Xinhua Finance

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Xinhua Finance Limited
Type Public NASDAQ: XHFNY and TYO: 9399
Founded November 1999
Headquarters Hong Kong, China
Key people Ms. Fredy Bush, Vice Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Jae Lie, President
Mr. Daniel Connell, Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Gordon Lau, Chief Financial Officer
Industry Finance
Revenue US$110 million (as of December 31, 2005)
Employees 1,572 (as of Aug 31, 2006)
Website www.xinhuafinance.com

Xinhua Finance Limited (新華ファイナンス・リミテッド)(新華財經有限公司) TYO: 9399 Template:ADR since 1999. The company is engaged in the provision of financial information and media services in China, Japan, and the United States. It is headquartered in Shanghai. It is also listed at Tokyo Mothers Board (9399) and has a network spanning 19 locations across North America, the Asia-Pacific, and Europe. As of August 31, 2006 the company has 1,592 employees.

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Xinhua Financial Network, Ltd. (XFN) was incorporated in Hong Kong in November 1999. In late 2000, XFN established joint venture with FTSE Group, forming the Xinhua FTSE Index.

In July 2006, Mergent, a subsidiary of Xinhua Finance, purchased 100% of shares of Praedia Solutions, a developer of enterprise software for automated data extraction.

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