Business Wire is a commercial news service provider, enabling companies, organizations, associations and others to communicate their messages effectively to target audiences worldwide.

Business Wire transmits full-text announcements from the originating source to a broad cross-section of network recipients: mainstream and online media, trade publications, desktop terminals serving the investment industry, and archival databases, including Lexis/Nexis and Factiva.

Founded in 1961, Business Wire today is the world's largest network of news agencies, providing comprehensive coverage of the global media and financial community. Business Wire provides a simple, cost-efficient turnkey solution to reach global consumer and capital markets, including the Middle East, North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America and Africa.

Business Wire's multi-platform distribution network includes international and national news agencies, financial information systems, news aggregators and syndication services, leading consumer portals and online services, and databases. In addition, tens of thousands of journalists have taken advantage of direct, customized notification services, including RSS feeds, and e-mailed news alerts to monitor individual companies, industries, and geographic regions--in the language of their choice.

Business Wire is available in 17 languages on its web site and in multiple languages on AP, Dow Jones, Reuters and Bloomberg.

Business Wire is the world leading regulatory news service, satisfying statutory disclosure requirements in more international jurisdictions than any competitive service. Publicly-traded companies in the United States, Canada and a dozen EU markets rely on Business Wire to fulfill their disclosure obligations.

Business Wire's patented "NX" news delivery platform, which is capable of transmitting in advanced programming formats such as XHTML and XBRL, ensures that all investors, both professional and individual, have equal and unrestricted access to market-moving news, in accordance with the SEC's Regulation Fair Disclosure.

In March 2006, Business Wire was acquired by Berkshire Hathaway (Fortune 12), a NYSE-listed company owned by legendary investor Warren Buffett, one of the world's most admired business leaders.
Today, Business Wire continues to grow in popularity, with tens of thousands of clients worldwide taking advantage of its state-of-the-art media relations and investor relations services.

Business Wire transmits some 1,000 releases daily, making it one of the world's most closely monitored sources of corporate developments.

With 31 offices on three continents, Business Wire is a leader in advancing global communications.

Business Wire maintains direct access relationships with dozens of news agencies, many of them exclusive. For example, Business Wire is the only service that has full-carriage transmission arrangements with all five of the world's leading news agencies, including Agence France-Presse, Associated Press, Bloomberg, Dow Jones and Reuters.
With its unique access to the world's leading communications networks, coupled with its special working relationships with top-tier professional translation services, Business Wire has become a well-respected gateway to global markets.