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CNBC is the undisputed world leader in business news and information, providing viewers worldwide with insights, analysis and real-time access to market data and indispensable business information.

With a global network that includes CNBC in the US, Europe, Asia Pacific and CNBC World, CNBC has a worldwide distribution of over 400 million homes.

In Asia Pacific, CNBC is headquartered in Singapore and is available in over 21 countries across the region and distributed to nearly 150 million households. CNBC Asia Pacific's channels, include CNBC Asia, CNBC-TV18 (India), CNBC Pakistan and Nikkei-CNBC (Japan). CNBC also has a strategic alliance with China Business Network, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Shanghai Media Group and a partnership with Digital Chosun, an entity of Chosun Daily Group of Companies, the premier multiplatform media conglomerate in South Korea.

The channels are distributed via satellite, cable and terrestrial broadcast networks, as well as broadband, on www.cnbc.com CNBC content is also distributed on mobile platforms through selective markets.

The Wall Street Journal Asia is the leader in global business news for Asia. Since 1976, it has provided indispensable news and analysis of regional and global business developments for an influential pan-Asian audience of corporate and government decision-makers. The Journal Asia has been voted Asia as most important business reading in every ABRS study since the survey’s inception in 1985.

It won a Pulitzer Prize in 2007 and was awarded the Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) award for “Excellence in Newspapers - English Language” in 2001, 2002 and 2003. In 2005, it won the top SOPA awards in the “Excellence in Newspapers,” "Excellence in Reporting", “Excellence in Feature Writing,” “Excellence in Business Reporting, “Excellence in Human Rights Reporting", and "Excellence in Reporting on the Environment" categories.

The New Straits Times was established in July 15, 1845, making it the oldest English-language newspaper in the region. Originally known as The Straits Times, its name was derived from the Straits of Malacca, a busy shipping lane in the last century.

With a long history backing it, The New Straits Times has rich and resourceful archive that preserves veritable record of events in this part of the world. Published by the public-listed The New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd, the paper has always been a source of vital news and views, reported with unequaled fervor. It credits itself for the nation’s well-being and progress in all fields, earning the title “The Newspaper of the Nation”.

Today, The New Straits Times continues to be an authoritative and influential newspaper addressed at government and corporate sectors as well as being the choice of a growing audience made up of young professions and students, the future leaders of united modern Malaysia.

PR Newswire Association LLC (www.prnewswire.com) provides electronic distribution, targeting, measurement, translation and broadcast services on behalf of tens of thousands of corporate, government, association, labor, non-profit, and other customers worldwide. Using PR Newswire, these organizations reach a variety of critical audiences including the news media, the investment community, government decision-makers, and the general public with their up-to-the-minute, full-text news developments. Established in 1954, PR Newswire has offices in 14 countries and routinely sends its customers' news to outlets in 170 countries and in 40 languages. Utilizing the latest in communications technology, PR Newswire content is considered a mainstay among news reporters, investors and individuals who seek breaking news from the source.