ZiaSun Technologies Subsidiary Online Investors
Advantage - OIA - Launches New Investing Website
SOLANA BEACH, Calif. and HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 14, 2000--ZiaSun Technologies, Inc.
(OTCBB:ZSUN - news), a profitable Internet holding company, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Online
Investors Advantage (OIA), has launched its new Web site, Investor Toolbox , www.investortoolbox.com.
ZiaSun Chairman D. Scott Elder commented, ``OIA has over two years' experience educating more than 11,000 individual
investors in our two-day, online investing workshops. The functionality of the new Investor Toolbox Web site was developed
based on that experience. The new site is much more intuitive and user-friendly for the graduates of our workshops than the
version it will eventually replace.'
Investor Toolbox, designed by OIA and powered by proprietary technology from Telescan, Inc. (Nasdaq/NM:TSCN -
news), features a powerful selection of search tools, technical analyses and financial data.
Telescan Chief Executive Officer Lee Barba said, ``Investors are looking for fast, efficient methods for understanding today's
financial markets. Through its investment forums and Investor Toolbox Web site, OIA provides the environment needed to
empower individuals to invest on their own with confidence.'
Elder continued, ``We're very pleased with our long-term relationship with Telescan. OIA is entering into its third year of
working with Telescan and recently extended its contract for three additional years.'
About ZiaSun Technologies
ZiaSun Technologies, Inc. is a leading Internet holding company focused on e-commerce and specialized online support
services within Asia and other international markets. The Company's primary operating units include: Swiftrade
(www.swiftrade.com), an online investing tool; Search Dragon (www.searchdragon.com), an Asian-focused search engine;
Momentum Asia (www.momentumasia.com), a publishing and Internet service operation; and Online Investors Advantage
(www.i-advantage.com), an Internet investing educational resource.
About Telescan
Houston-based Telescan (www.telescan.com) is an industry leader in providing Internet services, innovative solutions for online
technology and data retrieval tools for the financial and publishing industries, and also provides proprietary analytics and
content to individual investors. Telescan's wholly-owned subsidiary, INVESTools Inc., operates the leading investment
advisory subscription Web site (www.investools.com), featuring portfolio advice from proven money managers.
Telescan provides Internet services via private-label versions of its proprietary Internet technology to many of the nation's
leading financial services and media companies, including America Online, American Express, Fidelity Investments, Forbes,
GlobalNetFinancial, NBC, and Time Inc. New Media (Fortune).
Forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to the ``safe harbor' provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainties,
including without limitation, economic, competitive, governmental, technological, and other risks detailed from time to time in
the Company's periodic reports.
Contact:
ZiaSun Technologies, Solana Beach
Mark Harris, 858/350-4060
mark@pinmail.com
www.ziasun.com
or
OTC Financial Network, Needham, Mass.
Geoff Eiten, 800/230-3519 or 781/444-6100 ext.13
geiten@otcfn.com
www.otcfn.com/zsun
or
Telescan, Inc.
David Brown, 805/695-0750
or
Telescan, Inc.
Ronald Warren, 281/588-9700
or
Stern & Co., New York
Jeffrey Goldberger (IR) or Keith Lanigan (Media)
212/888-0044 |
