NEW YORK, May 15, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Dow Jones & Company announced that it today has completed the previously announced acquisition of eFinancialNews Holdings Ltd., the private U.K. media company serving the financial services industry.
Based in London, eFinancialNews caters to an audience primarily in the City of London and the U.K. Its flagship operations include the weekly Financial News publication and eFinancialNews.com Web site, a subscription-based service. The company also publishes Private Equity News, a weekly publication focused on the European private equity sector, and offers training and events for those in the investment banking, asset management, private equity and trading sectors.
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