Bloomberg Announces Live-Events Lineup For Week Of August 08

Bloomberg Announces Live-Events Lineup For Week Of August 08

NEW YORK, Aug. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Bloomberg, the leading global provider of data, news and analytics, today unveiled its lineup of live events and selected interviews available on Bloomberg Television(R), Bloomberg Radio(R), and to users of the Bloomberg Professional(R) service for the week ahead, August 08 through August 12.

Highlights for the upcoming week include:

Monday, August 08

-- Kiyoyuki Tsujimura, Executive Vice President, NTT DoCoMo, Inc., will appear on "Bloomberg On The Markets" on Bloomberg Television Japan at 12:00 p.m. JST / 11:00 p.m. ET (Sunday). The interview will be available real-time on the Bloomberg Professional service via AV < GO >.

-- Bloomberg users see it live on AV < GO >: Live coverage of the voting in the upper house of Japan's parliament on the plan to privatize the nation's state-run postal service, the world's largest savings bank, begins at 1:00 p.m. JST / 12:00 a.m. ET. The coverage will be available real-time and archived on the Bloomberg Professional service via AV < GO >.

-- Emilio Umeoka, General Manager, Microsoft Brazil, will appear on "Mercado Agora" on Bloomberg Television Brazil at 3:09 p.m. UTC / 2:09 p.m. ET. The interview will be available real-time on the Bloomberg Professional service via AV < GO >.

-- Edward Zander, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Motorola Inc., will appear on "Money & Politics" on Bloomberg Television at 2:37 p.m. ET. The interview will be available real-time on the Bloomberg Professional service via AV < GO >.

Tuesday, August 09

-- Andrew Brown, Chief Financial Officer, Palm, Inc., will appear on "Bloomberg On The Markets" on Bloomberg Television at 10:40 a.m. ET. The interview will be available real-time on the Bloomberg Professional service via AV < GO >.

-- Thomas Kunz, President and Chief Executive Officer, Century 21 Real Estate Corporation, and Mike Jackson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, AutoNation Inc., will appear in a roundtable on "Money & Politics", discussing the housing market, automotive industry and rising interest rates on Bloomberg Television at 2:37 p.m. ET. The discussion will be available real-time on the Bloomberg Professional service via AV < GO >.

Wednesday, August 10

-- Werner Wenning, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Bayer AG, will appear on "On The Markets - Morning Edition" on Bloomberg Television at 9:00 a.m. BST / 4:00 a.m. ET. The interview will be available real- time on the Bloomberg Professional service via AV < GO >.

-- Michael Overlander, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Sucden (U.K.) Ltd., one of the 11 so-called ring leaders on the London Metal Exchange trading floor, will appear on "On The Markets - Morning Edition" on Bloomberg Television United Kingdom at 10:30 a.m. BST / 5:30 a.m. ET. The interview will be available real-time on the Bloomberg Professional service via AV < GO >.

-- James Volker, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Whiting Petroleum Corporation, will appear on "Bloomberg On The Markets" on Bloomberg Television at 9:40 a.m. ET, live from the 10th Oil & Gas Conference, Denver, Colorado. The interview will be available real- time on the Bloomberg Professional service via AV < GO >.

-- Michael Jordan, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Electronic Data Systems, will appear on "Bloomberg Market Movers" on Bloomberg Television beginning at 3:10 p.m. ET. The interview will be available real-time on the Bloomberg Professional service via AV < GO >.

Thursday, August 11

-- Cees Maas, Vice-Chairman and Chief Financial Officer, ING Groep N.V., will appear on "On The Markets - Morning Edition" on Bloomberg Television at 7:30 a.m. BST / 2:30 a.m. ET. The interview will be available real-time on the Bloomberg Professional service via AV < GO >.

-- Keith Rattie, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Questar Corporation, will appear on "Bloomberg On The Markets" on Bloomberg Television beginning at 8:47 a.m. ET. The interview will be available real-time on the Bloomberg Professional service via AV < GO >.

-- James Schneider, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Dell Inc., will appear on "Bloomberg After The Bell" on Bloomberg Television at 4:35 p.m. ET. The interview will be available real-time on the Bloomberg Professional service via AV < GO >.

Friday, August 12

-- Bloomberg users hear it live on AV < GO >: Ian Macfarlane, Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, testifies live before the House Economics Committee in Melbourne beginning at 10:00 a.m. AEST / 8:00 p.m. ET (Thursday). The speech will be available real-time and archived on the Bloomberg Professional service via AV < GO >.

-- Helmut Perlet, Chief Financial Officer, Allianz AG, will appear on "On The Markets - Morning Edition" on Bloomberg Television United Kingdom at 10:00 a.m. BST / 5:00 a.m. ET. The interview will be available real-time on the Bloomberg Professional service via AV < GO >.

Through AV < GO > on the Bloomberg Professional service, Bloomberg users watch Bloomberg Television, listen to Bloomberg Radio and access stories on demand from around the world in video and audio formats in real time on their desktops. Through LIVE <GO> on the Bloomberg Professional service, Bloomberg users access live coverage of events including press conferences, company presentations, industry forums, trials and extended interactive interviews with Bloomberg Television guests. These events are archived on the Bloomberg Professional service for Bloomberg users to access on an ongoing basis. Bloomberg's ten global TV channels are accessible to Bloomberg users via VID < GO >. Bloomberg Radio WBBR 1130 AM is accessible to Bloomberg users via AIR < GO >. These functions allow Bloomberg customers to see and hear live and archived news from their desktops. Bloomberg's multimedia functions are available to all Bloomberg users as part of the Bloomberg Professional service, reflecting Bloomberg's commitment to add value to its all-inclusive, single price desktop product.

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