EDDIE ---Another follow up ---This article gives me the impression they are at least keeping it for the short term ---interesting--Tuesday May 19, 9:48 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: Digital Equipment Corp.
Digital's AltaVista Search Service Means Business With the Addition of New Finance Zone
MAYNARD, Mass., May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Finance is one of the most popular topics on the Web, with in-depth financial information at a premium. Not anymore. Beginning today, millions of people can use Digital Equipment Corporation's AltaVista Search Site (http://www.altavista.digital.com) to meet their financial information needs.
AltaVista's new Finance Zone provides the most comprehensive offering of financial information in one place. By entering a company ticker symbol users, can obtain free stock quotes, news, company overviews, interactive performance charts, and premium research reports on a pay-per-view basis.
''The AltaVista Finance Zone represents the latest in a series of AltaVista enhancements that extend the AltaVista Search Service into specific areas of content,'' said Bob Hult, general manager and vice president, AltaVista Search Service. ''By continuing to give people what they want, AltaVista continues its mission to be the premier portal on the Web.''
Why the AltaVista Finance Zone is Unique
Instead of providing a patchwork of links to individual content providers, the AltaVista Finance Zone provides the latest and most comprehensive financial information available. In addition to the free content, users who complete the free access to more advanced features, such as portfolio tracking, advanced interactive charting, and premium research reports.
AltaVista's Finance Zone offerings include:
Company Overviews - business summary reports on listed companies.
News - allows access to the most recent or remote articles, including
an option for company earnings
Quotes - offers current stock quotes
Charts - interactive charts on a company's historical performance
against its simple moving average or relative performance compared to
industry competitors
In addition, on a pay-per-view basis, users gain access to premium research reports from providers such as First Call, Standard & Poor's, Market Guide, Lipper, Reuters, Argus, Renaissance Capital, and Vickers.
Beyond Search
Recent content additions and partnership announcements from AltaVista Search include:
World Index -- supports one-step searching of the Web in a variety of
languages, including Chinese, Japanese and Korean
InteliHealth -- In conjunction with Johns Hopkins University, AltaVista
provides the most extensive source of consumer healthcare information on
the Internet
The Trip.com -- offers AltaVista users the convenience of online travel
planning
RealName -- In partnership with Centraal, AltaVista directly links
users to company websites
The AltaVista Search Revolution, Second Edition -- a revised edition of
this best-selling guide to finding anything on the Internet
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