Frankfurt/New York, 9th December 2010. dpa-AFX Wirtschaftsnachrichten GmbH and RTTNews, two major real-time business news providers from Germany and North America, announced today they are joining forces to create the 'dpa-AFX International ProFeed', a new global real-time news service for the financial community. Other information services will be launched shortly, among them a near-time news feed for financial websites – a sector in which dpa-AFX has been the market leader in Germany for years.

Each partner creates unique content and quality insight into the financial markets primarily in Europe, Asia and North America. The focus of this 24-hr news service is to provide financial professionals with all important news that may impact individual stocks, specific commodities, currencies and markets as a whole. This includes market analysis & commentary, analyst ratings, earnings reports & preannouncements, mergers & acquisitions and more. Every customer will benefit from the resources of dpa-AFX and RTTNews and their partners.

“The launch of 'dpa-AFX International ProFeed' with up to 1,500 news items daily represents a very attractive offering to financial market participants. The English Feed maintains the same quality characteristics as our German-language product: Independence, reliability, speed," said Dr Heinz-Rudolf Othmerding, editor-in-chief of dpa-AFX.

"Product-related growth chances in Europe outside our German core market D-A-CH are of particular strategic importance to dpa-AFX," said Martin Kalverkamp, managing director of dpa-AFX. "On top of this, dpa-AFX International ProFeed is a platform-independent news alternative that our clients have been waiting for."

Ravi Mariathasan, Vice President & CTO, RTTNews: "By leveraging the resources and capabilities of both organizations, we have created a comprehensive news service that will give our clients a competitive edge. This partnership opens new opportunities for RTTNews and dpa-AFX to expand into new markets. We look forward to a highly successful relationship."

About dpa-AFX:
dpa-AFX Wirtschaftsnachrichten GmbH is one of Germany’s leading real-time financial news agencies. dpa-AFX reports independently, reliably and fast about the international finance events and economic events – in text, audio and video. Via intranet, websites or terminals dpa-AFX news reaches more than 12 million private and professional investors daily. dpa-AFX is part of a worldwide network of 1,500 journalists and so is represented in the most important financial locations of the world. Among the customers are banks, brokers, analysts, financial specialists as well as websites, corporates and the financial press. Business partners are dpa – Deutsche Presse-Agentur, Hamburg, APA - Austria Presse Agentur, Wien, and awp Finanznachrichten, Zürich. For more information about dpa-AFX, visit www.dpa-AFX.de.

Contact dpa-AFX:
dpa-AFX Wirtschaftsnachrichten GmbH
Martin Kalverkamp/Dr. Heinz-Rudolf Othmerding
Managing Directors
Gutleutstraße 110, 60327 Frankfurt am Main
Telefon +49 (0)69/92022-400
sales@dpa-AFX.de

About RTTNews:
RTTNews is one of the leading financial news providers serving major banks, brokers, technology providers, portals, media outlets, newspapers and other organizations serving the financial markets and the investing community. RTT is recognized for providing 24-hr coverage of global corporate, economic & political news and comprehensive market analysis and commentary. RTT also provides a wide range of web content solutions. For more information about RTTNews, visit www.rttnews.com.

Contact RTTNews:
RTTNews – Global Financial Newswires
Ravi Mariathasan
Vice President & CTO
1325 N Forest Road, Williamsville, NY 14221
Telefon +001 (0)716/632-3400
ravi@rttnews.com