Database Name:Business Wire (or Business Dateline)
Acronym:BWIRE; TBW
Producer:Business Wire
Type of Information:Full-text
Group(s):BUSINESS & ECONOMY, INDUSTRIES, MINING
Database Description:Contains the complete text of American press releases from more than 17,000 international companies and other organizations (e.g. hospitals, universities). Records also include company name, headline, publication date, and contact information. Covers new products, legal actions, financial information, personnel changes, and company announcements of general interest. The main industrial segments included are: aviation; banking; biotechnology; computers; entertainment and sports; mining; telecommunications.
This database can be freely accessed at the Business Wire site.
Information Sources:U.S. press releases.
Time Span:Since 1988
Numer of Records:More than 1.9 million
Language:English
Updating Frequency:Continuous
Distributors:Bloomberg (online)
BNET (online; some news with open access)
Business Wire (online)
DIALOG (online) : 1986-1999 and 1999 onwards
Factiva (online)
LEXIS-NEXIS (online)
Yahoo (online; some news with open access)