hold stocks, as compared to 40% of Americans. With recent IPOs sparking interest in investing, tax concessions from governments and low commission rates from such companies as Charles Schwab (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : SCH SCH School SCH Schedule SCH Search SCH Semester Credit Hours SCH Santander Central Hispano (bank in Spain) SCH Socket Head SCH Synchronization Channel SCH Succinylcholine SCH Space Center Houston ) and E*trade (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : EGRP EGRP E*Trade Group, Inc. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ), the number of online European investors is predicted to rise from 1.3 million this year, to over 14 million by 2004.&uot; Mr. Mann concludes, &uot;Since launching mid last year, EquityAlert.com has become one the fastest growing companies in our category. Today, with over 400,000 subscriber accounts, we've also become one of the largest. We look forward to duplicating our North American success in the European and Asian markets.&uot; ABOUT EQUITYALERT.COM EquityAlert.com, a wholly owned online asset of EquityAlert.com, Inc. (Symbol: EINC), was developed exclusively for sophisticated, pro-active online investors. Over 400,000 subscribers to EquityAlert.com's free service enjoy a broad suite of trading tools and information, including &uot;live chat,&uot; IPO (Initial Public Offering) The first time a company offers shares of stock to the public. While not a computer term per se, many founders, employees and insiders of computer companies have found this acronym more exciting than any tech term they ever heard. information, mutual fund news alerts via email, stock splits, bonds, interest rates analyst coverage, proprietary trading barometers, and much more, including EquityAlert's most popular feature - free real time public company news alerts via email. EquityAlert.com's real time public company news alerts are a free service that allows pro-active investors to receive email news alerts on the stocks they own or plan to own, thus allowing them to take advantage of potentially significant price moves that often follow time-sensitive news announcements. For additional information about EquityAlert.com, please visit our Web site at www.equityalert.com or contact Gurm Kundan at 604-659-5009. For advertising information, please contact Mr. Terry Johnston at 877-586-1200 (toll free) or by email at advertising@equityalert.com. This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and section 21E of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended by Public Law 104-67 and is subject to safe harbor created by these sections. Actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements, which involve numerous risks and uncertainties, including the Company's ability to continually expand its subscriber base and opt-in email lists, market its services to potential advertisers and future acceptance of the Company's services. |
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