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Technology Stocks : NewsEdge (NEWZ = INDV + DTOP) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ms. Baby Boomer who wrote (2157)	8/4/1999 10:36:00 AM
From: leigh aulper	Respond to of 2365

Leading German Newswire vwd Now Available through NewsEdge BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 4, 1999--NewsEdge Corporation (Nasdaq:NEWZ), the independent leader in global news and current awareness solutions for business, today announced it has added Germany's leading daily newswire Vereinigte Wirtschaftsdienste GmbH (vwd) to the global content available through NewsEdge services. Established in 1949, vwd has the necessary contacts for quick and reliable reporting. It is the only financial newswire to cover Germany's "blue chip" and "small cap" companies quickly and in great detail, delivering approximately 700 German-language news stories each day. Along with company news, market reports and research, vwd also reports on industry sectors and Central Bank actions. With the largest German editorial team in Brussels, vwd also provides detailed coverage on European Union affairs. "We're pleased to be extending our global content for NewsEdge customers with the highly regarded vwd," commented Jon McNerney, NewsEdge's Vice President, International. "The release of vwd marks another milestone in the continuing NewsEdge strategy to add leading global and local news sources to deliver the right news at the right time for our customers." "We are constantly extending our strength in reporting on German markets," said Holger Quiring, vwd Chief Editor. "We pick up subjects like "Neuer Markt" or "SMAX" immediately and optimize them for German market participants." vwd has a staff of 200 people world-wide. The organisation also has partnerships with news agencies around the world, receiving reports from over 1,000 business journalists. vwd is owned by Dow Jones & Company, Inc., New York, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH, Frankfurt, and Verlagsgruppe Handelsblatt GmbH, Dusseldorf.