internet.com Adds VerticalNet to Its ISDEX Internet Stock Index
NEW YORK, Feb 7, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- internet.com (Nasdaq: INTM), the
E-Business and Internet Technology Network, today announced it has replaced
MindSpring (Nasdaq: MSPG) with VerticalNet (Nasdaq: VERT) in its ISDEX(R),
Internet Stock Index. The change will be effective as of Monday, February 7,
2000. The replacement is the result of the merger between MindSpring and
EarthLink (Nasdaq: ELNK).
ISDEX (http://www.isdex.com) is a 100% Internet index featuring 50 leading
publicly traded Internet companies with representation from 12 Internet sectors
including the software, hardware, content, commerce and communication/access
sectors. ISDEX is reviewed quarterly to ensure that it includes the most
representative list of Internet stocks for investors. ISDEX was created by
internet.com in 1996 and is quoted on a regular basis in leading financial media
including the Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Dow Jones Newswire, Bloomberg,
Bridge, CNBC, SmartMoney magazine and others.
ISDEX futures and futures options are traded on the Kansas City Board of Trade
under the ticker symbol (IS). For information about Kansas City Board of Trade
ISDEX futures and futures options contact Candice Bowman at 816-753-7500 or
visit kcbt.com.
Investors can participate in the ISDEX also through the no-load Guinness Flight
internet.com INDEX Fund which trades under the ticker symbol (GFINX). For
information about the Guinness Flight internet.com Index Fund contact James
Atkinson at 626-795-0039 or visit gffunds.com.
internet.com Corporation (http://www.internet.com), based in New York, New York,
is a leading provider of global real-time news and information resources for
Internet industry and Internet technology professionals, Web developers and
experienced Internet users. internet.com operates a network of 95 Web sites, 73
e-mail newsletters, 101 online discussion forums and 75 moderated e-mail
discussion lists with over 2 million unique visitors that generate more than 90
million page views monthly. Total "views", which include Web site page views,
e-mail newsletter views and e-mail discussion list views, are now over 150
million per month. internet.com's global presence includes editions in Arabia,
Asia, Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Israel, Japan, South Africa and
the United Kingdom. In addition, internet.com with its related internet.com
Venture Fund I and Venture Fund II is an investor in a growing number of
business-to-business content sites and related Internet media properties.
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1995: Statements in this press release regarding internet.com Corporation's
business which are not historical facts are"forward-looking statements" that
involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of such risks and
uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained
in the forward-looking statements, see internet.com's reports filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 and
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The forward looking statements included
herein are made as of the date of this press release, and internet.com assumes
no obligation to update the forward looking statements after the date hereof.
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