Information Markets Corp. Enters Brokerage Community By Teaming Up With The National Association Of Investment Professionals.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 19, 2000 Partnership Leverages the NAIP's Financial Brainpower brain·pow·er n. 1. Intellectual capacity. 2. People of well-developed mental abilities: a country that doesn't value its brainpower. Noun 1. in Online Marketplace Information Markets Corp. (IMC (Internet Mail Consortium, Santa Cruz, CA, www.imc.org) An industry trade association founded in 1996 by Paul Hoffman and Dave Crocker that promotes Internet e-mail standards and features. ), the leading provider of private-labeled question-and-answer marketplaces, today announced its first offline partnership with the National Association of Investment Professionals (NAIP NAIP National Agricultural Imagery Program NAIP National Association of Inpatient Physicians NAIP National Association of Investment Professionals NAIP National Association of Independent Publishers NAIP North Atlantic Ice Patrol ), a national not-for-profit organization of stockbrokers and investment advisors. Under the terms of the agreement, IMC will call on NAIP members to use their experience and expertise to help online information seekers who need financial counseling. In addition, NAIP will endorse IMC's Q&A market platform. This alliance is one of six IMC partnerships announced today, including one with broadband leader EXCITE@HOME. Under the partnership, IMC's technology will identify and highlight NAIP's high-quality financial experts within the experts database on www.infomarkets.com and partner sites. There will also be links to expert registration on the NAIP web site. Existing members of the NAIP, as well as new members, will have the option to join IMC's team of financial experts. NAIP members will be able to enhance their reputations as online financial experts, market their services within the IMC network and profit by selling their insight and advice. "NAIP's endorsement of our service is very exciting. The future of professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. , including financial advisory services advisory services advisory services provided to the public, in their capacity as owners and managers of animals, are an important part of veterinary science. They may be provided by government bureaux, by commercial companies who deal in pharmaceuticals or animals or animal belongs to those who can best profit from the new marketplaces that the web makes possible." noted Michael J. Stern, 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. and founder of Information Markets Corp. "NAIP, and NAIP's members are leaders, and we are glad to empower them to take advantage of our Q&A marketplace." "We're excited to promote our members as high-quality experts through Infomarkets.com," said T. Sheridan O'Keefe, founder and President of NAIP. "We believe that IMC's question and answer marketplace is a great way for users to obtain the financial advice they need in a timely manner from well qualified, experienced professionals in the securities industry." About Information Markets Corp. Information Markets Corp.'s service provides instantaneous and anonymous one-to-one exchange of information in response to individual requests. Information seekers offer money for answers and receive bids from registered experts. This technology is delivered transparently at partner web sites, and can be seen at http://www.infomarkets.com. The Software & Information Industry Association has named Information Markets Corp. as "one of the most exciting start-ups for the Year 2000" and the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of New Media Association has picked the company as one of the 26 most "cutting-edge new media companies" for the year. Investors in the company include America Online See AOL. , Inc., NBCi.com, Ms. Esther Dyson  should be added to this article, to conform with Wikipedia's Manual of Style.Please discuss this issue on the talk page. , Chairman of EDventure Holdings, Joe Kraus, Founder, Excite@Home, as well as venture capital and investment firms including NextPoint Partners and Bulldog Capital. About NAIP NAIP is a not-for-profit membership organization that provides practical, timely and top-quality services and educational materials to its members that will enhance their image, promote their interests with regulators, help grow their business, and make them more competent to the investing public. |
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