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	SecuritiesHub LLC Announces CSFB as Strategic Partner

Menu 1 Menu 2 Menu 3 Menu 4		Broadens global reach of Wall Street's Premier Online Community New York, July 18, 2001 - SecuritiesHub LLC announced today the addition of Credit Suisse First Boston (SWX:CSGN), a leading global investment bank, to its online community of preeminent financial institutions. SecuritiesHub, owned by Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS); J.P. Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM); Lehman Brothers (NYSE: LEH); Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER); Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MWD); Salomon Smith Barney (NYSE: C) and Communicator Inc, is the leading provider of financial information to the fixed income community via the Internet. Communicator Inc is the exclusive technology provider and operator for SecuritiesHub. Staunton Peck, President of SecuritiesHub, said: "The addition of CSFB as a strategic investor and content provider greatly broadens the reach of SecuritiesHub as an international platform and further provides its community with real-time market information." Peck said, "CSFB clients will gain single-sign on access this fall to the Bond.Hub and SyndicateHub services of SecuritiesHub." "SecuritiesHub has designed and implemented services that respond to an increased demand for real-time market information on a single platform," said Ben Cohen, Managing Director, and Head of Fixed Income e-Commerce at CSFB. "This partnership will provide our clients with research, new issue information and market data from many major players in the fixed income markets and, ultimately, will greatly enhance the way our clients gather and analyze information." Bond.Hub, launched in 1999, allows its users to view commingled headlines, research and secondary inventory, and seamlessly navigate between proprietary dealer sites. With nearly 10,000 institutional accounts representing more than 60 countries, Bond.Hub is the largest and fastest growing fixed income community online. SyndicateHub, launched in February 2001, is a leading multi-dealer Internet hub, providing real-time market information on fixed income new issues and links to the dealers' proprietary e-Syndicate sites. SecuritiesHub connects the world's leading financial firms with institutional investors around the globe. SecuritiesHub protects each of the dealers' brand and content while enhancing customer relationships through Communicator Inc's proprietary Thin Consortium Technology (TCT). Communicator Inc designed, built, and operates both Bond.Hub and SyndicateHub. About Credit Suisse First Boston (www.csfb.com): Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) is a leading global investment bank serving institutional, corporate, government and individual clients. CSFB's businesses include securities underwriting, sales and trading, investment banking, private equity, financial advisory services, investment research, venture capital, correspondent brokerage services and retail online brokerage services. It operates in over 87 locations across more than 39 countries on 6 continents, and has some 28,000 staff worldwide. The Firm is a business unit of the Zurich based Credit Suisse Group, a leading global financial services company. About SecuritiesHub LLC: SecuritiesHub LLC is a B2B e-commerce company formed by six top Wall Street firms and Communicator Inc to create online hubs, which link the dealers with institutional investors around the globe. SecuritiesHub highlights each of the dealers' brand, content and customer relationships through Communicator's proprietary Thin Consortium Technology (TCT). SecuritiesHub products include the highly successful "Bond.Hub," which was launched in December 1999, and "SyndicateHub," launched in February 2001.Nearly 10,000 institutional investors from more 60 countries currently use these services, making SecuritiesHub the fastest-growing consortium in the Securities Industry. More than 500 analysts and traders contribute daily to the service, which co-mingles bond market prices, data, news and research from the participating dealers. SyndicateHub is the leading multi-dealer Internet hub for institutional investors accessing information on new issue bond offerings. Credit Suisse First Boston, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and Salomon Smith Barney own a majority interest in the venture. Communicator Inc provides the technology and infrastructure and operates the business, owning a minority interest. About Communicator Inc (www.communicatorinc.com): Communicator Inc designed, built and now operates both Bond.Hub and SyndicateHub for six leading Wall Street firms as well as the research and information portal for FXall, a global multi-bank foreign exchange trading platform. Communicator's Thin Consortium Technology (TCT) was developed for industry leaders looking for an alternative to emerging e-commerce efforts that dis-intermediated them from their clients and created a new competitor. The TCT solution is proven and designed to be inexpensive and fast to market, unlike the traditional heavy consortium model. Communicator gives market leaders unmatched control and security of confidential information, customer relationships and branding, while aggregating content with other supplier information. The objective of the Communicator TCT solution is to build stronger direct relationships between leading suppliers and their core customers. Communicator's focus on the information surrounding the sales process -- not the transaction - has created an environment that promotes a more valuable relationship for both the salesperson and the customer.