BRIDGE Selected to Power Agrivox, Europe's Premier Grain Information Site.Business Editors LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 14, 2000 Bridge Information Systems (BRIDGE(R)), one of the world's leading providers of financial information services See Information Systems. , announced today it has been selected as the preferred provider of financial market data and news to Agrivox (www.agrivox.com), the recently launched Internet-based information site for the European grain industry. Agrivox.com provides a central resource for vital and up-to the minute market data, news and analysis tailored to those involved in grain trading. The site is multilingual containing both local as well as European-wide content. Agrivox is the first European Internet site to contain agricultural information sourced from Bridge Internet Solutions. The site has been designed by Agriflow to be the online partner for those trading grain - providing all the information needed in one place and in the right format. Agrivox, using BRIDGE data and commentary and analysis from BridgeNews, makes it possible for grain traders to make quicker and better-informed trades. "Agrivox.com is a perfect example of what online trading Online Trading Making trades via the Internet. Notes: The use of online trading increased dramatically in the mid to late 1990's with the advent of high-speed computers and Internet connections. Stocks, bonds, options, futures, and currencies can all be traded online. is all about; leveraging the Internet as a new channel to enhance service to customers," said Anna Branch, EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets. Director of Bridge Internet Solutions. "Agrivox, using BRIDGE tools, has a distinct advantage in the trading market place." Commenting on the announcement, Eric Hasham, Agrivox's senior market development analyst, and a former senior economist at the Home Grown Cereals Authority said, "There is a tremendous demand from the industry to bring all the essential information needed to do business under one roof. Agrivox does this and will become an essential and vital decision-making tool for the grain trading community." Content available on Agrivox will initially include delayed data covering agricultural industry news, market data from all the major exchanges including CBOT See Chicago Board of Trade. CBOT See Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). , LIFFE LIFFE See: London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange LIFFE See London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE). , MATIF MATIF Marche A Terme International de France (Paris Futures Exchange) , BIFFEX BIFFEX Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange , KCBOT KCBOT Kansas City Board of Trade , the Winnipeg Commodities Exchanges and FOREX plus weather and crop impact information and supply and demand analysis. Agrivox is provided by Agriflow (agriflow.com), the Internet enabler for the European arable industry. Daniel Maury, Co-Managing Director of Agriflow adds, "The European grain industry now has a central source of information which is long overdue. Together with CIGREX, the soon to be launched pan-European trading platform, Agriflow is building into a real force within the European arable sector. BRIDGE is providing crucial information and market news which will help our customers make their trading decisions." BRIDGE provides Internet solutions to over 100 major clients globally including the top five online brokerages. Bridge Internet Solutions include the delivery and display of financial data and services over the Internet, the Internet, the, international computer network linking together thousands of individual networks at military and government agencies, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, industrial and financial corporations of all sizes, and commercial enterprises creation and maintenance of information, Web Design, Web Hosting and Network services. Local language capabilities and innovative investment tools such as research-on-demand are part of the BRIDGE solution. BRIDGE, together with its principal operating units, Bridge Information Systems, Telerate(R), Inc., eBRIDGE(SM), Bridge Trading and BridgeNews(SM) is the largest provider of financial information and related services in North America and one of the fastest growing in the world. BRIDGE information products include a wide range of workstations, market data feeds and web-browser-based applications, combined with comprehensive market data, in-depth news, powerful analytic tools and trading room integration systems. BridgeNews leverages a network of 600 BRIDGE journalists in more than 100 locations that break news that affect securities markets globally. BRIDGE is the co-producer of the Nightly Business Report Nightly Business Report is a financial news television program that is broadcast live, weekday evenings on most of the public television stations in the United States. Frequently abbreviated to NBR, the show is produced by public television station WPBT-TV in Miami, Florida, and and is a leading provider of financial news and information to media companies worldwide. BRIDGE, with 5000 employees worldwide, and over a quarter of a million users in over 65 countries, is headquartered in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. with the BRIDGE Trading and Technology center in St. Louis, and major regional centers in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Pacific Rim. For more information visit the BRIDGE web site at http://www.bridge.com. |
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