Live Webcast Accessible to Viewers Around the World on Thursday, November 16
NEW YORK, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- TD Waterhouse Group, Inc.
(NYSE: TWE; Toronto), the global online financial services firm, today
announced it will hold a live interactive webcast entitled "Investing in
Biotechnology" on Thursday, November 16, 2000, at 8:30 PM (EST). The webcast,
covering the human genome and biotechnology sector, is the first in a series
of live webcasts to be sponsored by the firm to provide both customers and
non-customers around the world with a better understanding of investment and
financial topics of interest.
"Investing in Biotechnology" will be a 30-minute presentation featuring an
esteemed panel of biotechnology experts and world class money managers and is
designed to inform the public on this complex sector, how it could change our
future, and investment growth potential that may exist. The panel consists
of:
-- Dr. Greg Stock - UCLA School of Medicine Program Director and Senior
Fellow at the Center for the Study of Evolution and the Origin of Life;
-- Dr. Kris Jenner - T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. Health Sciences
Portfolio Manager and Investment Advisory Committee Chairman; and
-- Peter Wen - Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC Biotechnology Portfolio
Manager and Vice President.
"With this presentation, we hope to enhance public understanding of the
biotechnology sector and this distinguished panel is a tremendous resource in
helping us in that regard," said Peter Mangan, Chief Operating Officer of
Mutual Funds at TD Waterhouse Group, Inc. "At TD Waterhouse, educating and
informing investors is a top priority."
Viewers are driving the content for the program by visiting TD
Waterhouse's web site prior to the webcast to vote on topics from a
pre-selected list. The potential topics for discussion are:
-- Genetics 101: What's the Human Genome Project?;
-- A look into the future: Impact of Genomes on our lives;
-- Redesigning Humans: Ethical issues surrounding Genomics;
-- Who stands to Profit from the Project: Sectors destined to excel; and
-- Rules of thumb for Biotech investing.
Interested viewers can participate and vote on topics by opening the TD
Waterhouse home page, http://www.tdwaterhouse.com, and clicking on "Biotech
Webcast." On this page, viewers can also visit the Biotechnology Education
Center to learn the basics on biotechnology through articles, videos, slide
shows and useful links. Additionally, participants can answer trivia and
survey questions to help gauge world opinion on biotechnology, while also
seeing how their choices compare to others in the "The Show" section.
To view this webcast, the following is required:
Software: Real Player or Windows Media Player; and
Hardware: 90 MHz Intel Pentium processor (or equivalent), 16 MB RAM, 30 MB
free on your hard disk, 16-bit sound card and speakers, 65,000-color video
display card, 28.8Kbps modem (video), Windows 95 operating system plus
Internet connection and web browser.
TD Waterhouse Group, Inc., (NYSE: TWE; Toronto), also known as "TD
Waterhouse," provides investors with a broad range of brokerage, mutual fund,
banking and other consumer financial products on an integrated basis. In the
United States, TD Waterhouse is the only online discount broker to have a
retail branch in all 50 states. Worldwide, TD Waterhouse currently services
4.3 million customer accounts in the United States, Canada, the United
Kingdom, Australia, and Hong Kong. The firm also services customers in Japan
and India through joint ventures in those countries. TD Waterhouse can be
found on the Internet at http://www.tdwaterhouse.com and on America Online at
Keyword: TD Waterhouse.
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CONTACT:
Melissa Fox, Manager, Public Affairs of TD
Waterhouse Group, Inc., 212-908-3101, or
melissafox@tdwaterhouse.com
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