Warren Buffett fields questions at Business Wire Canada´s Opening in Toronto Today
Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, Business Wire´s
parent company, fielded a wide range of questions today from an
audience of several hundred investor relations and corporate
executives at an event marking the opening of Business Wire´s
expansion into Canada.
-- An archive of the webcast is now available at
www.BusinessWire.com, under the "Business Wire News" header on
the front page of the site.
"A Conversation with Warren Buffett" was moderated by Business
Wire President and CEO Cathy Baron Tamraz, and provided Canadian
corporate executives a rare opportunity to ask questions and converse
with Buffett, whose company acquired Business Wire in 2006. The event
was held at the Toronto Board of Trade, Downtown Centre on Wednesday,
Feb. 6 from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm, immediately followed by a reception.
Business Wire recently announced its entry into the Canadian
market with the opening of a full-service office in Toronto´s
financial district. The company has been serving the Canadian market
indirectly since the early 1980s via reciprocal affiliations with
other service providers.
In addition, Business Wire recently announced a broad-based
distribution agreement with CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc., a
part of Canada´s largest and most diversified media company, that
provides its members with extensive reach to Canada´s most influential
print, broadcast and online media properties.
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 dozens of 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 31 bureaus in cities including New York, San Francisco, Los
Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Miami, Paris, Frankfurt, London, Brussels,
Tokyo, Toronto and Sydney with reciprocal offices throughout the
world. Business Wire was founded in 1961.