Dow Jones Announces Agreement with OANDA
13 Novembro 2009 - 11:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Dow Jones foreign-exchange news and information offered in English,
Arabic, Chinese, German, Japanese and Russian NEW YORK, Nov. 13
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dow Jones & Company, a News
Corporation company (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV;
http://www.newscorp.com/), has signed an agreement to provide OANDA
customers with Dow Jones's streaming currency news and information
in six languages including English, Arabic, Chinese, German,
Japanese and Russian. OANDA (http://www.oanda.com/) is the trusted
source for forex traders who need access to foreign exchange data
and services. "We are pleased to offer our customers the ability to
tap into the power of Dow Jones's foreign exchange market coverage.
The integration of Dow Jones news with OANDA will provide our
clients with the information they need to make sound decisions in
this fast-moving market," said Dean Popplewell, currency analyst,
OANDA. "Dow Jones is committed to bringing users the targeted
local-language news that moves currencies in a format that can be
quickly digested by individual traders trying to stay ahead of the
market," said Richard Hanks, senior vice president and chief
commercial officer, Dow Jones Enterprise Media Group. "The in-depth
pre- and post-economic indicator analysis and forecasts available
via Dow Jones commentary and forex columns offers traders an
unmatched advantage." More than 438,000 financial professionals in
66 countries turn to Dow Jones for breaking news, commentary and
analysis, including market-moving corporate, economic, market,
financial and political news. Reporting from nearly 90 bureaus
across the globe, Dow Jones publishes up to 18,000 news items each
day, in 11 languages, covering all asset classes. Dow Jones
products help customers build relationships, create market
opportunities and enhance trust in their services. For more
information about Dow Jones, visit http://www.dowjones.com/. ABOUT
DOW JONES Dow Jones & Company (http://www.dowjones.com/) is a
News Corporation company (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV;
http://www.newscorp.com/). Dow Jones is a leading provider of
global business news and information services. Its Consumer Media
Group publishes The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, MarketWatch and
the Far Eastern Economic Review. Its Enterprise Media Group
includes Dow Jones Newswires, Dow Jones Factiva, Dow Jones Client
Solutions, Dow Jones Indexes and Dow Jones Financial Information
Services. Its Local Media Group operates community-based
information franchises. Dow Jones owns 50% of SmartMoney and 33% of
STOXX Ltd. and provides news content to radio stations in the U.S.
ABOUT OANDA OANDA started in 1995 as the first online provider of
comprehensive currency exchange information. Since then the "OANDA
Rate"® has become the touchstone for corporations, tax authorities,
auditing firms and even central banks. In 2001 OANDA launched
FXTrade, the first fully automated online forex trading platform.
FXTrade was the first platform to offer immediate execution,
support trades and accounts of any size, enable true 24/7 trading,
and eliminate the rollover swap by calculating interest by the
second. OANDA's innovative technology has enabled it to sustain a
large trading volume. Peak performance has been measured at 1.5
million trades a day, far exceeding the volume typically handled
through any of the leading global banks or electronic communication
networks (ECNs) that trade forex. OANDA Corporation is a registered
Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) with the Commodity Futures
Trading Commission (CFTC) in the United States and is a member of
the National Futures Association (NFA). OANDA Corporation owns the
following subsidiaries: OANDA Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, regulated by
the Monetary Authority of Singapore with a Capital Markets Services
licence; and OANDA Middle East Corporation Ltd., with a license
from the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA). DATASOURCE: Dow
Jones & Company CONTACT: Shannon Sullivan, Dow Jones &
Company, +1-609-627-2312, Web Site: http://www.newscorp.com/
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