SAN FRANCISCO, March 20 /PRNewswire/ --
MarketWatch.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: MKTW), the Internet's leading provider of
financial news and information, and Datek Online Brokerage Services LLC, one
of the nation's top online brokerage firms, have launched a broad suite of
tools and news content for Datek Online's active investor clientele. Datek's
customers are able to access CBS MarketWatch.com's fast-breaking news,
ticker-specific news, quotes and charts and real-time headlines in Datek's
News Center. MarketWatch.com is hosting a full page of tools and news that
includes a selection of columns specifically geared to helping the Datek
customer make informed trading and investment decisions.
In addition to real-time market headlines from Reuters and a set of five
proprietary CBS MarketWatch market columns, Datek Online customers can use the
CBS MarketWatch MarketPulse column to rapidly spot the day's key market
stories. MarketPulse delivers 50 to 100 headlines with fast, succinct
stories, allowing Datek Online's customers to spot the day's key market events
without spending valuable time scanning the general news wires for important
stories.
"We are extremely pleased to be expanding on our partnership with Datek
Online. This recent launch of news and tools content continues a successful,
three-year relationship with Datek Online that began when they launched our
BigCharts charting application. Since that time, our partnership has expanded
to include heat-mapped pie charts that visually alert Datek Online customers
on how their positions are performing, and an intraday stock screening tool
that gives them the ability to screen for stocks based on a series of key
trading parameters," said Scott Kinney, MarketWatch.com Executive Vice
President of Content Licensing."
Dave Whitmore, Senior Vice President of Customer Experience at Datek
Online added, "Our relationship with MarketWatch.com demonstrates Datek's
commitment to providing the highest quality tools and information to our
customers."
About MarketWatch.com, Inc.
MarketWatch.com, Inc., a leading financial media company founded in
1997, provides full-service business solutions for financial web sites, and
operates the number one financial news and information source on the Internet.
The Company licenses a wide array of financial data and tools to major
brokerages, Internet sites and media outlets, and supports them with flexible
design, development and hosting solutions. MarketWatch.com delivers these
products via one of the fastest, most reliable technical infrastructures on
the Web and provides them with world-class service. The Company operates
three web sites: cbs.marketwatch.com, bigcharts.com and U.K.-based
ftmarketwatch.com.
SOURCE MarketWatch.com, Inc.
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Related links:
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CONTACT:
Dan Silmore of MarketWatch.com, Inc.,
415-733-0582, or dsilmore@marketwatch.com; or Elizabeth Ames of
BOLDE Communications, 212-727-1680, or eames@boldepr.com, for
MarketWatch.com, Inc.
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