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Non-Tech : Ashton Technology (ASTN) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Candle stick who wrote (1044)	5/17/1999 10:54:00 AM
From: AJ Berger	Respond to of 4443

OPTIMARK NOW AVAILABLE OVER THE INTERNET THROUGH TERRA NOVA TRADING JERSEY CITY, N.J., May 17 /PRNewswire/ -- OptiMark Technologies, Inc. today announced a link with Terra Nova Trading that allows Terra Nova customers to access the OptiMark Trading System(TM) over the Internet. Terra Nova is a leader in the provision of online trading access, and this link provides the first Internet access to OptiMark. The Internet link between OptiMark and Terra Nova customers enables retail and institutional traders who are accustomed to using the Internet to interact with both retail and large institutional orders, thus gaining new opportunities for liquidity and price improvement. U.S. listed equities can be traded today on OptiMark as a facility of the Pacific Exchange. OTC stocks will be tradable on OptiMark as a facility of Nasdaq in the third quarter of this year. "Our philosophy at Terra Nova has been to deliver technology that facilitates the most efficient decision support, order entry and execution capabilities available," Chris Doubek, president of Terra Nova Trading, said. "In our continuing effort to empower investors and provide them with best execution, it was clear that we needed to offer access to OptiMark, the most advanced trading tool available." "Internet access through Terra Nova provides yet another avenue for getting to the liquidity in OptiMark," William A. Lupien, OptiMark's chairman, said. "Clearly, it is a very important avenue which I expect will appeal to many among our expanding group of customers. In fact, we've already heard from both retail and institutional users who have said that they liked the interface and were able to trade significant size with it," he added. Terra Nova Trading, founded in 1994, is an online broker-dealer specifically geared to the active trader. The firm, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, counts institutional and retail firms and high net worth individuals among its more than OptiMark Now Available Over the Internet Through Terra Nova Trading - 2 6,000 customers around the world, and currently handles an average of 25,000 trade executions a day. Additional information on Terra Nova Trading is available at terranovatrading.com. OptiMark Technologies, Inc., a privately-held transaction services company, offers a leading-edge securities matching facility that increases the efficiency and lowers the cost of trading. The OptiMark(TM) Trading System's patented design offers traders a unique, safe way to express their full trading interests without paying the typical market impact costs. OptiMark is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey, and has offices in the U.S., Canada and Japan, including in New York City, Boston, Chicago, Durango, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Toronto and Tokyo. Additional information on the company is available on the World Wide Web at optimark.com. SOURCE OptiMark Technologies, Inc. -0- 05/17/99 /CONTACT: Josh Teuber of Terra Nova Trading, 312-960-1314 or josh@terranovatrading.com; or Procter Lippincott of Spring, O'Brien & Co., 212-620-7100, ext. 228 or procter@spring-obrien.com, for OptiMark/ /Web site: terranovatrading.com /Web site: optimark.com CO: OptiMark Technologies, Inc.; Terra Nova Trading ST: New Jersey IN: FIN CPR SU: PDT * end of story *

To: Candle stick who wrote (1044)	5/17/1999 12:44:00 PM
From: Sir Auric Goldfinger	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4443

