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To: rrufff who wrote (609)	2/3/2003 11:07:40 AM
From: StockDung	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 838

Ask Jeeves to Present at Thomas Weisel Partners Tech2003 Conference EMERYVILLE, Calif., Feb. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ask Jeeves, Inc. (Nasdaq:ASKJ) today announced that Skip Battle, chief executive officer and Steve Sordello, chief financial officer, will present at the Thomas Weisel Partners Tech2003 Conference, February, 3-5 in San Francisco, California. The presentation is scheduled for Wednesday, February 5 at 11:00 am (EST). The webcast of the presentation will be available on the Investor Relations section of the Ask Jeeves website at ( ask.com ). The archive will be available for 30 days following the conference. About Ask Jeeves, Inc. Ask Jeeves is a leading provider of natural language question answering and advanced search technologies. The company offers these technologies through two business units: Web Properties and Jeeves Solutions(R). Web Properties operates a leading media property that delivers one-to-one marketing by connecting interested users with relevant advertisers. In addition to its Web sites, which include Ask Jeeves (Ask.com(R)) and Teoma.com, Ask Jeeves also syndicates its monetized search technology to a network of affiliate partners. Jeeves Solutions, Ask Jeeves' enterprise software business, helps companies improve customer interaction online through automated, natural language software. Ask Jeeves is based in Emeryville, California, with offices in New York, Boston, New Jersey, Los Angeles and London. For more information, visit ask.com or call 510-985-7400. NOTE: Ask Jeeves and Ask.com are registered trademarks of Ask Jeeves, Inc. JeevesOne, Jeeves Solutions and Teoma are trademarks of Ask Jeeves, Inc. SOURCE Ask Jeeves, Inc. CO: Ask Jeeves, Inc.; Thomas Weisel Partners ST: California SU: TDS CCA prnewswire.com 02/03/2003 07:35 EST

To: rrufff who wrote (609)	2/3/2003 11:10:22 AM
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"Smaller fines under $60 million would be sought from U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray and Thomas Weisel Partners LLC, the sources said." Wall Street fines may top $1B NEW YORK (Nov. 22) - Wall Street investment firms could face more than $1 billion in fines under plans being discussed by regulators investigating whether the companies misled investors with poor research, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Investigators with the New York state attorney general's office and the Securities and Exchange Commission, and other regulatory groups, are discussing fines of more than $500 million from Citigroup and about $200 million from Credit Suisse First Boston, the Journal said, citing people close to the matter. Regulators also are seeking fines of about $75 million each from several other major securities firms, including Goldman Sachs Group, Morgan Stanley, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, UBS AG and Bear Stearns. Representatives of all the companies declined to comment, the newspaper said. Investigators from New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's office, the SEC, the New York Stock Exchange and the National Association of Securities Dealers were scheduled to begin meeting Friday with the firms to determine final fine levels, the newspaper's sources said. Smaller fines under $60 million would be sought from U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray and Thomas Weisel Partners LLC, the sources said. ''Based on everything we know the findings from the regulators would not be characterized as egregious,'' a Piper Jaffrey spokeswoman said. A Weisel spokeswoman said she would ''be surprised if those were regulators' conclusions because they would be inconsistent with the facts and the firm's own review of the issue.'' A settlement could help end Wall Street conflicts that Spitzer has said cost countless small investors millions of dollars. Investors were advised to buy stocks that analysts privately derided in order to bolster the stocks' value and lure the companies as investment banking clients. In May, Merrill Lynch & Co. agreed to a settlement with Spitzer's office that included a $100 million fine and the separation of its analysts from its lucrative investment-banking business.