Business Services Industry

Market Guide Teams up with Yahoo!; Company Snapshot Now Live on Yahoo! Finance Area

Business Wire, June 26, 1997

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 26, 1997--Market Guide Inc. (NASDAQ:MARG) today announced the signing of an agreement with Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) to immediately distribute Market Guide's Company Snapshot Report on a co-branded basis through Yahoo! Finance (http://quote.yahoo.com).

Yahoo! Finance provides users with access to free stock quotes, research, charts, news and other key financial information. Market Guide's content can be accessed by clicking on `profile' from a stock quote or through the new Company Index section in Yahoo! Finance, the most popular source on the Web for financial and investment information, according to PC Meter, which measures household reach (February 1997 study). In addition, Yahoo! Finance users can go directly to Market Guide's site from Yahoo! Finance to purchase premium Market Guide reports and services such as its popular Company Profile Report, ProVestor (the most comprehensive company report on the Web) and StockQuest (the ultimate stock-screening tool).

Dennis I. Slovak, vice president, sales and marketing of Market Guide, stated, "We are very excited about this agreement with Yahoo!. Working with Yahoo! Finance, the most popular financial Web resource, helps further extend Market Guide's brand and content distribution. We are pleased that Yahoo! recognizes the high quality of Market Guide's database and how our information helps users with investment decisions."

Mike Riley, Producer of Yahoo! Finance said, "Yahoo! Finance continues to grow its offerings to provide individuals with a one-stop source for all their financial and investment needs. Adding Market Guide's Company Snapshot helps our users make better informed investment decisions by providing an in-depth source for researching company information."

In addition to Market Guide's Company Snapshot, Yahoo! Finance includes online trading access, editorial from The Motley Fool, Zacks Investment Research, stock quote information, portfolio tracking, charting, general financial news from Reuters, international currency exchange rates, and Morningstar profiles ratings for mutual funds. Yahoo! Finance can be found at http://quote.yahoo.com or through the front page of Yahoo! (http://www.yahoo.com).

Market Guide Inc. compiles a high quality database containing descriptive and financial information on over 9,500 publicly traded U.S. and foreign companies. The database contains detailed current and historical financial information, descriptive information about the company's business, capital structure, short interest information, historical stock prices and over five hundred financial ratios. Market Guide markets its database directly through its Market Guide for Windows product line, through a variety of services on the Internet, and through its own Internet site (http://www.marketguide.com). The Company also distributes data through over 40 leading vendors in the professional and individual investor markets. -0-

For more information on Market Guide's products, please visit our Web site at http://www.marketguide.com or call us at 516/327-2400 ext. 200.

CONTACT: Market Guide Inc.

Dennis I. Slovak, 516/327-2400 ext. 109

dslovak@marketguide.com

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