TOCK, sitting at all time low since it's IPO a few months back, has 2 pieces of good news today: 06/04 05:15 Internet Stock News
Announces Investment Opinion;
Internet Stock
News Announces
Internet Stock News Announces Investment Opinion; Internet
Stock News Announces That Their Featured Companies are Up
147.3% Since Jan. 1, 1999
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 4, 1999--Internet Stock
News (ISN), www.internetstocknews.com, one of the Web's
leading Free online publications and destinations for Internet
Stock investors, announced today that their "Ones to Watch in
1999" and other featured Internet companies are up an average
of 147.3% since Jan. 1, 1999.
The "Ones To Watch in 1999" and other featured Internet
companies, chosen by the editors of Internet Stock News,
include At Home (Nasdaq:ATHM), billserv.com, Circle Group
Internet, CMGI, DoubleClick, E-Trade (Nasdaq:EGRP), Excite
(Nasdaq:XCIT), FreeRealTime.com (OTCBB:FRTI), Internet
Ventures Inc., mPhase Technologies, SportsLine USA
(Nasdaq:SPLN), Starnet Communications, Topclick International
(OTCBB:TOCK), and TicketMaster/CitySearch Online
(Nasdaq:TMCS).
Internet Stock News (www.internetstocknews.com) founder Chris
Agarwal stated, "We are very selective in the companies we
feature and publish news about. In the Internet sector, there are
hundreds of prospective companies coming to the trading
market these days, and investors must be careful in choosing
their long-term investments...only a handful of extremely talented,
aggressive, and well-managed Internet companies will remain,
once the true impact of the Internet is realized. Our featured
companies continue to work hard to position themselves as
leaders in their specific Internet sectors."
Many of ISN's Featured Companies have announced important
news within the past few months.
billserv.com Inc. (OTCBB:BLLS), billserv.com, a
leader in Electronic Bill Payment and Presentment (EBPP)
Internet sector, recently announced an agreement with
CyberCash (Nasdaq:CYCH) to enable billserv.com to integrate
CyberCash's Internet payment technology into its EBPP
solutions. In addition, billserv.com recently announced a
marketing alliance with NETdelivery Corporation in order to give
its customers additional options for the presentment of bills over
the Internet. billserv.com also recently unveiled its new Website
bills.com, the first Internet portal for electronic bill presentment
and payment.
Circle Group Internet Inc. (CGI),
circlegroupinternet.com, (Anticipated IPO Summer
'99) continues to develop their Funds-In Program and Custom
Corporate Web Browsers with a full multimedia package for their
clients. CGI anticipates completing its $30 million stock offering
and applying for a listing on the Nasdaq National Market under
the symbol CGRP by the first week of June. In addition, the
company reported over $1 million in revenues in 1998 with
profits up over 650%.
CMGI (Nasdaq:CMGI), cmgi.com, a leading Internet
operating and investment company, recently announced several
items of interest. Recently, the company received a $200 million
investment from Gateway Computers (Nasdaq:GTWY). CMGI
also formed a strategic alliance with Gateway, where together, to
two companies will work on interactive web marketing solutions.
In addition, CMGI also announced the completed IPO's of Critical
Path (Nasdaq:CPTH) and SilkNet (Nasdaq:SILK), two
companies it held significant positions in. Furthermore, CMGI is
set to undergo a 2:1 split, which it announced a few weeks back,
effective May 27, 1999.
DoubleClick (Nasdaq:DCLK), (http://www.doubleclick.net), a
leading provider of comprehensive Internet advertising solutions,
recently announced partnerships and client relationships with
About.com (Nasdaq:BOUT), Ameritech (NYSE:AIT), and iVillage
(Nasdaq:IVIL). In addition, the company reported revenues of
$31.1 million for the first quarter of 1999, a 139 percent increase
over revenues of $13.0 million for the first quarter of 1998. Gross
profits also increased 186% over those of the first quarter of
1998. Information-Highway.com Inc. (OTCBB:IHWY),
information-highway.com, a leader in the markets for
Internet Access and Web Portals, recently announced a
partnership with Level 3 Communications (Nasdaq:LVLT) in
order to expand its Internet Access Services in 20 U.S. Cities &
States as well as an agreement with InfoABC to debut its
Executive Club portal (http://www.theexecutive.com) in Mexico
and Latin America in order to compete with localized portals
Infospace.com (Nasdaq:INSP) and Snap.com (Nasdaq:CNET).
