To: mst2000 who wrote (68598 ) 3/18/2001 5:24:26 PM From: StockDung Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 122087 Ashton Technology Group To Present This Thursday at 21st Annual Westergaard Waldorf Conference. Issue: Nov 3, 1998 NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 3, 1998-- Joins 16 Prospective High Growth Companies in Co-Hosting Analysts, Brokers and Portfolio Managers At All Day Institutional Meeting Philadelphia based Ashton Technology Group (NASDAQ:ASTN) will be one of 16 prospective high growth microcap companies co-hosting the 21st Annual Westergaard Microcap Conference Thursday, November 5th at the Waldorf Astoria in New York. CEO Fred Rittereiser will make six presentations in the living room ambience of a Waldorf Hotel suite to small groups of investment professionals. Request details by fax to 212-947-6643. Ashton Technology is engaged in the development and commercialization of on-line electronic transaction systems for financial markets. Core areas include: 1) Internet, Intranet, and extranet technologies and systems, 2) electronic authentication, encryption, and trusted systems providing high grade data and information security, 3) on-line transaction systems for use through traditional channels and through the Internet, and 4) advanced computing technologies, including neural networks and other forms of artificial intelligence, which provide analytical tools for prediction and decision support. In welcoming ASTN to the Conference, WBN Publisher John Westergaard stated: "ASTN CEO Fredric Rittereiser has been engaged in developing and managing electronic securities trading and transactional systems since 1973. He has served as President/CEO of two of the largest NASDAQ market making firms and President/COO of Instinet for three years. He negotiated Reuters N.A.'s original investment in Instinet, which led to an executed sale to Reuters for $140mm in 1987 which was a price equivalent to 12x revenues. "Along with Rittereiser's wealth of experience, Ashton is deep in management resources providing a profound understanding of the technology of information processing and the business culture of financial markets. This provides a solid platform for establishing a state of the art electronic transaction system scheduled for startup in early 1999." Westergaard Broadcasting Network.com wbn.com licenses and manages a network of Internet cyberstations serving online investors with comprehensive analytical coverage of public companies. Wbn.com is a service of Westergaard Online Systems Inc. (OTCBB:WSYS). Other services are Westergaard Year 2000, an Internet provider of information and analysis on the Y2K Millenium Bug currently receiving one million "hits" weekly, and Westergaard Year 2000 Speaker's Bureau. COPYRIGHT 1998 Business Wire