To: Fred Thornell who wrote (43128 ) 10/28/2000 10:29:44 AM From: Bill Fortune III Respond to of 44908 I found this interesting. In searching out some information I ran across this site Wright Investors’ Service. For what it is worth Teleservices Internet Group, Inc (TIGI) is one of the Profiles for 831 companies in United States from listed in the load profile drop down list:corporateinformation.com And this is what they have to say about TIGI in regards to the “Wright Quality Rating” profiles.wisi.com Since 1970, Wright Investors' Service has rated all of the companies in its database. The following chart provides details about the rating system and how TeleServices Internet Group Inc. is rated on four criteria, and what the minimum criteria are for being listed on the Approved Wright Investment List (AWIL). Wright Quality Ratings are based on established principles using 5-6 years of corporate record and other investment data. The ratings consist of three letters and a numeral. The letters indicate investment acceptance, financial strength, and profitability and stablity, and represent a composite qualitative measurement of individual standards which may be summarized as follows: A = Outstanding; B = Excellent; C = Good; D = Fair; L = Limited; N = Not Rated, and * or # = Indeterminate. The Growth rating may vary from 0 (lowest) to 20 (highest), and is a composite measurement of the annual corporate growth, based on earnings nad modified by growth rates of equity, dividends, sales and the stock's salability index. As to: Investment Acceptance = D – Fair Financial Strength = B – Excellent Profitability & Stability = B – Excellent Growth = 6 out of a possible 20 Also there is a lot of other information, as you will see if you go to the web site. They also profile companies such as, AOL, EBAY, Edgar Online, Hoover’s Inc, Infospace Inc and 826 others with TIGI being among them. Regards, Bill