General Colin L. Powell, James Cameron, U2 and Many Others Team with Yahoo! Auctions to Raise Funds for the American Red Cross "Star Wars" Collectibles and Autographed "Titanic" Scriptment Book among Memorabilia Offered on the Virtual Auction Block SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- April 27, 1999 -- Joining efforts with Academy Award®-winning film directors to celebrities in the world of music and entertainment to government leaders to sports legends and Olympic gold medalists, Yahoo!® Auctions (http://auctions.yahoo.com) continues to offer a global community of support for Kosovo refugees. Major celebrities including General Colin L. Powell, James Cameron, U2, Blues Traveler, Deepak Chopra, Ben Grieve, Hanson, Dennis Hopper, Shaquille O'Neal, Tom Petty, Will Smith, Rod Stewart, Kristi Yamaguchi and a host of others have donated items to Yahoo! Auctions to aid in the American Red Cross’ efforts in the Balkans. Through dedicated and ongoing efforts, Yahoo!, participating donors and the Internet community are working to demonstrate the power of the Internet to unite people in support of humanitarian efforts. Building on activities announced last week, Yahoo! Auctions -- a free interactive commerce marketplace connecting buyers and sellers -- is currently featuring an array of collectibles, autographed memorabilia and unique items for people to bid on to raise funds to help meet the emergency needs of refugees fleeing from Kosovo. The Red Cross needs at least $1 million each week for the next few months to meet the emergency humanitarian needs of Kosovo refugees. Currently, there are an estimated hundreds of thousands of refugees from Kosovo who are streaming into Albania, Macedonia and Montenegro. Many items have been donated to aid in the efforts to ameliorate the circumstances facing the refugees of Kosovo. Academy Award-winning director James Cameron is donating items including an autographed scriptment book from “Titanic”, which received the Academy Award in 1998 for “Best Picture.” Cameron noted, “I am glad to be able to do a little something to aid the people who are suffering from this terrible crisis. Yahoo! offers a place for people anywhere in the world to come together as a community and help lessen the horrible circumstances facing the refugees in Kosovo.” In addition, Cameron has donated signed one-sheets from “Titanic.” “It is important that people recognize that we are a global community. We believe that the Internet is a tremendous vehicle for generating positive change in the world by enabling people to come together and affect the lives of those who most need our assistance,” said David Filo, co-founder and chief Yahoo. “Since we began the Kosovo charity auctions a week ago, there has been an immediate outpouring of support, and through Yahoo! Auctions we can help the refugees in a way that was never before possible.” In addition to the support from individual donors and celebrities, many companies have teamed with Yahoo! Auctions to support the Red Cross’ efforts. Participating companies include: 20th Century Fox, America’s Health Network, BigE.com, Boston Beer Company, CaP CURE, CINDY.COM, Dallas Stars, Dale C. Olson, DC United, Denver Broncos, DirectTV, Energizer Battery Company, GUESS? Inc., Kristi Yamaguchi’s Always Dream Foundation, MediaX Corporation, MSNBC, Oakland A’s, Racing Champions, Rhino Records, Shop At Home Inc., Sundance Channel, Surfsoft.com, The Band, TheStreet.com, World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA), and ZDNet. A World Wide Web of Good To bid on items running in the charity auctions for Kosovo, people can visit Yahoo! Auctions at http://auctions.yahoo.com, or click on “Yahoo! Auctions” or “Charity Auctions for Kosovo” on the front page of Yahoo! (www.yahoo.com). Through Yahoo! Charity Auctions for Kosovo, visitors can obtain information about the ongoing auctions and the items up for bid. Yahoo! Auctions is also encouraging all online sellers and visitors to make donations to the American Red Cross. All proceeds raised will go directly to the American Red Cross. Contributions can be made directly to the American Red Cross International Response Fund, c/o Internet Giving, P.O. Box 37243, Washington, D.C., 20013 or by calling 1-800-HELP-NOW (English) or 1-800-257-7575 (Spanish). Internet users can make a secure online credit card contribution by visiting http://www.redcross.org and choosing International Response Fund. The Yahoo! Charity Auctions program is part of Yahoo! Auctions, a leading person-to-person interactive marketplace offering convenient access to more than 3,000 diverse buying and selling categories such as: Arts & Entertainment, Toys & Games, Antiques & Collectibles, Electronics & Cameras, Computers, Sports, & Recreation, and Home & Garden. As an integral part of the Yahoo! Network, Yahoo! Charity Auctions is a free service dedicated to the ongoing support of non-profit organizations and is an ideal forum to raise awareness of important charity causes to Yahoo!’s growing global community. All proceeds from the Yahoo! Charity Auctions Program go directly to the non-profit organization. The American Red Cross is dedicated to helping make families and communities safer at home and around the world. A volunteer-led humanitarian service organization, the American Red Cross annually provides almost half the nation’s blood supply, trains more than 11.7 million people in vital lifesaving skills, mobilizes relief to victims in more than 60,000 disasters nationwide, provides direct health services to 2.8 million people, assists international disaster and conflict victims in nearly 30 countries, and transmits more than 1.4 million emergency messages to members of the U.S. Armed Forces and their families. About Yahoo! Inc. Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO), is a global Internet media company that offers a branded network of comprehensive information, communication and shopping services to 60 million users worldwide. As the first online navigational guide to the Web, www.yahoo.com is the leading guide in terms of traffic, advertising, household and business user reach, and is one of the most recognized brands associated with the Internet. The company’s global Web network includes 18 world properties. Yahoo! has offices in Europe, the Asia Pacific, South America, Canada and the United States, and is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif. # # #