In addition, the company also announced the launch of free
Internet-based long distance telephone calls for its Canadian
Executive Club Clients and plans to implement service in the
U.S. & Asia.
Internet Ventures Inc. (Not Yet Publicly Traded),
ivn.net, a leader in the market for high-speed Internet
access continues to seek an Underwriter for a possible Initial
Public Stock Offering. The company has made numerous
headlines in the past months because of their struggle for
"leased access" to cable lines for the provision of high-speed
Internet access. The company recently reported fiscal 1998
results including the doubling of revenues to $2.8 million and
re-launched its PeRKInet(R) brand as a single-source portal of
more than 75 Internet-delivered television broadcast stations.
mPhase Technologies Inc. (OTCBB:XDSL),
mphasetech.com, a leader in the market for digital
television, high-speed Internet access, and phone service over
existing conventional copper telephone lines, recently announced
an agreement with McKibben Communications to help launch its
Traverser(TM) Digital Video and Data Delivery System
(DVDDS). mPhase also chose First Media Group as their
agency of record. In addition, mPhase will display their
Multi-channel/Multi-user broadband Traverser technology, which
provides simultaneously accessible high-speed Internet access,
digital television, and phone service over an existing telephone
line, at SuperComm '99 in Atlanta between June 8th and 10th.
SoftTek Technologies Inc. (Not Yet Publicly Traded),
sftek.com, a leader in the market for Internet
enhanced fax services, recently closed their Direct Public Stock
Offering and will be seeking a public listing in the upcoming
months. In addition, SoftTek recently reported that they had
experienced a doubling in their WebFaxit.com
(http://www.webfaxit.com) web-based fax traffic every month for
the past three months. SoftTek competes with companies such
as eFax.com (Nasdaq:EFAX) and FaxSav (Nasdaq:FAXX).
Starnet Communications (OTCBB:SNMM), starnet.ca,
a leader in the Online Gaming Internet sector, has signed
multiple gaming software licensing agreements through its
subsidiaries including those with Just For Fun Ventures, Umax
Investments, Delta Internet Holdings, All Seasons Entertainment,
and Winning Ventures, Inc. Starnet Communications recently
signed a three-year consulting agreement with Go Bet!, and has
entered into negotiations with Casinopirata.com to acquire
another online casino.
TOPCLiCK International Inc. (OTCBB:TOCK),
topclick.com, an emerging leader in the Web Portal
industry, recently announced traffic growth of over 1200 percent
for the first quarter of 1999 with close to 1 million pages viewed
in the month of March of this year alone! The company also
reported the top 50 sites by click-throughs, noting sites such as
Amazon.com (Nasdaq:AMZN), Ebay (Nasdaq:EBAY), and
Charles Schwab (NYSE:SCH). In addition, TOPCLiCK
announced its phase one e-commerce plans that will integrate
name brand Internet retailers. TOPCLiCK recently filed to
become a reporting issuer as its first step towards achieving a
Nasdaq Small Cap listing.
For more information about these companies, please visit
internetstocknews.com or call 800/997-3323.
About Internet Stock News:
Internet Stock News (ISN) is one of the most well-known and
widely read free Internet investment publications with over
70,000 readers worldwide. ISN provides items such as Free
Real Time Quotes, Independent Analysis & Commentary about
Internet Stocks, and Access to Internet Initial Public Offerings at
internetstocknews.com. Internet Stock News is
published by IP Equity Inc., an Internet investment firm.
IP Equity Inc. has been compensated with cash, stock, and
options of Allou Health Care & Beauty Inc., billserv.com Inc.,
Circle Group Internet Inc, Internet Ventures Inc., mPhase
Technologies Inc., SoftTek Technologies Inc., and Topclick
International Inc. totaling less than three hundred four thousand
dollars at the time of engagement.
In addition IP Equity and its consultants, directors, and
employees are not believed to own more than twenty thousand
shares of CMGI, FreeRealtime.com, Starnet, & DoubleClick.
Most information in our media is derived from the subject
companies, without independent verification by IP Equity as to
accuracy and completeness. Please visit
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