WP why are affiliates selling en masse? "Those of us in the business" BWA HAHA HA. NFW, there is no way you are in this biz. You are WAAAAAAAy too much of a moron. Retail Etrader maaaybe, but that's it WP. BTW, ASTN does NOT WORK AT ALL, there are no installs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILER REL FILED SHARES BROKER CONTACT PHONE ------------------------ --- -------- ----------- -------------- -------------- ASHTON TECHNOLOGY GROUP INC [ASTN] TANNER RONALD S N 05/13/99 60,000 LEGG MASON (215)-988-3400 LEGG MASON WOOD WALKER N 05/13/99 60,000 LEGG MASON (215)-988-3400 TANNER RONALD S N 05/13/99 20,000 LEGG MASON (215)-988-3400 EPRILE ROBERT AF 05/12/99 550,000 N/A EPRILE ROBERT AF 05/12/99 200,000 N/A SCHAEFFEL THOMAS F N 05/10/99 30,000 MEYERSON (M (215)-988-3400 MACLAUCHLAN GEORGE N 05/10/99 15,000 JOSEPHTHAL & (215)-988-3400 SCHAEFFEL THOMAS F N 05/05/99 30,000 MEYERSON (M (215)-988-3400 AG EDWARDS CUST CARL G SH 05/03/99 625 EDWARDS (A TANNER RONALD S N 04/26/99 40,000 LEGG MASON (215)-988-3400 KARL W BECKER TRUST N 04/26/99 25,000 JOSEPHTHAL & (215)-988-3400 AIZIKOVITCH MICHAEL N 04/26/99 30,000 MEYERSON (M (215)-988-3400 WILLIAMS STEPHAN A AND N 04/26/99 30,000 MEYERSON (M (215)-988-3400 (A) INDICATES AMENDED FILING () INDICATES MOST RECENT FILING ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILER REL FILED SHARES BROKER CONTACT PHONE ------------------------ --- -------- ----------- -------------- -------------- ASHTON TECHNOLOGY GROUP INC [ASTN] CARISTE SHIRLEY N 04/26/99 30,000 MYERSON (M (215)-988-3400 SALERNO JOHN J UK 04/22/99 30,000 SKY INVESTMENT (215)-751-1900 CLEMENTE KEVIN UK 04/22/99 30,000 SKY INVESTMENT (215)-751-1900 KARL W BECKER TRUST N 04/22/99 5,000 JOSEPHTHAL & (215)-988-3400 GIONESI ROBERT N 04/22/99 15,000 JOSEPHTHAL & (215)-751-1900 MURPHY STEPHANIE E N 04/21/99 25,000 JOSEPHTHAL & (215)-988-3400 PERRINE THOMAS E N 04/20/99 30,000 M H (215)-988-3408 KOTZAS BYRON N 04/20/99 30,000 MEYERSON (M (215)-988-3400 MURPHY GEORGETTE N 04/19/99 25,625 JOSEPHTHAL & (215)-988-3400 CHIRAELLI SANTO N 04/12/99 15,000 MEYERSON (M (215)-751-1900 ROBBINS HERBERT E N 04/12/99 15,000 MEYERSON (M (215)-988-3400 DONNELLY JAMES & NANCY N 04/12/99 30,000 SKY INVESTMENT (215)-751-1900 SUN MERCHANT GROUP INC N 04/12/99 60,000 PERSHING DIVIS DARA DISTRIBUTING INC N 04/09/99 30,000 SALOMON SMITH (215)-751-1900 RUSSO STEPHENE & LEVY N 04/08/99 30,000 JOSEPHTHAL & (A) INDICATES AMENDED FILING () INDICATES MOST RECENT FILING ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILER REL FILED SHARES BROKER CONTACT PHONE ------------------------ --- -------- ----------- -------------- -------------- ASHTON TECHNOLOGY GROUP INC [ASTN] CAVALLERO MARK & NICOL N 04/08/99 30,000 SKY INVESTMENT CANALI ROBERT & AMELIA N 04/05/99 30,000 M H (215)-988-3400 DORSI GARY - IRA N 04/05/99 30,000 M H ADKINS CHARLES & JANE SH 04/01/99 30,000 MAY DAVIS (215)-757-1700 WALSH ELLEN N 03/29/99 30,000 JOSEPHTHAL & (215)-988-3400 GLASER LEE SH 03/29/99 15,000 BROUS (H (215)-988-3400 BLOHM JOHN A D 03/29/99 12,500 MORGAN STANLEY (215)-751-1900 BLOHM JOHN A D 03/29/99 50,625 MORGAN STANLEY (215)-751-1900 GLASER LEE SH 03/26/99 15,000 BROUS (H (215)-988-3400 GLASER LEE N 03/17/99 15,000 M H (215)-988-3400 O'LEARY JENNIFER N 03/15/99 15,000 MEYERSON (M (215)-988-3400 CONTINENTAL CAPITAL & SH 03/11/99 100,000 HILL THOMPSON (215)-751-1900 (A) INDICATES AMENDED FILING () INDICATES MOST RECENT FILING TO RETRIEVE AN UPDATED INSIDER HISTORY ON ANY STOCK, TYPE TICKER <EQUITY> CN WSA <GO> FOR ANY AVAILABLE NEWS ITEMS FOR MORE INSIDER TRADING INFORMATION, TYPE WSA <GO> <PAGE FWD> THE WASHINGTON SERVICE (202) 778-1380