CONTACT: Jay S. Winuk
Winuk Communications
646-613-7720
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CARSON'S SHAREHOLDING DATABASE OFFERED
ON DATA DOWNLINK'S .xls WEB SERVICE
Another Internet Milestone - Comprehensive Ownership Data
New York, April 9, 1999 . . . Data Downlink Corporation, a leading developer of online business information services, and The Carson Group, one of the world's foremost capital markets intelligence companies, announced today the release of Carson's Global Shareholding Database on Data Downlink's .xls online service. The database is available immediately to users of .xls at www.xls.com.
The Carson Group's Global Shareholding Database provides the most sophisticated Web-based equity ownership information available. The database covers more than 60,000 securities and 20,000 institutional and mutual fund portfolios worldwide.
The Carson Group's search interface on .xls allows users to query for various securities by sector, geography and security type, as well as search for holders by geography, type, size and turnover. Standard security holding reports and peer analyses
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are available in spreadsheets or can be printed out in presentation quality.
"The Carson Group - Data Downlink collaboration will appeal to buy-side, sell-side and corporate professionals who need access to timely and accurate shareholding data over the Internet," according to Steve Goldstein, founder and CEO of Data Downlink Corporation. "The Carson Group ranks among the best in the business, and we're pleased to provide its database to users of .xls."
".xls combines the timeliness and premium quality of Carson's Global Shareholding Database with the convenience and power of the Internet," said Karen West, managing director at The Carson Group. "Our clients will benefit from the option of dropping all the results automatically into spreadsheets. .xls has done an impressive job of making the best use of this cutting-edge technology."
Based in New York with offices around the world, The Carson Group is a strategic consulting firm that provides capital markets intelligence services to half the Fortune 500 companies and many of the top-ranked financial institutions in the world. For more information on The Carson Group, contact Karen West at 212-707-0717.
Data Downlink Corporation, based in New York City and founded in 1996, provides a fully indexed, comprehensive library of premium financial and business information through its web-based information service, called .xls http://www.xls.com. Providing access to global company financial data and economic, demographic, industry, country and market-specific data, .xls allows users to automatically download information directly into a Microsoft Excel or Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet. For more information about Data Downlink and its 60+ different databases on .xls, visit the company's website http://www.xls.com or call Customer Service at 212-363-9620 in the U.S. or in London at 44 (0)20 3059 5765.
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