Dow Jones Newswires and Executive Business Strategies to Present `Steel Risk 2004'.Business Editors Steel Risk 2004 NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 1, 2004 Conference Devoted to Risk Management in the Steel Industry Features International Steel Group Chairman Wilbur L. Ross Jr. as Keynote Speaker Dow Jones Newswires Dow Jones Newswires is the real-time financial news organization owned by Dow Jones. Founded in 1882, its primary competitors are Bloomberg L.P. and Reuters. The company reports more than 420,000 subscribers -- including brokers, traders, analysts and fund managers -- as of July and Executive Business Strategies (EBS See Swiss Electronic Bourse. EBS See electronic blue sheet (EBS). ) will present "Steel Risk 2004," a conference devoted to managing price risks in the steel industry. The two-day conference, which will cover issues important to steel manufacturers and end users in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , will be held May 17 and May 18, 2004, at the Crowne Plaza This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Hotel, Times Square Manhattan, 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 . "Steel Risk 2004" also will feature a keynote speech keynote speech n. See keynote address. Noun 1. keynote speech - a speech setting forth the keynote keynote address keynote - the principal theme in a speech or literary work by Wilbur L. Ross Jr., chairman of International Steel Group. Other attendees scheduled for the conference include leading executives from the steel industry, plus commodity risk managers, chief financial officers, and steel producers and buyers. "Dow Jones is excited to be involved in the steel industry at such a crucial period," said John Hitchcock, managing director of Dow Jones Newswires. "We look forward to meeting market participants as we develop tools that will assist in risk management." The "Steel Risk 2004" conference program also will include: -- Leading industry executives participating in panel discussions -- A Steel Hedging Workshop that covers risk evaluation, risk mitigation and effective risk management tools "Like many of the great innovations that are being introduced in the steel industry today, price-risk management will emerge as one of the most powerful tools available to steel executives as they seek to protect revenue and contain costs in this increasingly competitive environment," said Antoine Eustache, chief executive officer, EBS. "EBS is proud to be involved in this process." To register for "Steel Risk 2004," contact EBS at (704) 614-6683 or www.ebsmarkets.com. About Dow Jones Newswires Dow Jones Newswires (www.djnewswires.com), published by Dow Jones and Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : DJ; www.dowjones.com), provides real-time news for financial professionals in the equities, fixed-income, foreign exchange, and energy markets. The division also offers news for financial firms' Web sites and Dow Jones Newsletters' sector-specific content (www.djnewsletters.com). In addition to Dow Jones Newswires, Dow Jones publishes The Wall Street Journal and its international and online editions, Barron's and the Far Eastern Economic Review, Dow Jones Indexes and the Ottaway group of community newspapers. Dow Jones is co-owner with Reuters Group of Factiva, with Hearst of SmartMoney and with NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. of the CNBC CNBC Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (artificial intelligence) CNBC Consumer News and Business Channel CNBC Congress of National Black Churches, Inc. television operations in Asia and Europe. Dow Jones also provides news content to CNBC and radio stations in the U.S. About EBS Executive Business Strategies (EBS) is an international company with its headquarters in Las Vegas, Nevada. EBS offers a full range of consulting services in the areas of risk management, strategic planning and marketing. |
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