Dub, the Ferris target is $68.
And while I'm posting, here's the press release on office.com.
September 29, 3:38 pm Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: Office.com
Office.Com Partners With Leading Content
Providers To Offer Seamless Access to Business
News and Financial Information
Partnerships help move small and mid-sized businesses from Main Street to Wall Street
NEW YORK, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Office.com(SM), an online business service from WinStar Communications,
Inc. (Nasdaq: WCII - news) scheduled to launch this fall, today announced a series of partnerships designed to increase
access to general news, business and financial information of interest to small and medium-sized businesses. In addition
to proprietary content developed by Office.com, the following organizations and companies will provide content services
to users on the Office.com Web site: COMTEX, Data Broadcasting, Knight Ridder/Tribune, Market Guide Inc.,
MarketWatch.com, and Stockpoint.
``Providing real-time access to breaking news, business and financial information is an integral component of
Office.com's services,' said Jeff Cutler, senior vice president and general manager of Office.com. ``Businesses today
demand access to cutting-edge content to run their day-to-day operations. These six companies were chosen as partners
based on their proven success for delivering the best and freshest content available on the Internet today.'
Following is further information about content provided by Office.com's new content partners:
-- COMTEX is a leading content 'infostructure' company serving more than
250 information distributors, including Office.com, with real-time
news to benefit millions of end users in the Internet, personal
investor, Wall Street and corporate markets. Each day, COMTEX
electronically sorts up to 15,000 stories from more than 45 global
newswires to create its subject-specific CustomWires, headline and
vertical market news products to satisfy its diverse client base.
-- Data Broadcasting Corporation (Nasdaq: DBCC - news), a leading provider of
streaming, real-time market data through its flagship product,
eSignal, will provide stock quotes, financial and business
information to Office.com users upon launch.
-- Knight Ridder/Tribune will provide content from both KRT Business News
and the KRT News Service. The two services offer timely news and
analysis from newspapers and other sources throughout the United
States. Knight Ridder/Tribune is a joint venture owned by Knight
Ridder, based in San Jose, Calif., and Tribune Co., based in Chicago.
-- Market Guide has been providing the professional investment community
with the highest quality investment information for more than 15
years. New companies are added and updated continually to make Market
Guide's Database the most timely and comprehensive financial
databases in the industry. Market Guide makes this same quality
information on more than 12,000 publicly traded companies available
to all Office.com users.
-- MarketWatch.com (Nasdaq: MKTW - news) is a leading Web-based provider of
comprehensive, real-time business news, financial programming and
analytic tools. The editorial team contributes financial and economic
reports to national CBS radio news feeds, the CBS Evening News with
Dan Rather, and CBS News' This Morning. MarketWatch.com, now a
publicly traded company, was launched in 1997 as a joint venture
between CBS Broadcasting Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of CBS
Corporation, and Data Broadcasting Corporation, the country's leading
provider of real-time financial and market information for the
individual investor.
-- Stockpoint is a leading global provider of comprehensive financial
information solutions for businesses seeking a financial component to
their Internet strategy. Stockpoint excels in seamlessly integrating
customizable, sophisticated financial content and applications into
client Web sites, such as Office.com.
The initial launch of Office.com is scheduled for this fall. At that time, users will not only be able to access integrated
business news and financial content, but also take advantage of many commerce and communications tools. The site will
also provide timely information on the latest business trends and strategies, discussions with business leaders, and the
marketing, legal and technical information necessary to operate a successful business.
About Office.com
Office.com, a service from WinStar, is the first complete and relevant destination site to meet the needs of
businesspeople by focusing the power of the Internet for the workworld. Office.com combines deep, industry-specific
content, community, commerce and communications services from best-of-breed partners and in-house experts, helping
people in business work smarter, faster and more efficiently.
In 1998, Office.com debuted its ``Business Tools' and related content in Yahoo!'s Small Business channel. In April of
1999, CBS acquired a one-third stake in Office.com in exchange for $42 million in promotion and advertising across CBS
properties. Office.com was recently ranked a Top Ten Online Business Center (OBC) by Cahners In-Stat Group, which
rated the value to end users, partners and potential investors. |
