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    NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 16, 2005--Dow Jones Newswires and William O'Neil + Company, Inc., today announced that Dow Jones News Service is available on the newly released WONDA(R) 5.2, an institutional investment research software tool, as an optional add-on service.
    WONDA 5.2's users--financial professionals serving an institutional client base--will be able to subscribe to Dow Jones News Service, the premier source of real-time news and information coverage of companies and markets. Free trials of WONDA 5.2, including the Dow Jones News Service add-on, are available to institutional customers until March 31.
    WONDA 5.2 makes it even easier to discover new companies for users' portfolios, and allows pushbutton access to Dow Jones News Service's real-time coverage of the issues and events that affect stock markets and companies. WONDA 5.2 users can set up alerts when Dow Jones Newswires breaks news that affects their portfolios and watch lists. Dow Jones NewsPlus, an easy-to-use enhancement that highlights unique features, commentary and analysis, is included in the Dow Jones News Service add-on.
    "Dow Jones News Service offers financial professionals actionable headlines and information, as well as in-depth perspective on trends and sectors," said Joe Lanza, vice president, sales and marketing, Dow Jones Newswires-Americas. "Our agreement with William O'Neil + Company helps us reach institutional users in an interface designed for them."
    "With just one click, our clients will now be able to see up-to-date Dow Jones News Service coverage of the companies and markets they're interested in, all within WONDA 5.2," said Kelly Webb, vice president and director WONDA Client Services, William O'Neil + Company. "WONDA will also automatically alert users the moment any news appears that is relevant to their portfolios or watch lists."

    About Dow Jones Newswires

    Dow Jones Newswires (djnewswires.com) offers real-time news and information solutions for financial professionals providing investment, advice and institutional services. The division also offers news for financial firms' Web sites and Dow Jones Financial Information Services' database, newsletter and event businesses. In addition to Dow Jones Newswires, Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ; www.dowjones.com) publishes The Wall Street Journal and its international and online editions, Barron's and the Far Eastern Economic Review, Dow Jones Indexes, MarketWatch, and the Ottaway group of community newspapers. Dow Jones is co-owner with Reuters Group of Factiva, with Hearst of SmartMoney and with NBC Universal of the CNBC television operations in Asia and Europe. Dow Jones also provides news content to CNBC and radio stations in the U.S.

    About William O'Neil + Company, Inc.

    William O'Neil + Company, Inc. provides securities data research, equity investment idea services and trading services to institutional clients globally. The company's WONDA software includes state-of-the-art screening capabilities on over 10,000 data items combining company fundamentals, earnings estimates, industry group statistics, and corporate data. WONDA also provides proprietary executive summaries of stocks and industry groups in the form of datagraphs that have become indispensable screening and research tools for leading portfolio managers across the country. William O'Neil + Company, Inc. was founded in 1963 and is privately held.

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CONTACT: Dow Jones Newswires Eva Rohrmann, 201-938-4623 eva.rohrmann@dowjones.com or William O'Neil + Company, Inc. Marc Feinberg, 310-448-6821 mfeinberg@williamoneil.com

KEYWORD: NEW YORK INDUSTRY KEYWORD: ADVERTISING/MARKETING SOFTWARE INTERNET E-COMMERCE PRODUCT MARKETING AGREEMENTS SOURCE: Dow Jones Newswires

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