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Powerize.com Announces "The Powerize 50" for Week of February 7 RESTON, VA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 9, 2000-- -Latest List of Companies Being Watched by Individual Investors and Business Researchers- Powerize.com, Inc. (www.powerize.com) today released its latest Powerize 50, a weekly list of the most searched-for companies at www.powerize.com. Derived by tracking the search requests of more than 200,000 Powerize.com members, the report provides insight on which companies are being watched most closely by individual investors and researchers. With content from more than 10,000 trusted information sources worldwide, Powerize.com is the Internet's ultimate source for business and investment research. Powerize.com offers its members free, unlimited access to content from more than 2,400 of those sources, including brand-name newspapers, magazines, trade journals, and newswires. Through a patent-pending business model, Powerize.com is able to offer members free access to premium content that has never before been available to them for free in one place on the Internet. The Powerize 50 for Week of February 7, 2000 Wireless companies continue to make their mark on the list with approximately 60 percent of the top ten companies searched being in the telecommunications industry. Also maintaining a significant mark on The Powerize 50 are computer, software and product manufacturers such as Sun Microsystems, Microsoft, Dell, Compaq, IBM, and Intel. Internet companies maintain their presence in The Powerize 50 including Tradeout.com (#19), Amazon.com (28), Virtualsellers.com (#42), eBay (#44), Agency.com (#46). The Powerize 50 for Week of February 7, 2000 Rank Company Rank Company 1 Lucent Technologies 26 Oracle 2 Qualcomm 27 Southern Pacific Funding 3 Sun Microsystems 28 Amazon.com 4 VA Linux Systems 29 IBM 5 Nokia 30 Compaq 6 Microsoft 31 Transmeta Corp. 7 Bell Atlantic 32 IVAX Corp. 8 Vodafone 33 Dell 9 Ericsson 34 WebMethods 10 Unisys 35 Webvan Group 11 Daimlerchrysler 36 Healtheon/WebMD 12 Mattel 37 Apple Computer 13 Time Warner 38 Freemarkets 14 Sprint 39 AOL 15 VerticalNet 40 Intel 16 Alcatel 41 CAE Link Corporation 17 CMGI 42 Virtual Sellers.com 18 Mannesmann 43 Bank of America 19 Tradeout.com 44 eBay 20 BP Amoco 45 Cityview Energy 21 Advanced Micro Devices 46 Agency.com 22 Citigroup 47 Sycamore Networks 23 Motorola 48 Pfizer 24 Eastman Kodak 49 Warner-Lambert 25 Fiat 50 United Parcel Service *T The Powerize 50 for Week of February 7, 2000 About Powerize.com Founded in January 1997, Powerize.com is headquartered in Linthicum, Maryland. Powerize.com features free, pay-per-view, and subscription content from more than 10,000 publications and other titles, from leading content partners including Bell & Howell Information & Learning, BNA Inc., COMTEX News Network, EBSCO Information, Gale Group, Market Guide, Phillips Publishing, Primark, and Zacks Investment Research, among others. CONTACT: Company Contact: Michael Gallagher Senior Vice President Powerize.com Phone: 703.438.3500 ext.8111 Fax: 703.438.3550 mgallagher@powerize.com or Press Contact: Jane-Linn Vincent