To: Elwood P. Dowd who wrote (73576 ) 12/10/1999 2:43:00 PM From: Captain Jack Respond to of 97611
Hardly a big push but a "BUY" rating from a small company.. NEW YORK, Dec 10, 1999 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The following is being issued by Fletcher and Faraday, a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, CRD number 29769: Fletcher and Faraday (Broker Dealer - Member NASD) Announces Additional Information. -- International Brands (OTC Bulletin Board: INBR): "We reiterate a speculative buy recommendation onworldbestbuy.com which is owned and operated by International Brands Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: INBR) based upon several recent developments at INBR. "As well as the company's launch of a global marketing campaign forworldbestbuy.com with United Airlines, US Airways and TWA. Through a 3 minutes commercial shown with the movie on every flight, International and Domestic INBR will reach 2,000,000 business travelers every month. According to the latest research the business traveler is one of the most active consumers on the Internet, in fact as much as 87% of business travelers shop online. We believe this andworldbestbuy.com associate sponsorship of the NASCAR Winston Cup program for the year 2000 with Bred Bodine as a driver along with a partnership in eastern Europe with Philip Kirkorov who sold 60 million records will give worldbestbuy.com the global exposure that it needs to take its place as a major player in today's world of global e-commerce. We believe the company's strategic direction will drive forward revenue well into the new Millennium. We are convinced the stock of INBR at these levels represents a compelling Buy for experienced investors. "We maintain a positive outlook on America Online (NYSE: AOL). According to the company's SVP David Gang, the number of International subscribers is rapidly growing. And the holiday season commerce is of to a huge start. So far, daily average commerce results during the holiday season are running 300% above last year. Icq volumes are up 200% over July 1999 results. AOL 5.0 now boast over 5,000,000 downloads. My calendar now has 3,000,000 users. This is the fastest pickup of any new feature introduced to the service in AOL history. "We at F&F see AOL as the market leader in its industry, we feel it remains a market leader well into the new Millennium and we expect the stock to greatly benefit from the tremendous growth that lies ahead of this company. "We continue to favor stocks previously mentioned on our Buy list. "Which include: Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), IBM (NYSE: IBM), Intel (Nasdaq: INTC), Red Hat (Nasdaq: RHAT), Cobalt (Nasdaq: COBT), Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN), Ebay (Nasdaq: EBAY), Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM), Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW), Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO). "We are adding to our buy list the following stocks: "Motorola (NYSE: MOT), Home Depo (NYSE: HD), Healtheon WebMD (Nasdaq: HLTH), Novell (Nasdaq: NOVL), AutoWeb.com (Nasdaq: AWEB), TicketMaster (Nasdaq: TMCS), Vertical Net (Nasdaq: VERT), Lehman Brothers (NYSE: LEH), Kroger (NYSE: KR), Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HWP), Compaq (NYSE: CPQ), Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), Dell (Nasdaq: DELL), At Home (Nasdaq: ATHM), Doubleclick (Nasdaq: DCLK), United Parcel (NYSE: UPS)." Fletcher and Faraday is a Broker Dealer and member of the NASD and SIPC.