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Gold/Mining/Energy : GIV.V - Global Investments.com -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Stew who wrote (322)	10/31/1999 1:40:00 AM
From: bigbuk	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 369

To receive further information from this company, visit stockhouse.com ******************************************************* Company: Global Investment.com Symbol: V.GIV Exchange: VSE 52 Week Low-High: $0.03 - 1.44 Current Price: $0.44 ***************************************************** Investment.com Enters Strategic Alliance with Leading European Publishing Co GLOBAL INVESTMENT.COM FINANCIAL INC ("GIV-V") - Enters Strategic Alliance with Leading European Publishing Co Global Investment.com Financial Inc, announced the signing of a strategic marketing and content alliance with VNU New Media, a division of Verenigde Nederlandse Uitgeversbedrijven. VNU is a publishing and information company with interests spanning the publishing and distribution of consumer magazines and regional newspapers, entertainment, information services, educational publications, trade and professional magazines and marketing information services. Total numbers of page views to VNU Internet sites were more than 100 million in the second quarter of 1999. The agreement calls for the three-stage development of a working partnership. Initially, VNU will publish editorial and associated content provided by Investment.com while Investment.com will feature stories from VNU's many market-leading publications. Additionally, the partners will engage in cross-marketing initiatives on their respective online properties. Secondly, VNU and Investment.com agree to enter into a new online joint-development project, whereby the two companies will jointly contribute content, from which both partners will share in advertising and sponsorship revenues. Over the long term, VNU and Investment.com will work to develop their relationship as a vital strategic partnership that could see content developed by VNU exclusively for use on the Investment.com site - and vice versa - with mutual commercial benefit to both companies. "We look forward to further developing a strategic and long-term relationship with VNU, a company that has demonstrated sustained success and ongoing vision as a global media player," stated Investment.com President and CEO Charles Desjardins. "Working with VNU, we will be able to further enhance the broad range of content and services that will contribute immensely to the growth of Investment.com worldwide as well as the growth of Investment.co.uk within Europe." VNU owns the largest information technology magazine portfolio in the UK - including the following titles: Computing, Network News, PC Dealer, Personal Computer World, Computer Active, and in France SVM, SVM MAC and Network News, VNU has companies in fifteen European countries, in the United States, Puerto Rico, India and South Africa. VNU ranks among the largest publishing companies in Europe, with a total work force in excess of 14,000 and net revenues last year of about $2.5 billion. In late August 1999, VNU entered into & definitive merger agreement with Nielsen Media Research, Inc., in which VNU will acquire Nielsen in an all each transaction for $37.75 per share, for a net offer value of $2.5 billion - or $2.7 billion including Nielsen's net debt. Nielsen is the definitive source of television ratings and audience measurement, and is also well positioned in Internet audience measurement through its interest in Nielsen//Net Ratings. Investment.com continues to develop strategic alliances with various companies worldwide to provide investment content and on-line transactions for mutual funds, bonds, banking, insurance and other investment related fields. Investment.com and StockHouse Media Corporation ("StockHouse.com") an international leader of online financial news and research broadcasting, have entered into a strategic alliance to develop the Web site Investment.com. Both parties are currently co-designing this complimentary site to the StockHouse Financial Network, creating a premier online destination for personal finance and investment content, in addition to a variety of online investment related transaction applications. Upon the official launch, StockHouse will engage in strategic onsite marketing initiatives with the objective of exposing StockHouse users to the complimentary benefits of Investment.com services. The StockHouse Financial Network received in excess of 2.8 million users, and 53 million page views in their previous quarter. For additional information contact 800-370-4412 CDN, 800-831-2956 USA, or 604-681-7210 direct. Internet web-site address is www.investment.com. For additional information on StockHouse Media Corporation please visit www.stockhouse.com. TEL: (604) 681-7210 Charles Desjardins, President & CEO FAX: (604) 681-7213 ***************************************************** This bulletin is sponsored by the company and/or another party and has been sent to you for no charge. This is a service provided by StockHouse to public companies so they can disseminate recent significant developments, which potentially can affect their share price. This is not an offer to buy and sell any security which can only be made through a registered representative. StockHouse makes no warrantees as to the accuracy or completeness of the above information. Visit StockHouse.com at stockhouse.com *******************************************************