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BACKGROUND Founded in 1882, Dow Jones Newswires is the world's leading independent provider of real-time business/financial, economic and market-moving political news. Dow Jones News Service, a comprehensive source of corporate, market and financial news and information, is used by more North American market professionals than any other news source. SUBSCRIBERS More than 420,000 (as of July 2005) financial professionals in 66 countries; subscribers include brokers, traders, analysts, fund managers, economists, financial advisers and individual investors; public relations and investor relations executives and many of the world's leading media companies also subscribe to Dow Jones Newswires. EDITORIAL RESOURCES Nearly 1,000 real-time editors and reporters. Part of the Dow Jones news network of nearly 1,900 business and financial news staff world-wide. Access to the output of more than 3,650 reporters world-wide through a 30-year partnership with the Associated Press and the Dow Jones news network. CONTENT Up to 10,000 items daily covering equities, fixed income, foreign exchange, energy, commodities, corporate disclosure, futures and other financial markets — updated 24 hours a day, seven days a week; coverage of more than 37,000 listed companies. Selected services are supplied in 10 languages: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese and Russian. Also includes full content from the following Dow Jones publications: The Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal Europe, The Asian Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal Online at WSJ.com, Barron's and Barron's.com, SmartMoney and SmartMoney.com. Dow Jones NewsPlus — two companion Web sites covering North American and global equities, which take users beyond scrolling headlines to a convenient, organized look at the day's most important stories, timely market commentary, and links to exclusive Dow Jones features. ...Show less