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.

Web site: http://www.bloomberg.com

Source: Bloomberg

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

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