Business Wire Gains Visibility on the French Market Thanks to Its New French-Language Website www.businesswire.fr

Business Wire announced the launch of www.businesswire.fr, a
dedicated website in French for its clients based in France and the
French speaking regions of Belgium and Switzerland. This reflects
Business Wire's commitment to continuously improve the quality of its
services worldwide.

Business Wire's multi-channel network places company press
releases directly into major news and consumer websites, including
Yahoo! and MSN, delivers to media via its patented NX network and via
agreements with international press agencies such as Agence
France-Press, Associated Press, Press Association and Jiji Press,
feeds directly into financial news services such as Reuters, Bloomberg
and Dow Jones, optimizes content for enhanced search engine
optimization, and reaches individual journalists, trade publications,
institutional and individual investors, and business-to-business
decision-makers via RSS and personal news feeds.

Business Wire also offers disclosure circuits throughout the
European Union in compliance with the European Transparency
Obligations Directive (TOD) and market-specific regulatory
requirements. Business Wire is a leading disclosure service in the
United States and Canada.

The company's four European bureaus - in Paris, London, Frankfurt
and Brussels - continue to enjoy sustained growth in market
penetration.

"Business Wire's market penetration shows an exceptionally fast
growth rate, as confirmed by the large number of CAC 40 companies that
use Business Wire to satisfy their TOD regulatory disclosure
obligations, and to reach global consumers and investors," said Cathy
Baron Tamraz, President and CEO, in making the announcement. "Our
France website shows our commitment to integrate into the French
market, making worldwide communications easier than ever for French PR
and IR professionals".

About Business Wire

Business Wire, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is utilized by
thousands of member companies and organizations to transmit their
full-text news releases, regulatory filings, photos and other
multimedia content to journalists, news media, trade publications,
institutional and individual investors, financial
information services, regulatory authorities, Internet portals,
information web sites, business-to-business decision-makers and
consumers worldwide. With a news distribution network spanning 150
countries and 45 languages, Business Wire's multi-channel delivery
network has access to some 60 international and national news agency
networks throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and
Africa.

The Business Wire news network is powered by its patented
NX high-speed data platform and supports XML, XHTML and XBRL code to
deliver the most sophisticated news file to enhance news release
interactivity, customization and search engine optimization. Business
Wire has 30 bureaus in cities including New York, San Francisco, Los
Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Miami, Paris, Frankfurt, London, Brussels,
Tokyo and Sydney with reciprocal offices throughout the world.
Business Wire was founded in 1961 by Chairman Lorry I. Lokey, veteran
journalist and public relations executive. Cathy Baron Tamraz is
president and CEO.