Business Wire Introduces Business Wire Vcall.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 1999-- Business Wire announced today the introduction of Business Wire Vcall, an investor relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. Internet communications service. Business Wire Vcall enables publicly traded companies publicly traded company A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. to enhance their investor relations program effortlessly, while reaching the online investment community rapidly. Business Wire, the world's leading news dissemination service, has teamed with the world's No. 1 investor relations communications Internet service, Vcall, to provide the investor relations community with a comprehensive disclosure tool. The exclusive agreement will provide Business Wire members with direct access to Internet broadcasting Internet Broadcasting (formerly Internet Broadcasting Systems), or IBS, is a provider of television station web sites. IBS hosts over 70 local stations' sites, and co-produced NBCOlympics. and a registered user base of over 140,000 individual and professional investors, analysts, institutional investors Institutional Investor A non-bank person or organization that trades securities in large enough share quantities or dollar amounts that they qualify for preferential treatment and lower commissions. , and stockholders. "Business Wire Vcall delivers high quality, timely information to members of the financial community, with the potential to exponentially broaden a company's investor base. In light of public policy initiatives, Business Wire Vcall is one of the most visible, cost effective solutions for publicly traded companies to comply with their current disclosure responsibilities," said Cathy Baron Tamraz, executive vice president of Business Wire. With live Internet simulcasting and replay for 90 days, Business Wire Vcall provides investor relations solutions for all publicly traded companies making material investor relations announcements such as quarterly earnings, shareholder meetings, investor conferences, analyst conferences and major corporate news. Additionally, prior to each conference call, Business Wire Vcall will issue advisories via Business Wire and email regarding each specific event to major Internet databases, web sites, and selected Business Wire Vcall email lists. The advisories will also be posted on www.businesswire.com and listed on the Vcall calendar, a schedule of upcoming conference calls, at www.vcall.com. Business Wire Vcall will be accessible through BusinessWire.com, Corporate News on the Net, CorporateIR.com web sites, Vcall's web site and the host company's web site. Each Business Wire Vcall can be customized and tailored to a company's needs. Optional features, such as, questions via email, PowerPoint presentations, photo posting, participant information capture and transcription service, are available to enhance the Business Wire Vcall presentation. Additional BusinessWire.com investor relations services include, CorporateIR.com, Corporate News on the Net (CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. ), IPOs on the Net, Corporate Profiles, and Electronic Media Kits. Founded in 1997, Vcall is the leading broadcaster of investor relations events over the Internet. In addition to its flagship Vcall investor relations communications service, Vcall operates Radio Wall Street, which broadcasts interviews with corporate executives and securities analysts. Vcall is headquartered in Philadelphia and has offices in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Denver and Phoenix. Founded in 1961 by its president, Lorry I. Lokey, veteran journalist and public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most executive, Business Wire is a leading source of news on major U.S. corporations, including Fortune 1000 and NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on companies. The company electronically disseminates full-text news releases for public and investor relations professionals simultaneously to the news media, the Internet, on-line services and databases, and the investment community worldwide. Business Wire is on the cutting edge of communications technology Noun 1. communications technology - the activity of designing and constructing and maintaining communication systems engineering, technology - the practical application of science to commerce or industry and BusinessWire.com, recognized as the premier newswire Internet site, is a pioneer in shaping the future of the interactive use of the Internet. The company has 26 offices throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and reciprocal offices throughout the world. |
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