- Microsoft shares rose by about 0.5% after the Dow Jones story ran - NEW YORK, July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- On June 23, 2009, Dow Jones Newswires reported exclusively that the number of clicks on ads served by Microsoft's Bing search engine jumped 13% in the two weeks since it was re-launched. Microsoft shares, which opened lower, rose about 0.5% after the story ran. This market moving news was unmatched by rival news organizations Thomson Reuters and Bloomberg. The Dow Jones story, based on data obtained from search engine marketer Efficient Frontier an hour before they were made public, boosted Microsoft shares. More than 435,000 financial professionals in 66 countries turn to Dow Jones for breaking news, commentary and analysis, including market moving corporate, economic, market, financial and political news. Reporting from nearly 90 bureaus across the globe, Dow Jones publishes up to 12,000 news items each day, in 11 languages, covering all asset classes. Dow Jones' products help its customers build relationships, create market opportunities and enhance trust in their services. For more information about Dow Jones Newswires, visit http://www.dowjonesnewswires.com/ or to learn more about the Dow Jones Enterprise Media Group, visit http://www.solutions.dowjones.com/solutions. ABOUT DOW JONES Dow Jones & Company (http://www.dowjones.com/) is a News Corporation company (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV; http://www.newscorp.com/). Dow Jones is a leading provider of global business news and information services. Its Consumer Media Group publishes The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, MarketWatch and the Far Eastern Economic Review. Its Enterprise Media Group includes Dow Jones Newswires, Dow Jones Factiva, Dow Jones Client Solutions, Dow Jones Indexes and Dow Jones Financial Information Services. Its Local Media Group operates community-based information franchises. Dow Jones owns 50% of SmartMoney and 33% of STOXX Ltd. and provides news content to radio stations in the U.S. DATASOURCE: Dow Jones & Company CONTACT: Tiffany Richardson, Dow Jones Enterprise Media Group, +1-609-627-2101, Web Site: http://www.dowjones.com/

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