Dow Jones beats Reuters and Bloomberg in British survey

Financial professionals from dealing rooms and investment banking operations across England have rated Dow Jones Newswires as the “Best Newswire Service� in the 2006 Dealing Room Survey, conducted by Kimsey Consulting.

Dow Jones Newswires’ real-time coverage, commentary and analysis of the world’s financial markets was rated the best financial news service overall, beating competitors Bloomberg and Reuters. Survey respondents also ranked Dow Jones Newswires first for the speed and reliability of its reporting, as well as for ease of use.

The 19th annual survey, last conducted in 2004, polled end-users and management representing a total of 36,000 staff in British financial institutions, asking them to rate the performance of the newswire services they use. The survey also covered customer satisfaction with market data vendors and all other key financial trading technologies.

“We are delighted and honored that our services have received this vote of confidence from the people who matter most – customers who rely on real-time financial news for the vital information that helps their performance, day in and day out,� said Paul Ingrassia, president, Dow Jones Newswires. “The Dealing Room Survey is particularly significant because those surveyed are sophisticated, demanding professionals, and because the competition in financial news is very intense. We are thrilled to be the only newswire to secure this recognition so consistently in the past four surveys.�

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