Press Release

Contact:
David Beasley
650-347-2220 x.132
dbeasley@briefing.com

Amy Wilson
425-452-5400
awilson@shandwick.com

MSN MoneyCentral Adds "Intra-daily" Market Analysis From Briefing.com
Users Benefit From Leading U.S. Stock And Economic Analysis

Burlingame, CA, January 19, 1999...Briefing.com, the leading Internet provider of "live" market analysis now provides its expertise to users of MSN MoneyCentral. MSN MoneyCentral, the most visited online finance site in November 1998*, provides a broad range of personal finance and investment information, tools and tips to more than 3 million consumers. Briefing.com supplies an Economic Calendar with "live" analysis on breaking economic releases, "intra-daily" Upgrades/Downgrades of U.S. stocks, a Splits Calendar, and an Events Calendar.

Briefing.com’s Economic Calendar provides a forecast by Briefing’s analysts for each upcoming release with in-depth analysis immediately after the release.

Upgrades/Downgrades is updated three times per day with recommendations from major Wall Street brokerage firms. Briefing’s Splits Calendar succinctly lists upcoming U.S. stock splits and the Events Calendar displays upcoming events of interest to equities market participants.

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MSN MoneyCentral has been chosen for the second year in a row as the top investment website by Barron’s magazine and is continually recognized by PC Magazine as a Top 100 Web site. "Briefing.com's in-depth market analysis is an excellent tool for MSN MoneyCentral consumers," said Lewis Levin, vice president, Microsoft desktop finance division. "Financially-minded customers are looking for one place to go on the Internet to find up-to-date financial information, including breaking economic news and market analysis. Briefing.com’s integration into MSN MoneyCentral expands the tools consumers have to make smarter financial decisions."

David Beasley, vice president of marketing for Briefing.com adds, "I’m confident Briefing’s analysis of U.S. stocks and economic releases will provide useful insight for users of MSN MoneyCentral." Briefing.com senior staff, having provided comparable market analysis to institutional clients with Standard & Poor’s MMS International, has developed a Web based readership of over 14,000 paid subscribers in just over two years from launch.

About Briefing.com
Briefing.com is an employee-owned company headquartered in Chicago, with offices in Boston and the San Francisco Bay Area. Rated a “top site” eight consecutive years by Barron’s and three consecutive years by Forbes.com, Briefing.com is the leading provider of quality, live market analysis via the Internet.

*According to Internet audience measurement service Media Metrix.