CNBC.com Delivers New Personal Finance Tools, Services, and Resources

Business Wire, Dec 20, 2000

Business & High-Tech Editors

FORT LEE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 20, 2000

CNBC.com, the Internet's premier site for financial information and analysis, has enhanced its Personal Finance front page (http://www.cnbc.com/finance/index.html) with new tools, services and resources to help informed investors better manage every aspect of their financial affairs, CNBC.com COO Bob Meyers announced today.

"CNBC.com now offers a comprehensive view of personal finance," said Meyers. "By leveraging the new tools, services and resources available from CNBC.com and its finance, insurance, and retirement partners, informed investors can examine if interest rates are competitive, insurance policies are sufficient and retirement plans will meet future needs."

The enhanced Personal Finance front page reorganizes news and feature stories according to categories such as Retirement, Mutual Funds, Loans, Women's Investing, Insurance, Taxes and Small Business.

New features include:

-- Services: Users can leverage CNBC.com's high quality partnerships to get
competitive quotes from banks and insurance companies, find a personal advisor,
compare rates, and obtain objective retirement research. Active message boards
cover each of the personal finance categories, so users can exchange lay
opinions.

-- Tools: CNBC.com also offers do-it-yourself tools, including its
best-in-class portfolio tracker, account aggregation, the unique new
"detachable" ticker, and a comprehensive set of financial calculators.

To provide its users with the most current and comprehensive personal financial information, CNBC.com is complementing its own financial data and analysis with industry expertise from the following partners:

-- Bankrate.com (NASDAQ: RATE) - As a personal finance partner,

Bankrate.com enables investors to compare the interest rates for

mortgages, certificates of deposit, auto loans and credit cards. -- financeware.com - As a personal finance partner, financeware.com

offers innovative wealth management tools, probability analysis

and an Advisor Directory to help investors identify and connect

online with an appropriate advisor. -- Insure.com - As a partner for the Insurance Center, Insure.com

delivers the latest insurance industry news, trends and

developments and provides insurance tools including a library of

articles covering the basics of insurance and industry news for

consumers, a state-by-state insurance guide and insurance company

complaint finder. -- InsureConnection.com - As a partner for the Insurance Center,

InsureConnection.com also delivers the latest insurance industry

news, trends and developments and serves as an insurance

aggregator providing insurance quotes from multiple insurers. -- LendingTree (NASDAQ: TREE) - As the exclusive lending partner for

the Loan Center, the leading online loan marketplace,

LendingTree.com enables users to quickly and easily submit a loan

request for a mortgage, home equity, or car loan online, and, if

qualified, receive up to four real loan offers back within 24

hours. -- mPower -- As a retirement partner, mPower delivers objective

advice and retirement planning services specifically for 401k

programs and IRA accounts.

According to Media Metrix, CNBC.com attracted 1.2 million unique users in October 2000 and continues to be the Web's "stickiest" financial news site. Registered users spent an average of 29 minutes on the CNBC.com site and scrolled through more than 21 unique pages in that month. In total, CNBC.com has more than 1.7 million registered users.

About CNBC.com

CNBC.com (http://www.cnbc.com), a unit of General Electric (NYSE:GE), is the indispensable financial resource for today's informed investor. CNBC.com democratizes Wall Street by providing original, personal, and relevant information, which helps investors profit from today's lightning-paced financial activity. By leveraging access provided by CNBC, the recognized world leader in business news, the site brings users an insider's view of the financial markets in an interactive format. CNBC.com offers real time data, customized charts, portfolios, and stock tickers, as well as company news, e-alerts with breaking information, and top quality investing tools and analyses. CNBC.com also assists investors with long-term financial planning and personal finance by providing information, analysis and tools on mutual funds, new financial products, retirement planning, job hunting, career management, personal borrowing, tax planning and starting a small business.