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Bondtrac to Add Briefing.com Content to Bondtrac XT
Firm continues to make its Bondtrac XT Service Most Robust Available

NEW YORK CITY, NY—March 17, 2003—Bondtrac, Inc., a leading provider of fixed-income information for more than a decade, announced today that it will add fixed income market analysis from Briefing.com to its Bondtrac XT private-labeled and professional subscription services.

Bondtrac is the largest provider of fully disclosed offerings in municipal, corporate, agency, zeros, internationals, US Treasury, CD and CMO markets. Bondtrac XT is available to professional subscribers through www.bondtrac.com, and through private-labeled broker, correspondent or customer web sites customized with the client firm's logos and brand identity. Bondtrac clients include registered representatives, portfolio managers, correspondents, traders & assistants, wealth managers, retail brokers and their customers, research analysts, trust investment officers, capital markets groups and others who access fixed income information.

The newest addition to Bondtrac's services – content from Briefing.com – will add Briefing's Bond Ticker (which refreshes 3x per trading day), Weekly Bond Brief, a Live Economic Calendar, Fed Brief and Weekly Rate Brief to Bondtrac XT.

"Bondtrac creates a one-stop shop for fixed income information, and Briefing.com will enhance our news section – placing high caliber, critical market information at our customers' fingertips," said Dan Powers, President of Bondtrac.

"We're pleased to provide Bondtrac customers with direct access to Briefing.com's intra-day commentary and analysis. We distribute timely, detailed information in a user-friendly format which has enhanced our reputation as a leading commentary provider," said Briefing.com's David Beasley, SVP Marketing and Business Development.

Bondtrac aggressively seeks new additions to its core services and to its offerings to display to its 40,000+ end users. In the past quarter, thousands of new offerings per day have been added to the Municipals segment of Bondtrac, and thousands more have been added to Corporates and Agencies. Broker-dealers contact offerings@bondtrac.com to send offerings or to set up a live feed of offerings direct from their system.

About Bondtrac
Bondtrac, a privately-held corporation founded in 1992, provides the largest fully disclosed source of more than 20,000+ fresh Municipal, Corporate, Agency, CD, Zeros, STRIPs, Internationals, CMOs and US Treasury offerings daily to more than 40,000 end users in brokerage firms and dealer banks. Bondtrac is available by subscription to www.bondtrac.com and through firm-wide web site integrations that private-label Bondtrac for client web sites. Bondtrac offices are located in New York City, San Francisco and Oklahoma City. For more information, please visit www.bondtrac.com, or call Elizabeth Lewis, Vice President of Sales, at 212-297-6189.

About Briefing.com
Briefing.com is an employee-owned company headquartered in Chicago, with offices in Boston and the San Francisco Bay Area. Rated a “top site” eight consecutive years by Barron’s and three consecutive years by Forbes.com, Briefing.com is the leading provider of quality, live market analysis via the Internet.