Bloomberg Launches First TV News Program on Middle East Business

Bloomberg Launches First TV News Program on Middle East Business

NEW YORK, May 23/PRNewswire/ --

- "Middle East Money Focus" Reports from Bloomberg News Bureaus Across the Region

Bloomberg today announced a new weekly half-hour BLOOMBERG TELEVISION(R) English-language program, "Middle East Money Focus," delivering news, analysis and insight on the Middle East region to financial decision makers worldwide.

This landmark expansion of business coverage in and from the Middle East was celebrated with a reception at The Fairmont Hotel Dubai, United Arab Emirates earlier today, May 23.

With "Middle East Money Focus" BLOOMBERG TELEVISION delivers an unparalleled depth of coverage on the expanding Middle East financial markets, backed by the premier data and analytics of the BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL(R) service and its worldwide BLOOMBERG NEWS(R) network of more than 2,300 staff. The program, hosted by Bloomberg's Dareen Abughaida, features local reports and insight from BLOOMBERG NEWS(R) bureaus across the Middle East including Dubai, Cairo, Istanbul, Bahrain, Kuwait City and Riyadh. "Middle East Money Focus" airs throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle East on Saturdays at 800, 1030, 1730, and 2230 and on Sundays at 630 Dubai time. In addition, the program is available to Bloomberg users worldwide via the BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL service.

"Middle East Money Focus" features business news, interviews and expert commentary with the leading financial newsmakers and economic analysts in the Middle East. Since its recent debut "Middle East Money Focus" has featured notable guests including H.R.H. Prince Feisal of Jordan, Nassef Sawiris CEO of Orsacom Construction, Yousef Boutros-Ghali, Egypt's foreign trade minister, H.E. Sheik Hamad, Prime Minister of Qatar and Head of Qatar Investment Authority, Osman Sultan, CEO of Du (telecom), Abdullah Al-Attiyah, Oil Minister of Qatar, and champion race car driver Mohammed Bin Sulayem.

"Middle East Money Focus" will feature interviews exploring trends in banking, real estate, enterprise activities, consumer reports, travel and tourism, arts and culture and the expanding retail industry.

Bloomberg's exclusive news and follow up reports are available to the public through BLOOMBERG TELEVISION and BLOOMBERG RADIO(R) services worldwide, as well as to Bloomberg subscribers via the BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL service.

About Bloomberg

Bloomberg is the leading global provider of data, news and analytics. The BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL(R) service and Bloomberg's media services provide real-time and archived financial and market data, pricing, trading, news and communications tools in a single, integrated package to corporations, news organizations, financial and legal professionals and individuals around the world. Bloomberg's media services include the global BLOOMBERG NEWS(R) service with more than 2,300 professionals in 130 bureaus worldwide; the BLOOMBERG TELEVISION(R) 24-hour business and financial network produced and distributed worldwide on ten separate channels in seven languages; and BLOOMBERG RADIO(R) services which provide up-to-the-minute news on XM, Sirius and WorldSpace satellite radio around the world and on WBBR 1130AM in New York. In addition, Bloomberg publishes BLOOMBERG MARKETS(R) magazine and BLOOMBERG PRESS(R) books for investment professionals. For more information please visit http://www.bloomberg.com.

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Source: Bloomberg

Judith Czelusniak of Bloomberg LP, +1-212-617-1212, or jczelusniak@bloomberg.net

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