PR Newswire has added substantial reach to its comprehensive Chinese-language news release distribution through a partnership agreement announced today with cnYES.com, one of Taiwan's largest financial information portals.

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The agreement provides Chinese-speaking investors in Taiwan and around the world access to breaking financial news from public and private companies on cnYES.com, the firms announced.

The distribution of Chinese-language news releases to cnYES.com "will significantly enhance the reach of this content by making it available to the more than 200,000 member subscribers who receive cnYES.com content through online products and services," said Joshua B. Cohen, Director of New Ventures Development, PR Newswire.

Additionally, the "millions of individual investors that visit the website on a daily basis to retrieve financial information on specific companies, research personal investment opportunities and track financial news will greatly benefit from the addition of this content," concluded Cohen.

PR Newswire's clients' Chinese-language news releases will also be available through a network of cnYES.com partner sites including Jardine Fleming Taiwan Ltd. (http://www.jfrich.com.tw/), Huatai Bank (http://www.hwataibank.com.tw/), Franklin Templeton Securities Consulting (Sinoam), and Polaris (http://www.finairport.com/), and the content will also be integrated into the news part of financial applications such as Schroder, Com2B Corporation, KingformationCo., Ltd, Jih Sun Securities Co., Ltd., and TelePaq Technology Inc. News releases distributed through PR Newswire's Chinese, Taiwanese and Hong Kong circuits will be available on cnYES.com and its affiliate sites.

"PR Newswire's content will be a huge asset to Chinese-speaking individuals and institutional investors who want to keep apprised of the latest news developments that affect their investment decisions," said Bob Deyou, President and CEO of cnYES.com.

PR Newswire's Chinese-language news releases are distributed to the media in Taiwan through a partnership with AsiaNet, a consortium of the leading news agencies in the Pacific Rim and Southeast Asia. Additional services are provided in China and Hong Kong through an exclusive venture with Xinhua Financial Network, and distribution is also included throughout North America through direct relationships with more than 120 Chinese-language newspapers, magazines, TV and radio stations.

About PR Newswire Association LLC

PR Newswire Association LLC (http://www.prnewswire.com/) provides electronic distribution, targeting and measurement services on behalf of some 40,000 customers worldwide who seek to reach the news media, the investment community and the general public with their up to the minute, full-text news developments. Established in 1954, PR Newswire has offices in fourteen countries and routinely sends its customers' news to outlets in 135 countries in 27 languages. Utilizing the latest in communications technology, PR Newswire content is considered a mainstay among news reporters and investors as well as increasing numbers of private individuals. PR Newswire is a subsidiary of United Business Media plc of London.

About cnYES

cnYES is the world leading Chinese Financial Web media offering global investment intelligence to the world-wide Chinese community. Through its Web site and numerous affiliated partner channels, cnYES delivers first-hand, fast-breaking market news to millions of its world-wide readers. cnYES also sports a comprehensive Chinese financial database whose depth and breadth are unsurpassed in the world. Headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, cnYES also has an office in Shanghai, China. cnYES was launched in May 2000 and has its web site at http://www.cnyes.com/ for traditional Chinese and http://www.chinayes.com/ for simplified Chinese.

The company is backed by a prestigious list of Taiwanese blue-chip companies including UMC, CMC Magnetics and President Group.

SOURCE: PR Newswire