Primark announces agreement with Dow Jones for real-time news

Volume 16, Number 6 • June 1999

Primark announces agreement with Dow Jones for real-time news

Announces an agreement between Primark Corp. of Waltham, MA (781) and Dow Jones & Company under which Dow Jones news will be included in the new Primark Global Equities Service and Primark's existing U.K.-based TOPIC3 realtime equities information and trading service. Says that Primark Global Equities Service will contain realtime feeds from all major markets, compiled by Primark. Adds that the data will be combined with Primark's trading software and investment research information and news from Dow Jones. Notes that the initial regional release of the product, Primark EuroTOPIC, will occur in the next few months. Indicates that the company has conducted very successful customer tests of the new product with leading financial institutions.