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DATA MINE June 15, 1999 Rating Online Brokers For online stock traders, speed counts. So which firms execute trades the fastest? Here are the results of a survey conducted by Keystone Systems Inc. between June 1 and June 4. Online Broker Transaction Performance in Seconds Dreyfus 7.47 Scottrade 7.68 Brown & Company 11.63 Discover 19.11 Suretrade 21.87 Fidelity 25.04 Quick & Reilly 26.95 American Express 27.20 Charles Schwab 30.03 Mr. Stock 30.07 Bull & Bear 30.69 National Discount Brokers 32.16 Firstrade 32.89 Ameritrade 37.44 E*Trade 38.35 Average 25.24 Keynote Systems Inc. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BACK TO TOP					MORE NUGGETS Does the Boss "Get It"? North American bosses feel much more comfortable with the Internet than chiefs from other regions. The Country Gets Wired Nearly 60 million U.S. households are expected to have Internet access by 2003. A Child's Net Kids and teens are expected to account for $1.3 billion in E-commerce in 2002. The Mother Lode A collection of items from the Data Mine