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To: Brasco One who wrote (4726)	3/13/1999 4:19:00 PM
From: SHGLaw	Respond to of 5102

Ever get the sense that someone wants to make themselves into a guru, despite the fact that no one cares? SHG

To: Brasco One who wrote (4726)	3/15/1999 7:35:00 PM
From: Marc	Respond to of 5102

MarketWatch.com CEO Says Financial News Site Seeks Acquisitions Bloomberg News Mar 15 1999 4:31PM ET MarketWatch.com CEO Says Financial News Site Seeks Acquisitions New York, March 15 (Bloomberg) -- Marketwatch.com Inc., which runs a financial news web site, is seeking acquisitions, Chief Executive Larry Kramer told investors. ''We're looking at several strategic acquisitions'' to buoy the company's growth, said Kramer, who spoke at the PaineWebber Internet conference in New York. He declined to name prospective acquisition candidates. San Francisco-based Marketwatch.com also plans to start a new subscription-based service called Marketwatch Pro. Kramer declined to say what the new service would consist of though it will be similar to TheStreet.com, a closely held financial news Web site that offers news stories and services for a fee. ''We think there's business there selling it to brokerages and individuals,'' Kramer said. Broadcaster CBS Corp. and Data Broadcasting Corp., which sells financial-market data to individuals via cable and satellite, each own 38 percent of Marketwatch.com. Shares of Marketwatch rose 6 1/4, or 9 percent, to 74. It rose more than fivefold in its furst day or trading on Jan. 16. Meanwhile, shares of CNET Inc., a provider of web sites and television programming about technology and the Internet, gained 10 3/4 to 97. Shares of Ziff-Davis Inc., the No. 2 U.S. publisher of computer magazines and operator of the ZDNet.com web site, gained 1 3/8 to 23 3/4.