TSIG.com Announces that GeneralSearch.Com Launches Finance Site
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 3, 2000--TeleServices Internet
Group Inc. (OTCBB:TIGI), known as TSIG.com, today announced that
GeneralSearch.Com, Inc., an Internet search engine and portal, has launched
GeneralSearch Finance. The new finance site can be accessed either through the stock
quote box at generalsearch.com or through
finance.generalsearch.com. TSIG.com recently entered into a definitive agreement
to acquire GeneralSearch.Com.
GeneralSearch Finance includes delayed stock quotes, historical stock quotes, charts,
intra-day charts, company financials, SEC filings, company profiles, company news,
financial news, currency rates, IPO calendar, splits calendar, economic calendar,
upgrades/downgrades, buy/sell recommendations, most active stocks, bond updates,
stock comparisons and portfolio tracking.
Over the next few months, more new features will be added to the finance section,
including real-time stock quotes, insider trading reports, top security holdings and
detailed mutual fund reports. The finance section will also integrate new features of the
GeneralSearch.Com website that will be unveiled soon.
About GeneralSearch.Com, Inc.
GeneralSearch.Com, Inc., is a private company that was formed in 1998 to enhance the
individual's Internet experience. GeneralSearch.Com is an Internet portal with one of the
most powerful and accurate search engines on the Internet, with access to a database of
more than 100 million links. The search engine is family-oriented, with filters that
eliminate virtually all adult-oriented content, while still providing the most accurate search
results available on the Internet.
GeneralSearch also has more than 900 Internet-based affiliates, including Office Max,
Stamps.com and other popular sites. GeneralSearch offers free Internet access for life,
free e-mail, fax, integrated messaging and other services. GeneralSearch.Com is located
in West Chicago, IL. The company can be reached by e-mail at
info@generalsearch.com. The company's website is at www.generalsearch.com.
About TSIG.com
Headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida, TeleServices Internet Group Inc., known as
TSIG.com, has reached definitive agreements to acquire GeneralSearch.Com, an
Internet search engine and portal; The Affinity Group, an affinity marketing and sales
company; and Reliant Interactive Media, a direct marketing company that drives retail
sales via television and the Internet. TSIG.com forms myCard partnership agreements
with national corporations and non-profit organizations, and then works with those
partners to design revenue-generating programs that attract consumers to their Web
sites. The first myCard program was myMusicCard, which enables consumers to
purchase CDs and cassettes at the lowest available prices. Similarly TSIG.com's
myPhotoCard programs provide low-cost film processing and Kodak Film, and the
myPhoneCard programs provide low-cost prepaid long-distance calling card services.
For all new myCard users, TSIG.com has arranged through General Search.Com to
provide free Internet access for life, free e-mail, fax, integrated messaging and other
features.
These customized marketing programs are intended to provide recurring revenues to
TSIG.com and its partners, and help develop strong brand loyalty and awareness within
target communities. TSIG.com further enhances its myCard programs by providing
customer service and support with its Web-based call center and related services. With
non-profit organizations, TSIG.com is engaged in "cause-related marketing" and has a
"volunteer sales force" of millions generating sales and driving traffic to Internet sites for
the lowest customer acquisition cost in the business. TSIG.com is the national marketing
partner of UCP, the nation's largest non-profit health care organization and leader in the
disability field, which each year serves over 1 million people with disabilities in the United
States.
TSIG.com's corporate web site is at www.tsig.com and the myMusicCard web site is at
www.mymusiccard.com.
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section
27A of the 1933 Securities Act and Section 21E of the 1934 Securities Exchange Act.
Actual results could differ materially, as the result of (1) competition in the markets for
the company's products and services, (2) the ability of the company to execute its plans,
(3) the availability of financing at favorable terms, and (4) other factors noted in the
company's public filings with the SEC.
CONTACT: Press Contact:
TSIG.com, St. Petersburg
Paul Henry, 727/897-4000
phenry@tsig.com |
