OLD Media Moves

New business wire service started in Canada

November 15, 2006

The Toronto Stock Exchange, Thomson Financial and The Canadian Press have teamed up to start a new business news wire in Canada, according to a story in the Toronto Star.

The story stated, “The TSX/CP Equities News service provides news from Canadian companies, both public and private, across a broad spectrum, including alerts, economic and fiscal coverage and related political and regulatory news from Ottawa and the provincial capitals, the companies said in a joint release.

“‘Our global news strategy is to deliver tailored market-specific information to clients in the business and financial communities,’ said Matthew Burkley, Thomson Financial’s senior vice-president of news and strategy.

“‘We are excited that our relationship with TSX/CP Equities News will provide financial professionals in Canada a targeted financial news service tailored to their needs and integrated with our market-leading proprietary content and applications.'”

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