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| Quicken.com Unleashes Leading Content from CBS Marketwatch.com and TheStreet.com |
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| Quicken.com Broadens Its Already Extensive News and Research Offering |
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -
October
13,
1998 -
In an effort to further expand an already extensive news and research offering, Intuit announced today, its leading personal finance web site, Quicken.com (www.quicken.com), is now providing cutting-edge news and commentary from prominent content sources, CBS MarketWatch.com and TheStreet.com. Selected online investment and financial news and commentary from CBS MarketWatch.com (http://cbs.marketwatch.com) and TheStreet.com (www.thestreet.com) are updated several times each day to ensure timely, top-of-mind information.
"For Quicken.com, it’s all about the consumer," stated Tapan Bhat, group product manager for Quicken.com. "Our consumers indicated an interest in receiving additional cutting edge editorial content, and our first thought was to turn to CBS MarketWatch.com and TheStreet.com. Their content is the perfect way to round out our free, extensive news offering."
Cutting Edge Content Providers
The content will be available on the Quicken.com homepage as well as sprinkled throughout the Investments area.
CBS MarketWatch.com provides its leading news updates and commentary 8-9 times a day on Quicken.com. Featured content includes, Thom Calandra’s StockWatch, Internet Daily, Farrell on Funds and Market Snapshot, among others. CBS MarketWatch.com will also host two chat sessions per month and provide responses on the Quicken.com bulletin boards.
TheStreet.com features a variety of content on Quicken.com. The content includes two of James J. Cramer's popular Wrong! columns each week, a weekly column by former San Francisco Chronicle columnist Herb Greenberg, and 3 daily updates of market commentary. These features will appear on Quicken.com after they are published on TheStreet.com's premium Website.
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About TheStreet.com
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TheStreet.com (www.thestreet.com) is a leading online investment and financial news publication that provides an insider's look at what's happening on Wall Street. Located in the heart of the financial district, TheStreet.com was founded by James J. Cramer and Martin Peretz. Cramer is a Wall Street hedge-fund manager, a regular on CNBC, and a contributor to GQ. Peretz, chairman and editor-in-chief of The New Republic, is an early and active investor in Internet ventures including Tripod, Electronic Newsstand, and Employ_ease. Dave Kansas, formerly of The Wall Street Journal, is the editor-in-chief, and Herb Greenberg, formerly of the San Francisco Chronicle, writes the daily "Herb on TheStreet" column.
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About CBS MarketWatch
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CBS.MarketWatch.com, http://cbs.marketwatch.com, (a service of MarketWatch.com L.L.C.) is a leading World Wide Web financial site, where individual and professional investors turn for real-time breaking news, expert analysis and market data. The editorial team contributes financial and economic reports to the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH DAN RATHER and CBS News’ THIS MORNING. In addition, its correspondents appear on CBS affiliated and owned stations nation-wide through CBS NEWSPATH. CBS.MarketWatch.com was launched on Oct. 29, 1997, as a joint venture between CBS Broadcasting Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS), and Data Broadcasting Corporation, http://www.dbc.com, (Nasdaq: DBCC), the country’s leading provider of real-time financial and market information for the individual investor. MarketWatch.com is headquartered in San Francisco and has bureaus in New York, Washington D.C., Los Angeles, and London.
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About Quicken.com
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Quicken.com http://www.quicken.com , a leading online finance site, brings together tools, resources and expertise to help empower consumers to make confident investment and financial choices. Once consumers have determined their financial needs, Quicken.com can help them reach a solution for all areas of personal finance management, including investments, insurance, tax and mortgage. All of which is available for FREE! Quicken.com is competitive with Microsoft Investor (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Yahoo! Finance (Nasdaq: YHOO).
Quicken.com content is also distributed through American Online (NYSE: AOL) and Excite (Nasdaq: XCIT).
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About Intuit
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Intuit Inc., a financial software and Web-based services company, develops and markets Quicken®, the leading personal finance software; TurboTax®, the best-selling tax preparation software; and QuickBooks®, the most popular small business accounting software. Intuit’s Quicken.com Web site offers a complete set of personal finance news, information, and tools, including retirement planning resources and the leading mutual fund and insurance sites.
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Intuit, the Intuit logo, Quicken, QuickBooks, QuickBooks Pro, TurboTax, MacInTax, ProSeries and InsureMarket, among others, are registered trademarks and/or registered service marks of Intuit Inc. or one of its subsidiaries. Quicken.com, QuickenMortgage, Quicken Business CashFinder and Quicken Financial Planner, among others, are trademarks and/or service marks of Intuit Inc. or one of its subsidiaries. Other parties' trademarks or service marks are the property of their respective owners and should be treated as such.
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