REMINDER/Chief Technical Analyst Ralph J. Acampora Speaks to Financial Women International

Business Wire, Sept 24, 2001

Business Editors

REMINDER...For Mon. (Sept. 24)

WILLIAMSBURG, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 24, 2001

Ralph J. Acampora, Chief Technical Analyst with Prudential Securities and best-selling author will be the featured luncheon speaker at the 79th annual Financial Women International Conference in Williamsburg on Mon., Sept. 24, 2001.

Acampora will give a 45-minute presentation entitled, "The Fourth Mega-Market" to an audience of financial professionals -- representing the banking, investment, insurance and securities industry. Acampora will also discuss the stock market's current conditions and his forecasts for the future. He will field questions from audience members. A book-signing will immediately follow Acampora's presentation.

WHEN:    Mon., Sept. 24, 2001
         11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.

WHERE:   Williamsburg Marriott
         50 Kingsmill Rd.
         Williamsburg, Va., 23185

SPEAKER: Ralph J. Acampora, CMT, Managing Director, Global Equity
         Research, Prudential Securities Incorporated and best-selling
         Author, The Fourth Mega-Market, published 2000, by Hyperion

Prudential Securities is a fully diversified, global securities firm based in New York City, serving clients in the United States and overseas through approximately 6,500 Financial Advisors. Prudential Securities is a Prudential Company.

The Prudential Insurance Company of America, with approximately $593 billion in assets under management and administration as of December 31, 2000, is among the largest financial services institutions in the world, and one of the largest life insurance companies in the United States. Prudential serves millions of individual and institutional customers worldwide and offers a variety of products and services, including life insurance, property and casualty insurance, mutual funds, annuities, pension and retirement related services and administration, asset management, securities brokerage, banking and trust services, real estate brokerage franchises and relocation services. Prudential Financial is a service mark of Prudential, Newark, NJ, and its affiliates.