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UMI and Financial Times Group Partner to Offer Global Business and Financial News

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Dec 6, 1995 — 1 min read

UMI, a leading company in archiving and distributing information products and services, has signed an agreement with The Financial Times Group to offer Financial Times on UMI's pioneering online information system, ProQuest(R)Direct(TM). This partnership aims to provide users with immediate access to authoritative and accurate business and financial news from over 160 countries. Financial Times will be available on ProQuest Direct starting in the second quarter of 1996, with coverage dating back to January 1995.

Key Takeaways:

UMI has signed an agreement with The Financial Times Group to offer Financial Times on UMI's ProQuest(R)Direct(TM) online information system.
Financial Times will be available on ProQuest Direct, with coverage dating back to January 1995, starting in the second quarter of 1996.
UMI's ProQuest Direct offers users immediate access to images and text from UMI's archives, which contain more than 18,000 periodicals, 7,000 newspapers, 1.2 million dissertations, 130,000 out-of-print books, and 200 research collections.
Financial Times is a leading newspaper that provides readers with authoritative and accurate business and financial news and objective, impartial business analysis.
The Financial Times Group encompasses a range of electronic information businesses, including FT Extel, FT Profile, and Interactive Data Corporation.
UMI is a leading company in archiving and distributing information products and services to educational institutions, corporate, public, and government libraries.

Statistics:

Over 18,000 periodicals are available in UMI's archives.
Coverage of Financial Times will date back to January 1995.
ProQuest Direct will offer users immediate access to images and text from UMI's archives.
The Financial Times Group has a global strategy to deliver content to new readers using innovative technological solutions.
Financial Times is available in over 160 countries on Monday through Friday.

Sources:

UMI, a Bell & Howell Company (NYSE: BHW)
The Financial Times Group
International Online 95 show in London, England

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